BOSS

Fifty

December 3, 2019

Bey's POV
"You need help with your bags?," I heard Jay say from behind me.

I turned around to see him standing in the doorway of our bedroom.

"Yes please," I said as I zipped up one of my suitcases.

He came in and grabbed my bags and took them downstairs as I followed behind him.

He put them down on the living room floor.

"Thank you," I said to him.

"You're welcome," he replied.

This is probably the longest conversation we've had in the last two days. He hasn't really wanted to talk to me since I told him that I was going to Germany, and I don't blame him.

He's been sleeping downstairs in his man cave for the past two days, but I don't blame him for not wanting to be around me.

"I'm gonna call an Uber and head to the airport," I told him.

"You don't have to do that. I'll take you. Let me go get my keys," he said.

"Really? You wanna take me? Don't you need to get some rest before you leave tonight," I asked him.

"Yeah, I wanna take you. Just because we're not on the best of terms right now doesn't mean that I don't still love you. It doesn't mean that I don't still care about you. Plus, anything could happen, and I'd never forgive myself if something happened to you, and I held a grudge and didn't tell you that loved you," he told me before he went upstairs to get his keys.

He came back down after a few seconds and then went to put my bags in his car. We rode to the airport in silence.

Los Angeles International Airport

Jay and I were sitting and waiting for me to leave. I was taking one of Adidas's private jets to get to Germany, and they were fueling it up.

My bags were already loaded up.

Jay and I weren't really talking. I told him that he didn't have to stay and wait for me to leave, but he insisted on seeing me off.

"Jay-," I started before I was cut off by the pilot walking up to us.

"Ms. Knowles, we're ready for you," he told me.

"Alright. Thank you," I said as Jay and I both stood up.

Jay pulled me into a hug and kissed my forehead before he kissed my lips.

"I love you Bey," he told me.

"Love you too Boss. Try to have a good time, and don't think about me," I replied.

He didn't say anything. We just let each other go before I left to board the jet.

Knowles-Carter Residence
December 4, 2019
1:30 am

Jay's POV
I woke up to the sound of my phone going off. I had set an alarm for 1:30, so I could get up and get ready for my flight to New York.

I grabbed my phone and turned off the alarm. I saw that I had a voicemail from Bey. I played it.

Hey baby, I know you're probably sleeping right now, but I know that it's midnight in L.A. which means that it's officially your birthday, and I just wanted to say: Happy 30th birthday! I love you so, so, so much, and I really wish that I could be with you today. I feel terrible about it. I'm so sorry that I'm not with you, and I hope you can forgive me one day. I want you to have an amazing time with your friends back home and have a good birthday. You don't have to call me back because I'll probably be in a meeting anyway. I love you and miss you, and I'll see you when I get back home.