Authors: Brenda Hampton

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BOOK: Naughty by Nature

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Having a tingle, and wanting to
get there
for the last time, I backed my ass up to Shane and got on my hands and knees. I bounced hard against him and stretched my right leg up on the bed. That opened me wider and Shane was all into it.

“Daaaamn, I'm loving this,” he whispered. “I'm about to lose my mind fucking with you.”

Still in position, I reached for his hand and placed it on my clit. He turned it in circles while pumping into me from behind. Within minutes, we both fell forward to the floor.

“IâI'm wore out,” I said heavily breathing.

“That's putting it mildly. Exhausted is more like it.” Shane stood up and helped me off the floor. He held my body close to his and kissed my forehead before we got in bed.

Having the best sex I'd had since Jaylin, I couldn't even go to sleep. Shane was knocked out and was cuddled up behind me with his arms wrapped around my waist. I was grateful to him for taking my mind off the person who slashed my tires, and before he went to sleep, he assured me that we'd find out who was responsible. In the meantime, I really wasn't sure where this relationship between us was going, but I felt safe and secure being in his arms.

SHANE

N
ow, that's what a man may refer to as “good pussy.” Scorpio had it going on, and there was no doubt that she was capable of whipping that thang on a brotha to mess up his mind. I mean . . . Jaylin told me how spectacular she was in bed, but damn, just to feel it for myself was like the best feeling ever. I'd wanted her since the day I'd met her. I didn't know that she was kicking it with my boy until later. I always told him, if they ever stopped messing around, I would make my move. And since he was happily married to Nokea, now was the time.

After one amazing night, I was up at 5:30
A.M.
Normally, I'd be getting ready to go to the office, but since things didn't work out between Felicia and me, I planned to handle my business from home.

Thing is, I wasn't even mad about how she played me. I always knew some mess would go down between us; Jaylin for damn sure warned me. That woman was just downright flat-out crazy. After seeing Scorpio's car, it was obvious. I had a feeling that Felicia's jealousy had overtaken her. She was so obsessed with Scorpio, I wasn't sure how far Felicia would take it. Until I knew what was up for sure, I hadn't planned on saying anything to Scorpio. In the meantime, I had to call my boy Jay to let him know what was up. I had a feeling that CD would somehow make it into Nokea's hands and I knew that seeing Scorpio's mouth in action would devastate Nokea.

It was still a bit early to call Jaylin, so I went back into my bedroom to check on Scorpio. She was still asleep so I pulled the covers over her naked body and bent down to kiss her forehead. I went into the kitchen, planning on making us some breakfast, but there wasn't much in the fridge to work with. If anything, I did have several pieces of bacon left in a package and some bread. I knew I'd had some jelly, and when I searched the cabinets, I found a brand new jar. I always kept cereal in the house, so I pulled a box of Frosted Flakes from the cabinet.

It didn't take long to fry the bacon and spread the jelly on four pieces of toast. I fixed two bowls of cereal and poured out two glasses of orange juice. Everything went on a tray that I carried to my bedroom.

Still in my black boxers, I put the tray on a nightstand and cuddled in bed behind Scorpio. I kissed her cheek, and even though the thought of entering her again had crossed my mind, I decided to wait until later. Instead, I kissed her lips to wake her.

Her eyes slowly cracked open and she planted a smile on her face. She slowly turned around and lay on her back to face me.

“Good morning,” she said.

“It is definitely a good morning,” I replied. “Are you hungry?”

“A little. Why?”

“Because I fixed you a li'l something.”

She smiled and sat up. She pulled her hair away from her face and looked at the food on the tray. “Aww, that was so sweet of you. Nobody ever brought me breakfast in bed.”

“I can't believe that, but I plan to go the extra mile and feed it to you.”

We laughed and I reached for a piece of toast. She tightened her mouth and wouldn't accept it until she brushed her teeth. Afterwards, she climbed back in bed with me, and I put the toast up to her mouth. She opened wide and took a bite.

