Page 8 of His Obsession Her Cure

“That's why I love you bitch. You will always remind me who I am.” She got up and pulled me into a tight hug before we headed to the door hand in hand.

“Okay one more thing. My cousins are a different breed. I don’t know what it is, but these niggas make bitches go crazy. Women constantly throw themselves at them, and in Aren’s case men too.”

“What?”

“Girl, yes, that nigga got a boyfriend and a girlfriend. It’s ridiculous how these hoes are throwing themselves at them.

Alestar is the same, so I guess that’s why he has never noticed me.

From what I’ve seen of the women on his roster, I’m definitely not his type but I still can’t help how he makes me feel. ” She said with a sad look.

“You bitches need to get it together. Do I have to remind her that y'all are always the baddest bitches in the room.”

“Nyx said, to remind you that we are always the baddest bitches in the room.”

“She’s right, we are.” She said, perking up.

The closer we got to the kitchen the louder it got. When we came down the stairs, I was standing face to face with three of the finest men I had ever seen in my life.

All of them were at least six feet four inches tall, with muscles and tattoos everywhere.

The two whom I assumed were Gunner and Aren had honey-colored eyes, while Alestar, the one staring at Char with nothing but desire, had a sexy pair of gray ones.

He clearly was loving the black jumpsuit she had on under her fluffy white Shacket and black ankle boots. Yeah, my bestie was a baddie.

“Damn, who made these niggas, and can I order one on amazon?”

“No, Nyx, that's not what we’re here for. Now get yourself together the last thing we need is another crazy ass nigga. I don’t even like sex remember.” I told her, remembering my horrible experiences with Taye. But looking at these three made me want to rethink that assessment.

We walked into the kitchen and Ma ushered us all to the dining room.

We all sat at the dining room table that had been loaded with the food Ma prepared.

Somehow, I got seated next to the finest of the three men.

At least he was in my opinion. As Ma blessed the food I couldn’t help but sneak peaks at the man seated right next to me.

We looked like he could eat me alive literally and figuratively.

After grace, Ma started with the introductions.

“Baby these are my grandsons Aren, Gunner and their best friend Alestar.” I nodded to everyone.

“Nice meeting you," they all said with a smile. Aren and Alestar spoke while Gunner gave me a head nod and a quizzical stare.

“Guys this is my friend Pepper. She'll be staying with us for a while.” Char explained.

Everyone was all smiles and enjoyed some playful banter back and forth except Gunner.

He seemed to be super intense and maybe a little bit scary.

I tried to keep my direct eye contact to a minimum as I piled food on my plate like I hadn’t eaten in months.

Everyone else was doing the same so I didn’t feel too bad.

Reaching out for a roll my hand collided with Gunners, and he gave me another intense stare, like he was looking directly into my soul.

I froze, getting hypnotized by his icy gaze, until he grunted and passed me the roll.

“Did he just grunt at us like he was a caveman? Ooh, I like him.”

When I looked over at him the light bounced off his eyes causing them to sparkle and my panties to flood.

“See, you like him too.” Nyx giggled.

This man was fine as fuck, not to mention his scent was making me fucking dizzy.

He smelled like a night in front of the fire like cedar and cinnamon with a hint of vanilla.

It was masculine but nice. He had smooth flawless dark brown skin, dimples, long lashes, and a sexy nose ring.

He had his hair cut short with a crisp line up, but you could still see the thick curls that adorned the top of his head.

A full beard accented his chiseled jaw and his lips looked so fucking soft.

I wanted to lean over and kiss them to see for myself.

“I would love to climb his big ass like a tree.”

“Nyx, please shut up.” I hissed, trying to seem like I was clearing my throat instead of having a conversation with myself. But she was right, I didn’t even know I liked men with piercings. I hurriedly pulled my hand back and looked down at my plate.

Focus Nyx .

“Is this your first time in Brookview?” The one named Aren asked.

He had the brightest smile and seemed to be the pretty boy of the crew.

He was his brother's twin except his hair was in a curly man bun on the top of his head and he had a small beauty mark next to his right lip.

He had just as many tattoos covering his skin, with the same signature dimples and long lashes as Char and Ma.

You could definitely see the family resemblance.

“Yes.” I said, trying not to have a panic attack. I wasn’t good with social interaction. It took me a while to open up to new people.

“Cool, are you going to the same school as Char?”

“Yes, I’m transferring to BU for their medical program.” I said as Gunner trapped me under his gaze again and I was stuck. I watched as he licked his bottom lip and my panties were ruined. Fuck how does someone that hasn’t said more than two words to me make me feel like this.

I needed to do better.

“Damn right out here embarrassing us.”

“Whatever Nyx.” The last time I moved too quickly I ended up in a nightmare.

“Gun and Alestar just received their business degrees in computer science from FAMU. I got mine in graphic design,” he beamed.

“Congratulations.” I said, giving him a practiced smile.

“Have you boys found a house yet?” Ma asked. “You know you’re welcome to stay here until you get settled.”

My heart rate sped up at the thought of Gunner being under the same roof as me.

“Thanks, but we’re good. We picked one of the houses that were part of the estate,” Gunner said, finally speaking. His voice was smooth and deep as he spoke about their plans. “It’s been closed up for a while, but we’ll get it together in no time,” he continued.

“Do you boys need help? Me and the girls could come by and help out,” she volunteered.

“No thanks Ma. We got it," Gunner said.

“I insist. We’ll be over tomorrow bright and early,” she said like it was final.

And I guess it was because everybody went back to eating and laughing.

I caught Char and Alestar sneaking glances at each other while Aren typed away on his phone in between bites.

When I looked up Gunner was staring at me again like he was an animal stalking his prey.

Shit, my poor panties didn’t stand a chance tonight.

And with the way it was beating out of my chest my heart couldn’t take sitting next to him anymore either.

“Ma this was wonderful but I’m really tired. I should head to bed.” I said, scooting my chair back from the table.

“You sure Suga? You hardly ate anything,” she said looking at my half-eaten plate.

“Yeah Ma, I’m sure. I think the long bus ride just tired me out. Goodnight, everyone.” I said before I hopped up like my ass was on fire or anyone else could stop me. Quickly clearing my plate, I bolted to my room, running up the stairs and closed the door like someone was chasing me.

“ Damn Pepper, you acted like the nigga was gon bite us. All he did was give us a little eye contact. Did you feel that zing when his hand touched ours? Went straight to our pussy. Shit. ”

I couldn’t even sit next to a man without freaking out. This is hard, how am I supposed to function with him around.

“ Everyone is not him, Pepper. ”

Even if he’s not, I don't have time in my life for any man, good or bad. I’m here to accomplish my goals and build a life, I tried telling her.