Page 29 of Session 25

“Ma’am, I am so sorry for my employee. Is there any way that I can make it up to you?” She was trying her best at pleading with Koi, but Koi didn’t budge. I felt her body tense up before she shook her head no. I released my grasp on her.

Koi stomped off towards the elevator.

“I will go speak with her. Give me some time, but that employee of yours needs to be gone.”

“She’s my little cousin,” Melissa said in a low tone as if I gave a damn.

“She could be your child, and I wouldn’t care. That man came to her room, waited for her, and attacked her. Instead of a minor incident, the hotel could have had a charge on their hands.” My jaw clenched. “And since you felt the need to protect her, maybe I’ll call your manager to see how we should handle this.”

“I got it, Mr. Jones. She will be reprimanded.”

I nodded before I left her to go and find Koi. She was pressing on the elevator in a manic way, huffing and puffing.

“Koi, relax. I got it handled.” Her foot tapped impatiently against the carpet. I turned her around to face me. That’s when I noticed the tears. She tried to back away, but I was stronger than her. “What’s wrong? Come here,” she relaxed in my arms, but that didn’t stop her from crying. “Talk to me,” I pulled her into the elevator when I heard the bell. I tapped my key card, pressed the penthouse button, and rode up with her face still buried in my chest.

“It’s too much. It’s complicated,” was all she said before the elevator opened into my room. She turned around swiping at her face.

“Where are we?”

“In my suite. Now come talk to me.” I led her off the elevator and into my room. “This is deeper than you’re telling me.”

“You don’t need to get involved. It’s just a nasty breakup. That’s all.”

“Bullshit. But I’ll let you talk when you’re ready.” I sat on the edge of the sofa with Koi standing in between my legs. Her puffy eyes and red nose had me fuming on the inside. I wanted to go knock that nigga out again, but right about now, Koi was my concern.

“Thank you.” She looked over my shoulder. “You stay here often?”

“I do. I don’t live in the city, but most of my meetings and work is done in the city.”

“Hmm. And your wife-” I cut her off by placing my index finger on her lips.

“I’m here with you. She isn’t important right now. What do you need at this moment?” Koi’s brows furrowed. “Tell me.”

“Umm. I just want to relax. That’s all.”

“Okay.”

Call me a sucker for a pretty ass female and a dope vibe, and I’d say fuck you. While I had time to share with Koi, I was going to make sure she knew and felt like the only woman in the world. At the age of forty six, I had my fair share of playing around with women.

My wife and I knew what it was. We weren’t a couple. We just existed. Yet I still wore my wedding band and checked in with her, but that was as far as it went. She did her own thing, and I did mine. There were no hard feelings, and it worked for us. Only our friends were hip to our lifestyle. So naturally, when asked if I was married, I had no problem admitting it. Yet still being in the company of a pretty woman, they always seemed to disappear after we parted ways. That’s why this time was different. Koi and I would have time together because of our time here at the hotel.

It wasn’t that I wasn’t attracted to my wife or vice versa. She was a sexy ass thick stallion whom I had known for years. We officially tied the knot six years ago. The sex was good, but she wasn’t a woman who would submit. We often joked that sometimes she struggled with allowing me to dominate things between us. But like I said. It worked for us. So anytime Koi brought up my wife, I tended to stop her.

“I need to go get my room changed.”

“Come.” I pulled her towards my bathroom. “I’m going to set a bubble bath for you and pop some champagne. Is that okay?”

“Why are you doing all this?”

“Why not?” The fact that she stood in front of me, twirling her fingers, not answering pissed me off. That nigga she had been fucking with had her fucked up. Koi just didn’t know how special she was, and if a nigga wanted to, he would.

“Fine. I’ll accept your invitation.” Koi watched intently as I set everything up for her. When she started to get undressed, she asked me to leave.

“I mean, I already tasted you. So why you hiding?”

“Exactly, you tasted me. You didn’t see me,” she smirked.

“Go ahead and enjoy yourself. I’m stepping out anyway.”