Chapter 4
Kaylen couldn’t understand why she was so misunderstood. No one ever considered her feelings or saw it from her point of view. She was the one who was hurt each and every time. She always received the short end of the stick. She loved her family and all but they needed to back off soon and let her breathe especially Jared and Donte.
Tonight she was at Donte’s house with all of her family for dinner. She loved when they all hung out together but somewhere in the middle of that Jared and Donte always found time to pick apart her life. They were like the father figure she never had even though she appreciated it she’s a grown ass woman. She was still a little mad that her brothers tried to play her like she was a hoe. She knew it looked a little bad that after Alonzo she already was on dates with Ice but it wasn’t exactly like how it looked. She never fucked Ice or did anything with him to begin with. She get that they were over protective and all but they needed to mind their business.
“What are you thinking about Kay? You look like you’re in deep thought,” Donte asked shoving a forkful of mashed potatoes in his mouth.
“Nothing much really,” she brushed him off.
“You ready for your grand opening?” Jared asked.
“Yes I am I just wish the contractors would hurry the hell up. They are fixing the ceiling since it’s the last thing left.”
“Did you get the pattern that we picked?” Mariah asked.
“Yes I’m using that pattern I can’t wait to bother the interior decorator.”
“Girl I can’t wait to get my hair done for free,” Jasmine smiled.
“Hell nah especially you two bitches have to pay!” she laughed.
“I never asked if you knew how to re-twist dreads?” Donte asked.
“There’s nothing I don’t know how to do when it comes to hair,” she said.
“I need you to do my hair when Mariah acting like she mad at me,” he nudged Mariah.
“I got you,” she winked at Donte.
“When is Ice coming back to town?” Jasmine asked randomly.
“Why the fuck you wanna know?” Jared asked mugging her.
“Just asking for a friend,” she said looking at Kaylen. Everyone at the table turned their attention to Kaylen.
“What?” she asked. No one said anything they just all stared at her. “Don’t all speak at one time,” she said.
“Ice don’t want her ass anyways,” Mariah said pushing her buttons.
“How are you so sure that he don’t want me?” Kaylen said offended.
“Because your childish ass keeps playing around like the game is going to last forever,” Jasmine spoke up.
“Not even that but he seem like he’s doing good. He called the other day and I answered Donte’s phone so we talked for a minute and he was telling me about how he was doing and some girl he fucking with.”
“I don’t care I don’t care,” Kaylen said rolling her eyes.
“Crying ass baby,” Jasmine smirked.
“It’s best you stay away from Ice. I need my boy focused on our money,” Jared said.
“How insensitive can you be?” Kaylen asked.
“Fuck you mean insensitive? You ain’t giving the nigga any play so let him be. Sister and all I will still fuck you and his ass up.”
“You guys are annoying I swear,” she rolled her eyes.
“Nope you’re just jealous,” Mariah said.
“I am not jealous.”
“Keep telling him that we know the real you.”
Kaylen had enough with her family in her love life. She has already felt like she could have possibly lost out on a good man and didn’t need a reminder. They never gave her a chance to forget about it. Ice was clearly going to be around and he wasn’t going anywhere so she had to just get used to it. There was no sense of keeping up with the games anymore. Ice moved on with his life and Kaylen was just starting to live hers.
Chapter 5
Kaylen finished up all of her last minute shopping for her salon. She had everything she needed set in motion for her grand open. It was going to be a classy upscale event. Her salon was located at the heart of Melrose Ave. she had the best location because it was where tourists always stopped. It was a bit pricey but she always had the best.
Lately she hasn’t really been scamming or doing much of the things she used to do. She was slowly changing and becoming a better woman. She needed to get her life together for the sake of the children she planned on having eventually.
Jasmine and Mariah would never hear the end of Kaylen’s mouth but for the sake of their sanity they had other plans for Kaylen. They made it their mission to get Kaylen and Ice together before Kaylen’s grand opening. They personally talked to Ice on the phone and it took a minute since he was a hard person to reach. Ice was a cool and laid back person and if Donte and Jared trusted and respected him Mariah and Jasmine did too. Both Donte and Jared trusted Ice with their lives and to even be in their houses when they weren’t home so it meant a lot. Ice was a huge part of their family.
