"Girl get up. Ya mans is here asking for you downstairs & I'm not about to lie for you again",ebony said waking me in my sleep. Lately, I've been staying a Ebony's house and It was really nice of her to take me in since she does owe me. I forced myself to get up off the bed and went to go brush my teeth and wash my face real quick. Struggling to put my hair in a bun, I went downstairs to find Santiago in his dress shirt tucked into his slacks. I assumed he came from work.

"Hey",i said posting up against the front door.

"Hey. You avoiding me?"

"No. I just needed space",I said folding my arms.

"Space. You never asked for that before?"

"I wasn't dealing with this before",I said.

"Can I come in?",he said. I opened the door wide for him to come in.

"Can you talk to her please? Cause all she doin is sleeping and eating up all my food in here. She hasn't even been to work in days",Ebony said with a bowl of cereal in her hand going to her room.

"Shut up",i said to her.

"You know she right. You got her in here lying to me and shxt. Telling me you not home when I know you are. Wasup with you babygirl?",tiago said loosening his tie and taking a seat on her couch.

"Same stuff different day tiago."

"Come here."

I went to him and he grabbed my waist to him causin me to sit on his lap.

"Why you haven't been to work?"

"Cause I'm too stressed to work."

"This is your career though babe. It's not just a retail job you do a 9-5 in."

"Im scheduled to go tomorrow so I'll go tomorrow",I said to him caressing his face. This guy not only cares for me but for my career more than I do right now. He's a real one.

"Get dressed. Ima take you somewhere",he said with a smile on his face.

I went upstairs and changed into a pair of light, ripped jeans and a yellow halter top. I put my hair in a slick back ponytail and did my edges according to my liking. Applying light makeup, I made sure my highlight was poppin. I grabbed my keys and met Santiago out in his car.

"Damn you look good."

"I always look good",I said believing that.

"Yes you do",he said backing out of Ebony's driveway.

"You want a bite to eat?"

"You Can stop by the nearest chick fila if there is one around here",I told him.

As he drove above the speed limit as usual, I took the time to text Ebony and tell her I'm out with tiago and I'll be back.

When Santiago reached chick fila, we opted to go inside and ordered through the drive-thru instead.

"Hi may I take your order?"

"Yea lemme get a spicy chick fila sandwich. Make that a meal please."

"Yes and special Sauces?"

"Yeah chick fila sauce."

"Okay and What kind of drink?"

"I'll take a coke. What you want baby?"

"A 6 count chick fila nugget meal & large lemonade",I said.

He repeated my meal to them and pulled up to the next window. While they swiped his card, they handed him the food.

We both decided last minute that we wanted to eat in so we went inside to eat.

"So what's the surprise?",I asked him while wiping Mayo off the side of his mouth.

"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you bae."

"You know I miss you right?"

"I wouldn't be able to tell since you've been avoiding me like I'm a stranger."

"I'm not avoiding you. I just needed time to myself."

"You done needing time to yourself ?"

"I think I am",I said smiling at him. He gave me a warm smile and got up to throw Our trash away.

When we got to the Parking lot, I saw we was where the restaurant was at.

"So we're at the restaurant",I said getting out of the car.

"Yup."

"Why?"

"You'll see."

Taking my hand into his he walked me to the restaurant's front door and opened it for me. The restaurant looked so brand new. It looked way better than before and spacious this time. There was two parts. A bar and lounge section and the restaurant portion. I could see that it looked more modern and Santiago got rid of the old chairs and wobbling tables.

"It looks amazing. More modern, new tables new chairs new everything."

"Yeah you know I had to remodel it to my liking if I'm gonna be owning."

"Right. How much did all this cost babe? It looks expensive",I said looking at the lights.

"Yeah about 12 grand or so."

"That's a lot",i said in amazement.

"Yea well I like to think of it as an investment."

"So when are we opening for business?",i said walking around.

"Soon I just gotta add some finishing touches, I need a VIP section and a DJ booth."

I looked around and sat on a chair.

"So how's immigration going so far?",I asked him.

"Things are beginning to speed up. I should hear something in about a week",he said sitting next to me.

"I talked to your cousins."

"Better not be Rome",he said looking at me.

"Why would I talk to Romeo?",I asked him confused.

"Cause he don't need to be talking to you bae",he said.

"You can't stop guys from talking to me tiago",I said laughing.

"I'll die tryin. I worked hard to get you",he said touching the bottom of my chin.

"Sure did. Thanks for fighting."

"Literally",he said laughing.

"Right."

"Why you didn't fight?"

"I don't know. Just thought things would change."

"When did you realize that it wasn't."

"When he chose that ugly genovia girl over me."

"Dang."

"Yea but it's ok. He apologized."

"Oh yeah? When was this?"

"A while ago like way before we left to Dominican republic",I lied cause I was trying to avoid a argument from him.

"Oh Ight. Let's get you back home babe",he said getting up.

"I really like this new restaurant."

"Thanks I knew you'd like it."