My Bestfriend's Man by P. Dotson, Latarsha Banks Page B

about to crush her heart, but
this was necessary. “Yeah,” I replied coolly as I took another sip of my now
watered down drink.
    She sat back and folded her arms
underneath her breast. My mission had been accomplished. I knew it wouldn’t
take long. I’ll give her a good five to ten minutes and I knew she would be
ready to go.
    Brian finally came back ten
minutes later with my wings. Vee still hadn’t said anything, but I could tell
by her demeanor she wanted to bounce. Brian wasn’t alone this time when he came
back. I remained silent waiting for a formal introduction of his company, but
none came. He handed me my food and directed his attention towards Vee. I guess
he could tell something was up with her too.
    “What’s wrong baby?” He asked as
he sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
    I bit the inside of my jaw to
keep myself in check. Just the sight of him touching her had me fuming with
anger.
    “Hey sexy.”
    I looked to my right and curled
up my lips. I really was not in the mood, “Hey.” I tried to ignore him because
I was trying to ear hustle over the music to see what was going on with Vee and
Brian.
    “I’m Prince,” he said scooting
closer to me invading my personal space. “I’m Brian’s little brother. He is too
preoccupied with your girl over there I guess, but he still could have
introduced us.”
    At first I wasn’t interested, but
now I was all ears. I turned around and gave him my million dollar smile, but
before we could start a decent conversation, Vee whispered in my ear that she was ready to go.
    Dayum, I said to myself.
    “Sorry, I have to go,” I shrugged
my shoulders as I stood up.
    “Aye, can I get your number?” He asked
grabbing me by the arm.
    “Sure,” I smiled. I shelled out
the digits effortlessly.
    “I’ll walk you to the car,” Brian
said grabbing Vee by the hand.
    I rolled my eyes and watched as
Vee said nothing, but nodded her head. Brian and Vee led the way with me and
Prince tagging behind them. He was talking my damn ear off like he was hard up
for some pussy or something. It was a turn off because he was trying too hard.
    The other dude, I think I heard
Prince call him Ace said nothing. Now he was more my speed. He was tall, dark
and handsome. He looked a lot like Brian just a much better version. I could
tell he appreciated my body because as
soon as I stood up his eyes freely gave my body the once over. I gave him a
suggestive nod, but he didn’t return the favor. He was loyal. He must have
known Prince wanted me.
    As we made our way through the
crowd, luck must have been on my side. I was lying my ass off when I said I saw
Brandon in the club with another girl, but here he was bright as day dancing
and grinding on the next bitch. I didn’t even have to see Vee’s facial
expression. Her body language said it all. She looked back at me and hauled
tail to the exit. Brian did all he could to keep up with her.
    “So, can I call you sometime ?” Prince asked trying to be sexy I
guess. He kept licking his lips every five seconds like he was LL Cool J or something.
    “I gave you my number didn’t I?”
I asked still trying to ear hustle as we stood outside of Vee’s truck, but I
couldn’t hear well because they were whispering. I wasn’t feeling that, like
they were trying to be all secretive and shit.
    “You got jokes I see,” Prince
said rubbing his hands together as he looked me up and down like he wanted to
devour me or something.
    “You ready?” Vee asked me.
    “Yeah,” I said.
    “I’ll see you later,” I heard her
say to Brian.
    “See you,” I said over my
shoulder to Prince as I turned around ready to get in the truck.
    “Wait, can I get a hug?” He
asked.
    “Sure,” I said, sucking my teeth.
He was so damn thirsty. I turned around intending to give him just a quick hug,
but he grabbed me in a bear hug. He held onto me like he actually knew me.
    “Okay,” I said removing myself
from his embrace.
    “My