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Alonzo parents in the mm. Saint and Amari Sinclair.

Reggie

Talk about being a hypocrite, I was over here spewing to Alonzo how he should ensure his happiness and not worry about much when that's exactly what I was doing. I'm not gon act like I ain't thought about cutting this short because of what could happen or because all that could go wrong. But it was time I took my own advice and tried to be happy. Even though this was probably the most selfish thing I could do, bringing him into my life, introducing him to my world. It'd all end badly one way or another.

All I knew was that I had to enjoy this before it was all gone from me. Selfish or not, I was gon be happy for once. I just hope if and when it all went wrong, he'd forgive me.

Alonzo

Kiss after kiss after kiss I found myself getting more and more lost. With each kiss took away each struggle, each problem I was carrying. With each kiss, each soft, memorable kiss, the load I was carrying lightened and it brought me back to something he said earlier.

"I can carry this, you ain't got to do nothing when you with me."

It wasn't until now that I was first beginning to believe him and it wouldn't be soon until I eventually fell.

We were still at the beach laying down in the sand,me laying across his chest and his hand around my waist.

So basically we were in heaven. Well I was.

"When do you want to leave?" He asks, rubbing his hand uo and down my back.

I wish he wouldn't do that, it was hard to focus when he did that.

"I don't care. What time is it?" I say checking the time to know if my parents dinner is over yet.

"We've been here for 2 hours, you want to go out to eat?" He offers looking down at me.

My growling stomach answers for me and I chuckle to myself before sitting uo from his chest.

Perry, Shawn and Leo came and told us they were leaving an hour ago so it was just us and the people who were pouring in to get to the beach before it was too late.

"Let's go to Red Lobster." I say looking up at him.

"Oh I gave it to you that good so you taking me there?" He jokes laying his head back down and looking up.

"You ain't give me nothing yet." He laughs and rolls us over gaining a squeak out of me. "Emphasis on yet." He winks standing up and offering his hand. One hand was fanning my face that rose in temperature from his little scene and the other took his hand so he could help me up.

"Let's go to Red Lobster then." He says and we walk back towards the car, hand in hand. I looked at the retreating son just above the horizon as we walked back to the car and smiled. For the first time in a while I was content, with no worries about anyone else.

He opened my door for me once again and I hopped in and started the car while he put the stuff in the trunk. He was taking a little too long so I decided to look in the rear view mirror. He was talking with this man, same height but darker skinned, it looked like they were having a very interesting conversation and at the end, Ray reached into his pocket and shook his hand after looking around for some time.

That was sketchy. My face scrunched up in confusion and I squinted my eyes at the scene before me.

When he got in the car I decided to question what the whole ordeal was. "What was that?"

He looked dumb for a minute before I gave him a look that was like 'Lie bitch' and he sighed in defeat before going into details.

"That was an old friend, we hadn't linked up in a long time."

My suspicions were rising with every word. He was lying to me, and the hurt was almost too harsh to mask.

The peck on my lips pulled me from my thoughts.

"Ain't nothing to worry bout," he smirks putting on a smile that made the butterflies in my stomach flutter. And just like that, everything was alright.

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The drive to Red Lobster was quiet for the most part, but it was a good silence. We were comfortable in the silence and not much was needed to feel the space.

We walked in side by side and Ray clasped our hands together and I smiled widely. I love that he initiated almost everything because I had none of the guts that were needed to even initiate a kiss.

"Hey welcome to Red Lobster, how many?" The male waiter asks from behind the counter plastering on a smile.

"Two please." I say looking around the restaurant. It was packed today.

The waiter grabbed two menus and smiled widely at the two of us. "Follow me please."

We followed him back to a booth in the back and I slid into one side him sliding onto the other so we were facing each other.

"Do you know what you'd like to drink?" The waiter, Ryan was the name on his name tag asked pulling out his notepad to scribble it down.

"I want a Sprite." I request and look over at Ray to see what he wanted.

"Sweet tea." Is all he says still looking down at the menu. I look down and begin to look through the menu.

"Sweet tea and Sprite for Mr. Sinclair and his guest." The waiter mutters and walks off. I look up at that and see Ray looking up too.

"You know him?" He asks after the waiter walks away. I shake my head no and look around the restaurant to get an idea of what's going on. My heart drops when realization hits me. My father frequents this restaurant and owns a portion in it. Things were not going to go as planned if my father and his connections were involved. I'd be surprised if he didn't already know about me being here. Avoiding my father would be much harder than I thought.

"Family friend." I lie and go back to looking down at my menu. He looks suspiciously but shrugs it off and looks back down at the menus.

"Here are your drinks," the waiter says putting the drinks down in front of us. "And here is some bread for you. Do you know what you want to order?"

