Entangled Temptations (SLOW UPDATES)

Chapter 9

One long sleepless flight later, I'm making my way down to the baggage claim to see Ayana already waiting for me. Leave it to my best friend to always be the person I can count on the most, and here I am getting ready to break her heart.

"Hola mami! How was your flight?"

"It was long and restless. I'm so glad to be back home."

"I'm glad to have you back chica, I told you I missed you. Let's go get your luggage and go home."

I give her a small smile and head to the conveyor belt. I wanted to ease Ayana into my news, but I feel like I should just treat it like a bandaid and just rip it off.

"Say Ya as tired as I am, I really want to go get something to eat."

"Yeah sure! No problema, to be honest I'm glad you said something cause I feel like my stomach is touching my back bone."

We get my suitcases, and head to her car. We're not even out of the parking deck and I receive an email from my one of my employers. When I took my vacation, I had informed all of them that I was going to be on vacation for an extended period of time. I quickly skim over the contents of the email, making a mental note to reply back as soon as I got home. When Ayana finally makes it onto the freeway, she turns her Reggaeton up real loud, and puts the pedal to the metal. As she's nearing 95 mph I remember why I never ask her to take me anywhere.

"Hey Ya, I'd like to make it to the restaurant ALIVE you know?"

"Mira chica, I'm the one that's driving tu sabes? We'll arrive alive okay?"

I roll my eyes and try to relax, praying to the universe that we actually do arrive alive. We finally make it to our favorite place to eat, and as soon as she throws the SUV into park, I open the door to get out.

"Jesus Ayana! I don't know who the fuck taught you to drive, but you don't have to act like we are extras for the 'Fast & Furious' franchise!"

She starts yelling her rapid fire Spanish to me and I just give her a look. I let her finish her rant, and we head into the building. We didn't even think twice about where we were going to eat until the surroundings felt familiar. As soon as we hit the hostess stand, I knew it was a mistake. "Shit," both me and Ayana mumble under our breaths.

"Kay, I swear I didn't mean to," Ayana starts to say.

I throw up my hand to cut her off, "It's okay babe, I know you didn't. We're here now, and I'm hungry. Plus, I have something I need to talk to you about."

We're shown to our table, and as soon as we sit down, that's when we see him. It's almost like he had a sixth sense to my presence; he begins to make his way over to our table, and as he gets closer, both me and Ayana stiffen our spines.

Ayana leans forward and whispers, "What the fuck is he doing here during the day?"

I look at her, and lower my brow, "Shit, I don't know. I haven't spoken to him since I threw him out of my house."

"Kay, it's so nice to see you! I'm glad you're here. Is there any way we can talk?" Smitty says.

"Fuck no! She doesn't want to talk to your cheating ass, SCRUB. Now be gone before I make a scene."

Without even looking at her, "I wasn't talking to you Ayana. I was talking to Kaliyah."

"Israel, it's best you leave. We have nothing to talk about. We said all we needed to say."

"I'll give you some time Kay, but this isn't over baby." He turns around and walks back to the kitchen.

"You sure you don't want to leave?" Ayana asks with worry in her face.