Monday couldn’t get there fast enough. They both got dressed and headed in to see each other. Work would wait...everything would. Adam showered and dressed in the sexiest suite he had. He wanted to look and smell good for her. He was ready to make their thing exclusive. He was still unsure what it was before, however, he knew what it was now. He was her man and nothing else mattered. He was fully prepared to tell her to cease all communication with the temp. All she thought she was missing, he was. She didn’t need nothing more than him.He smiled at himself in the mirror doing a once over, grabbed his briefcase, and hit the door. He talked to Sherman on the elevator on the way down. Sherman confirmed what he already knew, he always had, Adam never paid attention before. It hit home today. He tipped him and smiled as he got off the elevator. He flashed a big smile as he walked past the ladies at the desk. He waved to Tricia, who was standing with her hand on her chest. She thought it w
Damn it is cold out here! I thought it was supposed to be like 50 degrees today. Lord, I hate the cold. I said, bundling myself up tighter around my neck, which had apparently disappeared in between my shoulders and head. The wind was blowing havoc in my face as I made my way to work in busy downtown New York.I was fresh, well not exactly fresh…maybe 2 years or so, out of college and going to my job. A job I loved by the way. I wasn’t a big time anything, yet. I was only a receptionist, but I had a purpose and a plan. I was going to be somebody’s CEO somewhere. I promised myself I would not end up doing some normal job outside of my field of study. I wasn’t about to waste the time I spent at school nor my parent’s money. We all worked hard for me to be something. But for now, I was grateful I even had a job and not interning. This job afforded me the opportunity to move to New York, the city that never sleeps, on my own. I was able to afford and maintain my apartment, my bills, and m
Pressing the button on the elevator I wait for it to come. There were a few people waiting with me, but no one I knew. There are different companies within the same building, so it wasn’t odd. I rode with new people all the time. The elevator came and we all got on. I pressed the button for the 36th floor, which is where our company was. I stepped off the elevator, and through the glass doors to my desk. Unloading my bag, coffee, jacket, and fritter, I sat down to enjoy breakfast before this busy day ahead of me. I knew my boss had a lot for me to do and I was prepared for it. I decided to take the subway today instead of riding my bike, so my helmet was one less thing I had this morning. I usually stay on top of my game and my job, so I was never stressed. I've seen many people huffing and puffing about their day. But I have a great boss. We are busy, but my job is easy, so I spend a lot of my days staring out the window at the building across from us. I imagine that would be my o
The train couldn't get there fast enough as I dashed up the stairs and to my building. My mind was racing a thousand miles a minute. I was ready to curse Tammy out. She played me. She knew how I felt, and she went behind my back after him anyway. I wrestle with my keys trying to get them in the door. I took the elevator to my floor and raced to my apartment door. I flung the door opened and busted through it, slamming it behind me. I didn't want to be bothered I just wanted to cry. I dropped everything at the door, kicked my shoes off and ran to my room. I fell across the bed and bawled like a baby. He was supposed to be my future... my forever. She had no right. “She had no right”, I screamed into my pillow. I cried until I couldn't cry anymore. I never cried over a man before. This was crazy but my feelings were hurt. And it wasn't about Mr. Black… stupid Black. It was about Tammy and how she betrayed my trust. It was as if my feelings didn’t matter, like she didn't know he was off
I hadn’t realized I was that tired. I slept like a rock. I woke up and saw the text from Stu. It read, dress comfortably, which I did. Only some jeans, an oversized cow neck sweater and some boots. I kept my hair cut short, so I didn’t have any work to do. I liked makeup but I wasn’t the glam type. I pulled myself together and headed out.Stu and I went to dinner at this little Italian spot. The food was amazing, and place was cozy. We ate and talked for a long time. I appreciated the simplicity of Stu, way more than I had before. The energy was good, and he was easy to be around. I felt no pressure to be anything more than Eve.We laughed and played around freely. The night was going well until I looked up to see my worst nightmare staring me in the face with the look of anger across his face. Mr. Black was headed out the door and looked up to see me laughing with Stu. He cocked his head to the side, as he and his friends continued to walk out. I put my attention back on Stu, unbot
The alarm went off, so I hit the button and jumped up. It was an early day for me, as usual. I am usually up at 5, get my work out on, jump in the shower, and at the office by 7. I am the CEO, so I gotta set a good example right. Today I had a pretty light schedule, only a few meetings then free for the remainder of the day. My team was strong, so no micromanaging for me. I paid them well to ensure that.I knew starting out I didn’t want to be 'that guy'. In college, I worked for this little Rinky dink company for 'that guy'. You know the a-hole that has a badge, so he thinks he’s somebody? Yeah, nah my man, I am going to show you what a somebody looks like. I am from the hood, the boogie down Bronx, to be exact so that is a no-fly zone. Flexing on us is a no no. But I learned to hit them where it hurts, them pockets. He quickly learned not to mess with me, respect son, that’s all I ask. I didn’t need to be a tough guy to get my point across, but it didn’t hurt none that I could be.T
