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TWENTY-TWO ²

BEY POV

I was taking Onika to Atlanta. She agreed to come with me as long as her little friend could come.

I missed being around her so much I let him.

It wasn't that bad because he made sure to keep his distance and give us space always.

You would've thought he was traveling alone. When we got on the jet, he sat on one side and we sat on the other.

Onika was acting clingy like how I used to act, she wouldn't even let me use the bathroom alone.

We cuddled together on the jet because we couldn't go to the back just yet.

Onika was basically on top of me and her face was in my neck. "Bey?"

"Hm?"

"I missed being like this with you so much. I think we're soulmates."

"What about your dead husband?" I know I shouldn't have said it like that but he is dead and I would've thought he was her soulmate.

"I don't know, this feels different than me and him. Our relationship, he protected and loved me and I loved him just as much. But us, it's like I'm in love with your presence and being around you, and just everything about you. Maybe you guys are both my soulmates, just for different times. He loved the young me and you loved the new me."

"That was so perfectly said." Her being back around me turned her into a little poet.

"Even as crazy as you are, somehow I love it. You're the ying to my yang, we balance each other out."

I chuckled, "Okay, corny ass."

She hit my stomach. "I shouldn't even be being nice to your whore ass."

"I'm not a whore. You're the one with the boyfriend."

"You're the one with Alani and Megan and God knows who else?"

"Those are just my friends."

"Then you need to stop having sex with them."

"Mhm."

She sat up. "I'm serious. Stop having sex with them."

"I heard you." I leaned forward and pecked her lips.

"But you didn't say okay."

"I know. So when we land, it'll already be late-"

"How many other women have you had in this jet?"

"Like... four. Including you." Her, Megan, Alani, and Nylah. And another one but I'm not going to tell Onika about her.

She scrunched her face up like she was disgusted. "I can't believe you would cheat on me like that."

I pointed to her actual boyfriend who was dozing off a couple feet away from us. "Aren't you cheating on me?"

"Well... shut up."

Her comebacks have always been so terrible. I chuckled, "But like I was earlier, when we land it's going to be pretty late but I have a meeting. I'm probably going to have to leave right away but after I come back, we can chill and watch a movie together or do something calm."

She smiled. "Okay."

"We'll do something fun tomorrow, I promise."

"How long are we staying?"

"Just for two days. Then I'm going to drop you back off in Houston and fly to California."

"Why can't I come?"