Business Before Pleasure MxM (Staten Krown)

13

I am the first one in the meeting hall.   Jr. helped me pick out my suit for the meeting.  I get a text from him asking me to let him know if I need anything else.  Truth is I don't know.

Things have gotten so bad between all of us.

I know this is the last meeting for us to fix things. This is the last moment that things will be great.

I don't think I've ever been more nervous in my life.  My palms are sweating.   When I look over I can see the first person to arrive into the boardroom is none other than Romelo.  Seeing Romelo now kind of sends shivers up my spine.

"You look amazing," he states.

I watch as he walks over to me.  We hug.  We embrace.  Our hands press against each other.  It reminds me of old days.  I can't help but to smile.  Even as we stop hugging I can see how his eyes look at me.  He licks his lips.  I want to kiss them.  I can't lie.  I hold back though.

"Thanks for coming so early."

"I had to.   Just to see your face before anyone else got the chance."

That's when I see Romelo lean over.  I knew he was going for it.  He was going in for a kiss and I felt powerless to stop him in that moment.  My lips get numb.  I watch him leaning over at that moment.  He's ready to kiss me.  I know now is not the time or place for this.

I want to stop him.  I'm about to stop him but before I can stop him, someone else walks into the room.

"Eh-erm," a voice clears his throat.

"Bron," I state.

Bron gives me a look.  It's one of those looks that I've rarely seen Bron ever have.  He looked angry.  Did he know what Romelo was about to do to me?

"Didn't think you'd show up," Bron says to Romelo.

"I came here for one reason," Romelo states.

"I'm not going to stop the takeover.  So you're wasting your time," Bron responds.

"That wasn't the reason," Romelo argues.

With that he looks over at me.  I don't know what he means by that but I'm glad the two men are able to sit down at that moment.  The tension in the room is so thick you can cut it.  Bron sits across from Romelo.  I think he does this on purpose.  I also notice Bron hasn't said a word to me since he comes into the room.  He must still be mad about what I said before.  Truth is I get it.

I shouldn't have just assumed the only reason that Bron wanted to be with me was to take over the company.  It was wrong.

2 minutes pass.

10 minutes pass.

Clapper is not showing up to this meeting.   What the hell...

"Did you guys want anything?" I ask while we wait.

"I'm fine," Romelo states.

"Bron?"

Bron just stares out as though ignoring me.  I look over at him.  I want to slam on the desk.  I want to do anything to get his attention.  Right now he is in his feelings and I didn't need him to be.  I needed Bron to be present in this situation.  I needed him to be here with us.

"Bron..."

"Yeah," he states, "I do need something.  I need you to choose."

Romelo shakes his head.  He's laughing, "Same old Bron huh?"

"Clapper isn't here..."

I text Jr. at that moment.  I ask him where his dad is.  A few seconds later he says that he's on it.  He's going to look for him.  I don't get it.  Where the fuck was Clapper?  I knew that if Clapper was here it would be complete.  The thing is we all needed to be in a room.  We all needed to discuss the future of this business.