Chapter 94: Smoothie

MIA

Are they a thing?

They are kitchen without holding each other.

It almost looks like it is their first time kissing.

And not just my first time seeing them kissing.

I walked closer to the island, clearing my throat.

They jumped and looked my way.

Coco quickly moved towards the gas cooker and Caleb stood still but nervous to the core.

"Mia, hey,"

I nodded slightly.

"Sorry, we um.....we didn't see you there."

My first time hearing him stutter.

"I came to get cookies for my sister and me. And cereal for Jay Jay." I said.

"I will help you with it," Coco said, walking towards the shelf.

"Well um, I will leave you two to it. Excuse me." Caleb said, walking out of the kitchen.

I moved my eyes to Coco. She is taking out some cookies.

I walked towards her as she took them out nervously.

"Um....wha....what type of cookies do you want? Chocolate or vanilla?" she asked, avoiding my gaze.

"Coco,"

"Hmm?" she hummed, looking at the cookies.

I smiled as I leaned on the counter and folded my hands.

"Caleb is a really good-looking guy."

She looked at me and I saw her red cheeks.

I pursed my lips, cutting my laugh but I pointed at her cheeks.

"Is that a blush?"

Her face twitched.

"What?" She quickly covered her cheeks with the cookies in her hands.

I chuckled. "Relax. Why are you nervous?"

She moved closer to me. "Please don't tell anyone what you saw."

I scoffed. "Who am I going to tell even if I want to? You and Caleb are the only people I speak to."

She lowered her gaze.

"Except you are worried about me telling my bestie, Jay Jay, or my little sister, then....." I shrugged.

We both chuckled.

"They are too little for that," I said.

She nodded. "True."

"Yeah."

"I was actually thinking of the boss," she said, staring at me.

My heart picked up.

"You know he.....he likes you and wants to marry you so I thought you might tell...."

"I am not going to marry him." I retorted.

She stared at me.

"Besides, his girlfriend is here now. Finally, he can stop bothering me." I said, rolling my eyes as I folded my hands and looked away.

"Girlfriend?"

I looked at her.

She is staring at me with furrowed brows.

"The one who visited."

I shook her head slightly.

"I don't think she is his girlfriend," she said, staring at her cookies.

I rubbed my arms as I pondered what she just said and thought about asking her.

"Um...do you know who she is to him?"

"Not really. Caleb never said the boss had a girlfriend. You are kinda his first serious relationship." she said without looking at me.

My heart reacted

"I am his first serious relationship?"

"Yeah."

My heart reacted again.

"Then why is he with her like that? And they have been out for hours now. Don't you find that's strange?" I asked, looking away and rubbing my arms as I recalled the way they held hands.

The smiles and happiness between them when staring at each other.

I don't get it if she is not his girlfriend and....

"Mia,"

I looked at Coco.

"Are you jealous?"

I furrowed my brows as my heart pounded in guilt.

"What?"

"You sound like you are jealous. Are you jealous because the boss is with someone else?" she asked with a smile.

"What? No."

"Oh, my God. You are jealous."

"I am not jealous, Coco. Stop saying stuff like that." I said, walking past her and moving my hair behind my ear as I opened the fridge.

"You have feelings for him too, don't you?"

I let out a sigh.

"Oh my God, Mia," she said, moving closer to me turning me around.

"If you have feelings for him why did you reject him last night?"

Wow. Of course, Caleb told her everything.

They set me up last night, didn't they?

I scoffed. "So you and Caleb had to lie to me about your birthday, Coco."

Her shoulders fell.

"Really? We did shopping and a makeover all for your fake birthday."

She let out a sigh.

"I am sorry," she whined. "I thought you said you had forgiven me."

"Yes. I have forgiven you but don't do that again." I said.

"I promise I won't. I mean you rejected him so." she shrugged, making me furrow my brows.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Tell me why you rejected the boss,"

I scoffed. "He killed my mother."

"I heard your mother wasn't a good one to you." She shrugged.

I scoffed. "How much did your boyfriend tell you about my situation?"

Her face twitched. "My boyfriend?"

"Caleb."

She heaved a sigh. "He uh....he hasn't asked me out yet," she said, fiddling with her hair.

I scoffed. "Listen, Coco, I can't be with someone who killed my mother. It is not right. The thought of it will haunt me. I see the life he ripped out of my mother when I look at him. Don't you understand?"

"I do, Mia. I know it is hard and she was your mother. But she almost killed you and the boss saved you."

I stared at her as my heart tightened.

"He has done a lot just to keep you. He literally brought back Lil Kai for you. Trust me, he is struggling to have Lil Kai around because of the betrayal behind his birth but he is putting up with it because of you. Because he wants you to be happy. He is willing to do anything for you."

My heart reacted again.

"Can't you see that he is very much in love with you?"

I looked away as his words from last night repeated in my head.

"I know you love your mother but ask yourself this question, Did she really love you as well?"

I lowered my gaze.

Coco let out a sigh and placed the cookies in my hands.

I looked at her.

"Just think about it, Mia. The boss is a good person. He might be violent. He is a product of the hood. That's how they are." She shrugged. "But he has one of the kindest hearts I have ever known."

I looked away as I recalled Caleb saying the same thing about Big Kai.

"I am alive today because of him," Coco said, making me look at her.

She nodded.

"I almost died in a car crash. I was homeless and lived on the streets. I got knocked down by a hit-and-run driver. Caleb talked to him about me and he paid my medical bills and gave me a job here. This place has been my home ever since."

