The Game of Love

Chapter Ten

Antonio POV

So a nigga finally back home and the first thing I want to do is be with my girl. I missed Ariel like crazy these last two weeks; not being able to kiss her and hold her has just been rough. So I told her to be ready at five because I have this big dinner planned for the both of us. I want her to feel special and to show her that she was on my mind.

I just got off the phone with the restaurant and now I had to stop by the jeweler to make sure Ariel’s present was ready. I needed everything to go as planned for this plan to work out. Tonight I want to ask Ariel to move in with me; I mean she already basically does but I want to make it official. I’m really nervous she is going to think I’m moving too fast and push me away. I just hope she say yes so we can keep what we have going.

Ariel POV

Right now I am in the mall with Kelsey trying to find something to wear for my date with Ant. He has been gone for two weeks and I want to make a stunning impression and let him know what he has missed out on.

So Kelsey decided that she would pull me into this plus size store, knowing that I hated stores like this, they make me feel like I’m fat. She insisted that I go in because they had the best dresses. So I gave in and decided to give it a try.

Kelsey had an arm full of dresses and I had one. She pushed me into the dressing room and told me to get started with trying them on. I personally hate trying on clothes; for one because you have to go through numerous clothes that either don’t fit or do fit and make you look fatter than you actually are. My grandma used to make me try on dresses all the time and the disdain I had for it grew even more.

Once I had tried on every single dress, I eventually settled on one I liked that was perfect. Next we went shoe shopping and found the perfect shoes to match. But Kelsey wouldn’t let me stop there she made me go get my hair done and also made me add a little color. Once we were done shopping and primping, I was very tired mentally and physically. I just wanted to go to bed and go straight to sleep. And that’s exactly what I did.

Once I woke up I had two hours to get ready before Ant was to arrive. I quickly got into the shower and took a hot thirty minute shower to relax. After that I put lotion all over my body with his favorite cherry blossom scent and then went to do my make-up. Once that was done I put on the dress I bought. It was a dark purple sun dress with a sweet heart neckline that fit my curves perfectly. It didn’t show the things I tried desperately to hide. I then put on the shoes I bought to match that were a dark purple with black combo that went well together. I let my hair down from the pins I had it in which gave it a nice curls all over. I looked at the clock and had ten minutes left, damn time flies by when you trying to be cute. I quickly put on my silver hoops and checked myself one last time in the mirror. Once I was satisfied I ran down stairs to see if Ant was waiting for me and saw this big black limo outside my door. I just stood there in disbelief until a tall black man with a black suit came towards me. “Are you Ms. Jackson?” the man asked me. “Yes and who are you?”

He laughed, “I was sent by Mr. Lincoln to take you to your destination. If you would please get in, don’t want to be late or he will have my head.” I got into the limo slowly and the next thing I knew I we were speeding off. He wasn’t playing about being on time cause we arrived in under twenty minutes. He then got of the car and disappeared so I was left just sitting there waiting for someone to come and open the door. Pretty soon I got tired of sitting pretty and reached for the door to get out but that’s when the door flung open. “Hey brownie,” Ant exclaimed like nothing was going on. “I told you not to call me that,” I said with an attitude as he helped me out. “Is someone mad?”