I pulled up to the building where the valet was waiting to take the cars. “Yo, Mr. Black. Tell me you saw that game?” Jason the valet said as I got out. “Damn, it must have been a good game, you the second person that asked me that.” We dapped up and I gave him my keys. “Awe you missed it? Nah, tell me you didn’t miss it? They were balling out yo!” He said and hit a move like he was shooting a basket. I didn’t take it as disrespect, that’s how we spoke here. He knew when and when not to. “Yeah, I missed it, but I will watch it tonight, I dvr'd it. Don’t scratch my ride.” I looked at him sternly and he knew play time was over. “Yes sir, Mr. Black, I got you.”I tipped him and walked to the door.“Good morning Mr. Black, how are you this fine morning?” “Great Mr. Johnson, how are you?” “Any day above ground is a good day.” Mr. Johnson was one of the best doormen and people I had ever met. He really took pride in his job and loved his family. “How’s the family? Tell Mrs. Johnson hello for
Yes son, why? What happened?” I laughed because she was over this woman thing. “Hear me out. I slammed into this woman today and she literally took my breath away. I felt feelings I have never felt before. It was from my core Mom; I could feel her in my spirit. It scared me a little. And now I can’t get her off my mind. I can’t work, I can’t think straight, am I tripping?” I laid it all out there to the one woman I trusted more than anyone in the world. “Okay son, take a deep breath.” I blew it out. “Okay, now what happened? And I need details.” I tried to pull myself together, she really had me tripping. “I went to the café to get lunch. When I walked in the door she jumped down and slammed into me. I held her for support and all hell broke loose. I was sweating, my heart skipped a beat, and a warm feeling came over me. She didn’t even say anything, but I could feel her speaking to my soul Momma, I could feel her.” I shook my head, listening to myself still unable to believe what wa
Monday couldn’t get there fast enough. They both got dressed and headed in to see each other. Work would wait...everything would. Adam showered and dressed in the sexiest suite he had. He wanted to look and smell good for her. He was ready to make their thing exclusive. He was still unsure what it was before, however, he knew what it was now. He was her man and nothing else mattered. He was fully prepared to tell her to cease all communication with the temp. All she thought she was missing, he was. She didn’t need nothing more than him.He smiled at himself in the mirror doing a once over, grabbed his briefcase, and hit the door. He talked to Sherman on the elevator on the way down. Sherman confirmed what he already knew, he always had, Adam never paid attention before. It hit home today. He tipped him and smiled as he got off the elevator. He flashed a big smile as he walked past the ladies at the desk. He waved to Tricia, who was standing with her hand on her chest. She thought it w
“Okay, so what was so important that you needed to see me?” She broke my thought. “I just needed to see you.” I said seriously. “Okay, so you’ve seen me.” She said looking as serious. Damn, that was cold. She busted out laughing. “Oh, you got jokes?” I spoke. She shrugged and we both laughed. “So, what are we watching?” I asked, taking off my jacket. “Oh yeah, Love and Hip Hop. I know NY is my home but Atlanta is the best. NY is a strong second though.” She took a double take like she was shocked I knew about Love and Hip Hop. F-ing With Me came on. She turned it up and began dancing in her seat. I watched as she sang the song. Impressed, I started to sing along. I noticed she didn’t curse either as we sung around the song. She looked so sexy singing it. She was serious and so was I. She turned the music off after the song went off. Realizing I had interrupted her meal I said, “I know your food is probably cold by now. You want me to warm it for you?’ I loved catering to women. I was
I felt refreshed after the shower. Water always replenished me which is why I loved the rain. I could be in my favorite tailored suit and stand in the rain. God washed away a lot in the rain, especially for me. I looked at my phone, still nothing. I had made up my mind that I wasn’t going to bother her anymore today. I put on my deodorant and lotion, threw on a tee shirt and some sweats, and prepared for my cooking class. I peaked at my phone again, nothing. Okay maybe just one more. ‘I miss you already.’ I wrote and sat back smiling. She was like a drug, and that text was my fix. I got up and headed into the kitchen.Chef Anna was banging out some Chicken Marsala. I had been to her restaurant plenty of times, and this was my favorite thing on her menu. We’d met quite a few times. I always complimented the chef if they did me right, and she never disappointed. She told me in one of our meetings she did an online class and I told her I would check it out. She was using chicken breasts
