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Checkmate…
Jas shrugged with his lips. “Cool. Well, I hit you up ‘cause I wanted to know if you’re busy Thursday around eleven.”
My face folded. “In the morning?”
Jas scoffed, “You think I’ll be available at night?”
Oh…
“For what?”
“I’m looking at a commercial property I wanna know your thoughts on.”
Commercial properties?He was really a new guy, this Jas. The old one would never be looking at properties unrelated to work.
While he was on screen, I tapped into my calendar. “I have an open window from ten-fifteen’ish til two. Where’s the place?”
He scratched his head. “Bloomfield.”
“Oh.”Bloomfield. “Okay. Send me the address.”
“A’ight. I’ll do that.”
Then Jas stared at me. With those swollen lids and full lips, his dark irises danced across my face.,
“You only called for that? You could have texted.”
His eyes narrowed even more. “I ain’t wanna fall asleep waiting for your response.” As confident as that sounded, I didn’t believe him. “I’mma let you go, Witherspoon.”
“Goodnight, Jas.”
I was, thrillfully, the one to disconnect the call.
As I texted Ava back at headquarters with ordering new office furniture, I peeped Mehki at the empty, dim bar checking his wrist again for the time. Just as I sent off the text, approving wood finishing and an office chair, the door burst open and in clacked her fit body in a cropped sweatshirt, slightly exposing the middle of her belly, high-waisted jeans covering her navel with slits in the loose legs. Her python pumps made the first statement.
Her next was, “I swear, I’m so sorry. I hope your agent didn’tlea—” Witherspoon peeped Mehki pushing off the bar in approach to her.
“Hakeem Mehki Timber.” He offered his hand. “You can call me Mehki.” When Witherspoon met his palm, the door opened again and a young woman nearly her height walked in. Mehki hesitated. “I’m assuming you’re Ashira…?”
Witherspoon glanced over her shoulders, discovering the confusion. “Oh, yes. I had to make an emergency stop to pick up my baby sister fromschool—”
“I’m nobody’s baby,” the girl hissed.
That’s when I remembered her from Witherspoon’s apartment. Little cutie, similar to her big sister in features.
“Anyway,” Witherspoon rolled her eyes and found me a few feet away on the opposite side of the room. “Did I miss the tour?”
I made my way over to them. “Nah. We’ve been waiting for you the whole twenty-eight minutes.”
“I’m sorry,” she repeated, seemingly regretful.
I shook my head, insincerely blowing it off. “Light-weight. Mehki’s only in town for another eight hours before he’s gotta fly out.”
“Shit,” Witherspoon swore beneath her breath. “Please forgive me. How big is the place? Are you thinking about opening another club? ASintwo?
Mehki shot me a gaze of anticipation. I needed to hurry things along, so I explained, “Nah. I asked Mehki to look into a few properties for your club.”
Her eyes grew wild. “My… What club?”
