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folded over her chest as she blocked me from coming in her house. Little did her evil ass know, she wasn’t doing shit but turning me on and making me want to fuck all the attitude out of her short ass.
    “Bye, Casino,” she said as she tried to shut the door.
    I stopped it with my foot and she continued to try to shut it but she was no match for my strength so she had no choice but to finally give in. She huffed and rolled her eyes while walking away. I shut the door and followed her
    “Where little mama?” I asked her.
    She ignored me and continued to keep walking. Before she could reach the living room, I pulled her back by her wrist and pinned her up against the wall. She tried to say something but I kissed her to shut up whatever smart shit she was about to let fly out of her mouth.
    “What the fuck did I tell you about that attitude shit?” I said as my lips brushed up against hers. “I’m not fucking playing with you!”
    “What do you want from me?” she asked softly.
    “Your heart, your mind, your body, your soul…everything.”
    Choc just looked down, sighed and shook her head. “You're not ready for me, Casino. I—”
    “But I am, though,” I cut her off while lifting her head up.
    “Listen, let me explain. You're not ready for me because you clearly have unfinished business with your daughter's mother or else she wouldn't be acting the way she does, unless you're giving her a reason to. I'm not the one for the games, Casino. I damn near fucked that girl up and it wasn't easy for me to restrain myself. So, if you're going to continue to play games with her and fuck her, then you don't need me because I can't do shit for you. I'm not above catching a case if you fuck me over,” she told me straight up.
    The fact that she’d just low-key threatened me did something to me. I usually didn't let people get away with threatening me but she just turned me on and I thought it was sexy as fuck coming from her.
    “I'm not fucking China,” I lied. “We haven't been together since Casiyah was born and the only reason she acts like that is because she thinks us sharing a daughter means she has papers on me but I don’t want that damn girl. You gotta give me a chance to prove myself, Choc. I would never go this hard to get you if I didn't really want you and had intentions on playing with you. That's some shit I'm not going to do.”
    Choc bit her lip and looked at me like she was contemplating everything I’d said. This girl was crazy as fuck if she thought I was going to let her get away from me off the strength of China or anyone else. It wasn't shit like a good girl who wasn't with the drama, all about her money, a hard worker, and cool as fuck. If I would've met her first, I wouldn't have given China's ass a second look.
    “Come on, baby. You know you want to,” I told her.
    She laughed and rolled her eyes at me. “You got one time to fuck up, Casino, and I promise, I'm done,” she told me.
    “Ain't no fucking up, girl, but come here. We gotta seal the deal with a kiss.” I smiled.
    Just like that, I had the girl I wanted and everything thing seemed to be going good in a nigga's life, besides the fact that I found out that my so-called friend could be a snake and my dumb ass baby mama wouldn't let me see my daughter. That was cool, though, because I had something for the both of their asses.

Fourteen – China
    “I'm sorry, ma'am, but your card was declined.”
    I cranked my head to look at her like she was stupid because I knew I had just heard her wrong. There was no way in hell that my card was declined when it had over twenty gees on it, that I know for sure because Casino put money on the card faithfully. So I knew she just didn't know what the fuck she was doing.
    “Nah, homegirl. Swipe that again, there's money on there,” I told her.
    She looked at me like she wanted to object but the look I gave her told her not to try me. I didn't want to have to act a damn fool up in Nordstrom