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“The only tips I have are given to me after serving someone a drink.”
“I’m serious, Maliki. There has to be something wrong with me.”
He stares at me for a moment, looking almost disgusted. “Tell your boyfriend to pay me a visit, and I’ll give him some tips. Number one: stop being a fucking dumbass.”
My ponytail falls loose when I throw my head back, my blonde strands cascading down my shoulders. “Let’s forget how much you hate him for a minute, okay? Devin and I have dated off and on since college,buthe hooked up with other women when we were on our breaks.” I lose Maliki’s gaze as tears prick at my eyes. “Maybe I’m not as satisfying as those other women were. We had an argument tonight, and he demanded to know how many men I’d slept with while we were separated. I told him the truth—zero. He refused to answer when I asked him the same. We fought more, and he confessed to sleeping with six women while we had been broken up.”
“Allegedly broken up,” he cuts in, his tone sharp. “What’s the point of this story, Sierra? That your boyfriend is fucking trash? News flash: we already knew that.”
“I’m over that. We weren’t together then. I’m worried that I’m boringnowand that those women were better at sex than I am.”
He scoffs. “Doubt that, princess.”
“What about the women you’ve slept with? What do they do during sex? What do you do to them?”
Let’s be honest. My question is more than wanting reassurance that I don’t suck in the sack. I crave to know more about Maliki, to find out what he’s giving other women that I’ll never have.
“Find another man to have this conversation with because it won’t be me.”
I perk myself up, my voice turning fake cheerful. “Come on. We’re ole buddies, ole pals. Tell me.”
“No,” he snaps.
“Please,” I sing out, unsure of why I’m so desperate for his answer.
I gasp when he erases the distance between us and rests his palms on the bar on each side of my waist.
“What do you want me to tell you, Sierra?” He smells of lime and mint as he stares down at me in impatience. “Do you want to know how a woman writhes underneath me while I finger her until she comes?” He half-whispers, half-hisses, “Do you need me to brag about how hard I fuck women or love to eat pussy? Is that what the fuck you’re asking for?Why?”
I swallow as tears burn my eyes. My breathing matches my racing heartbeat.
“I sure as fuck don’t want to hear about you fucking another man.” He pushes off the bar when I don’t explain myself and remains in front of me, a wild look in his eyes.
He told me to stop pushing, and I didn’t.
I’m not giving up now either.
“Why not? Why don’t you want to talk about this with me?”
“It’s not the relationship we have. You want to talk sex? Call one of your sorority sisters.”
My chest tightens, and I solemnly look at him. “But …”No, don’t pull away. Don’t.
“Quit pushing it, Sierra.”
I open my mouth to continue this argument … or whatever it is, but I shut it when my phone rings. We both look down at it resting on the counter next to me. He curses at the same time I tense. Devin’s name along with a selfie of us flash across my screen.
Maliki shakes his head while stepping away from me. “I’m drained, and I have an early delivery tomorrow. Go ask your boyfriend why he’s slept with so many women, break or no fucking break, and why you’re seeking out this conversation with another man about how you don’t feel stacked up to those women. Do you need a ride home, or do you want to call him?”
I shake my head. “I’ll call Ellie.”
He doesn’t wait for me to answer while stalking across the bar. I text Ellie, and thankfully, she can be here in five minutes. I’m fighting tears as he walks to the other side of the bar and fake focuses on paperwork.
He looks at me with sharp eyes when I tell him Ellie is here and holds his palm to the base of my back while silently walking me outside. He nods hello to Ellie, helps me into the car, and slams the door without a word. I watch him as she pulls away.
His arms are flexed, his face is red, and his knuckles are balled into fists. He shakes his head, releases his fists, and walks inside.
I don’t know if I’m crying over my fight with Devin or over my fight with Maliki.