I put the second piece in my mouth and we both chewed. When I reached for the orange juice, she took it from my hand.

“I think I can handle this,” she said.

I reached for the cereal to feed it to her. It looked awfully soggy, so I left the spoon in the bowl and looked at it.

“I don't think you wantâ”

“No, the toast, bacon, and orange juice are fine. Let's save the cereal for another time.”

I laughed and put the bowl back on the tray. Just then I heard my doorbell ring and wasn't sure who it was visiting me so early in the morning. I got off the bed and told Scorpio I'd be right back.

“Shane,” she said.

I turned, already midway to my bedroom door.

Scorpio raised her index finger and told me to come to her.

I walked over and kneeled down on the bed to kiss her lips that were already puckered.

“Thank you and hurry back,” she whispered.

“Will do.”

I hurried to the door to see who it was. When I looked through the peephole, it was Felicia. She was clearly dressed for work, and I figured she made it her business to stop by on her way to the office. Seriously thinking about not opening the door, I changed my mind and did. I cracked it, just so she wouldn't take a look inside.

“What's up?” I said, standing shirtless.

She could see I wasn't dressed. “So, I see you're not coming to work.”

“Felicia, we discussed this yesterday. I'm gonna work, but not at Davenports anymore.”

“I know what you said yesterday, but we need to talk.”

“Not right now. I'm busy. I'll call you later.”

“No, we need to talk now. I thought about some things and hopefully we can work them out.”

“I'm not interested in working out anything with you. So, like I said, I'll call you later.”

“Is Sam over here? I don't care how busy you are, this is important. I talked to Frick last night and he thinks we should try and work things out.”

“No, Sam is not over here. And, when I talked to Frick, he seems to think it's time to go our separate ways.”

Just then, Scorpio's voice interrupted. “Shane,” Scorpio said. “Is everything okay?”

I slightly turned my head to the side and looked at Scorpio standing with my sheet wrapped around her naked body.

“Everything is fine. I'll be back there in a minute.”

She turned and walked away.

Felicia folded her arms in front of her and snapped. “That voice was very familiar. I hope to God that wasn't who I think it was.”

“That voice was none of your business. Now, I'm not trying to disrespect you, but my door is soon going to close.”

“See, this is exactly what I was talking about. I knew the moment you started seeing that bitch, you'd be singing a new tune. Admit it. That was Scorpio, wasn't it?”

“Good-bye, Felicia.”

I moved the door forward to close it and she pushed back on it. She quickly placed her pointed toe shoe at the bottom so it wouldn't close.

“We need to talk,” she said. “Whenever you get done contracting the AIDS virus, you need to come see me. Our business is important, Shane, and to let a woman like her come between us is wrong.”

I didn't feel like saying much else, but, “I'll call you later.”

She slid her foot away from the crack and I closed the door. I peeked through my blinds and watched her until she was out of sight.

When I got back to my bedroom, Scorpio was nowhere to be found. I looked in the bathroom and she wasn't there. I stepped into the hallway and walked down the hall to my guest room. When I opened the door, she wasn't there either. I then pulled the door open to my other room and there she was. She was still wrapped in the sheet while lying on the bed.

“IâI kind of had a vision this morning,” she said in the partially dark room.

I leaned against the doorway. “Oh, yeah. That's funny. I kind of had one, too.”

“Why don't you come in and express your vision to me over here, instead of expressing it from over there?” Scorpio said.

I walked further into the room and eased my way onto the bed with Scorpio. I lay between her legs and was face-to-face with her.

“So, tell me about this vision you had,” I said, inhaling her sweet smell.

“I visualize me leaving my mark in every room of your house. Every time you enter a room, I visualize you only thinking of me. Then, when I'm gone, your thoughts will encourage you to pick up the phone and invite me over again and again. . . .”

