Chapter 46

"I…I never meant to lash out and treat you so harshly, diamond." He wiped her tears with his huge fingers. "Baby, you had absolutely nothing to do with what happened yesterday, okay?" His wet lips took hers, kissing her gently. "You're my baby. My princess."

He studied her shortly and said softly, "I know you missed me while I was away, sweetheart, which is why you were so clingy to me while I was working. And I missed you more, my love. I swear. I missed you." He stroked her back. "Di…did I push you so hard, baby? I…I…didn't even know when I did that. I…oh, my love. Did you sustain an injury?"

"My arm is bruised," She showed her left upper arm to him and he gasped. "And…and I fell hard on the floor."

"Oh, my love," He was gently touching the bruises.

"It was when you held my arm that I got the injury."

"Really?" He looked at her.

"You injured me with your nails." She sobbed.

Mildly pressing his forehead against hers, he said, "Oh, my love, was I that rough on you? Oh, diamond, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, darling." He kissed her lips. "Sorry, my baby. My princess. Oh, my love." His arms tightened around her and he kissed her neck. As his cold tongue slid on her neck she chuckled softly. "You like it?" He smiled at her.

He took her tiny lips in a kiss and she kissed him back. "My love. My darling baby." He was kissing all over her face and she giggled. He'd never been so glad. He was so relieved to see that cute smile on his baby's face again. "And you wrapped up my work for me? Oh, my love." He stroked her back. "Thank you so much, dearie. I never expected that. I never even thought you were watching how I did it. And you helped me even after yelling at you like that, diamond? You're such a darling. My one and only baby." He fondled her.

"Have you eaten?" He asked.

"I wasn't hungry," She said.

"Oh, my love," He kissed her neck. "I understand. I'm sorry I stressed you that much, okay? Sorry I didn't listen to you, okay?"

"My goodness! Weston," She touched his face. "You've apologized like a thousand times now. I know it wasn't your fault. If…if I'd listened to you, things wouldn't have turned out that way."

He pressed kisses on her neck as she spoke.

"I was surprised that you even tolerated my attitude for that long." She said,

A smile pulled his lips. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Cause you could've said I should get lost once you step into the living room… you know what I mean."

"No, I don't, He laughed and kissed her face. "I say that when I've gone nuts, baby."

"And you always go nuts," She shrugged.

He chuckled softly and shook his head slightly. "Yeah, I agree though." He shrugged. "You know you've really calmed me down, my love. I used to be very brutal and harsh. It's just me…and I love being honest. I don't just like shit. I honestly don't. I just can't keep calm when someone is messing with me, I swear. I'm gonna fuckin fuck that fuckin motherfucker up. "

This made her smile. She just loves how he talks with so much swagger.

"My brother, Cayden, complains about that a lot. But, bruh, I can't help it," He said.

"How do you treat your kid sisters?" She asked and he laughed.

"I treat them like my kid sisters," He said, gesticulating. "I used to play a lot and make them laugh…so they kinda preferred me to Cayden 'cause he isn't that playful. He doesn't even like kid things that much."

"Aww," She was smiling. "But he has a kid, right?"

"Sure," Weston said. "Raiden Brooks."

"I so love your family name, Brooks," She said.

"Really?" He was gazing down at her with a smile.

"Yeah," She said. "I just love how y'all pronounce the name with so much stress…like Brooks!"

He was laughing. "Aww!"

"Elodre Brooks!" She said, "Cayden Brooks! Weston Brooks! Raiden Brooks!" She chuckled.

"And Jigyasa Brooks!" He said and winked at her.

Jigyasa blushed, covering her face with her palm. "Aww!" She never expected that! Oh, she hopes!!

Cuddling her hard, he said, "But my love, I'm sorry again. I'm so sorry for hurting your feelings…and making you cry, okay? But, I want you to always listen to me when I speak. You know I'd never be hard or rude for no reason." He kissed her lips. "I'm your man and you can always come to me whenever you want, okay? If you need anything, feel free to tell me, okay? But when you notice I'm ain't in the best of moods, especially when I warn you, just gimme some time to cool off, okay?"

"I understand you're clingy 'cause you love my attention and I'm absolutely cool with that, okay?" He was gazing directly into her green eyes and she was smiling. "Just try to understand when I draw boundaries okay? After which you have the whole time to tell me whatever you want, okay? I love you, diamond."

"Love you too," She kissed his lips. "I'm really sorry about yesterday…about the stress."

Smiling down at her, he rubbed her back. "It's alright my love, don't apologize, okay? I love you. It's okay."

Her eyes were gleaming with joy. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.

"And thank you, baby, for assisting me with my work." His lips were on hers. "See that mart bag over there?" He pointed at the mart bag. "It's for you."

Gasping for joy, she wanted to grab it…

"Sshh," He held her still and gazed directly into her eyes. "After dinner."

She folded her arms and feigned a frown.

He laughed and said, "What's that look, baby? Let's go have dinner."

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At Cayden's, the cleaning girls had helped clean up the blood and wrapped Jasmine's arms to lessen the flow of blood.

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Soon, the door opened and Cayden emerged into the living room. Jogging up the stairs, he went straight to Bianca's room and his lip dropped when he noticed she…

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