"I don't date."
"Make an exception. I'd treat you like a fucking queen," I said.
She gave me a little smile. "I don't doubt that you're the kind of guy who would treat a woman well.” She gave me a little pat on my cheek that I wasn’t sure if she meant to be endearing or what. "But I'm not the girl for you."
"I think that's exactly what you are," I countered.
"This is your last chance, Kiano. Are you taking me home to have some fun after my shift or not?”
I shook my head.
“Nah. I’m not even about to play like that about my future wife.”
Jiselle laughed. “The one you told me didn’t exist?” She rolled her eyes and I grabbed her wrist before she could circle back to the bar.
“You,” I said. “You’re my future wife, and I’m not about to play like that with you, Jazz.”
She rolled her eyes with a smile on her face. She pushed me softly in my chest and I let her wrist go.
“Have a good night, baby boy.” She winked at me and I nodded.
“You too, wifey.”
Jiselle snickered, not knowing I already had our entire lives planned together.
I walked up behind her when she got close to the bar and plucked her up by her hips. I made sure she was safely on theopposite side of the bar then took my wallet out and handed her two hundred-dollar bills.
I didn’t wait for a response. I just pretended to give her the space she wanted and headed back to my friends.
“I’m calling it,” I announced.
“Already?” Leon asked.
“Yeah. I feel like shit, man. Thanks for coming out though.” I dapped everyone at the table then headed out.
I looked at my watch as I speed walked to my car.
If I planned to break into Jiselle’s house, I had a set amount of hours to do so.
I knew where she lived and had been outside of the building more times than I’d ever admit. I’d lifted her apartment number from the leasing office’s system. It was disgusting how easy it was to get people’s information these days. It was even more disgusting how simple it had been to get a copy of her key.
All it had taken was feigned innocence, a soft, apologetic voice, and a little bit of knowledge about the tenant and I was in there. Literally.
I pushed the door to Jiselle’s apartment open and surveyed it while sliding my gloves on.
It wasn’t anything spectacular but it was nice for someone who barely worked. She had a large, glowing pink sound system and a CD collection. I took my time looking through her CDs, squaring away the ones I’d heard and noting the ones I didn’t know but thought may be interesting if I looked them up.
I did a slow walkthrough of the living room, kitchen, and her bedroom. Everything was pretty clean. She hadn’t made her bed and had makeup covering her bathroom sink, but outside of that? It looked like everything had its own place and was in that place.
Instead I went back to her bedroom, made sure the camera she usually used for recording was off and dug through herthings. I looked through each of her drawers and whistled when I found myself face to face with her toy collection in person. She had a three-tier shelf specifically for her work props from what she’d said while streaming and it was right in front of me. I pulled the top drawer open. There was a series of glass butt plugs all lined up, three sets of handcuffs, and two sets of nipple clamps. I checked the butt plugs out up close, looking at the size she usually used. The second drawer was full of vibrators and dildos. I tilted my head as I looked at some of the shapes she’d collected over the years.
I was learning a lot about Jiselle, more than I’d known before.
It was doing absolutely nothing to deter me.
I decided to put cameras in her living room and bedroom and took my time making sure they weren’t easily found. I thought about putting a third camera in her bathroom but decided against it.
I was just testing the camera from my phone when I heard someone rummaging with the front door. I made sure all the drawers I’d opened were shut and thought quickly about my next move. Jiselle lived on the top floor, so there was no way for me to jump out of the window. I tapped my pockets quickly to make sure I hadn’t set anything down and quickly dropped to the ground onto my stomach. I rolled beneath her bed and stayed perfectly still when Jiselle stumbled into her room. It took less than three seconds to realize she was with someone and about the same amount of time for them to hop into bed together.