“You’re a fucking liar and you’re bad at it.” I shoved his hands from my face. “Don’t piss me off, Stone,” I warned. “I’ll fuck up our night right now. Tell me I won’t.”
“Jesus. Why are you so hot when you’re crazy?”
I cut my eyes at him. “Have you ever been stabbed?”
“Once and it fucking sucked.” He grabbed my waist and yanked me in. “Please don’t stab me.”
“Then don’t be a lying piece of shit.”
“I love you.”
“And you think lying?—”
He cut me off. “Selle, I love you and think you deserve to have everything you want.” His hands went back to my face. “I want you to be happy no matter what and I want to contribute to that happiness in any way I can but…” He exhaled. “I can’t give you what Kiano can.”
“Stone, I’m a slut, not a gold digger.” I winked at him and he scoffed. “I think swiping Kiano’s black card is fun but I promise I have enough money to take care of myself. I’ve been doing it this long.” I gave him a small smile. “I’ve fucked men with less money than you and more money than Kiano and yet here I am… with you.” I wrapped my arms around his neck. “And this is where I want to be, with the two of you. Both of you,” I stressed. “There’snot a thought in my head about cutting you loose and running off with Kiano. If anything, I’m worried about the two of you running off without me.”
“You can’t get rid of me, Selle. You should know that by now.”
“That doesn’t stop me from being worried.”
“Yeah. Me either.” His eyes searched mine.
“We just have to do that stupid, annoying shit and trust each other then, huh?”
“Yeah. I guess so.” He ran his thumbs along the edge of my jaw and I smiled at him. “I don’t want to live a life without you in it.”
“Then don’t be a liar, cheater, or piece of shit and you won’t have to.”
“Deal.” He grinned and leaned in so we could kiss through our mutual smiles.
“His parents want to meet you,” I added.
“What?”
“Kiano’s,” I clarified. “His parents want to have us over.”
Genuine confusion took over his face. “He told his parents about me?”
“That’s right. I think he may be pretty serious about us.”
I giggled and Stone smiled.
“Yeah. Maybe.” He kissed me again. “I’m going to be real with you. I don’t want to go to some stupid ass dinner.”
“Then, what do you want to do?”
“How do you feel about a movie?”
“Amazing, actually.” I nodded immediately.
That felt more like us honestly and I didn’t know the last time I’d gone to an actual movie with the way streaming services had taken over the world.
Stone pulled his phone out and tapped the screen a few times.
“There’s a screening in an hour if you want to see a horror movie.”
“Are you just trying to get me all scared so I can depend on you to protect me?”