Page 80 of Love At Close Range

“Fuck… do that shit again, baby,” I groaned, feeling my own orgasm rising.

I felt Reiana’s walls contracting again and this time that shit pulled the biggest nut out of me that I ever experienced.

“Sss… fuck,” I grunted as I filled her up as she wet me up from her own orgasm.

With my forehead pressed against hers, I kissed her lips before I pulled out of her.

“Come on… lets get in round two and shower.” Before she could respond, I was pulling her up and carrying her into the bathroom so we could shower.

By the time we finally settled down, Reiana was stretched across me with her head on my chest and one leg tangled between mine. Her fingers moved lazily across my stomach while I rubbed my hand up and down her back.

Having her in my bed wasn’t new. Having her there with my son sleeping across the hall and my daughter a few doors away was. There had been a time when I thought Reiana and I would have all of this without having to think about it. Then seven years passed, and somehow we ended up getting pieces of it back in a way neither one of us could have planned.

I tightened my arm around her and closed my eyes. Tonight, I wasn’t trying to figure out what came next. I just wanted to appreciate the shit that I had.

***

The next morning, I was downstairs making coffee when the doorbell rang. Reiana was still upstairs getting dressed, and the kids hadn’t come down yet.

When I opened the door, Kree was standing there looking like she could beat somebody’s ass.

“I thought you weren’t coming until later,” I said as I stepped aside.

“I decided to come early. Is that a problem?” She walked inside and looked around. “Where’s Lennyn?”

“Upstairs. She’ll be down in a minute,” I responded.

Kree followed me into the living room while I went back for my coffee. I had barely picked my mug up when footsteps sounded on the stairs. Reiana came down dressed in leggings and one of my T-shirts. She made it halfway across the room before she noticed Kree. The look on Kree’s face changed immediately when she saw Reiana.

Kree’s eyes moved over Reiana before cutting back to me. “So this is what you got going on? I already told you I’on want that bitch around my daughter, and now she over here spending the night, walking around in your clothes while y’all playing house?” Kree spat.

Reiana’s expression changed immediately. She set her phone on the counter and looked directly at Kree. “You better keep it cute before your daughter comes downstairs and watches you get your ass beat again.” Reiana cocked her head to the side for emphasis.

“Reiana,” I warned, even though Kree was the one who came through my door starting shit.

“Bitch, please.” Kree laughed but wasn’t shit funny. “You got that one but think that shit gone happen again.”

“And I can get another one too if you need a reminder,” Reiana replied. “But I’m not the one who came over here looking for a problem.”

Kree stepped farther into the room. “The problem is you around my fucking daughter acting like this is your fucking family,” Kree yelled.

Reiana started toward her, but I moved between them before the shit could escalate. “Aye, that’s enough. Kree, Lennyn is my daughter too, and you’re not about to tell me who can be in my house when she’s here.”

“I’m her mother, Lennox. I have every right to say I’on want some bitch I’on fuck with around her,” Kree argued.

“Watch your mouth,” I warned. “And being Lennyn’s mama don’t give you control over my house. Reiana ain’t done shit to Lennyn. Hell, she didn’t even do shit to you,” I reminded her.

“That ain’t the point,” she refuted.

“Then what the fuck is the point?” I asked. “Because Lennyn being around Reiana ain’t hurting her. Being around her brother ain’t hurting her either. You’re the only one in here turning this shit into something that it’s not.” This bitch was getting on my nerves.

Kree stared at me with her jaw tight before looking around me at Reiana. “You really think you’re about to come back after all these years and be back in his life?” Kree asked as she pointed at me.

“See, that right there tells me this has nothing to do with Lennyn.” Reiana shook her head. “Whatever you thought you had with Lennox is between y’all. Leave me out of it.”

“Ain’t shit between me and her,” I corrected before Kree could twist that too. “We got a daughter together… that’s it.”

“So that’s how you doing me now?” Kree asked.