The Nanny (EDITING)

Chapter 17

Za'Rayah POV

I separated everything out on the table and made sure the food was prepared well. I had fixed a meal for Ryan, so he could come over and eat.

He's really sweet and he knows I don't wanna rush things so we're going slow.

The doorbell rang.

I fixed my hair and took a deep breath.

"Hey...", I smiled as he handed me a dozen white roses. "Thank you."

"You look beautiful.", he complimented.

"Thanks."

I sat the roses on the table and led him to the food.

"Oh you really whipped it up for me. I 'preciate it. I be up and running all the time so it's good to have a home cooked meal.", he said sitting down.

Ryan owns this huge barber shop/ hair salon here in L.A. Lots of famous rappers, Singer, and entertainers go there to get the latest styles and hair do's.

"I know. When I went up there to get my hair silked, y'all were packed.", I said sitting across from him.

"Yeah, it's like that all of the time. My sis is doing good on her end though. She saw you the other day and she was excited as he'll. Talm bout 'boy you betta no mess this one up. She look like she don't play'.", he laughed and so did I.

His sister is over the salon part of his building.

He took a couple chews of his food and touched his heart dramatically.

"What...is it not good?", I asked.

I cooked greens, cornbread, baked chicken, macaroni, and dressing.

"Its amazing. Girl, who taught you how to cook like this? This is wifey material right here.", he smiled.

"My mom taught me. She made sure I was on point.", I giggled.

"Well, tell ma dukes Ima need her to whip me up something."

"Oh...she's passed away.", I said looking down.

"My bad, sorry for your loss. My mom died when I was thirteen and I'm twenty-five. We had a car wreck and she died trying to save me from falling out of the car window when we flipped over."

"Sorry for your loss though. Its hard to think about it sometimes too. I feel like it's my fault sometimes.", he added.

"Same.", I responded.

We talked about a lot of things and it felt so natural with him. Kinda like how it is when I vent to Chris.

Chris.

That nigga is real slick. Had the audacity to come in my house and get me all riled up. I almost fell for it, but I thought of Ryan and I didn't wanna lead him on.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

"You aight ma? You seem stressed over there.", he said grabbing my hand.