Page 26 of A Player’s Prayer (Mills Brothers #3)

I said nothing because I was already on it. I haven’t seen Tanessa since I made sure they fired her ass, but it seems like I need to hit the hood soon and pay her a little visit. No matter what the coin said for me to do, I was going to break my foot off in her fat, funky ass.

“Don’t worry about that shit.” I pulled her into my arms, kissing her forehead once we reached the door. “You still getting off at midnight? Not a minute later, Kodi. You told me we were going to watch Love & Hip Hop and shit.”

Since being with Kodi, I’ve been invested in the most outlandish shit. My big, grown ass has zero business watching that bullshit, but those ratchet muthafuckas had a nigga invested.

“Yes, baby,” she replied in a snicker as she turned in my arms. “I’ll call you when I leave.” She kissed my lips and reached for the door handle before turning back to face me. “I love you, Adrian.”

“I love you more, with your sexy ass.” I winked and slapped her ass before watching her enter the hospital. Once she was out of view, I turned to head back to my truck and ended up bumping into someone.

“Damn, give a nigga some room.” I stepped back, mugging that nigga, Dr. Morrison. “All on my back and shit.”

With one hand in his pocket and coffee in the other, he eyed me from head to toe.

His bulky frame was bigger than my lean one, but I will fold his ass up out here if I need to.

Shoulder-bumping him, I made my way over toward my still-running truck.

Inside, I saw he was still looking my way.

Pointing a key fob toward his car, I noticed it was a Bentley, not too far from where Dakota and I were.

I wonder if he saw us?

Not giving a fuck, I turned my music up and did the dash out of the parking garage.

That doctor nigga had rubbed me the wrong way since I first laid eyes on him.

I know he wants my girl, but that shit will never happen.

He can fuck around and find out if he wants to.

I have no issue with living up to my fucking name.

I was in my head so bad about my girl that I didn’t even realize I was pulling up at home. I drove the entire forty minutes on auto, and that shit was crazy. All I wanted to do was grab some clothes and get back to her house, so I could be butt booty naked when she got there.

“That damn girl got me tender as hell.” I chuckled as I jogged up the steps to my front door. “I don’t give a fuck, though. My baby smart, fine, and gushy…”

Laughing at myself, I did a quick scan of my place to make sure everything was the way I left it.

No one had access to my home but the cleaning lady, and she kept this house in tip-top shape.

Once I was finished checking the house, I headed upstairs to take a quick shower before I left.

Right as I took my clothes off to step inside, my doorbell went off.

“Who the fuck is at my house this late?” I frowned as I grabbed my gun from the dresser. “It better not be one of those trifling-ass bitches because they’re dying tonight.” Hitting the bottom step, I stomped over to the door, snatching it open. “What the fuck—Ava?”

“Hey, daddy…” She pushed past me. “I’ve been calling you all day.” She spun on her heels toward me. “Are you ignoring me?”

Closing my door, I crossed my arms over my chest and mugged her. I haven’t thought about Ava since she called my phone, talking shit about Kodi. At the time, she didn’t know I was serious about her, but it didn’t matter. If you offend my girl, you offend me—past or present.

“I know Harley told you I have a girl, so I’m confused about why you’re at my house right now.” I looked her over as she waved me off. This bitch was crazy. “I didn’t answer because we don’t have shit to talk about. I got shit to do, so if you don’t mind, beat it.”

Stunned, she stared at me as if I had two heads.

“Are you seriously kicking me out right now? I’m in town for the weekend, and I was hoping we could spend some time together.

” She grinned, taking a step toward me. I kept my eyes on her as I took one back.

“We used to have so much fun together, Wild.” Running her hand over her thick frame, I followed her hands but kept my face neutral. “Don’t you miss this?”

I’m a man at the end of the day, and Ava was looking right in her little black dress that left nothing to the imagination. She and I used to have some fun times together, but that shit is dead now. No matter how good she looked, I wasn’t sticking my hand, tongue, or dick anywhere near this girl.

“Don’t you have a nigga?” I asked as she took another step toward me. “I got a girl, and?—”

“And she’s not here.”

Pulling her dress over her head, my mouth dropped.

Not because she was fine—because she was—but because this bitch had lost her mind.

I guess all my playing around had these bitches convinced I wasn’t serious about Kodi being my girl.

I made a mental note to do some bizarre shit to ensure all these hoes knew what the fuck was up.

“What she doesn’t know won’t hurt her, Wild.

” She smiled, stepped to me, and placed her hands on my naked chest. “My man isn’t you, baby.

I fucked up getting with him and letting you go.

We fucked each other so well. I haven’t come the way you make me come in a long time.

” Her hand moved lower, gripping the fuck out of my dick through the cotton towel.

It was then that I realized what the fuck was happening.

Grabbing her wrist, she cried out in pain. “Ouch, baby. That hurts, Wild, but you know I like it rough. Just ease up some.”

