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Surprise!🎉

"Armani come here." I said as I chased after her. "No mommy." She giggled and continued to run away from me.

"I'm not playing with you little girl if you're not here in 5 4 3-" I was cut off by her screaming loudly. "Daddy!" She screamed running over to him. He scooped her up into his arms and started tickling her. "Wassup princess." All of a sudden she pouted and pointed at me. "Mommy mean."

"Mommy why you being mean to my princess?" Jace asked me. I rolled my eyes and crosses my arms over my chest. "You better stop calling her princess, that shits getting to her head, she really be walking around here thinking she a princess, acting like she run shit." I complained before turning my attention back to Armani. "Now bring your little ass here-"

I reached to grab her but Jace pushed me away. "Chill. What you need her for?"

"She needs to wash her hair but she wanna be nasty and run away from me." I said pointing to her messy hair. "Alright go somewhere I'll do it." He said, I nodded slowly and was about to walk away until baby girl went into her princess mode and stuck her tongue out, trying to tease me because as aways her daddy was here to save her. "Jace get your daughter."

"What she do?" He chuckled. I sucked my teeth. "She there laughing. She acts out because she knows you'll be there to save her bad ass." I complained. "Shh you're just jealous."

He was right I was jealous, she was my baby girl yet she looked just like her father. I thought she would have grown out of it by now but obviously that hasn't happened.

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"Why are you staring at me like that Jayceon?" I laughed at Jace watching me closely as I worked out in our new home Gym.

"You look fine as fuck baby, making me wanna put another baby in you right now.

"No thanks. I'm good, the child we got already is enough." Armani was only three and was already bad as fuck and she was spoiled to make it worse.

"Nah for real baby girl come here." He lifted me up off the treadmill and started kissing all over my face. "Wait...Jace you love me?"

"Of course. Why you asking?" I shrugged. "Nic I said I was sorry about what happened-" I quickly cut him off. "I know, we said we wouldn't bring it up again right?"

"Yeah."

"Jace you're drunk stop." He had just got home drunk after being out obviously drinking all night and was now trying to kiss on me.

"You've been gone for the whole weekend I missed you. You didn't miss me?" He asked when I pushed him away.

I was sat on the couch trying to watch power and he was starting to annoy me. "Of course I did but-" he cut me off. "But what?" I sighed. "Jace I'm not doing this with you while you're drunk."

"I'm not drunk." He argued and reached for my waist. "Jayceon stop!" All of a sudden his facial expression changed. "Fuck You! What's the real reason you don't want me to touch you? Huh?" He asked getting all in my face.

"You think I'm stupid, I know you was out hoeing in Vegas the other day, fucking the first nigga that called you pretty." I gasped and started chuckling angrily. "Are you serious?"

"Dead serious.."

"You think I cheated on you?" He ignored my question and sat down on the couch across from the one I was sitting on. I went over to him and straddled his lap. He tried moving me off him. "No look at me! You think I'm cheating on you? Why would I cheat on you Jace?! That doesn't even make sense"

"Get out my face." He slurred, his eyes low. "No. I can't-" "Move!" He yelled. "You know for this shit I should have went and cheated then all this would be worth something-" Out of no where he swung and punched me in my jaw, knocking me to the floor. I gasped and grabbed my cheek where he had just hit.

He stood up and stumbled over to me as I back up to the corner of the room. "I told you to get the fuck out my face." He said before stumbling upstairs.

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"You hit her?!" My mom yelled as soon as I entered her house. "Ma chill" I tried waving her off as I looked around for Mani. "No I'm not going to 'chill'. I told you already about putting hands on her."

"Where's my daughter?"

"I'm talking to you Jayceon!"

"I don't wanna hear all that now, I just wanna see Armani." I told her. "I don't care what you want! You're going to sit there and you're going to listen!" She shouted whilst pointing for me to sit down.

"Sit the fuck down." She repeated giving me a cold glare.

I did as told and sat down, only for her to walk over to me and slap me. "Ah" I hissed grabbing my cheek. My mom was so little but had been fighting all her life so her punches and slaps hurt.

"You like beating on women? Huh?" She asked, roughly pushing my head repeated. I moved away but she grabbed my jaw making me look right at her. "I told her I was sorry."

"Sorry? What the fuck is a sorry gonna do? You scared the shit out of her with your bullshit Jace! I had to beg to see my own grandchild, all because she was scared you'd be here."

I frowned. "I told her I was sorry. I don't know what the fuck she's scared for. She knows I'll never hurt Armani-"

"Daddy?" I heard and looked over at the stairs to see Armani making her way downstairs smiling. "Hey princess!" She giggled and ran over to me cheering. "Daddy!"

I picked her up and spun her around."I missed you stink. Go get your shoes." I put her down and she ran off to get her shoes. I looked over at my mom who had her arms crossed and was frowning hard. "You're not taking her Jayceon."

"She's my daughter I can do whatever I want." She raised her eyebrows and I could tell she was about to curse me out until Armani came back. "Here daddy." I sat her down and helped her put on her shoes. "Jace I can't let you take her-"

"Ma it's only gonna be for a couple of hours. I'm getting Kyrie then I'ma take them-"

"We see Kyrie?" Armani asked, her face lit up. "Yeah princess. You missed your brother?" She nodded quickly.

"Just make sure you're back here by 6." My mom warned.

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I had been staying over at my cousin Dejas house for a week now, ever since the incident occurred between me and Jace.

Since she was out working and Armani was with Jada I was sat in Deja's apartment alone and bored until Chanel called me. "You made up with Jace that quick? I thought you was gonna let him suffer for a little while." She said once I answered her call.

I furrowed my eyebrows, confused. "What are you talking about?" She ignored my question and kept talking. "It was cute of him to get them matching outfits, where did they go? And why didn't you tell me-"

"Chanel stop talking!" I semi-yelled to get her to stop talking. "Now... What are you talking about?"

"You don't know? Well I was just scrolling thru Instagram then I seen a picture of Mani & Kyrie pop up-"

"I'll call you back" I quickly hung up and opened the app and there right at the top of my timeline was the picture. I clenched my jaw, I specifically told Jada I didn't want Armani around Jace now I'm seeing pictures of my daughter on his page.

: little man & the princess 👑 #KingKyrie #PrincessMani

I screenshot the picture and opened Jace & I's thread.

>What the fuck do you think you're doing?

Instead of texting back, he decided to call me. "What's you're problem Jayceon?!" I yelled. "I haven't seen my daughter in a week. Just because you're not fucking with me right now, doesn't mean you can hold my daughter against me."

"I'm not holding shit against you... Jace you hurt me, emotionally and physically." I argued. "I fucked up and I apologised for it but you do fucked up shit too, all the time and I don't say shit." He replied.

"Jace I don't want to argue with you... Can we just get back on good terms."

"You're the one making a big deal out of it. I was drunk, I flipped out on you and I apologised."

"It is a big deal. I thought you grew out of this shit! It was like the old Jace was back..."

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