Ice agreed to let Mariah and Jasmine do their thing and to set up their little plan. He wasn’t going to knock their plan down since he did still want a relationship with Kaylen he just wasn’t going to chase her. Ice was set to come to L.A. for the weekend and they all were going to take a trip together but Kaylen wasn’t aware of it yet.
Mariah and Jasmine were adding the finishing touches to their weekend trip to Cabo San Lucas. They needed a little get away and couldn’t wait for their couple’s trip. They wanted to tell Kaylen when it was closer to the weekend so she wouldn’t have time to change her mind. Their hotel rooms were already booked. It was set that they would all fly out early in the morning on Jared and Jasmine’s jet. All of the children were going to spend the weekend with Shariece.
“What time did Ice say he was coming out here?” Mariah asked.
“9 p.m. Thursday night we’ll pick him up from the airport and drop him off to Kaylen’s house for him to stay,” Jasmine said.
“He’s going to stay at Kaylen’s house? When was that apart of the plan?”
“Since now maybe they’ll fuck and be good for the trip,” Jasmine laughed.
“This is about to be some shit,” Mariah said sitting back.
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Just as planned Ice’s plane landed while Mariah and Jasmine sat in the car and waited on him. They already convinced Kaylen to go on the trip and she was happy and willing to go. She was still unclear of the plans involving Ice.
“Ice texted me he said he’s in baggage claim,” Jasmine said checking her phone.
“I wish we could see Kaylen’s face when she opens the door,” Mariah said.
“Me too. She needs to be thanking us.”
“Hell yeah she’ll never admit that she wants him but we know what the deal is.”
Mariah and Jasmine talked more until Ice came to the car. They all greeted him before he put his luggage in the trunk. Ice wasn’t nervous or any of that shit, he was a man, so not too many things made him nervous. If Kaylen had a problem with him being there then cool he wasn’t depending on her it’s not he didn’t have a place to lay his head. He just knew he would for sure be cool off of her after that.
“How was your flight?” Mariah asked as she drove from out of L.A.X.
“It was cool it’s less than an hour from here to Oakland.”
“I want to go with Jared the next time he goes that’s if he lets me,” Jasmine said.
“You know I can’t come between that but if he lets you come you know y’all have a place to stay. Shit y’all probably would be at my house more than I’ve ever stayed there.”
“Why aren’t you always home?” Mariah asked.
“I don’t make my money from out of my bed so I gotta get up and go get it.”
“I understand that but you don’t be at home at all? Jared does his shit too but he’s at home with us as well.”
“Y’all niggas are married they gotta come home. I go home to shower and to get dressed and that’s probably just about it.”
“That’s sad I can’t imagine living like that not even when I was single before I met Jared.”
“You get used to it after awhile but it’s gonna change though.”
“You mean change when you and Kaylen stop playing and get married,” Mariah winked at Ice through the rear view mirrors.
“No if she stops playing, you never know.”
Mariah pulled up in front of Kaylen’s condo and they explained the plan to Ice. They were going to wait in the car just in case Kaylen tripped out and he decided to leave. They just hoped that Kaylen wasn’t up to her games again. If she just went along with the flow then maybe things would go better for her.
“All right we’ll wait right here,” Jasmine said.
“Y’all are a trip,” he said taking his luggage out of the trunk before heading upstairs. Ice called Kaylen’s phone as he walked up the stairs. He didn’t feel like waiting for her to open up the door since she always took her sweet time.
“Hello,” she said when she answered.
“Open the door,” he said.
“What?” she asked.
“I said open up the door,” he said before he hung up the phone.
Kaylen jumped up from off of her bedroom floor and rushed to the front door. She looked through the peephole and saw Ice approaching. She opened the door and didn’t know why the hell he was at her door and had his luggage.
“Wassup?” Ice said pushing past her walking inside.
“So fucking rude,” she said closing the door behind him.
Ice plopped down on the couch and sat his foot on her coffee table. He made himself comfortable and didn’t care. He wanted Kaylen to say something to him.
“Get yo’ big ass feet off of my table,” she said kicking his foot off of the coffee table.
“Man come here,” he said pulling her down on his lap.
