A Ruthless Love Story by Hall K.L

Author:Hall, K.L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chanel

I was sitting at home, scrolling through my phone, when it started ringing in my hand.

“Bittttccchhhhh,” Neenah said into the phone as soon as I answered her FaceTime call.

My forehead scrunched up as I laid across my bed. “What?”

“Please tell me you’re sitting down.”

“I’m actually laying down. Why? Wait, let me guess… you talked to your brother.”

“Oh, I talked to him alright.” She nodded with a stern look on her face.

“So what’s up? What did he say? Tell me everything, and don’t leave anything out,” I insisted.

Instead of speaking, Neenah let an awkward silence build up between us. I didn’t know whether that was a good sign or a bad one, but I still was eager to know what was up.

“So…?” I nudged with my eyes wide, hoping she’d spill the tea.

Her facial expression went from stern to sad, which put a quick damper on my thoughts that her news would be good. I shifted my body so that I was sitting up with my back propped up against a few pillows.

“I don’t know how to tell you this,” she said.

“Tell me what?”

“My brother… he um…”

“What? Your brother what? Spit it out, Nee! Damn!”

“He’s got a girlfriend…”

“What!” I screamed so loud that my voice cracked.

I hoped my face didn’t show the hurt I felt inside. In case it did, I lowered the phone away from my eyes while I took a few seconds to get myself together.

“I know, I know! I’m just as shocked telling you as you are hearing it. We all were shocked.”

“Hold up. What do you mean you all were shocked? You met this bitch?”

“Yeah. He introduced us to her over dinner just a few hours ago. She’s… cute,” she said in an innocent tone.

“I don’t give a fuck if she was Miss fucking United States! Who the fuck is she, and how long have they been dating?” I asked, my voice dripping with jealousy.

“Trust and believe, I asked. Her name is Loyalty. She looks young, maybe our age or younger, but definitely not anywhere near Lourde’s age. She said they’ve been dating for a couple months.”

“Where did they meet?”

“She told this weird ass story about them meeting in a hospital. I don’t know if I fully believe that shit, but my father was eating it up like it was the best news in the world.”

“What the fuck,” I mumbled.

“I mean, I know Lourde is secretive about some things, but this… I’m not so sure about, especially after what you told me about your idea for him to fake a marriage.”

“That’s exactly what this has to be! There’s just no other way! He didn’t say shit about having a girlfriend when he was fuc—you know what… never mind. It’s cool. I’m good. Fuck it. I guess you were right, Nee. It just wasn’t meant to be.”

“Aww no. Nope!” she protested, while shaking her head.

“What? I’m serious. I’m good.” I nodded.

“No, you’re not. I know that tone. That’s that Angela Bassett in Waiting to Exhale right before she burned all her nigga shit up tone.

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