Cater to You by Shamara Ray

Author:Shamara Ray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strebor Books

CHAPTER THIRTY

I yawned again. I was tired, but if Tyler needed to talk, I would do it so we could be on the same page. I couldn’t lie. I loved Tyler. It wasn’t as if he was sitting next to me and I felt nothing for him. For the past seven months, we were developing a relationship. We spent countless hours together, discussed almost everything with one another. I was intimate with this man. I didn’t make the decision lightly to take a break from him.

“What exactly does this break mean to you?” he asked, for the second time.

“I just need time to figure out what I want to do.”

“That’s real vague, Riley.”

“Maybe it is a little vague. I’m still trying to figure it all out.”

“I know you were pissed about the movie, but I’m finding it hard to connect all the dots here. I thought we were heading in the right direction.”

“I told you it wasn’t about the movie. I thought you said you heard what I’ve been saying?”

“I guess I don’t understand how the things you mentioned warrant a break.”

“You’re completely content with our relationship?”

“Damn near. What do I have to complain about? I have a good woman, smart, beautiful, funny, great company… Why wouldn’t I be content?”

“See, that’s interesting. I didn’t ask about me, per se. I asked if you were content with the relationship. When you think about a relationship, what are your expectations?”

“I expect to be able to share who I am and what I want in life with this person. I want to communicate and talk about any and everything with this person. I want to be able to envision a future together. I want to have their back and feel that they have mine. We have to be compatible in the bedroom. As far as I’m concerned, we have all of that.”

Tyler was right; we had all of those things. Yet, there was one key element missing. I needed the fire and the passion. That spark I saw in him the first night we met had extinguished too soon. I could appreciate sharing and communicating; I needed that, too. What about wanting to spend the rest of our lives together, not just saying you could see a future? Why not feel it has to be exciting in the bedroom, not just a matter of compatibility? Have my back, but fiercely defend me. I didn’t know how to convey that to Tyler without making it seem he was doing something wrong.

A part of me felt that maybe I was being too idealistic. Somewhere along the way, I may have romanticized what a real relationship was. My sister told me to stop comparing men to my dad. She thought I set the bar too high. I didn’t agree. Why lower the bar when I saw firsthand that the things I want in a relationship are attainable? I couldn’t deny Tyler was a good man, but I could question if he was the right man for me.

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