explained. “I apologize.”
“Kaleb, please! You have been treating me like a damn stepchild since the day you came home from showing that house a few months ago.” When she said that, Kaleb’s eyes almost popped out of his head. He knew that he had been putting a lot of himself into Dominique, but not enough that he thought Tiera would notice. “So, I am on to something?” she asked, placing her hands on her hips. Kaleb couldn’t do anything but drop his head. “Just tell me if there’s someone else. I can deal with it,” Tiera told him, even though she knew that it would break her heart to hear. It was one thing to think it, but entirely different to actually know.
“There’s no one,” Kaleb lied.
“Well, you know what? I don’t believe you.”
With that, Tiera turned and walked away. As she passed the table in the foyer, she grabbed her keys out of the crystal bowl they sat in. Kaleb continued to sit on the couch. He figured she was going upstairs to his room and wanted to give her her space. When Kaleb heard the jingling sound of her keys, he knew she was on her way out the door. He jumped up and rushed over in that direction. By the time he got there, Tiera was removing her purse from the coat hook and slipping her feet into her shoes. His mind raced as he tried to figure out what to do next. Kaleb knew he was selfish to try to keep her, knowing that he was in love with someone else. A part of him wanted to just let her go, but he couldn’t because he really did care for her and didn’t want things to end between the two of them. Not only that, but Kaleb was afraid of letting Tiera go because he wasn’t even sure if Dominique was an option anymore. It was a fucked up way of thinking, but it was how he felt.
“What do you want me to say? What do you want me to do?” he asked, reaching out and grabbing her by her arm.
Tiera turned around and snatched away. She looked at him as if he had lost his mind. Tears were now streaming down her face. She was hurt, confused, and angry all at the same time. On one hand, Tiera really wanted to believe that maybe she was overreacting. Maybe Kaleb did have a lot on his mind, which would explain the way he had been acting towards her lately. She also wanted to believe that Kaleb would never cheat on her, but her gut instincts told her a different story. Tiera knew her boyfriend was a very handsome and successful man, who had women just waiting for an opportunity to get a take her place; a place that, up until then, she was sure she was secure in. Now, Tiera couldn’t be certain. She looked up at Kaleb with sadness in her eyes. This was a man that she loved so much. Other than her father, no other man had captured her heart the way Kaleb had; and that was a big deal to Tiera.
After her mother walked out on her and her father when she was ten, Tiera was lost. She didn’t know what to do, who to trust, and how to feel. Every day, she went to bed crying because she believed that her father, Ron, would up and leave her as well. Her mother had gotten tired of playing house, so why wouldn’t he, was what Tiera asked herself constantly. She couldn’t understand how a mother could just leave her child and never come back. It wasn’t like she was on drugs or anything; she just didn’t want to do the whole ‘family thing’ anymore. Ron was also crushed, but he wouldn’t dare let his daughter see him broken. Instead, he worked hard and make sure that Tiera had everything she wanted and needed. Tiera became a daddy’s girl, and, soon after, all her fears of her father leaving went away. She knew that if no one else loved her, her daddy did.
With Ron being named The Accountant to the Stars, he worked with everyone, from the top paid athletes, to the A-list movie stars. In fact, his connections were what gave Tiera her big break in modeling. Once she graduated school, Ron allowed her to travel with him. On one of his trips to Paris to do business with his client who
“Kaleb, please! You have been treating me like a damn stepchild since the day you came home from showing that house a few months ago.” When she said that, Kaleb’s eyes almost popped out of his head. He knew that he had been putting a lot of himself into Dominique, but not enough that he thought Tiera would notice. “So, I am on to something?” she asked, placing her hands on her hips. Kaleb couldn’t do anything but drop his head. “Just tell me if there’s someone else. I can deal with it,” Tiera told him, even though she knew that it would break her heart to hear. It was one thing to think it, but entirely different to actually know.
“There’s no one,” Kaleb lied.
“Well, you know what? I don’t believe you.”
With that, Tiera turned and walked away. As she passed the table in the foyer, she grabbed her keys out of the crystal bowl they sat in. Kaleb continued to sit on the couch. He figured she was going upstairs to his room and wanted to give her her space. When Kaleb heard the jingling sound of her keys, he knew she was on her way out the door. He jumped up and rushed over in that direction. By the time he got there, Tiera was removing her purse from the coat hook and slipping her feet into her shoes. His mind raced as he tried to figure out what to do next. Kaleb knew he was selfish to try to keep her, knowing that he was in love with someone else. A part of him wanted to just let her go, but he couldn’t because he really did care for her and didn’t want things to end between the two of them. Not only that, but Kaleb was afraid of letting Tiera go because he wasn’t even sure if Dominique was an option anymore. It was a fucked up way of thinking, but it was how he felt.
“What do you want me to say? What do you want me to do?” he asked, reaching out and grabbing her by her arm.
Tiera turned around and snatched away. She looked at him as if he had lost his mind. Tears were now streaming down her face. She was hurt, confused, and angry all at the same time. On one hand, Tiera really wanted to believe that maybe she was overreacting. Maybe Kaleb did have a lot on his mind, which would explain the way he had been acting towards her lately. She also wanted to believe that Kaleb would never cheat on her, but her gut instincts told her a different story. Tiera knew her boyfriend was a very handsome and successful man, who had women just waiting for an opportunity to get a take her place; a place that, up until then, she was sure she was secure in. Now, Tiera couldn’t be certain. She looked up at Kaleb with sadness in her eyes. This was a man that she loved so much. Other than her father, no other man had captured her heart the way Kaleb had; and that was a big deal to Tiera.
After her mother walked out on her and her father when she was ten, Tiera was lost. She didn’t know what to do, who to trust, and how to feel. Every day, she went to bed crying because she believed that her father, Ron, would up and leave her as well. Her mother had gotten tired of playing house, so why wouldn’t he, was what Tiera asked herself constantly. She couldn’t understand how a mother could just leave her child and never come back. It wasn’t like she was on drugs or anything; she just didn’t want to do the whole ‘family thing’ anymore. Ron was also crushed, but he wouldn’t dare let his daughter see him broken. Instead, he worked hard and make sure that Tiera had everything she wanted and needed. Tiera became a daddy’s girl, and, soon after, all her fears of her father leaving went away. She knew that if no one else loved her, her daddy did.
With Ron being named The Accountant to the Stars, he worked with everyone, from the top paid athletes, to the A-list movie stars. In fact, his connections were what gave Tiera her big break in modeling. Once she graduated school, Ron allowed her to travel with him. On one of his trips to Paris to do business with his client who
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