“What do you want Ice?” she said trying to ignore how good it felt to be so close to him.
“I’m staying here for tonight aight?” he said looking in her green eyes. She wanted to say hell to the fucking no but somehow she couldn’t.
“All right,” she said giving in.
“You have some dinner for me? Are you gonna run me a bath or something?” he asked lightly tapping her ass so she could get up from off of his lap.
“Nope I’m not your bitch,” she said getting up to go back into her room to finish pack her bags for the trip.
Ice texted Jasmine and Mariah letting them know that everything was good and to be safe getting back home. He got up and went into Kaylen’s bedroom and laid across her bed. This wasn’t the first time he slept on her bed. Many days he knocked out on her bed or on her couch when he was in town before they got into it. Kaylen never slept next to him or anything because it was always midday but tonight was different. They weren’t strangers to each other they knew each other well so they were comfortable around one another.
“Uh uh playa go take that ass in the shower you know I don’t like you being in my bed with your outside clothes on!” Kaylen said.
“Man you get on my nerves with all of these damn rules,” he said getting up and snatching a towel from out of the closet to take a shower.
After Ice went into the bathroom Kaylen formed a smile on her face. She was happy that Ice was around and wasn’t being so mean to her anymore. She honestly did miss how cool he used to be. They would hang out and talk shit like homies. He saw a laid back side of her that most people didn’t get the pleasure of meeting. She knew that Ice popping up at her house had Jasmine and Mariah’s name written all over it.
Kaylen zipped up her luggage and sat it by the front door for tomorrow. She went into the kitchen quickly made chicken tacos so that Ice could eat. Sometimes she didn’t catch the things she did for him she just did it because she wanted to. She made him a big plate and sat it at the table for him to eat for when he was done with his shower.
“Smells good in here,” Ice said walking into the kitchen with just his boxers on exposing his bare chest.
Kaylen felt the pressure between her thighs as she started to breathe hard. She hasn’t seen a man half naked in over a year. It was long overdue and the way Ice was built didn’t make it any better. His chest was ripped with muscles and covered in tattoos. She was able to see how thick he was from the print in his boxers.
“Come eat I made you some tacos,” she finally said.
Ice sat at the table and ate the food Kaylen prepared for him. He appreciated it because half of the time he didn’t know that he was hungry until he actually ate. The tacos he was eating was hitting the spot.
“Where are you going?” he asked when Kaylen got up from the table to leave.
“I’ma take a shower,” she said before going into her room to find a pair of her sexiest lingerie.
She wanted to go to sleep sexy tonight even though she wasn’t going to give Ice anything. She went into the bathroom and took a shower as she relaxed her nerves. She hasn’t really had a male company in a long time and it felt good honestly. Still she couldn’t understand why Ice was around when he had a girl or a bitch he was fucking with.
After Kaylen was fully dressed for bed she went into her room and Ice wasn’t in there. She pulled her covers out and got into bed but ended up getting out because she was thirsty and wanted something to drink. She walked into the kitchen and past Ice on the couch watching T.V. she felt his eyes on her the whole time. She went to refrigerator and poured herself a glass of water.
“Are you thirsty too?” she sarcastically asked since he was staring at her so hard.
“Not for no damn water,” he said. She shook her head and rinsed her cup before she went back into her bedroom.
She laid in her bed and tried to force herself to go to sleep but then Ice came into her room and laid next to her. She thought that he was going to sleep on the couch. Her nerves were worse now.
“The couch is outside Ice and you know where the covers and pillows are,” she said with her eyes closed trying not to look at him too hard.
“I’m not sleeping on the couch I’m sleep right here,” he said serious.
“Scoot over then all up on me,” she said pushing him over.
“Yeah aight,” he said taking note of the game she was playing.
Kaylen smiled and turned her back to him. She positioned herself where her ass was rubbing against him as she tried to go to sleep. Ice was rock hard as he shook his head. This was the only game Kaylen could play where she could win. He couldn’t control how hard his dick was she was attractive to him in everyway.
Ice pulled her into his arms and took in her scent. He knew she felt his dick sitting rubbing against her back. Two could play that game. He had a firm grip over her as they both fell asleep. They had an 8 A.M. flight to Cabo in the morning.