Looking over at Khia laid sound asleep on my chest, I thought it was about time to make it official and make her mine. I already had the ring,I had everything set but my timing has been off lately. Everytime i think right now would be a great time it ain't. I looked at her and I just thought I'm the luckiest man in the world. I opened the bottom drawer next to me and underneath my clothes, I felt to see if the ring was still there cause I planned on doing it today but just then my phone ring.

"Wasup?",i answered.

"Man we need you to come in today. Things ain't lookin good at work",Marcus said. I looked at Khia and she was still asleep. I hate to leave her here alone but being in the position I'm in, I had to be there whenever they call. After getting dressed in my dress shirt and gray slacks, I put on my tie and kissed Khia on the lips before I left. She woke up a lil bit and scrunched her nose up.

"Where are you going so early?",she asked me.

"I gotta go to work. Somethin went down idk what yet but I'll be back home baby."

She looked at me kinda sad and I had to go and not look back or else I'll stay. I hated leaving her alone in this big old apartment but all this comes with the position I'm in.

Pulling into the parking lot, I looked at my watch and rushed to get to the office. Once I got there, Marcus was the first person I saw and dapped me up.

"Wasup man?",I asked him while looking at the papers everywhere in the office and glass everywhere. It immediately reminded me of the same person who trashed my dad's restaurant.

"Man I don't know. I just came in here tryna get something from the filing cabinet and I saw this. This is personal."

"We got cameras everywhere so it shouldn't be hard to catch them",I said looking at the damage but was careful not to touch anything because my fingerprints would be all on them.

"Do you have any enemies we should know about?",my boss who was higher than me said.

"Not that I know of",I lied knowing I had one too many.

"The cops are going to investigate this and catch the person who did this. They only trashed your office. No one else's so Marcus is right. This is something personal",he said.

I put my hand to the back of my hand and walked out the room with the rest of them to let the cops do their work.

"Damn that's crazy",Marcus said to me in a low voice.

"Yeah it is. I've seen it before tho. Gotta be the same person who did it to the restaurant."

"You think this has something to do with khia's family?"

"Yea could be. My dad warned me about this but it's just somethin I gotta deal with."

"Man you gone be that nigga that carry a gun everywhere if shxt like this keep happening."

"At this point, you right."

"Yeah. Sorry I called but they just wanted to know if you knew who could be behind this",he said.

"Nah. I don't know. I could guess all day but it wouldn't be right. I was just about to pop the question to Khia this morning too."

"Word? That's wasup",he said cheesing and dappin me up.

"Yeah but had to put it on hold cause it wasn't the right time."

"Man Word to the wise, it ain't never gonna be the right time to propose. Like I said, if you ain't had her on lock, I would've made a move on her."

I laughed.

Khia

After tiago left I woke up and stretched. Looking next to me at the empty side of the bed, I yawned and wiped my eyes. Getting out the bed, it was a little cold and all I had on was a tank top and panties. I put my slippers on and carried myself to the bathroom. Looking for my washcloth in the cabinet I couldn't find it. So I tried to see if I could find it in the drawers next to the bed, while searching underneath Tiago's boxers, I felt something like a small box. I pulled it out from all the boxers and it was a small red box. I hope this wasn't what I thought it was. I nervously opened it and it was a diamond ring staring back at me. It glistened and my mouth was just in awe. Santiago was gonna propose to me all this time and he had me thinking we was never gonna get married. All this time I thought, he was never gonna actually marry me. I smiled at the ring and a tear of joy ran down my face. I closed the box and put it back in the drawer. Looking into the bathroom mirror, I looked at my reflection and I just got so happy at the person staring back at me. At the same time feeling bad because I doubted Santiago. I thought who was I kidding? He's got the cookies for free so why would he wife me? Everything I first thought about him, he's proven me wrong. I thought I was just a damsel in distress, someone he'll fix and then send me off. This man has been so good to me and even if trey were to claim me, I still wouldn't go back because Santiago has raised my standards so high and he's the only one that could meet them. It's not about him claiming me, but this man has seen me at my worst and instead of using me and taking advantage of me, he's uplifted me and helped me grow. He saw my worth when I couldn't even see it. I love him and will cherish him for the rest of my life. Trey couldn't compare to Santiago ever in life.