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Not wanting to have this conversation again, I remained silent. This was one of the few times Jeremy wasn’t being a total asshole, and I wanted to take full advantage of our moment of peace.
Five
Amaru
One Week Later
Taylor was one of the finest women I’d ever been with. She was stacked like Ashanti and had the beauty to match. The all-black sequin dress she had on clung to her curves and had quite a few men in the room stealing glances. On any other night, that would have filled me with pride and boosted my confidence. This night, I didn’t give a damn how men reacted to Taylor, because I couldn’t take my eyes off Amelia.
Amelia looked absolutelystunning.
Her cocoa-brown skin was covered in a black dress that was classy and sexy at the same time—just like Amelia. It had a deep v-cut in the front, teasing the tops of her B-cup breasts. A high split gave just enough thigh to leave me wanting more. She was tall, slim, and toned… not my usual body type, but tonight… tonight her body was looking just right.
Her black and brown hair was usually parted in the middle and hanging down to the middle of her back. Tonight, she had it up in some kind of curly updo with two curls framing her face. The makeup she wore complimented her beauty with shades of gold and brown to match her syrup-brown eyes. I couldn’t stop staring at her pouty lips.
What thefuckwas going on with me?
She was my best friend… had been for years… and tonight I was envisioning her in a wedding dress like Carina’s with me as her groom.
Clearing my throat, I tried to tear my eyes away from her and Darron, but I couldn’t. I felt strangely possessive of her, which was a first.
Darron placed a kiss to her neck before making his exit, and I wondered if he was gone for the night.
“I’ll be back,” I whispered against Taylor’s ear as her head bobbed to the music that was playing.
Carina and Parker’s ceremony was short and sweet before it turned into a party. They looked beautiful as they danced in the middle of the ballroom. What they had made love feel real—feel possible. I was honored to witness it and hoped one day I’d be honored enough to experience it.
Sitting next to Amelia, I held back my smile as she grinned at me.
“Taylor finally let you up for air?”
Chuckling, I sat further in my seat and wrapped my arm around her chair. “She wants me close because she doesn’t know anyone else here.”
“She knows me, but I can understand that. If you were my date, I wouldn’t let you get away either. You look damn good in this suit, Ru.”
Before I could relish in her compliment, Mecca was pulling her out of her seat. Apparently, Shalom had a surprise for Carina and she needed Amelia’s assistance. I couldn’t pull my eyes off her as she walked away, and it took everything in me not to tell her to quickly make her way back to me.
I made my way back to Taylor, trying my hardest not to show my disappointment of not having my favorite girl.
“How much longer are we staying?” Taylor asked, scrolling on Facebook.
“I’ll be here a while. These are my people.”
Her eyes rolled as she huffed. “I’m bored.”
“You wouldn’t be if you mingled or danced. You’ve been sitting here for the last hour doing nothing.”
I’d asked her to dance twice and both times she declined. If we were in a club, I wouldn’t have been able to get her to stop shaking her ass. I don’t know what was up with her tonight, but she’d been shyer and more reserved than usual. At first, I thought it was because she didn’t know too many people, but she’d even been giving Amelia a cold shoulder.
“This isn’t really my scene, Amaru. All these stuffy ass lawyers. I’m just not comfortable.”
I chuckled as I looked around the room. While some people were sitting and vibing to the music, mostly everyone was on the dancefloor having a good time. I felt like she was using that as an excuse, but if she didn’t want to discuss the real reason she was so stale-faced, I wouldn’t make her.
“How about I Uber you home then?”
She looked up from her phone briefly before nodding her agreement. That was cool with me. Without me having to be tied to the chair next to her, I could enjoy myself for the rest of the night.
It took about five minutes for the Uber to pull up. I walked her out and told her to text me when she made it home. As I re-entered the ballroom, I was just in time for Shalom’s surprise for Carina. It was a hologram projector that presented a 4D image of her deceased father so they could share a dance. I don’t think there was one dry eye in the room as Carina danced along with the 4D image of her father. Shalom was the one for that move. Only the most considerate of people would think to do something like this for a friend’s wedding.
