Page 39 of Love, Restricted
After the shower, Mycah did her skin care routine while I brushed my teeth. Once we left the bathroom and went into her room, we moved in silence while we both applied lotion then put our lounging clothes on.
We eventually ended up in the living room on her couch with bottles of water. Cashmere sat on her lap, while I sat next to her.
“Tell me what’s going on? Why have you been giving me the cold shoulder?”
Mycah rubbed Cashmere’s head, then pivoted her body to face me. One foot was planted on the floor, while the other was tucked under her.
“I didn’t like what I saw earlier. Part of it could have just been me, because it triggered a memory I’d like to forget. Regardless, I didn’t like it, and it seemed like you didn’t mind her all over you like that.”
I processed her words and thought about it before I spoke. It wasn’t that I needed to lie or make some shit up, but I never liked to speak too soon.
“I can understand what you felt, and I’m sorry that happened. By no means did it mean more than someone who got a little handsy. I was wrong for not saying anything to her, and that will never happen again. If the shoe was on the other foot . . .” I shook my head. “Well, we don’t want to find out.
“Angela was someone I dealt with in the past, but nothing has happened in a while. She’s used to being like that with me. That’s not an excuse, just me giving you the background. It didn’t mean shit to me, and I felt absolutely nothing. So again, I apologize. I know we both said we weren’t into sharing, but we didn’t actually put a title on it.” I moved closer to her, whichcaused Cashmere to get on the floor. I grabbed her hands and held them. “I don’t want shit to get confused between us, so with that being said, I want us to be exclusive. It doesn’t matter how you label it; I’m not interested in anyone but you.”
Kairo validatingmy feelings made me feel good. When the situation happened with Brian, he made it seem like I was crazy. Kairo understood and apologized for it. To make things even clearer, he wanted us to be exclusive, and I wanted that as well.
“I’m not interested in anyone but you as well, so yes to being exclusive.”
Kairo took his glasses off and smiled. He moved in close, so his mouth hovered over mine. I gazed into his eyes, and butterflies took flight in my belly.
“Come here.” He lifted me so that I was on his lap.
Like magnets, our lips crashed into each other. The kiss got so heated that I started grinding my hips against him. Kairo’shands were on my waist, while mine reached for the waistband of his pants, but he stopped me.
“Why did you stop?” I practically whined. I was wet and ready to slide on his dick.
“Because I wanted to address something you said.” His mouth said one thing, but his hand drifting up my body to grab one of my breasts said something totally different.
“What’s that?” I moved my hips again when he squeezed my nipple between his fingers. “Kairo, I need you to stop if you want to have a conversation.” I leaned back a little so he could move his hand.
“You’re right. My bad, I got distracted.” He wrapped his arms around me but kept a little space between us so we could look at each other. “You mentioned you got triggered. Is there anything else that triggers you?”
I wasn’t expecting the conversation to go this way, but it was important. We probably should have had the conversation a while ago, but there’s no time like the present. What mattered was the fact that we were able to talk about it.
“To be honest, I don’t know for sure. I didn’t think seeing another woman touch you like that would trigger me, but it did. Maybe if you raised your voice at me, that could trigger something. Other than that, I don’t know.”
“I’m sorry you ever had to go through any of that. I will try my best to not do anything to trigger you, but if there ever comes a chance that I do, don’t be afraid to let me know. I never want you to feel uncomfortable.” A light kiss was placed on my nose. “Okay.”
“Okay.” I leaned forward and put my head on his chest.
He held me close to him for a moment as we sat in silence.
“There’s one last thing I want to say before I take care of you.” He slid his hands down and squeezed my ass. “I’m sure you know, but we have to be careful at work. I need to talk toMayor Wilson about this because I don’t want to have to hide our relationship from anyone. Until I do, we’ll continue to act the way we act now.”
“That sounds good to me.”
I wasn’t sure if the mayor would okay things, or if I would have to find another job. No matter what happened, I was confident Kairo and I would make things work.
“Now that all of that is established.” He stood with me in his arms. I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck. “Let’s go take care of your horny ass.” He chuckled, then kissed my lips. We continued to kiss as he walked toward my room.
“I missed you,” Kairo said as he laid me on the bed.
“I missed you too.”
I had grown used to seeing and talking to Kairo every day since we started messing around. It was crazy that we hadn’t been able to talk all day, even though we were in the same vicinity of each other.
Kairo pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it onto the chair in the corner of my room.
