them?”
Julez gave her the once over.
“ What’s your size?”
Noelle chuckled, thrown off.
“ What? Don’t you know you’re not supposed to ask a lady a question like that?”
“ You’re like…a small right?” He glanced at her upper torso. “34 C maybe, up top?”
“ What?” Noelle pretended to be offended. He just stared waiting for her reply and she sucked her teeth.
“ B. For your information.” Noelle was not ashamed of any aspect of her body, so she looked at him like ‘and what’ .
“ That’ll work.” He slid the Victoria’s Secret bag over to her.
“ What’s this?” Noelle picked it up and looked through the bag at the pretty panties, bras, and teddies. Along with some Heavenly perfume and body lotion.
“ It’s yours.”
She sucked her teeth, full of her sass.
“ I don’t want no other bitch’s shit.” She closed the bag.
He shrugged.
“ Alright, give it back.” He reached for the bag.
“ No! Get the hell off. It’s mine.” Noelle smirked and he licked his lips. He liked her fire.
“ I’m just trying to show you…she can be replaced.”
“ Oh yeah? And how easily can I be replaced?” She asked matter of factly.
“ Well that’s up to you. Come with me to Vegas tonight and we’ll see.”
Noelle ran her tongue along her inner cheek. This dude was not slow. Everything about him was fast, too fast.
“ I got a…well, my baby’s father. I stay with him.”
“ He can be replaced too,” he stated, folding his hands on the table. He looked at her like ‘ what you gonna do?’
She rolled her eyes and smiled, she couldn’t believe it. Her insides screamed jackpot , even though the risk was so high. But she loved the excitement.
“ What time we leaving?”
After giving her a time, she told him where he could pick her up from. She gave him Jordin’s address. And as she got up, her heart was racing and she wore a wide smile, feeling like someone who just got hired for their dream job. She looked over at him. If she played her cards right, she could be his, and he could be hers. Noelle had to ask him.
“ What’s your name?”
He smiled.
“ I’m Julez.”
“ Noelle.”
“ That’s nice.”
She turned to walk away but then spun around with one more question.
“ What would you have said?”
“ To what?” He gathered up his bags and stood.
“ If I asked you to marry me?”
He smiled again.
“ I’ll let you know tonight.”
***
Noelle stepped into the Jacuzzi style bathtub and the heat from the water snapped her out of her flashback. Ever since that day, she and Julez had been inseparable. It was Vegas, then it was Cali, then it was sneaking out nights to spend at his home while Jordin babysat McKenzie, then finally when the sneaking was tired out, and Julez was ready for something serious, Noelle left Freckles and never looked back. Marriage came shortly after, and the next thing on the list, which Julez was still waiting on, was another child. Although he loved McKenzie dearly, Julez wanted one with his own blood. Noelle was still trying to avoid that stipulation.
As she lathered up and closed her eyes, her thoughts turned to Slim. She couldn’t wait to see him. The emotions that she was feeling for him had crept up on her like a little love bug and she couldn’t shake them. For Noelle, there was a very thin line between physical and emotional desire, and the sexual things that Slim did to her and the excitement that he brought to her life, seemed to be now playing on her heart. She often wondered if they didn’t have to sneak around, if she would still long for him the way that she did. But she was starting to think that she just may.
Running her loofah across her breasts and soaping them up, she smiled lightly thinking of christening the new construction site with Slim.
Julez gave her the once over.
“ What’s your size?”
Noelle chuckled, thrown off.
“ What? Don’t you know you’re not supposed to ask a lady a question like that?”
“ You’re like…a small right?” He glanced at her upper torso. “34 C maybe, up top?”
“ What?” Noelle pretended to be offended. He just stared waiting for her reply and she sucked her teeth.
“ B. For your information.” Noelle was not ashamed of any aspect of her body, so she looked at him like ‘and what’ .
“ That’ll work.” He slid the Victoria’s Secret bag over to her.
“ What’s this?” Noelle picked it up and looked through the bag at the pretty panties, bras, and teddies. Along with some Heavenly perfume and body lotion.
“ It’s yours.”
She sucked her teeth, full of her sass.
“ I don’t want no other bitch’s shit.” She closed the bag.
He shrugged.
“ Alright, give it back.” He reached for the bag.
“ No! Get the hell off. It’s mine.” Noelle smirked and he licked his lips. He liked her fire.
“ I’m just trying to show you…she can be replaced.”
“ Oh yeah? And how easily can I be replaced?” She asked matter of factly.
“ Well that’s up to you. Come with me to Vegas tonight and we’ll see.”
Noelle ran her tongue along her inner cheek. This dude was not slow. Everything about him was fast, too fast.
“ I got a…well, my baby’s father. I stay with him.”
“ He can be replaced too,” he stated, folding his hands on the table. He looked at her like ‘ what you gonna do?’
She rolled her eyes and smiled, she couldn’t believe it. Her insides screamed jackpot , even though the risk was so high. But she loved the excitement.
“ What time we leaving?”
After giving her a time, she told him where he could pick her up from. She gave him Jordin’s address. And as she got up, her heart was racing and she wore a wide smile, feeling like someone who just got hired for their dream job. She looked over at him. If she played her cards right, she could be his, and he could be hers. Noelle had to ask him.
“ What’s your name?”
He smiled.
“ I’m Julez.”
“ Noelle.”
“ That’s nice.”
She turned to walk away but then spun around with one more question.
“ What would you have said?”
“ To what?” He gathered up his bags and stood.
“ If I asked you to marry me?”
He smiled again.
“ I’ll let you know tonight.”
***
Noelle stepped into the Jacuzzi style bathtub and the heat from the water snapped her out of her flashback. Ever since that day, she and Julez had been inseparable. It was Vegas, then it was Cali, then it was sneaking out nights to spend at his home while Jordin babysat McKenzie, then finally when the sneaking was tired out, and Julez was ready for something serious, Noelle left Freckles and never looked back. Marriage came shortly after, and the next thing on the list, which Julez was still waiting on, was another child. Although he loved McKenzie dearly, Julez wanted one with his own blood. Noelle was still trying to avoid that stipulation.
As she lathered up and closed her eyes, her thoughts turned to Slim. She couldn’t wait to see him. The emotions that she was feeling for him had crept up on her like a little love bug and she couldn’t shake them. For Noelle, there was a very thin line between physical and emotional desire, and the sexual things that Slim did to her and the excitement that he brought to her life, seemed to be now playing on her heart. She often wondered if they didn’t have to sneak around, if she would still long for him the way that she did. But she was starting to think that she just may.
Running her loofah across her breasts and soaping them up, she smiled lightly thinking of christening the new construction site with Slim.
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