•{JADA}•

Elijah moved closer, whispering," What was that about?" I smiled at him and shook my head. "It's nothing. I just wanna talk more to the others and maybe meet your colleague." He cracks a smile at me and nods his head. I could tell that he still had questions about my strange behavior.

"So, we'll go clockwise. Starting with me, Brett, Kadence and...." She pauses and examined Nora. "What's your name, hon?"

Nora laughs to herself and Kadence's jaw clenched. "You've seen her before, Paige," Kadence claimed. "I don't recall." Paige says with a smirk. Nora rolls her eyes and holds back Kadence before she could jump onto Paige.

"My name is Nora," Nora says, sternly.

"Ok, then Nora, Then Elijah, and finally Jada." Paige says my name while clenching her hands together. She looks around for piece of paper and begins to write numbers on them. "So, here's the rules. Since we all have an equal amount of people, everyone will be assigned a person. You and your person will have matching numbers. When its your turn, your partner will ask you a question or say a dare. This goes for vice versa."

Everyone picks out of the pine green top hat. I prayed for a partner besides Paige. Kadence drew first and got Elijah. I looked over at Elijah and gave me a slight smile. After her, Nora picked out of the hat. I prayed harder.

"I got Brett," Nora says, placing down her piece of paper. I sigh to myself, feeling the need to literally cry at this point.

"Ok let's begin. Remember what I said, we start with me." Paige fixed herself into her chair before looking up at me. "Jada, truth or dare?"

"Dare." This could be the only way to avoid her questions. She laughs to herself and sips her wine, thinking of an action.

"I'll start off slow. I dare you to go through Elijah's phone." Elijah takes out his phone quickly, sighing. "She already trusts me and I trust her. Unlike someone I used to know." I begin to flip through his Home Screen which looked pretty normal. I saw a few texts messages but that was only from his friends and my mom. I looked in awe at his text to my mother.

Thank you for doing so much for us. I promise you I'm one call away.

How's everything?

-Elijah

Everything is fine, hon. I promise she's having the time of her life. Now go have fun with my daughter and give me some more grandbabies.

-Mom

I laughed at the last sentence and looked over at Elijah. I hadn't realized that I've been crying the whole entire time. Elijah wiped my cheeks and pecked my head. "I love you."

"I love you too, sweetheart." I kissed his lips two times before, placing my forehead against his.

Paige coughs catching our attention. "We have a game to play. You don't have to get all love dovey on us." She says, whispering the last part.

"Ok, Brett. Your turn."

"Nora truth or dare?" Brett asked. Nora thinks to herself. "Truth." Brett cussed to himself and groaned. "Shit, I would've had a good dare. Give me a minute." I laugh after hearing Elijah burst into laughter behind me. I lean into his chest as he whispered," I can't with him."

"Alright, what are your turn offs."

"That's easy." She counts on her fingers. "Clingy, self centered, and smart asses." She stares at Paige when she announced the last one. Paige rolls her eyes.

"Elijah, Truth or dare?" Kadence asked.

"Dare," He says, with a playful smirk. I just wanna sit on his....

"I dare you to lick chocolate off of Jada's body." Elijah quickly takes off his jacket. I squealed when he picked me up and laid me onto the dinner table. Elijah disappeared into the kitchen as the others grouped around me. He opened the door out of no where with chocolate syrup in his hand and a piece of strawberry in his mouth.

He bites into his strawberry before raising my shirt up. He stopped at the brim of my red lace bra before spilling a strand of chocolate down my stomach. His warm tongue slowly licked up my stomach which caused my stomach to tighten. His tongue was so close to my heat. I felt myself begin to get wet at the contact. His eyes looked into mine before he devoured my lips which tasted of chocolate and strawberry.

He released me before licking lips. "Love you," he says, wiping the corner of his mouth with his finger.

Kadence shakes my shoulders as Elijah laid against the wall. Paige scoffed to herself and stood from her seat. "How about this?" She asked.

"Truth or dare?"

"It isn't your time," Kadence says. Paige rolls her eyes and asked again. I nodded my head at Kadence, indicating that everything was fine.

"Truth."

