Love Me or Leave Me (Trilogy)

Chapter 23

ARIANA P.O.V.

I walked down the cobblestone path, feeling excited for the plan I came up with last night. I knew Jahkeem probably wouldn't approve of me making plans without him, but hopefully once I tell him about it, he won't care. I hit the locks on the key ring and quickly slid into my car, when I seen Simone pull in behind me. "This bitch." I mumbled. I watched her step out of the car through my rear view mirror and sighed. "I might as well get this over with." I took a deep breath and placed a fake smile on my face as I stepped out the car.

"Hey Simone wait!" I called behind her. She paused in the middle of the walkway, and turned around slowly, making it more than obvious that she didn't want to talk to me. "What?" I cleared my throat a little, trying to gather my words. I didn't want to talk to her as much as she didn't want to talk to me, but I promised Jahkeem I would "aplogize" to her for the sake of his plan. "Do you have a minute?" I asked with a smile. "No, I really don't." She turned back around and continued walking.

"It'll only take a second!" I called after her. She took a deep breath and turned around. "What is it." I smirked a little to myself, once I got her to listen to me. "I wanted to apologize to you." She frowned and folded her arms across her chest. "Apologize?? For what?"

"For what I said the other day...I was way out of line and I should have known my place." Simone lifted a brow and looked me up and down as if she was trying to figure me out. ".....And what brought this on all of a sudden?" She asked, shifting her weight to her left leg. "I just felt bad about what happened between us and I wanted to be a woman and apologize to you." She nodded slowly. "We should actually be cool with one another...I don't mean like friends or anything like that, but you know...cordial." Simone chuckled. "No, thanks." She looked me up and down before walking away.

I turned on my heels and walked back towards my car, hating Jahkeem for making me talk to her, knowing how much I don't like her. And on top of that she didn't even except my apology. I sait back down in my car and drove off.

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I knocked on the door to the trap house and waited for someone to answer. I smiled once I seen it was the same guy from last time. "Your back?" He asked with a smirk. "Yeah, Im here to see Jahkeem." He smirked and looked me up and down. "He must have put it on ya good huh?" I rolled my eyes. "Actually." I started. "Im helping him out with something, and besides, I have a boyfriend." He chuckled as he opened up the door all the way, letting me step inside.

"He's with someone right now, so you have to wait out here until he's finished." I nodded. "Aright cool." He turned around and started to walk away. "What's your name?" I asked him, causing him to turn around. "James." I smiled and stuck my hand out. "Ariana." He looked down at my hand and back up at me. "Ion shake hands." I chuckled and dropped my hand. "Well James." I started. "Your like a big part of things around here huh?" He nodded his head and rubbed his scruffy beard. "Yeah something like that..why?" He asked giving me a side-eye. "Well if you play a major role around here, it means Jahkeem trusts you alot right?"

He nodded again. "Yeah, so?" "Soo....how would you like to be a part of something big that me and Jahkeem are planning." He frowned. "Something big like what?" I smirked. "We're trying to take down the girl that got his brother killed." His eyes widened as he nodded. "Really? And your helping him with this? You don't even look like the type ma." I chuckled. "Sometimes that's a good thing." I took a seat in one of the chairs they had and leaned back. "But this is about you, not me, what do you think about helping us out??"