Chapter 22

“Baby, you need to let that go,” I told him. “You’ll just make yourself crazy wanting something you’ll probably never get. Sometimes you have to meet people where they are rather than where you want them to be.”

He laughed. “Look at you, going all philosophical on me. You’re a regular Zig Ziglar when you want to be, aren’t you?”

“I’ve acquired a great deal of wisdom in my forty plus years.”

“Have you?”

“Yes. Feel free to consult me whenever you need my sage advice.”

Darren laughed again and pulled me down on top of him. “You are so full of shit.”

“I don’t think you should be talking to your elder that way.”

“Elder? You’re, what, five years older than I am? I don’t think that qualifies you for elder status. Besides,” he said, sliding his arms around me before grabbing the cheeks of my ass, “I’ve already got one daddy. I don’t need another one.”

“I’m not trying to be your daddy. I’m just trying to be your man.”