I Can Love You

Chapter 1

9 months ago (Two Weeks Before Christmas Eve)
(Kiani POV)

Oh my god...why this damn clock taking forever to hit 9...

I was at work and lawd knows I wanted my shift to be over.. eight crazy ass hours of non stop customers wanting lattes and frappes was starting to irk my last nerve left. My mom was coming to get me since I didn't have a car yet, I was ready to go home and sleep.

I looked over at the computer screen and seen the time change to nine, I grabbed my duffle bag from under the counter and headed to clock out, my boyfriend was still in his department cleaning up

"Ehh I'll text him later.." I thought to myself while clocking out, I headed out the door to my moms car

"Hiii mom" I got into the passenger seat and fasten my seat belt

"Be ready and cute..we got a visitor..." she was driving out the parking lot

"Who??" I raised my eyebrow

"Kuan... your auntie visitor? You know the one she been bragging about that's coming since he's visiting? He at the house right now, I'm just giving you a heads up that he's cute as a button and he seems like a nice young man." She pulled into our street

"Oh wow.. he probably not all that cute..." i shrugged my shoulders and got ready to get out the car. She pulled into the driveway and parked, I hoped out the car and went to open the front door to the house

"Heyyy Kiki" my aunt was smiling while sitting in the living room, I smiled and headed to the kitchen.

"Kiani meet Kuan, Kuan meet Kiani, that's my niecey pie" she was starting to brag all over again, I turned my head to look at Kuan. my eyes got big a little, he stood up he was about 6"3 he looked athletic and had a nice swag to him that reminded me of home... since being in this new state, it wasn't too many boys out here who had the swag he had, only a California raised boy possed the swag he had and that's what attracted me the most to him.

"Hey kiani, wassup, she been talking about you since I've gotten here, so you work at a coffee spot?He smiled and he had a little dimple. I almost lost all my cool

I blushed and cleared my throat "Yeaaah... I work there, I actually just got off from there."I smiled shyly. He smirked and kept staring into my eyes.

My aunt and mom cleared their throats and he stopped staring.

"So kiani, he's gonna be staying with us for the Christmas holiday so treat him like family" she smiled

I already knew what that meant, I nodded my head and headed towards the fridge for some water so I wouldn't be so thirsty.
WHY HE GOTTA BE SO DAMN CUTE, this gonna be a crazy ass holiday week... I sighed and closed the fridge

My mom was peeking into the kitchen smirking, I shook my head and headed upstairs.
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Next morning
I woke up and stretched my arms out, I had to be at work later that day so I wanted to make sure I spent enough time with my mom at her job.

I got out the bed and headed downstairs to the basement bathroom, my mom already had left for work while I was asleep, so I knew nobody was down there, I had my nike shorts, my sleep shirt on, and my bonnet since I had to keep my hair fresh.

I felt someone watching me go downstairs and I tried my best to hurry down the stairs

I closed the bathroom door and proceeded to get on with my daily routine, I heard a gentle knock on the door while I was brushing my teeth, I opened the door thinking it was my aunt.