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"Later, beautiful," Real responded, smirking.
I cut my eyes at him, and his smirk turned into a full smile. I'd deal with his ass later.
"Have fun, baby," I said.
A soft blush bloomed on her high cheekbones.
"Aww, that's so sweet. Let me try. Have fun, my love," Real said, his gaze stuck on Everly.
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Montréal, let's not have a repeat of yesterday morning. Go to the big house and let PawPaw shoot at you. Do not follow us," she ordered.
"Girl, wasn't nobody following you. You never heard of a coincidence? I'm ‘bout to go down here and push up on yo' grandpa's girl. Y'all cute or whatever, but I can tell it started with Granny," his stupid ass teased.
Everly shook her head slowly.
"Real, have you ever seen a body after a shot from a sawed-off? You know what? Go for it! Bye, crazy."
Once they were out the door, Prime turned to look at us. He was silent for a long moment, his eyes moving from Real to me. He pulled a buzzing phone from his pocket and checked it before shaking his head. Finally, he spoke.
"I’ll see y’all asses at the venue, won't I?" he asked.
"You see that little ass dress Theory got on? Hell yeah, you’ll see us,” I responded.
Real rubbed his hands together like he was Birdman or some shit.
“A master plan is already in the works.”
Prime frowned, confused. I mugged Real before revealing his "master plan."
“Scoop Wilcox is helping with some shit."
"Ahh, okay. Nigga is strange as fuck, but he solid. He crazy about Aunt Cynt's twin, Olivia."
Real's eyes widened. "There's two of 'em?"
"Aunt Liv is nothing like her twin," Prime said, chuckling. "But y'all in good h-"
Suddenly, a horn blew before a bossy female voice hollered, "Optimus! I'm getting hungry."
Prime shook his head as he sighed. "This girl."
He dapped us up. "I'll make sure my team knows it's okay for Scoop to come on the property."
"Preciate that," Real said.
I stood in the doorway as they left in a mix of sound and vehicles, the image of Theory enough to have me shook.
"You like her."
Real's comment seemed simple, but he knew it said a lot. There wasn't a shortage of women in my life, but...
"Never felt anything like this before," I explained.
"Mm."
I didn't even turn around. "When you gon' admit the same?"
He made an exasperated sound. "I'm just tryna see what her ass up to."