Chapter 11: Chapter Eleven

Jason

When Olivia's phone rang while she was in the shower, I didn't want to answer it because it seemed rude and it was invasion of privacy. But when it rang for the second time, I figured maybe it was her brother. But when the other person answered with "baby" I just knew that it wasn't her brother. And when I asked who it was and the person swore at me, I knew it was the ex.

"Who the fuck are you asking that question on my woman's phone?" He had asked me. It was interesting to me that he was calling her his woman. I was angry but I will not take the bait.

"Aahh I'm going to take a wild guess that you're Mike. She doesn't want to talk to you." I wasn't sure of what I was saying, it was just my suspicions.

"Look, I just want to talk to my girl man. I don't care who you are. Just give my girl the phone." He'd pleaded with me. I'm not much of a petty person, but I don't like people messing with what's mine. And this man messed up big time.

"She's in the shower, would you like for me to give her a message when I join her after this call?" I had asked knowing I was lying, but he didn't know that.

"Tell that bitch to call me back. She is mine not yours. If anyone is joining her in the shower it's me." That had been what made me lose my mind. He called her a bitch. I personally don't like women being disrespected. But this is my woman. So before I said some things I didn't want said, I dropped the call. I was with Joe on the phone in a second. It was rare for me to call my brother for help, especially with what he does.

An ex military who was an advisor to a mafia boss. He and Ricardo Rodriguez went to boarding school together and were inseparable. Sometimes I wonder if my brother knows what he got himself into by being best friends with him. But my brother had a temper to match Ricky. My parents always wondered what happened to him. I knew, but I was not going to betray my brother's trust by telling his secrets.

"I'm surprised you still remember my number. It's the first time you've skipped on calling me for more than a full week." He'd said to me upon answering.

"Yeah, I've been quite busy lately. How you been?" I asked although even I could hear my voice was tight.

My brother and I grew up as close as thieves, we did everything together. I'm a year and three months older than him as the first born, him being the second born. We look so different you wouldn't think we share parents. Where my hair is pitch black, his is blonde. I have green eyes with gold flakes around the iris, he has black eyes. The only thing that is the same is our skin color and height, although he's taller than me by three inches, were six'nine tall.

We used to joke around saying that he should've taken my dark hair and I his eyes. Our personalities are also the very thing that set us apart, we may both be broody but I don't much turn to violence like he does. I guess he is in the right career path.

"Never been better. Who's got your nickers in a twist big bro?" He knew me well enough to notice that I was not in the mood for a chatter.

I filled him in on my chat with Mike, asking him in the end to rough him up a bit. I knew he'd gladly do it since we both shared the same rules about woman. When he asked me who Olivia is to me, I just told him that we'd catch up sometime. We ended the call and I still wasn't satisfied. I knew I was over reacting but I didn't care. I also knew that my feelings were getting deeper and I didn't want to face that at that moment.

I called Rudy and asked him to drive Olivia around today, although I knew it wasn't necessary. He would have done so without my prompting. Olivia had looked stunning in her yellow dress, which made me feel better because no one would see her luscious body as the dress was not fitting.

I pulled her to sit on top of me so that I could see her reaction clearly when I told her about the call. I got the reaction I was hoping for from her. I'd thought she be angry at the fact I'd answered her phone.

When she left, I decided to head to my private gym so that I'd be destructed. It worked, when I got a text from Rudy that Olivia was coming up I decided that I'd had enough time in the gym. I knew I was going to pay for the almost two hours of gym. Usually my time was only for an hour, I was pushing it today.

She still looked lovely, yellow was definitely her color but that dress had to come off her body, it was too close to her while I wasn't. I knew she was still looking for a place to stay, but I wondered if I could live in here without her. I'd definitely gotten used to her. Waking up next to her was the best time of my day. I knew that we had to talk about it some time but right now was not that time. Right now was the time for me to touch my girl.

"How was your lunch with your brother?"