I answer first and tell him my order then Ray goes and I take a sip of my drink. Ray's hand on top of mine grabs my attention.

"Zo I need to tell you something." He says, looking deep into my eyes. I was paralyzed under his gaze and the seriousness that his eyes held made my stomach drop. I was so fearful of what he was going to say.

I nod my head and take a deep breath to prepare for whatever he was going to say.

"I know you're curious. About what I do, and I wish I could tell you but, I can't."

"Why? Why can't you tell me?" I ask, feeling my defenses coming up.

"Calm down I don't want you to worry, I'm telling you this because I want to be honest with each other and have no secrets. What I do, is dangerous, and I promise to tell you anything you want, as long as you need to know it."

I nodded, calming myself down. "So I don't need to know this yet?"

"Not yet, but just know everything is to protect you and I wish I could tell you and I will, one day." He added, rubbing my hand and doing all he can to portray what he means.

I nodded and pulled my hand back when the waiter came and put our food on the table. The steam coming off the plates hit my nose and the mouth watering aroma of my food was enough to make my stomach growl. I grabbed my fork and dug into my mashed potatoes and Steak and moan in delight.

I look up and see Ray staring intently, biting his lip. When he notice I'm looking his eyes leave my lips and my go to my eyes.

"Gimme some."

I think about it for a while before editing my answer. "No."

He comes over to my side of the booth and puts one hand around my shoulder. Getting close to my ear he whispers, "Please?"

He even goes the extra mile and tips my ear love with his tongue. A shiver goes down my spine and I lift my fork up with a little bit of food to give him.

"That's all I get?" He asks smacking his teeth before leaning forward to the fork.

"Now give me some of yours." I demand, wanting some of his Lobster. He gives me a whole Lobster and I fake shock. "For me?" I tease and grab the Lobster tail pulling out the meat from it. He teased me so I decide to get him back with my next action. I tilt my head back and hold the Lobster over my mouth slowly easing it all in before licking my lips and moaning at the taste.

His eyes are no longer teasing towards me, more so, lustful.

I chuckle to myself and go back to eating my food.

Waiters POV

I knew I had to follow my orders that we're given to me. The orders were if I was to see Mr. Sinclair's son, I was to inform him and let him know.

The orders were even more bizarre. I was supposed to transfer the security camera footage so he could watch and keep an eye in his son. Mr. Sinclair was very adamant and specific when it came to his business. He wanted to know everything and alway be in control and even though it was out if my hands I felt bad aiding in the spying of his son. But when it came to my job, yeah I don't feel that bad.

Alonzo POV

After some talking and flirting and just enjoying each other's company I was smiling like crazy. But as usual, my happiness doesn't last for long. I got a text from my father and it was a picture of me and Ray, holding hands in the restaurant, almost like a security camera. The following text was him telling me to get home now and I could feel my happiness leaving and the tears coming to take its place.

He knew.

I should've been smarter, I should've know he would spy on me. Why didn't I think that he'd use his connections to figure out what was going on. I couldn't avoid him forever.

"You Ok Zo, why you crying?" Ray asks kneeling in front of me. I wiped the tear from my eye and got up pulling him with me. I couldn't actually tell how I felt, I was feeling a mix of emotions, I was angry because of my father's nosiness but scared as to what he would do.

We got to the car and when I got in I could feel myself getting angrier. I was punching the steering wheel repeatedly as the tears continuously fell down my eyes.

"Zo, Zo, Alonzo! Look at me, tell me what's wrong?!" Ray screamed grabbing me and pulling me into a hug.

I let out all my cries while attempting to inform him on what happened between stutters.

"M-m-my d-dad knows, he wants me to c-come home and I know h-he's n-not going to take it well." I sob, soaking Ray's shirt with my tears.

"Don't worry about it, you don't have to go home tonight, you can stay with me." He offers and I lift up and shake my head. I can't do that, I have to go home. One thing about my father is when he wants something he gets it

"Yes, you'll stay the night." He demands and I keep shaking my head trying to stop the tears.

"Don't argue with me, you coming with me." He barks and I nod my head and listen.

"But-"

He shuts me up once again with his lips pressed against mine. This one was more rough, like he was trying to let me know that he was the one in control and he was. His tongue licked my bottom lip, begging for access and I open, giving him entrance and he instantly dominates the kiss.

We separate the kiss and he pecks my lips once more.

"I'm driving." He tells me getting out the passenger side. I would argue but I get out and wipe the tears from my eyes and go over to the passenger side.

I was smiling, laughing even at the events that occurred just now. It seemed although no matter what was happening or what I was going through, Ray could always kiss it better.

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