She nodded and I pulled her down onto me. I grabbed her head and began to kiss her with intention, as we continued to move to the music. I wasn’t about to hold back. She needed to understand exactly what this was and who’s she was. I wanted no doubt about how I felt. The intensity was too much and we ended up climaxing, it was uncontrollable.She laid in my arms as I looked at her in wonder. She had no idea how long I’d waited for her. I had spent so much time alone, unable to give all this love to somebody because they weren’t her, now she was here. God really made someone just for me. He literally dropped her in my lap, now she was in my arms. I was grateful. A tear came to my eye as I praised God in my head. She held me tighter as I thanked God over and over in a low tone. She immediately jumped up, grabbed her bag and ran out. I called for her but she kept going. By the time I got to the elevator, the door closed in my face.I had no idea what happened, and although I wanted to go
I tossed and turned all night. It was the worse sleep I have ever had in my life. I saw her when I shut my eyes and when I opened them. I talked to my mom and God when I got home last night. But it still didn’t stop her from flooding my mind. I was still laying there, looking at the ceiling and thinking of her. Enough, get up man and get yourself together. I rolled out of bed and hit the shower. After getting cleaned up, I was ready for a run. Running always made me feel better. The cool air would do me some good. I jogged my way right to the job. I had some lose ends to tie up, but I didn’t feel much like working. Although maybe some work would refocus me, because I was all over the place. I knew needed a distraction, and my cooking class wasn’t until later. But being home wasn’t the move.I walked in and immediately wanted to go up to her office. “No, that was not the plan.” I tried to convince myself. I was supposed to be trying to take my mind off of her, and all my heart wanted w
After breakfast, we spent time laughing and talking. He was a normal dude, nothing like I imagined. We talked about light stuff, but I was still too afraid to ask the big question. I didn’t want to know but then again, I did. What if he said no, and thought I was crazy? Or what if he said yes, then we both would be crazy...right? I didn’t know what to do, so I did nothing! After some time, he decided to go home to get showered and dressed. He wanted to see me later but I let him know that he had already interrupted my me time. I was used to spending Sundays meditating, regrouping and resting. He appreciated it, and left.I called my Momma, because I needed her to know I was okay. “Hey Momma, how are you?” “Well, well, well. Look who decided to call their Momma back.” We both laughed. “Sorry, it has been crazy these past few days. I got to meet and talk to him. His name is indeed Adam Ma, but I was too scared to ask him.” “Scared? You? I have never heard those words come out of your mo
We sat down and he looked at my now cold dinner sitting on the table. He looked from it to me and back to it. He busted out laughing and I looked down at the table then back to him, trying to figure out what was so funny. “I am sorry. You are not going to believe me, but I had that same thing for dinner.” I was a part of this cooking class with Chef Anna” we both said in unison. He pointed to me and we both laughed. “Yeah, I was in the class today also.” I smiled and he rubbed his chin with his index finger. “Hmmm. So, we were together in class today huh?” “I guess you could say that.” We sat in silence for a minute.“Okay, so what was so important that you needed to see me?” He broke out of thought and said “I just needed to see you.”“Okay, so you’ve seen me.” I tried to hold a serious face but he looked pitiful, so I laughed. He said “oh you got jokes?” I shrugged my shoulders and we both laughed again. “So, what are we watching?” I took a double take. Was he about to chill in my ti
I woke up a few hours later, refreshed. I looked at my phone to see what time it was. There were several text messages. I had slept like a rock because the chiming would usually wake me. One from Janet who was supposed to be coming over for the cooking class, which she cancelled. She was going out with Billy, figures. One was from Stu, asking was I good. He knew I was spending Saturday to myself as I always did. I felt bad, I would text him back later. I had two from an unknown number. The first one said, “I’m sorry.” The second one said “I miss you already.” Butterflies started to flutter in my stomach. It was him, I could feel it but I couldn’t respond, although I wanted to. All the feelings came back; and I was doing so well. I read them about six more times as I moved through the rest of my day.I got all my stuff together for this online class. I needed a distraction, and this was perfect. I turned my music on and grabbed my apron. We were making Chicken Marsala. I poured my w
He nestled down into my neck as he sang in my ear. I could hear his soul cry in his voice. So, I pulled him in tighter, letting him know he was safe with me. “Yes”, I kept saying to him, as I stroked the back of his head. He began kissing my neck and before I knew it the song had gone off and come back on as his face slid up to mine. He looked at my lips, asking for permission as his jaw clinched…so sexy. I looked at his lips, bit my lip and looked back into his eyes. He low moaned and I was spent. He gripped tighter as he brought his lips to mine. His tongue immediately invaded my mouth. It was like candy, as I tossed it around in my mouth. It was perfect. His hands ran through the curls in the back of my hair as he tugged softly. He licked down my neck and came back up to stare into my eyes.He began walking back to the couch, pulling me with him. He sat down and put his head into my stomach. It was like he was the one who couldn’t believe it as he shook his head from side to side.