Psyche

Ch. 24

Adonis P.O.V

"Why the frown?"

"Jasmine can't come to my family's reunion with me anymore and the girls are also not free,"

She was chewing her lips, something she usually do when she was nervous. I softly pull it out of her mouth and give her swollen lips a quick kiss, "When is the reunion?"

She never really went into depth about her family but from what I've heard so far, she wasn't close with them. And after her father passed, they became even more estranged. They only saw her at the yearly reunion and things such as weddings, baby showers, and graduation parties.

Things they invite her too so they could get a gift from her.

"Tomorrow," She frowns, "Her mean boss Donna gave her a last minute case and she'll basically be in court all day tomorrow."

"What about Imani and Aliyah?"

"Aliyah is no guarantee because she is on call for tomorrow, Imani is out of town this week for a baecation, she wasn't going to go but we convinced her because she needs a break and her new man basically love her to death."

"Do you want me to come with?"

She freeze, a multitude of emotions in her eyes before she gives a shy smile, "Would you? I didn't ask because I thought it was too soon."

"I would love to meet your family beautiful, I was waiting for you to ask me to accompany you but you never asked."

"I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking."

I give her a kiss on the forehead and pull her into a hug, "Afterwards, you'll meet my mom, I think it's time for her to meet her future daughter in law."

"Um, you talk a lot for someone who haven't given me a ring yet."

"I would literally marry you now, I just don't want to scare you."

"Mhm sure," She rolls her eyes. "Ring finger still bare."

I cup her face, "Don't play with me beautiful, if you aren't serious. Because I will get my car keys right now and we go to the jewelers and courthouse tonight."

"It's late, everything is close."

"Not if I make a call,"

She stays quiet, examining my face before letting out a sigh, "I believe you, so I'll stop teasing you."

I sit down and pull her on top of me, "Come one, time for bed."

-v-

"Psyche we're going to be late," I call out staring at my watch, we're already 2 hours late and the drive is an hour with minimal traffic.

"Don't," She calls out, "Don't call me that."

"I'm sorry beautiful, but we really should be getting ready to leave now."

I walk to the bathroom and saw she was fixing an imaginary mistake in her hair. Her shoulders tense, and a permanent scowl on her face. I knew she was anxious, because Psyche was always punctual, she's never late, she's always early.

I hug her, careful to not touch her hair and winkle her outfit, "You have me beautiful, it's going to be alright, and we can leave whenever you want, I'll fake an emergency."

"I love you,"

"I love you more my beloved, come on lets go."

She nods, picking up a big purse that probably have just her ID, phone, house keys, a compact mirror, lipstick and lip gloss. We walk out together and I open the car door for her, I decided to drive instead of having a driver today to avoid making a spoiled rich kid impression.