My heart tightened as I stared at her.

"If you had seen me then, I looked awful and dirty. But he took me in and gave me this job that pays so well. And I am grateful." she said, turning away and taking a few steps ahead but stopped.

She turned to me.

"I might not know the full story about you and your mother's relationship. But if she were my mother, she tried to kill me and the boss saved me from her, I would be grateful to him. And not call him a monster."

My heart tightened.

"You don't love those who want nothing but misery and death for you. Be it family or blood, Mia. Think about it." she said, walking away.

I turned away, letting out a sigh as my heart tightened the more.

"I fucking love you, shawty. It is you and me against the fucking world. Just open your heart and let me in."

I shook my head slightly, feeling more guilty than ever.

NIGHT HOURS.......

Dressed in my pink nightgown without a robe, I covered Vicky with the duvet as she slept. I leaned closer and kissed her cheek before standing up straight.

"Good night, little sis."

I walked towards the crib and covered Jay Jay up properly.

"Good night, little best friend."

I let out a sigh as I walked towards the bed.

I sat on it and rested my eyes on the alarm clock on my nightstand.

It is almost ten PM.

Big Kai is not back yet.

I don't think he is. He wasn't at dinner.

Neither was Imani.

They went to Bricktown since morning. Did they spend all day at the club or something?

I don't understand.

I got on my feet and walked towards the windows.

It is pretty dark outside.

I need a drink. Water or juice.

I didn't take enough water at dinner. I was focused on Jay Jay and Vicky.

I headed out of my room, walking along the quiet hallway.

Everyone must be asleep right now.

You could hear a pin drop.

I got the stairs, descended them, and headed towards the kitchen.

I wonder if Big Kai and his friend would spend the night outside.

Isn't he coming back tonight?

I walked into the kitchen and I found Coco mixing something in a bottle at the end of the kitchen.

"Coco,"

She jumped. "Geez, Mia. You startled me."

"Sorry. What are you doing here? I thought you would be asleep by now. You looked exhausted." I said, walking towards her.

"I uh....I was just doing something," she said, moving away towards the fridge with the bottle she was shaking.

Something on the counter caught my attention.

A thick white substance in a small glass.

Looks like a yoghurt or a smoothie she just made.

"Ooh, is this smoothie?" I asked as I picked it up and took a gulp.

"No no no!" she blurted, catching me off guard as she stared at me with wide eyes.

My heart dropped as I thought about the worst while my taste buds took in the unfamiliar taste.

It is tasteless but thick like a smoothie.

"Wha.... what's wrong?" I stuttered.

She looked between me and the empty glass.

"Tell me you didn't just drink that."

My heart pounded as I stared at her.

"Wasn't..... wasn't that a smoothie?" I asked.

"No!"

Oh, God.

"Why would you drink that without thinking?!"

I held my belly as I struggled to speak.

"Wha.....what was it?"

She rubbed her temples, turning away as she paced.

"Coco...." I trailed off the minute I felt my body reacting weirdly.

"God, Mia. What have you done?"

I placed my hand on the counter, leaning down as the weird feeling increased.

"Coco......why do I....why do I feel funny?"

"That wasn't a...." She heaved a sigh, holding my hand

"Come sit." she helped me towards the island and I sat on the barstool as I felt the huge urge to take off my nightgown.

What is happening to me?

"Oh goodness, you drank all of them." She said, making me move my dull eyes to her.

"I haven't even tried it yet. I just decided to make it."

"Coco.... please....was that....was that poison?"

She walked towards me.

"Am I going to die?" I asked, grabbing my nightgown.

"No no. It wasn't poison. I decided to try something I found online. It is for......" Her words drifted from my ears slowly but I could see her lips moving.

I clenched my legs as I felt a funny feeling between them.

"I need to......I need to take off my nightgown. Do you feel hot?" I reached for my gown but she placed her hand on mine, stopping me.

Her lips kept moving and her hands gestured like she was trying to tell me to wait here.

She headed out.

"Coco....."

I rubbed my temples as she disappeared.

I moved and got on my feet, making the barstool fall on the floor.

"Coco, wait....."

My head was spinning and my sight was getting a bit blurry.

I moved sluggishly towards the fridge. I opened it and took out a bottle of water, scattering some things in the fridge in the process.

I opened it instantly and poured it on my body.

I let out a gasp but the water didn't work.

"Coco...."

I took sluggish steps out of the kitchen, heading towards the stairs.

"Coco," I called, looking around.

The living room and everywhere are empty.

I grabbed my nightgown, still feeling hotter and the intense need to clench my legs.

God, I feel insanely horny.

So horny.

I haven't felt this way before.

Never.

I ran my fingers through my hair as I leaned on the door frame.

I need to touch myself.

Like right now.

I need a release. I need it right now.

God, my head.

I can't....I can't do it here.

God, I feel hot.

I took struggling steps towards the stairs.

I held the railing as I climbed the stairs.

I got to the top stair and was about to walk along the hallway but I saw a familiar person walking far ahead.

Coco?

I narrowed my eyes at the person. He became clearer.

It's a tall male figure. Shirtless but has a grey sweatpants on and a durag.

Durag.

Big Kai?

I felt a throb between my legs instantly as I recalled the way he pleasured me with his lips between my legs.

And my butt too.

The way he flipped me.

His finger circling my clit.

His tongue actually.

I chuckled, licking my lips as I walked sluggishly.

God, that was a pleasant feeling.

I want it.

"Big Kai, wait for me. I am coming"