have enough to go on shopping sprees if I care to. I have two engagement rings. I lost the first one, so Jabril replaced it with a bigger and better one. Then I found the first one under our bed. My focus is on my family, but once Jabrilah is in school, I want to start our foundation and complete my degree.
I exited my gated community and my phone started to ring. It was my baby Jabril.
âHey, Bril. Whatâs up, baby?â
âI wanted to FaceTime with Brilah. Iâm on my way to the airport now.â
âSheâs home.â
âAll right. Well, Iâm just checking in on yâall.â
âHow is your knee?â
âItâs better.â
âLove you. Canât wait for you to get home.â
âIâm going to get there around midnight. When I get there, be ready. Itâs been a week, and Iâm overdue.â
âIâll be waiting for you.â
It was 12:30 a.m. when I heard Jabril pull into the driveway. I walked down the circular staircase in six-inch stilettos and a purple-and-black corset. I stood in the doorway and waited for him. He came in, slammed the door shut behind him, and grabbed me. He pushed my body up against the door. I turned around and kissed him passionately. His hands roamed every inch of my body.
âI missed you, Kiya.â
âI know you did, but I missed you more.â I slid down on to my knees and unzipped his pants. He released a long moan as I placed his manhood into my mouth. I had become pretty good at pleasing my man. When I first met him, I was a virgin and didnât have any skills, but after watching videos, reading books, and practicing, I had improved a lot. Once he was fully hard, I moved him to the floor and straddled him, placed him inside me. I began to slowly stir my hips in a circle over his pelvis. He grabbed my breasts and pulled my hair while I moved up and down, bringing the two of us to a simultaneous climax. Once we were done, I helped him up off the floor and joined him in the shower for round two.
We had our hard times, but I knew there was no other man I would ever want to be with for the rest of my life. I couldnât wait until we were an official family and all of our names finally matched.
C HAPTER 5
Adrienne Sheppard
S taring at the ceiling, I kept asking myself where I went wrong. I had a baby by a millionaire, I married him, then divorced him, and had a five-hundred-thousand-dollar cash settlement . . . so why was I broke and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt? Iâd lie in bed and ask myself this question almost every morning.
A year and a half ago, I realized my dream when I opened the doors to Belize, my very own VIP club in Philly. Celebrities, athletes, professionals, and beautiful people frequented my establishment. My club was so hot I was turning people away every night. Then my dream became my nightmare. My ex-boyfriend, Ian, and his cousin decided it would be a good idea to extort my customers and sell them drugs. When the feds arrived at my door with a case against them, I had to make a choice. Either I could testify against Ian and his cousin or go to jail with them. Orange is not the new black for me. I testified and did what I had to. Besides, Ian wasnât loyal to me. He not only ruined my club, he was also fucking and living with one of my employees in my Miami condo.
After I lost everything, it was difficult to rebuild my life. The first few months after the trial, I went into seclusion. It was devastating to find out that the person I thought had my back was the person who had been betraying me all along.
Instead of being up and having it all, I was back to scrambling with nothing. When the club closed, it left me at a loss. It was crazy getting bills in the mail that I couldnât pay. Most of my creditors and vendors were threatening me with lawsuits and liens. Eventually, I lost my condo to foreclosure, and I moved back to Philadelphia permanently.
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