Tainted Love(75)
He pauses for a second before looking to me. “Do you want to know it all, or do you want to know nothing? We always ask this question, but the other girls have had more time to decide. We usually need an answer before the wedding day. But you need to tell me now before this conversation can continue. Do you want to know it all, or do you want to know nothing?” he asks uneasily.
I think over his words for a few seconds until I realize that nothing will ever be able to change the way I feel about him. My world began the day I meet him and it would end if I left him.
“I want to know it all,” I murmur.
He gets up, propping himself on his elbows. “I am. That’s aside from the club. It’s how I earn. I have a large amount of funds because of it.”
“And these people…are they bad?”
“I don’t know. I get the slip and do the deed.”
“Do you not care?”
He laughs. “No. Not a single fuck is given when it comes to taking someone’s life. Does that scare you?”
I swallow. “No. It should, but I know you wouldn’t hurt me, and I see how you are with people you actually care about. It’s something fierce.” I put my hand up signaling that I’m not finished. “I can’t do the hitman thing, Ade. I can do the club, and will never, ever, expect you to leave. I love those girls in my life. But the hitman thing? Yeah, I have major issues with it.” He lies back on his back, looking up at the ceiling.
“I thought you might,” he says looking over at me.
“It’s why I quit. I ended it all and invested some of the money into a few things. One being a tattoo parlor and the rest I put into shares. I want this with you, Kalie. I want it all.”
I smile a wide smile. “Really? You’ve done that?”
He laughs and pulls me back on top of him, so I’m straddling him.
“Yes, but I can’t guarantee I won’t be doing stuff for the club.”
I shake my head. “I can live with that.”
He pulls my face down to his, kissing me on the lips.
“Move to Westbeach with me,” he whispers on my lips.
“What?” I reply, shocked. “I can’t, I have my job here…that I’m meant to be starting back at tonight.”
He shakes his head. “Fuck that, Kal. Enroll into WBU, and get your Law Degree. Do shit you want to do. I’ll support you through it all. All you will need to do is study,” he says casually. I look down at him in shock.
“Ade, I cannot expect you to carry me like that.”
“Kalie, I love you, and you love me. There’s no way in hell I’m leaving this place without you permanently on my bike. We’ve been doing this shit for too long, and I’m not living without you ever again.”
“Ade, let me just think about it? Please. At least let me apply to WBU and see where that goes.”
“No. You can do that shit from Westbeach. Don’t fucking fight me on this, you’re coming,” he says seriously.
I try to bargain with him.
“How about I come with you and apply, see how it all goes. But, I don’t move in unless I get accepted and I get a job?” I raise my eyebrows at him.
He smiles. “That seems pretty fucking reasonable. Aside from the job part, fuck that. I will support you and that’s final.” He squeezes my ass and taps it. “Shower time,” he hints with mischief.
“Oh, I’m sure it’s shower time,” I say laughing while getting off him.
Fuck. My life is about to turn upside down.
We pull up to his apartment on the back of his bike. I love riding with him now, and I’m almost certain that I want my own bike. We came straight from Hollywood to his house. I think back to the conversation I had with Carter before we left…
“So you’re moving in with him?” Carter asked in a flat tone.
“No, I’m going there to sort out my options. I can’t dance forever, Carter. I want a career.”
“Please don’t leave me,” he said, dropping his lip.
“I’m three hours away. It’s okay, you can visit whenever you want, and I’m not moving out yet, all my crap is still here and I’ll still cover my half of the rent.” Carter looked to Ade then looked back to me. I see Ade’s head shaking out of the corner of my eye, so I snap my head to him.
“What?” I asked Ade.
When I saw he was not going to answer me, I looked back at Carter.
“Spit it out, Priscilla, I don’t have all day.” His mouth dropped open and I heard Ade spit out some of his drink before laughing his ass off in the kitchen.
“Bitch,” Carter sneered with a smirk.