bad evening.
“Good, then you won’t mind hanging out with me for a while,” Devon slyly asked.
Chrissalyn smiled to herself. She knew now without a doubt Devon was feeling her, but she still wasn’t sure how she felt about him. He’d always been nice and of course funny as hell, but he was seven years older than her. You didn’t care that Lathan was 13 years older , her mind told her. She sighed gently.
“What did you want to do?” she asked cautiously.
Chrissalyn knew he and Lathan were best friends, meaning she would see a lot more of Lathan away from the office. Are you really ready to handle that emotionally, she asked herself as she listened to Devon outline his plans for the day. She’d long since admitted her romantic attraction to Lathan when they met and how quickly they melded with each other, never to him of course, but to herself she knew she cared deeply for him. Still, once she found out about him and Alisha, she never pursued it and she deliberately went out of her to way to date and socialize more with friends and guys she met, finally putting the feelings in check..
Now if she decided to spend time with Devon, she knew that she may possibly have to confront those feelings once more. Not to mention the open hostility she already had to deal with concerning Alisha.
Oh that heffa would die a dead death finding me at their house , Chrissalyn thought knowing she might eventually accompany Devon.
“Are you listening to me?” Devon inquired after she didn’t answer one of his questions.
Chrissalyn chuckled and apologized.
“Sorry, I got a little distracted,” she replied and he scolded her gently.
“So, I’m picking you up in an hour,” he told her. “That enough time for you?”
“Yeah, barely,” she joked and they both laughed as they disconnected.
Devon was still smiling as he went about his task of getting dressed. Please don’t let the drama from last night come back to haunt me , he thought to himself once more as he entered the kitchen finding Lathan coming out of the laundry room.
“Sup man?” Lathan greeted his friend who returned the greeting. “Where you off to today?” he inquired seeing that Devon was dressed and in a really good mood.
“Picking up my baby,” he replied and Lathan gave him a quizzical look.
Devon chuckled before answering his unasked question. “Hanging out with Chrissalyn today,” he replied sticking his head back in the fridge and missing the deep scowl that immediately appeared on Lathan’s face.
“Oh?” he replied trying to keep his voice even.
What the fuck is he up to , he thought angrily. Why was Devon insistent upon dating Chrissalyn? Lathan knew his friend’s reputation with women and he never kept any of them around for any length of time.
“You know Chris ain’t like most of them broads you be dating right?” Lathan threw out protectively.
Even if he and Chrissalyn weren’t going to be together, he didn’t want her screwed over. Devon sighed deeply and turned to his friend looking him in the eye.
“I know that,” he began. “It was one of the things that attracted me to her,” he went on still holding his friends gaze. “Chriss is definitely a treasure and I plan to treat her that way,” he told Lathan before finishing his statement. “Now the question becomes, can you handle the fact that she and I are going to be together?” Devon threw out already assuming Chrissalyn would agree to a relationship with him.
Lathan was careful not to frown and betray the true depth of fear the question brought. He didn’t want them together. He didn’t want any man with Chrissalyn except him. You’re too big of a punk to act on that though , his mind taunted him before he pushed past the thought knowing Devon was expecting an answer.
“Man, look,” he began. “I just want what’s best for Chriss. She’s my friend and I definitely care what happens to her,” he went on. “I don’t want to see her hurt or used,”
“Good, then you won’t mind hanging out with me for a while,” Devon slyly asked.
Chrissalyn smiled to herself. She knew now without a doubt Devon was feeling her, but she still wasn’t sure how she felt about him. He’d always been nice and of course funny as hell, but he was seven years older than her. You didn’t care that Lathan was 13 years older , her mind told her. She sighed gently.
“What did you want to do?” she asked cautiously.
Chrissalyn knew he and Lathan were best friends, meaning she would see a lot more of Lathan away from the office. Are you really ready to handle that emotionally, she asked herself as she listened to Devon outline his plans for the day. She’d long since admitted her romantic attraction to Lathan when they met and how quickly they melded with each other, never to him of course, but to herself she knew she cared deeply for him. Still, once she found out about him and Alisha, she never pursued it and she deliberately went out of her to way to date and socialize more with friends and guys she met, finally putting the feelings in check..
Now if she decided to spend time with Devon, she knew that she may possibly have to confront those feelings once more. Not to mention the open hostility she already had to deal with concerning Alisha.
Oh that heffa would die a dead death finding me at their house , Chrissalyn thought knowing she might eventually accompany Devon.
“Are you listening to me?” Devon inquired after she didn’t answer one of his questions.
Chrissalyn chuckled and apologized.
“Sorry, I got a little distracted,” she replied and he scolded her gently.
“So, I’m picking you up in an hour,” he told her. “That enough time for you?”
“Yeah, barely,” she joked and they both laughed as they disconnected.
Devon was still smiling as he went about his task of getting dressed. Please don’t let the drama from last night come back to haunt me , he thought to himself once more as he entered the kitchen finding Lathan coming out of the laundry room.
“Sup man?” Lathan greeted his friend who returned the greeting. “Where you off to today?” he inquired seeing that Devon was dressed and in a really good mood.
“Picking up my baby,” he replied and Lathan gave him a quizzical look.
Devon chuckled before answering his unasked question. “Hanging out with Chrissalyn today,” he replied sticking his head back in the fridge and missing the deep scowl that immediately appeared on Lathan’s face.
“Oh?” he replied trying to keep his voice even.
What the fuck is he up to , he thought angrily. Why was Devon insistent upon dating Chrissalyn? Lathan knew his friend’s reputation with women and he never kept any of them around for any length of time.
“You know Chris ain’t like most of them broads you be dating right?” Lathan threw out protectively.
Even if he and Chrissalyn weren’t going to be together, he didn’t want her screwed over. Devon sighed deeply and turned to his friend looking him in the eye.
“I know that,” he began. “It was one of the things that attracted me to her,” he went on still holding his friends gaze. “Chriss is definitely a treasure and I plan to treat her that way,” he told Lathan before finishing his statement. “Now the question becomes, can you handle the fact that she and I are going to be together?” Devon threw out already assuming Chrissalyn would agree to a relationship with him.
Lathan was careful not to frown and betray the true depth of fear the question brought. He didn’t want them together. He didn’t want any man with Chrissalyn except him. You’re too big of a punk to act on that though , his mind taunted him before he pushed past the thought knowing Devon was expecting an answer.
“Man, look,” he began. “I just want what’s best for Chriss. She’s my friend and I definitely care what happens to her,” he went on. “I don’t want to see her hurt or used,”
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