Page 19 of Only for Me

“I can agree to that. All I want is her privacy protected,” Makari agreed.

I hated always having a camera in my face. I damaged enough of them because of how much that shit annoyed me. If I couldn’t handle it, there was no way a child could. I wouldn’t do that to her. I knew it would be unrealistic to keep her identity hidden, it would leak eventually, but we could do our best to keep her life as private as possible.

“O, that’s not…”

“I said no media. We’ll figure it out. Put that shit in the contract.”

“You realize if even one picture gets out there of her, she can use that against you.”

“I won’t do that.” Raaj glared at her briefly before his eyes were on me.

“You sure about this?”

“Yeah, if she wants that included, put it in there.”

He sighed, clearly not liking this, but did what I asked.

“Thank you.”

I tossed my chin and she kissed the top of Avi’s head. Raaj made a few more notes then collected all the papers. “I’ll pull this together and have it formally sent out to both of you to review. Once the paternity is confirmed, we can finalize everything by the end of the week.”

I got up to walk him out, and as soon as we were out the door, he was on my ass. “You’re thinking with your dick, O.”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

“It means you want to fuck your daughter’s mother more than you want to be a father.”

“The fuck, Raaj? I’m not lacking with pussy.”

“No, you’re not. With all the NDAs that move across my desk for you, I’m well aware of how many women you have in and out of your bed, whether I care to know that much about you or not. How about we stick to what you’ve been doing instead of what’s in there. That shit is going to end badly.”

“Me being a father is going to end badly?”

“Yes, it will if you put your dick in that woman again. You’ve given her everything she needs to cash in.”

“That’s not going to happen.” I honestly didn’t believe Makari was on a paper chase, but if she was… “And if it comes to that, you’re going to make sure I’m good. I’m not worried.”

He laughed arrogantly. “I can’t fix everything, O. Especially when you’re working against me. I hope you know what you’re doing.”

I didn’t and he also wasn’t convinced based on the way he just stared at me.

“The fuck you looking at me like that for?”

“How are you?”

I frowned hard and he sighed, rolling his shoulders back before his eyes moved over my face intently. “You sleeping?”

No…

Raaj wasn’t just my attorney. He was also a friend. Unlike the other people who played a role in managing my career, and by default my life, I wasn’t just a check with Raaj.

“Yeah, I’m good.”

“Are you?” The concern was all over his face even though he kept his tone void of the accusations I could not only see in his eyes but felt weighted in his mood.

“I said I’m good.”

“You been to see Dr. Shore like I suggested…”