Trey POV

unlocking my house door to get in, I saw ebony coming from her house my way.

"Hey stranger",she said.

"Sup",I said.

"You gonna invite me in or leave me out here?",she said. I held the door open for her and let her in. I placed my briefcase on the couch and loosened my tie.

"Wasup?",I said not wasting time.

"Why did you really break up with me?"

I released a sigh and looked at as she took a seat on the couch.

"I'm not about to do this again with you girl."

"No seriously. Tell me."

"To get back at Khia. Why you bringing this up?"

"So you never really liked me?"

"I did but I love Khia. Y'all are friends now so why it matter?"

"Cause she's done with you for good so why don't you date someone else."

"She ain't done with me. Dude is just holding her hostage."

"Your more delusional than I thought",she said laughing.

"Call it what you want."

"She's santiago's girl for good like they gonna get married."

"They not married yet so I wonder what's the hold up."

"I didn't ask."

"Dude is playin the hell outta her. How he got a whole girl laying at home alone while he got a club going on."

"What are you talking about? He's home with her. & he tries to bring her but you know that's not khia's scene."

"He tryna force into stuff she don't wanna do and that ain't right."

"Let's face it. You wasn't doin her no better. She told me she was a whole sidechick."

"She wasn't no sidechick to me and she knows it so idk why she going around telling people that."

"Yea she was. She used to cry to me every night about you."

"Ebony why you here?"

"To tell you to stay away from Khia. She's happy, let her be",she said and got up and left.

Santiago

Opening my apartment door, I stepped out of my shoes and dropped my keys on the table. I walked into the room and saw Khia in the mirror doing her hair.

"Hey babe",i said hugging her from behind.

"Hey. Teach me how to drive",she said out of nowhere. I looked at her confused but said, "okay but you gotta get a permit first baby."

"Okay So when I get my permit, your gonna get me my own car?"

"I'll get you whatever you want babygirl."

She smiled real hard and turned to kiss me on my lips. I didn't know what that was about but I didn't read into it. I unbuttoned my shirt a lil bit and went to the fridge to get me a cup of fruit punch.

"Babe you had someone over?",I asked her.

"Yeah ebony was here",she said putting her black leather jacket on.

"Oh okay cause there's two plates in the sink",I said looking over it.

"Yeah I invited her over."

"Cool. Lets get going cause I know your hungry and I could eat",I said grabbing my keys off the counter.

When we arrived at the my restaurant, it was pretty packed with people and I had the bar open. Soon as we got there, I spotted my dad and hugged him. My cousins were there too so I dapped them up and had Khia sit at a table near the bar but she got up and went to the bar first which was surprising but not like her. She wasn't much of a drinker but the fact that she chose to get a drink first means something's up.

"Hijo, What brings you by?",my dad said interrupting my thoughts.

"We just came by to get a bite to eat."

"Oh okay. Thought you came to check on the restaurant and what I'm doing",he said laughing.

"Yea that too. How's it going in here?"

"We're making so much money than before."

"I bet it's cause of the club huh?"

"Yeah I must admit. We're making most of our money from the club."

"See I told you."

"How's the engagement life going?",he said looking at Khia.

"We're not engaged yet dad",I said laughing.

"Well so what's the hold up Hijo."

"Finance."

"I think it's much more than that. Are you not sure?"

"It's Just conflict with her ex that's making me wonder."

"Ah yea you must look into that Hijo."

"I will."

After having a talk with my dad, I joined Khia at the bar.

"Your drinking already?",I said kissing her on her neck.

"Yeah. Giving your bartenders some tips and input",she said jokingly.

The barista gave her her tab and I told the barista, "it's on the house."

She looked at me and smiled.

"It's this your girlfriend?"

"Yeah."

"I knew she looked familiar. She was the birthday girl at that party."

"Yeah."

"Nice to meet you",she said shaking khia's hands. Khia took her drink and headed over the table she was sitting at before.

"You okay?",I asked sitting across from her. She took the menu off the corner of the table and looked at it blocking her face.

"Yea",she said. I put the menu down from her face and she looked at me.

"Wasup?",I asked her cause I knew something was bothering her.

"Nothing. I'm ready to order."

"Why you acting cold?"

"I'm not about to argue with you again tiago."

"Again? When was the first argument",I smirked and sat back.

"All ima say is, if we're gonna get married, you can't be controlling me."

"How am I controlling you babe? Where this coming from?"

"I could go to Ebony's house if I want to. This is a relationship not a dictatorship."

I laughed and said, "oh so that's what you trippin over."

"You're not gonna control me",she said crossing her arms.

"I'm not trying to. I just don't want you in a predicament where he has you."

"I know what I want and who I want. You think I'm weak when it comes to trey."

"So why you held me back when it came to him?"

"So you wouldn't do nothin stupid and end up in jail tf",she said getting a lil hype.

"Watch your language. My parents are here",I told her.

"Your making trey a factor in our relationship. He's all you talk about I swear."

I shook my head and the waiter came to our table to take our order. I had already lost my damn appetite cause of the way Khia was acting towards me. I knew we wasn't in a good place right now. Ain't nobody sweatin trey but he a lil too comfortable talking out the side of his neck to me when Khia is around and I don't like it.