“Ava, I told Harley to tell you that I wasn’t playing when it came to my girl.” I frowned at her and squeezed her wrist tighter. Throwing my towel onto the couch, I saw all the lust she had for me in her eyes. “I’m going to give you?—”

Pow!

Ducking, I let her go as a shot rang through the air. Confused, I turned to see who the fuck was in my house shooting. My nuts dropped to my ankles when I locked eyes with a pissed off Dakota.

“Kodi, baby… It’s not what it looks like.”

“I get off work early because I couldn’t stand to be away from you, and this is how you do me?”

“I’m going to go?—”

Pow!

I watched with wide eyes as a bullet whizzed past Ava’s head, causing her to fall to the floor and scream.

“Who the fuck are you?” Dakota asked in an eerie voice. “Which hoe am I killing tonight?” She looked from Ava to me as she took a step toward us. “One of you better answer me because my shot is better than you think. I’m just holding out for some fuckin’ answers! Now… who the fuck are you, bitch?

“Baby, it’s not what you think. I was telling Ava?—”

“Ava.” She smiled in a wicked way that had me horny and scared.

“Your old fuck buddy—Harley’s friend, right?

” She nodded her head as if she were now talking to herself.

“I know Harley told her about me. You did too. So, I’m confused…

why are you both naked in your living room?

Did you even wash my juices off your dick before you fucked her? ”

The hurt in her eyes and voice killed a nigga. She was pissed, and no matter what I said to her, the scene said something different. I’d fucked up.

“If you let me go, I promise he will never hear from me again.”

Whap!

“Shut up, hoe!” Kodi sneered as she bent over and hit Ava in the mouth with the butt of her gun.

“That’s for calling me out of my name and not knowing me.

As much as I want to kill you, it’s obvious you mean something to this nigga and his family, more than I ever could.

” She dragged her eyes over to me. “Tell her to leave.”

“Get out, Ava,” I spoke instantly without taking my eyes off Kodi. Her hands were shaking, and she had every right to be pissed. “Now.”

Jumping to her feet, she ran over to grab her dress from the floor, but Kodi had her gun pointed back at her instantly.

“Nah, you want to be a hoe so bad and fuck on somebody else’s man, I’m going to treat you like one. Leave it and get the fuck out.”

With tears streaming down her face, she looked to me for help, but I said nothing.

Hurriedly, she grabbed her keys and left out the front door as naked as she was when she entered the world.

Hearing her car crank and pull out of my driveway, Kodi and I stared at each other, waiting for the other to speak.

This was all on me, and I had to fix it.

“Baby—”

“Fuck you, Adrian.” She sneered as the first tear fell. “I told you I loved you. I gave you my fuckin’ heart! This is how you do me?”

“It’s not like that!” I yelled and took a step toward her. Her gun was now pointed at my chest, but I didn’t care. “I didn’t know she was coming here! I didn’t know she was going to do that! I would never cheat on you!”

“Your dick said different.” She raised a brow before shifting the gun lower to my mans that was semi-hard. “From what I saw, you were primed up and ready to do the do with that bitch.”

“Kodi, baby… please,” I said. Thinking she wouldn’t shoot at me, I pulled her to me. “I love you.”

“I love me too.” She peered up at me, and when the first tear fell, I felt like shit.

“She should never have been that comfortable coming in here. You should never have allowed her into your space in the first place. If it’s that easy for a woman to have access to you, I don’t need you.

Hell, who’s to say what would have happened if I had never come in?

Would you have fucked her? Would you have told me? ”

I said nothing because I didn’t know what she was getting at. Was she breaking up with me?

“I said I love you,” I reiterated. “You’re my girl. The only person I’m fucking is you.”

“I’m a woman who will always put myself and my heart first.” She pushed back from me, wiping her tears. “It’s over, Adrian. You can go back to being Wild… I’m sure you were still him anyway.”

As I watched her retreat toward the door, my feet remained planted to the ground.

Not even two hours ago, I was inside of her, telling her how much I loved her.

Now, I’m a single man, according to her.

Hearing her slam the door snapped me from my thoughts.

Rubbing the dull pain in my chest, I realized that she took my heart right out of the door with her.

Slumping on my sofa, I placed my hand on my head and tried to think about what the fuck I was going to do.

Wild wouldn’t trip. Wild would go and get three new hoes to replace the one he’d just lost, but this isn’t about Wild.

And I didn’t just lose some hoe. This is about Adrian, and Adrian loves Dakota.

“Fuck that shit she talkin’ about.” I reached over to my end table and picked up one of my pre-rolled blunts. Grabbing the towel, I threw it over my now flaccid dick. The only reason I’d snatched it off was to get Ava’s hands off me.

“This shit is nowhere near over. You’re mine, Dakota. We will never be done.”