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Chapter Thirteen
Samiyah Manhattan strolled into S & M Financial Advisory with a bounce in her step. Humming a little tune that had gotten stuck in her head over her honeymoon vacation, Samiyah sauntered up to Claudia’s office only to find it empty.
“Hmm.”
Turning away, Samiyah headed for her office and pulled to a stop at the sight of her missing friend.
“I went by your office and wondered where you were,” Samiyah spoke.
Claudia twirled the visitor’s chair she sat in and smiled up at Samiyah. She held her arms out. “Here I am, waiting for you.”
“I see, what up, girl.”
“Wow, you’re so calm, relaxed and refreshed.”
Samiyah smiled demurely. “How can you tell?”
Claudia gawked. “For one, you’re glowing. Are you pregnant?”
Samiyah reared back and laughed. “Not that I’m aware of, but hey, who knows after the way my man rocked my whole world. I wouldn’t be surprised.”
“You lucky, lucky, girl!”
Samiyah laughed. What’s up with you and Jaden?”
Claudia sighed. “Girl, I am going through it over here, okay? You being gone on your honeymoon made me hold this ordeal all to myself, even though Octavia and Serena tried to get up in my business.”
Samiyah chuckled. “You should’ve told them. You know they’re cool.”
“Yeah, but it’s not the same as talking to you.”
Samiyah nodded. “So, what is it?”
“It’s Jaden.”
Samiyah pulled her chair out and sat down crossing her legs. She placed her elbows on the desk and rested her chin in her upturned palms.
“I’m listening.”
“He’s… everything.”
“Mmhmm, continue,” Samiyah said.
“We’ve been around each other since we left Puerto Rico, and he’s so attentive, and suave, I don’t even know how to take him. You know we went dancing. I mean, he took me to a dance studio where he taught me how to tango.”
Samiyah’s smile became bright, and her eyes twinkled. “Sounds like love to me.”
“Girl don’t I wish! The way he speaks to me and treats me like I’m the only woman in the world is working overtime on my emotions.”
“Sounds like the way Jonas treats me.”
“Really?”
“Mmhmm, they are brothers, so yah know.”
Claudia sulked in her seat.
“I don’t understand your grief,” Samiyah continued.