Chapter 21:

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Ariya "Riya"

Tuesday June 6th
My apartment

Tuesday June 6th My apartment

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*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

Is the sound that woke me up out of my sleep. I jumped out of my sleep and didn't see Malik next to me. I figured it was him at the door so I got up to open it.

"Heyy boo!" I heard my clients voice say once I opened the door. My eyes widened and I felt my heart skip a beat.

"Shit.." I thought to myself.

"Hey girll! You can wait in the nail room, give me about 10 minutes to get everything set up." I said nervously.

I don't remember getting home, I'm just glad I made it. I don't know where Malik is but I hope he's safe ..

I walked into my bathroom to do the basic necessities and walked into my nail room. My client was waiting patiently and I felt horrible for forgetting about her.

"Hey, so I'm going to give you a 50% discount today. What set would you like to do?" I said sitting down in my chair.

My client looked up from her phone and her eyes were huge.

"50%?!" She exclaimed excitedly. I smiled softly and nodded my head.

She showed me the set she wanted and I got to work so I could get her in and out as soon as possible.

𝟏 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 ...

"All done babes." I said looking at her nails. I've come so far with doing nails. I remember when I would practice on Jas, them shits used to be so uglyyyy 😂.

"Thank youuuuu. Omg they look so pretty!!" She said happily looking at her nails.

I took a few pictures before walking her to the door. We said our goodbyes and I closed/locked the door.

"I wonder what Malik doing .." I said to myself. I grabbed my phone and sat down on the living room couch.

𝐋𝐢𝐤 ♥️

6:19 am
𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚.

6:42 am

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ♥️

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𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ♥️.

7:22 am
Call me when you wake up.

I stared down at my phone smiling. He does this everytime he wakes up earlier than me. I fixed my hair a little bit and started to facetime him.

Malik

Derrick House
10:12 am

I was sitting in Derrick living room

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I was sitting in Derrick living room. We were smoking and chilling but all I was thinking about was Ariya. I left early in the morning because I had some business to handle.

My lady 🔒.
Incoming Facetime...

Flashed across my screen. I smiled a little bit before I answered the phone. Hollon .. smiled???

"Goodmorningggg." I heard my favorite voice say on the other end of the line.

"Goodmorning mama. You straight?" I asked looking down at my phone. This girl was literally so breathtaking. Everything about her felt so right.

"Yea I'm ok. You ok? Wyd? Wya?" She asked.

"Lemme answer shawt." I said laughing.

"My bad, go ahead." She said rolling her eyes.

"I'm straight, I'm chillin, and I'm at Derrick house." I answered. She shook her head while moving around in the camera.

"Be ready at 4:30 and pack about 4 outfits." I said dapping up Derrick getting ready to leave.

"For?" She said back putting her focus back on me.

"Be ready or get left." I said walking to my car.

"Boy please, won't leave me nowhere." She snapped back.

"Find out if you want to." I quickly said back.

"Whatever." She said hanging up.

"I love you too Ariya." I said chuckling to myself.

Ariya "Riya"

I will slap this boy so mfn hardddd

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I will slap this boy so mfn hardddd. But anyways I'm still gon get up and get ready like he said.

3 hours later...

Ok I packed, did my nails, fixed my hair, cleaned, cooked, and now I'm going to go wash my car. I haven't heard from Malik since we last spoke on the phone.

I walked outside of my apartment and locked the door. I turned around and seen a rose on the top of my hood.

My face IMMEDIATELY scrunched up because I read a lot of news about sex trafficking and I automatically assumed it was a trap. I walked closer to my car, reaching for my pepper spray in my purse.

As I got closer to the car I seen it was a note attached to the rose.

"Hey beautiful, be ready @4:30. No I'm not gon leave you shawt, so hush to crybaby ass up. I'll be dere 4:30 on the dot." - Malik

I started cheesing sooooo hard. This boy gave me butterflies I didn't even know existed. I loved that he made everything so sweet and special, despise his past.

I took my rose and my note, got in the car, and headed to the car wash. Smiling the whole way there and backkk.

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