Deceitful Love

The Beginning

It all went a little something like this... I met the perfect stranger. His name was Deshawn, we both worked at a company together & every time I saw him I could feel this energy that I can't describe. He had brown eyes, caramel skin, freckles & he was thin as wind just like I like them. One day one of my coworkers told me he was interested which I knew he would be because at this particular time I was on my shit & it showed. I am Mahogany Campbell. I am tall, slim thick, pretty hair, pretty smile, dimple type of bitch. I had recently just gotten over a relationship & I was glowing! Everybody at the company wanted a taste, literally. I didn't like the fact that he didn't approach me himself so I approached him by going to the area he worked in every night before I clocked out.
Of course, I asked around about Deshawn because nobody isn't dealing with somebody when you first meet them. I heard he was single but there was an ex, Layla that I should keep in mind cause they were allegedly high school sweethearts. We started texting & talking on the phone but one night I invited him over to my house just to see how he acted on his own. He was the quiet type & I think that's what made me so interested in him. I couldn't figure him out. It was so funny though because Deshawn had an old ass truck he was driving at the time but I didn't care he was sexy in my eyes. He came in that night acting all shy sitting on the edge of the bed, acting like he was really watching ATL but I wasn't being shy at all. I sleep with nothing but panties on & just because he was there didn't change anything for me. It ended up getting really late so I offered for him to stay & of course he did. He got in the bed & next thing I know he was rubbing on me, I was getting real hot.
Now I don't remember if this was the first time he had come over or the second time but either way shit went down pretty fast. We had started fucking & we couldn't stop. It was like we were addicted to each other, almost every night after work we were getting it in. The chemistry was there no doubt but besides the sex we would sit & talk till the sun came up about everything. We understood each other & we became besties. Now that we already banged it out it was time for a real date. He planned to go to Andretti which was about an hour from where we lived. In the mist of him staying night after night, one morning I woke up before him & noticed his phone kept ringing but I made this deal with myself that I wouldn't dare look at another nigga phone simply because in my previous relationship going through a nigga phone or even looking at it had me disgusted. My gut told me to look anyway & soon as I glanced over, his ex Layla was calling. Now I wanted to kick him out of my bed but we weren't exclusive & I didn't want to show him that side of me yet so I went to use the restroom & while I was scrolling on my phone I noticed I had a message on Instagram from Layla saying "Hey, I don't know you I just heard of you from one of his family members & I was just gonna ask you if you fucked with Deshawn because when I asked him he got defensive & I thought that was weird. I just wanted to know because there's too much going on for him to deal with two different females." to sum everything up. Me personally didn't feel the need to write her back in that moment so I never came around to it because I was so focused on getting in his ass. When I confronted him about it he swore to me I had nothing to worry about & she was just crazy. Deep down I knew he was lying but I didn't care because we were going on our date that day & I just wanted to go so I ignored the whole situation. My petty ass made a status & said "stop calling my man phone, we trying to sleep". I didn't care because prior to this she had already lied to him saying I was picking on her because I shared a status insinuating that my niggas love girls named "Layla" because my ex had a baby mama named Layla & my middle name was Layla as well. Whole time it wasn't even about her but since I knew she was watching I decided to give her something to see. Deshawn & I proceeded to go on our date & it was the best first date I've had in a long time. We rode go carts & even played laser tag. Ain't nothing like a great date & I already knew I was getting fucked down to the floor afterwards.
Even though everything went great, that message was still stuck in the back of my head because I just knew something wasn't right but Deshawn was trying his best to show me she was old news. We were always together like peas in a pod. Finally he met my family & we were always hanging with them, riding four wheelers, drinking & carrying on. Sooner than later we made things official, we spent thanksgiving together & shortly after his birthday was coming up so I bought us a room in Atlanta that included a hot tube because he just wouldn't shut up about wanting to be in one. I almost bought him a chain & earrings to match because if you with me, you have to look like you're with me. He had recently just gotten out of jail so he was still trying to get his shit together. He ended up getting a black Dodge Challenger right before it was time for our mini vacation so of course we rode in that. On the road we were taking shots & when we got there we decided to go to T.I's new restaurant because it was new to the area. I was in hog heaven because everything was going so perfectly as planned. Once we got back to the room we were really intoxicated at this point & I didn't know if he was into anal but I wanted to try something different with him because it was a special occasion. We tried, barely succeeded & gave up. I hadn't done it in a long time so I couldn't even fathom it for very long so we finished our night off the right way.
The next day we went to a football game, out that night to club Opium & we took pictures. So many people were writing me on social media platforms saying we were so cute & he looked very happy even some of his family. It was a weekend to remember but this happiness didn't last too much longer. Christmas was right around the corner & every year on Christmas Eve my family would have a shindig. I remember vividly Deshawn asking me last minute what I wanted for Christmas on Christmas Eve & he was gone all day getting my gifts... so I thought. He ended up being a little late to my family event but I thought nothing of it. We enjoyed our night & the next morning we were in our matching sweatsuits. We went to my aunts house to open gifts & all of a sudden he told me he would be right back because he needed to go down the road & get something. While he was gone I received a text from a friend of mine saying that Layla sent her all these receipts that Deshawn had been on the phone with her & that he even went to her house on Christmas Eve. Instantly, I ran to my aunts closet & slid down the wall devastated. My aunt & mom had left for a second to get a dish from my grandmothers house so they weren't there but my uncle was talking to me through the closet door trying to understand what was going on. The only person who would get me out of that closet was my auntie. Once I told them what was going on all I could do was wait on Deshawn to return so I went outside & smoked a cigarette. I know what you are thinking but I didn't care how unladylike it was at that moment because I just needed to calm down. I was so hurt...
Deshawn finally came back & I just went to the car because I didn't know how things were gonna end up between us. When I got to the car to confront him he instantly came up with a lie on why he was contacting her. The best lie I had heard yet, even showing me things in his phone. Trying his best to make me feel secure & even in that moment when he manipulated me something in me still forgave him. He even told my family the LIE & he came up with it so fast it was believable. We spent that whole day together, even went to my family's club that night. Everyone saw us together & I don't know why but that was enough for me. I ignored something that I should've paid attention to, again. Silly me but I was blinded. He was love bombing me, spending more & more time with my family, we were even living together at this point so I just disregarded Layla but later on I learned a hard lesson.