“Hmmm,” I said. “That's not badânot bad at all, but I visualize us spending the entire day together. It can start by us not doing anything pertaining to work, having sex in the shower again, going to see about your car, going to your house to check on the family, having dinner this evening, coming back to my place, and then, putting our mark on every room in my house, including the covered patio.”

“The patio too,” she smiled. “Since you got a bit creative than I did, I'd say we stick to your plan.”

“That's my girl,” I said, and then planted a kiss on her lips.

After we got down in the shower we put on our clothes and left to see about Scorpio's car. I drove her to get some tires first, and then we headed for the tow yard. One of Troy's workers put her new tires on and she was ready to go. I wanted to go home with her, but she insisted that I not go.

“It's not that I don't want you to meet my family, Shane, but I don't like bringing my friends around Mackenzie and my nieces and nephews.”

“Hey, listen, no need to explain,” I said, while leaned against her car. She was already sitting inside and ready to go.

“Just call me when you get finished taking care of business at home, and we'll hook up then.”

“That sounds fine. Once I go home and check on everything, I'm going to stop by Jay's to make sure everything is cool. After that, Ricardo, I will see you later.”

“Please, no Ricardo. Stick to Shane, pretty lady.”

Scorpio smiled and I bent down to give her a kiss. She drove off and I headed back home, awaiting my eventful evening.

I went into my office to call Jaylin. I didn't want to procrastinate about not telling him about my departure from Davenports, nor about the CD Felicia had. When I told him, he couldn't believe it.

“She did what?” he yelled into the phone.

“Yeah, dog. Ain't that a bitch?”

“What is wrong with her ass?”

“I'on know. She's been acting kind of whack lately. All I can say is it's time for me to move on.”

“Yeah, I don't blame you one bit. As soon as you get a chance, though, you need to call the Mayor's Group and let them know what's up. I don't know how they gon' feel about it, but that is one account you for damn sure don't want to lose.”

“You got that right, especially after all the time and effort I put into getting it.”

“Just to be on the safe side, I'll give Mr. Mayor a call and let him know about the change. In the meantime, you need to get with Frick and set up a new business under your name. Go with something likeâlike Alexander . . . Alexander & Company.”

“Alexander & Company? Man, who in the fuck is my company? I understand the Alexander but I ain't got much company to go with it.”

“Negro, you got me and that's more than enough company. Now, I don't want no involvement with the shit because my wife, my kids, and I are staying right here. I will, however, do what I can to assist.”

I took a deep breath and felt relieved. Whenever Jaylin had my back, I knew things would be all good. “You know a brotha appreciate you, don't you?”

He laughed. “I know he'd better appreciate me. Cause if he don't, I'm gon' come there and bust his damn head open.”

We both laughed.

“But, look,” he said. “I need you to do two things for me.”

“What's that?”

“Within the hour, I need you to call Mr. Mayor and tell him what's up. Like I said, I'll call him too, but it's better for him to hear about the inconvenience from you.”

“I agree.”

“Second, you need to find out Felicia's plans for that CD.”

“Oh, I can tell you what her plans are. Somehow, she's going to get that CD to Nokea. Yesterday, Scorpio's tires were slashed and I think Felicia had something to do with it.”

“Quit lying.”

“Straight up. I wouldn't lie about no shit like that. I'm telling you, man, she is wacko.”

“Why would she do something like that to Scorpio? And, if that CD makes it anywhere near my house, I'm gon' kill that bitch, Shane.”

“I wouldn't blame you one bit. She's been on this trip about me feeling Scorpio. I told her what I do is my business, but she keeps pressuring me about the shit, especially after seeing what happened that night. All I can say is, you do not want Nokea to see that CD. You and I both look like two whipped fools lost in a trance.”

“Damn, that's fucked up, but that's the kind of impact Scorpio got, man. Ain't no denying that.”

“Naw, there really ain't.”

Jaylin paused and so did I.

“Have you seen her lately?” he asked.

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