Black Rose

Twenty-Four

Omniscient

Melrose sat on the side of her tub with remnants of tear stains on her face as she scrolled through the pictures that were sent to her two hours ago for the fourth time. She just couldn't understand why people felt the need to hurt her for no valid reason. There are 7.6 billion people in the world and some are enemies of the one's who claimed they loved her, yet she's their number one target. For the past two days, Melrose had done a profusion of thinking and she'd came to the conclusion that she has been overreacting lately. When he came over tonight, she was going to be the bigger person and own her mistakes. Yeah, Raine has done certain things to upset her but the amazing thoughtful things he has done for her outweighed the wrongdoings. She also accepted the fact that she was indeed using his slip ups as a way to keep her shielded from any pain he may cause. Sadly for her, it didn't work as well as she'd hope.

In her possession were pictures of Raine and her ex best friend cuddling, kissing and looking happily in love. What they had going on wasn't anywhere near her business because Raine had no knowledge of her and Bailey being friends until Sunday night, but it doesn't stop her from feeling betrayal.

Melrose has had her fair share of heartaches and she wasn't going to sit back and continuously take people's bull crap. It's only right to balance the score out and tonight would be the night it happened. Tears were pouring out of her eyes like a broken faucet but once she's done with Raine, she won't be the only one with wet eyes and heartache. And that's a promise.

Wiping her eyes with a towel, Melrose walked out of the bathroom and sat at her vanity to fix herself up. Her hair had been tamed and curled but she decided to give it a messy look for a dramatic effect. In search of something sexy and tempting to wear, she had found a lingerie set that was over a year old and put it on, shielding it with a silk pink robe. Her skin was glistening and smelled of sweet strawberries from the fragrance oil she applied.

"Melanin popping." She popped her piggy pink covered lips and proceeded to add light neutral makeup. If she's going to execute this plan, she has to go out of her comfort zone and nail it.

The door bell rang and she smiled, knowing the chaos is about to begin. Standing to her feet, she rubbed her hands down her robe and went to answer the door. For assurance, Melrose looked through the peephole and there stood Raine rocking back and forth. Annoyed with his presence, she masked her true feelings and put on a smile before opening the door.

"We need to ta-" Raine froze mid sentence and took in Melrose's appearance. His eyes were close to popping out of his head as they traveled her body. "Damn."

"Come in before Lance see what's yours." She spoke in a low seductive tone that would turn him on. Without a second thought he rushed inside and slammed the door behind him. "Lock it and come with me, please."

Following orders, Raine kept his attention on her backside as it shook uncontrollably underneath the short robe. He didn't understand how the female body worked fully, but he did know her ass wasn't that huge the last time he saw her. Not that he found anything bad about it. He was so zoned in on her ass, he didn't noticed she had stopped walking, causing him to collide into her back. "Oh, damn. Are you alright?"

"I should be asking you that." She chuckled, turning to face him.

He cleared his throat. "Yeah, I'm great but what do you have going on tonight? I came here ready to annihilate this challenge I knew you was going to give me and beg for forgiveness if I didn't get through to you."

"I had a change of heart." She wrapped her hands around his neck and placed a tender kiss on his juicy lips. "You've been the one to apologize first every time we have an issue and I don't think it's fair. I have overreacted on occasions and made our disputes more than what they should've been, so this is me apologizing to you for being difficult and making you go through hell and high waters just to keep you at point A."