"Have you ever lied to Elijah?"

"No, why would I?" I knew I was lying but I couldn't tell Elijah the truth. At least not right now. Not in front of everyone.

"Are you sure about that?" She asked, making the tension in the atmosphere rise even more. Before I could even get a word in, the door flew open. Elijah's colleague walked inside, greeting everyone.

Him and his husband looked over me before embracing me. "I'm Danny. This is my husband, Ricky." Danny had a stubble beard and was on the lankier side. He was tall and had long black hair that fell to the middle of his back. Ricky had a shaved head that was the color, purple. He smirked at me, showing off his dimples. Both of the men had deep melaninated skin.

"Elijah, she's gorgeous." Elijah nodded his head before wrapping his arms around me. "I can see why you put a finger on it."

"Thank you so much."

He threw his hand at me, laughing. "It had to be said." He pauses and grabs Rickys hand. "Ricky and I wouldn't have met if it weren't for Elijah." My heart melts. "He invited Ricky to his divorcé party. Who have known that the man of my dreams would be there." Ricky kissed Danny.

I smiled lightly at them and looked up at Elijah. "You're basically Cupid." He chuckles to himself before kissing my head.

We all went upstairs to bed. Thank the heavens because I don't think I could stand another second with Paige.

Elijah had walked out of the shower, dripping wet. His hair was slick back and a gray towel was wrapped around his hips. I smiled to myself as he slipped on his engagement ring.

I moved across the bed as I reached for the lotion. It smelt of Shea butter and mango. I rubbed his toned back as his muscles became loose. He sighed and closed his eyes.

"Thanks, babe." I murmured a you're welcome and kissed his lips.

He went silent and I could sense the tension. With the year ending, I knew some stuff about him. From every emotion he secretly hid to what he liked to eat every morning. "What's wrong?" I asked, finishing up lathering his body and kissing his collarbone. He turned towards me and kissed my lips.

He sighed to himself. "Baby, Are you hiding something from me?" I shake my head and furrowed my eyebrows. "Why would you say that?"

"I don't know. You've been acting weird recently."

I release myself from his touch which he frowned at. "When?"

"When we were playing truth or dare. Basically an hour ago." He growled. I sensed his anger bound to rise. I rolled my eyes. "Don't play that shit with me, Jada."

I crossed my arms and huffed.

"Are you cheating?"

I shook my head, vigorously. "Why would I even think of doing that?" Elijah reached out for me but I quickly denied.

"I need a drink. I'll be back." I grabbed my robe and stormed out the room. I walked into the kitchen, grabbing a glass of chocolate milk. As I walked out of the kitchen, steps echoed upstairs.

"Thank you for paying a visit." Paige wraps herself in a robe before closing her door. Rani walked down the stairs. I tried to hide behind the wall and listen for his steps to decrease but I was caught as I walked back into the living area.

"You think you're going anywhere?"

I try to walk but he grabbed my arm. I ripped it away from him. "Are you sure you wanna leave?"

"I know you saw Paige and I." He looks up at the stairs and looks back at me smirking.

"You don't want me to eat you out while you grip the sheets. You wanna come all over my face? Huh?"

I shake my head. "Why would you say something like that?"

I hear steps coming from the stairs. "Jada?"

Elijah came down the stairs, fixing his shirt. His frame overshadowed Rani's. His eyes were watery and a red-pinkish hue. "Rani, what's going on?"

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝗼𝐟 𝐛𝗼𝗼𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝗼𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝗼 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝗼𝐧𝐞?

✿ 𝐁𝗼𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝗼𝗼𝐫 / 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝗼 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝗺𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝗺𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲 (𝐥𝗼𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲)

✿ 𝐀 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝗼𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝗼𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝗼𝗺𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞

✿ 𝐀 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝗺𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝗼𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲

✿ 𝐀 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝗺𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝗺𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝗼𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝗼𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. (𝐥𝗼𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲)

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✿ 𝐀 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝗺𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝗼 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝗼 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝗼𝗼𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝗼𝐧 (𝐥𝗼𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲)

✿ 𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝗼𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝗺𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝗼𝗼𝐤 (𝐞𝐧𝐞𝗺𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝗼 𝐥𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬)

✿ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝗺𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝗼𝐞𝐬 𝗼𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝐭𝗼 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝗼 𝐛𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝗺𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝗼 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.