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“No. Nothing happened, I just,” I shook my head. “I don’t know. Shit been feeling heavy lately, G.”

“I know. We’re a team, Wilde. You take great care of me and the kids but sometimes, you need to be taken care of too. Don’t forget that. Teamwork makes the dream work. Remember?”

“Yeah, I remember.”

I let Wonder go and went to wash the day’s germs and sweat off my body. Shit was gon’ be aight. I had no choice but to believe that.

Exhaustion, stress, the four shots of cognac, weed, and Wonder’s good pussy, put me on my ass. When I woke up the next morning, Wonder was already out of bed, and the house was quiet. I went to take a piss, wash my face, and brush my teeth. After slipping on some pajama pants, I walked down the stairs and almost went back for my gun when I saw a woman in my living room next to a folding table.

“Who are you?” I looked around for Wonder.

“Your girlfriend, let me in. She went to take the kids to school, and she assured me that I could wait for you to wake up. She hired me to give you a pedicure and a massage. She also asked me to tell you that breakfast is in the kitchen if you’d like to eat first.”

My brows hiked. We had cameras in the house, and I knew Wonder trusted me, but her leaving me alone in the house with a shorty that didn’t look bad at all was a little shocking.

“Aight. Let me grab some food,” I replied slowly while calling Wonder. She answered on the first ring. “Where you at, G? You setting me up?”

Wonder laughed. “Setting you up how? And for what?”

“I don’t know. Most women wouldn’t leave another woman alone in the house with their man.”

“I was running late and didn’t want her to have to wait in her car. I’m not worried about either one of y’all but just in case anything stupid crosses either of your minds, I’ll beat both y’all’s asses. Happy Valentine’s Day.”

I had started to laugh until that last sentence. “G!” I pulled the phone away from my ear and looked at the date. “Fuck, I forgot it’s Valentine’s Day. Baby, I don’t have anything for you.”

“It’s fine, Wilde. Life has been hectic lately.”

I felt like shit. Wonder wasn’t a brat, and she wasn’t gon’ trip over one holiday, but it didn’t sit well with me that I forgot about Valentine’s Day. I didn’t even have gifts for the kids. As I scarfed the food Wonder made down, I frantically tried to find a place that could deliver three dozen roses and chocolate covered strawberries. Muhfuckas were taxing, but money wasn’t an issue. I felt a little better after I had the delivery secured, but that still wasn’t good enough.

When Wonder got home, ole girl had just started on my massage. I had to admit, I needed that shit. My body was so damn tense and tight, it didn’t make any sense. She rubbed the kinks right out of my ass. Even when I was getting a pedicure, and she massaged my feet that shit felt good. When she left, Wonder was folding laundry. I removed the shirt she was holding from her hands.

“Why you doing domestic duties on Valentine’s Day? I feel like shit for forgetting.”

“Wilde, it’s okay. Every day is Valentine’s Day when I’m with you.”

I glanced down at my watch. “Let’s see if we can get a marriage license and get married today. You down?”

“What?” Wonder giggled. “You want to go right now and get a marriage license and then get married.”

“Hell yes. Why should we wait? I want you to be my wife. We already live together and have kids. You can plan the reception for after you have the baby, so you drink and turn up. But I want to marry you today.”

“Okay,” she replied slowly.

“Word G? Aight, we gotta find some witnesses. Let’s get ready to do this shit.”

Wonder called KoKo to see if she could be our witness. We needed one more, so I asked my grandmother to come. Wondershowered and changed into a red sleeveless romper and black platform heels with the peep toe. I felt like being cheesy so since my lady was wearing red, I donned black jeans with a red Polo sweater and wheat colored Timbs.

The entire time I drove to the courthouse my free hand gripped Wonder’s thigh. Knowing that I was going to grow old with shorty had me lowkey hype. She was it for me. I loved the fuck out of her to the point that it was almost scary. No other human should have that much control over my emotions. But she did. If Wonder ever left me, I’d be sick.

So, I just had to get on my job and make sure that I never gave her a reason to leave my ass.

WONDER

To celebrate our marriage, Wilde’s grandmother offered to keep the kids. We told her she didn’t have to, but she insisted. We decided to do dinner at a nice steakhouse. It would have been nice if I could have had champagne, but it wasn’t the end of the world since I couldn’t.

“You want to have a gender reveal?” Wilde questioned.

“Not really,” I shrugged. “They’re cute and all but that’s just another reason to spend money. I can find out the old-fashioned way. When I get the ultrasound.”