Chapter 6

"That good for nothing cheating piece of poop!"

Jemima glared at Zoe, "he's not cheating on me."

"What kind of man forgets the date plans he just made with his girlfriend and then makes plans to meet up at night with some other girl?" Vanessa looked her friend up and down in a questioning manner.

"A damn cheater!" Zoe answered.

"I know that's right," Vanessa scoffed as her and Zoe high-fived.

Jemima groaned as she rolled around in the pile of clothes that were on her bedroom floor. "Look, just help me find an outfit for tonight and then we'll discuss more about this later."

Zoe jumped off her bed and walked over to her, holding a hand out, she pulled her up to her feet and patted her cheek. "You said no to everything we threw at you, you're hopeless sis."

Jemima's shoulders sagged in hopelessness, "maybe I should just go in my underwear."

"Girl-" Vanessa scoffed as Zoe laughed at her dramatic act. Vanessa walked towards Jemima's way too large walk-in closet, and after rummaging in it for a couple minutes, she walked back out with a little black dress in her hand.

Jemima's eyes lit up, "Vanessa that's perfect!" She clapped her hands, skipping over to her friend and taking the dress from her.

"Right? What would you do without me?" Vanessa flipped her wavy shoulder length hair over her shoulder.

Zoe clapped excitedly, "let's do your hair and makeup before you put it on."

Jemima looked at her friends in amusement, "oh we suddenly love Kaden again?"

Zoe shrugged, "he's still in the dog house until he proves himself, but prepping for date night is always fun."

Vanessa hummed in agreement, "besides, we haven't had a girly prep night in a long time."

Jemima rolled her eyes, but still smiled at how her friends were quick to have her back even though the little incident with Kaden didn't seem like that much of a deal the more she thought about it.

After two hours of getting ready and the girls helping her get all dolled up nice for her date, Jemima was all ready to go.

"Oh you are a babe!" Zoe squealed as all three of them stared at Jemima's reflecting in the full length mirror.

"You can never go wrong with a little black dress, you look good enough to eat mama," Vanessa pretended to claw at her as she let out a raspy rawr.

Jemima laughed at her friends version of hyping her up, feeling grateful to them for helping her get ready even though they shit talked her boyfriend the entire time. They made her look beautiful and their compliments further boosted her confidence.

She pulled out her phone and opened the camera app, angling the camera just right as they took mirror selfies, posing and giggling at their "model" faces as they did so.

A notification popped up on top of the screen, causing a smile to spread across Jemima's plump glossy red lips.

Mine:)

•Your chariot awaits, your highness.

-You're so corny omfg, I'll be down in a sec.

"We're spending the night so you'll find us here when you get back," Vanessa was pushing her out the bedroom door as she spoke, "bring back all the tea and leftovers from whatever you order!"

Jemima laughed as she walked to the entrance door of her fairly spacious luxurious apartment that her parents gifted her so she would stop throwing parties in their house.

"I think you should carry a knife in your purse for...you know, just in case he tries to step out of line again," Zoe brought her hand from behind her back to show Jemima's favourite and sharpest kitchen knife.

She looked at her friend in disbelief, "did you have that with you the whole time?"

"Don't worry about it," Zoe brushed her question away, holding the knife out to her with a serious look on her face.

Vanessa pushed the girl's hand down, slowly and carefully prying the knife out of the girl's hand, "Mima, I suggest you hurry up get going before she starts baring her teeth at your man," as if taking further precautions, her arms wrapped around Zoe, pinning her hands to her sides to stop her from trying anything.

"Well then," Jemima nodded, grabbing her purse and wasting no time in swinging the door open, "thanks a lot ladies! I love you!" She blew them a kiss as she stepped out.

"Love you more!" Vanessa grinned.

"You're forgetting the knife!" Zoe wiggled around in Vanessa's tight hold.

Jemima felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness bubble in the pit of her stomach as she took the long elevator ride down to the lobby, her lips curled into her mouth to hide her grin when the elevator stopped at a random floor and two girls stepped in- she didn't want to look like a weirdo smiling all by herself in an elevator.

One of the girl's gave her outfit a once over then smirked at her, "hot date?"

Jemima flipped her hair over her shoulder, "how can you tell?" She joked.

The other girl looked up from starring at her phone, also taking her time in eyeing her from head to toe, "oh, whoever they are, they won't know what hit ‘em," she nodded, making the grin on Jemima's face reappear as she felt a new boost of confidence surge up her body, making her stand up straighter and taller.

"Stop," she waved a hand, blushing under their gazes, only making the girls compliment her even more as they gushed over her look.

The elevator soon reached the ground floor and the two strangers wished her luck on her date as they all the left the small enclosed space.

With a new wave of confidence and her head held high, Jemima strutted through the lobby as if it were her personal runway, a small smirk playing on her face when she felt all eyes on her.

Stepping out into the warm night, she let out a soft exhale through her nose when she felt her heartbeat speed up once again, but this time at the sight of Kaden leaning against his blood red Chevrolet Corvette Zr1, which was parked on the curb in front of her apartment building.

Jemima almost drooled at the sight of her man dressed in a perfectly tailored black tuxedo that seemed to have been made just for him. The jacket, with its satin peak lapels, hugged his broad shoulders and tapered at his waist, giving him a sharp, commanding presence. Underneath it, a crisp white dress shirt gleamed, its stiff collar peeking above a sleek black bowtie. His trousers, matching in color and fabric, draped elegantly over polished black patent leather shoes, that shone underneath the dim lights pouring out from the glass doors of the building and the streetlights. A subtle silver cufflink caught her eye as he moved towards her, just enough to hint at his refined taste without overshadowing the simplicity of the outfit.

“You are simply breathtaking,” his right arm snaked around her waist the moment he got close to her, and without giving her a second to respond or react, he captured her lips in his, nibbling on her bottom lip and sending shivers all throughout her body.

She placed her hands on his shoulders, slightly pushing away from him to break the unexpected kiss, “you don’t look too bad yourself.”

“Well, I didn’t want to look like a bum standing next to a Goddess,” he joked, leading her to the car with his hand on the small of her back.

Jemima laughed and slid into the passenger seat after he opened the door for her like the gentleman he was, she then gave him a quick peck on the cheek as a ‘thank you’ then watched him jog to the other side of the car after shutting the door for her, sliding into the driver’s seat in the most sexiest way she had ever seen anyone get into a car.

As they pulled away from the curb, she took in the smooth, quiet ride, the gentle hum of the car beneath them, and the sound of the active city outside the car.

She had no idea where Kaden was taking her, but she could feel it deep in her gut that the night was going to be an adventurous and memorable one.

The thought had her grinning from ear to ear, as she briefly turned her head to look at her boyfriend, who drove with one hand on the wheel and the other on his thigh.

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