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4. caliber

Playlist: Caliber by Coco Jones

Diamond

"You ready"

I looked up at Justice as he smiled at me as he attempted to tie his tie. I got up from my vanity helping him with the tie. As I tightened it he watched my every move.

"I may know everything there is to handle a room full of people of affluence but I never got the hang of tying a tie." He chuckled. I lightly chuckled looking down.

The room grew silent. It had been like that for the past week. We would have these awkward moments like this. It made it even weirder because he was stranger I happened to be living with.

I walked away slowly going to sit on the stool infront of the vanity trying to finish my makeup. Today was a pretty important day. We were meeting up with his parents. It would the first time they met me... and to add insult injury they're finding out about our "engagement".

Pull up to the party on my play girl shit...

I was nervous to say the least. Despite of all the briefing Justice had gave me. I couldn't shake my nerves.

I looked down at my vanity snapping my eyes away from my self reflection. A women I didn't even recognize...

I never said I hated it though...

I grabbed the diamond tennis necklace Justice purchased for me just for today. I raised it towards my neck attempted to latch the clasp but I felt soft hands dancing againist my collar bone gripping my necklace and latching it for me.

"Thank you..." I muttered looking up at him. He nodded letting his hands grace my shoulders.

"You think this gonna work?" He asked. I peeked my head towards him seeing how nervous he actually was...

So he felt the same way...

"It's a 20% chance this shit could go to hell but I think that 80 is greater than you living your life like this." I said looking at him. He nodded. He looked around the room before speaking.

"You're not worried about Sevyn?" The first time I heard him say his name. He couldn't look at me as he said it. He seemed to not be sure of how I would react.

"What about him should I be worried about?" I replied softly just feeling out his true intention. I could see him bite on his lip softly.

"You aren't worried at all? He clearly expressed how much he doesn't want you to do this. You don't think that'll be a problem?" I even had to ask myself that question. Sevyn was a true wild card. I wasn't sure if it was going to work out. I just hoped that the love he had for me in his cold ass heart would help me in this situation.

That 80 percent was turning more into a 50...

"Why are you worried about him?" I wanted to avoid that question at all cost.

Justic stuttered over his own thoughts. A deep silence wedged between us as I continued to place my setting spray on.

"B-because I feel like he's a liability more than an asset." I stood up. My rollers in my hair holding up my curls. My satin robe falling off my shoulder as I stared at him.

"Is that really it?" I'm not sure what I was getting at. Unsure if I wanted to even know the answer to that question. But yet my curiosity was killing me.

Ever since Sevyn walked in on this situation, Justice had been walking on egg shells. He didn't seem scared of Sevyn... atleast when it came to physicality... but it was something else he fears about him.