INFINTE | ✔️

Chpt 24

Mani POV 19
April 7
Chicago IL

" why you always touching me?" I look up at him as he pulls me into his chest.

" shut up" he smiles rubbing my thighs. I just chuckle shaking my head hiding it in his chest. We stand their against my Jeep Wrangler my daddy had got me for graduation. I'm so happy I'm done with school. I'm just happy period I'm happy I don't have no drama and everything is ok now.

I snap outta my thoughts when I feel him tap my butt I look up to see him already looking down at me. I stand on my tippy toes to kiss him lips when he puckers them. I haven't had sex since Dontrell and that was almost two years ago. So.. we agreed to take things slow just to get comfortable with each other again since everything that happened. We've been good for about 6 months I start school in a couple weeks tho.

I'm attending colubia university here in Chicago. Kiras going to DePaul the boys surprised us and all got business degrees from an apprenticeship. They have a barber shop and a night club. Zaza told me that their working on something else tho.

"Mani"
" huh?"
" what's wrong baby?" He asks me softly. I shake my head looking at him through my eyelashes.

" you hungry?" I nod my head giving him my best innocent smile.

" come on" he chuckes walking to the driver side of my car while I get in the passenger side. just as I buckle my seat belt my phone starts ringing.
" bae where my phone?" I ask him after I can't find it. I looked in my purse and it's not in my pocket.
" look in the arm rest" I look in their grabbing my phone answering the FaceTime call from zaza.

" hey best bud" i smile
" he- don't hey bestie me where you at?" He mugs me looking into the phone trying to figure out.
" we in the car going to get some food" he nods.
" can you get me some honey buns?" He pooks his bottom lip out. I sigh this nigga gonna get diabetes. " oh and tell yo papa I said hello" my eyes widen and I look over to the driver seat seeing him tense at the name. This nigga

He hangs up before I can respond. Neither of us say anything we just look ahead focused on the road me like it's the most interesting thing in the world him because obviously he's driving.
When we get to Wendy's he doesn't even speak he just orders my food. We just drove back to my apartment. Yes your girl had to get her own shit. He really can't be mad that zaza said that he knows my bestie has no filter and says whatever comes to mind.
" bae?"
"......"
" I didn't even do nothing for you to be mad at me"
"......."
" bet keep that same energy I'm finna go tell him fr" I guess that angered him because less than a second I was pinned against the wall with his hand around my throat.
" you finna what?" He tilts his head looking into my eyes. There's a look of anger, hate, jealousy all on his face.

" let me go go back to ignoring me for no reason" I look away from him.
" nah stop fucking playing with me mani" he releases me roughly. I walk straight to my room not before snatching my bag of food of the table.

He comes in the room maybe and hour later and sits on the others side of the bed against the headboard. I ignore him still watching cartoon on my phone. Sometime I feel I like Bambi lost in some big ass woods, instead of woods i have my head and thoughts and just the whole world around me.

Like how did I go from antisocial to having a group of friends to boyfriend who gets locked up to this. Sometimes I wish their was reset button. I'm happy...... I think but sometime j just feel so numb and empty; I don't know why.

I fill myself getting lifted up but I don't react. I just sit there in his lap looking off. He sighs pulling my face to look at him. When I look into his eyes I finnaly speak up.
" why you act like that?"
" like what?"
" like I'm a stranger whenever he gets mentioned"
" because" he runs a hand down his face.