"I can't believe you still letting him treat you like shit." Tonya voiced as she came into my office.

My perfectly arched eyebrows rose in suspicion, "What the hell are you talking about?" 

"He forgot your birthday...again." 

Glaring at her I shrugged, "It happens. I mean he does have a job that requires his attention a lot."

Tonya rolled her eyes and placed her notepad under her arm. She happened to be one of my best friends at the firm. She would always stay cute and professional but would still call me out on my shit. Which was exactly what she was doing now. 

"Regina girl, I wouldn't be telling you this if I didn't love you. But, you need to drop that nigga." She waved her manicured fingers at me.

I sunk into my leather swivel chair. I hated when she did this. Chris and I had been together since college. Being together for over five years and not once has he proposed or talked about marrying me. Once again, he forgot something important to me...my birthday.

"What if I break up with him and I never find a man again?" I questioned looking everywhere but her eyes. 

She scoffed at me, "You're beautiful inside and out! Trust me, you already got a man lined up waiting for you to drop him." 

"Who are you talking about?" 

She held up her hands pausing my raging thoughts. Stepping out of the room for a brief moment she came back with a bouquet of roses with a note. I gasped and stood up from my chair. Grabbing the roses I took the card out hoping it would be Chris. 

Instead, it was my best friend Trevante. My heart sunk even more causing tightness in my chest to erupt. But, my smile returned after reading the card. 

"Happy Birthday, beautiful. See I told you that man was in love with you!" Tonya squealed as I placed the roses on my desk. 

"Girl, we're just best friends. Been that way since birth and ain't nothing going to change that." I said dumbly.

Tonya rolled her eyes frustrated with my antics, "I hope you know that you really blocking ya' blessings!" She left my office more upset than I was. I huffed and sat back down in my chair pulling out more files. Today was going to be a long one. 

After a long day of working at the firm and talking to clients, I made my way outside. The sun was beginning to set and my feet were killing me in these red bottoms. I slid them off my feet and walked to my car. But was taken aback by Trevante leaning on my BMW. 

"I see you got my flowers." He said sending me a warm smile. 

"Thank you! It really did brighten up my day." I spoke giving him a bear hug.

Small butterflies fluttered in my stomach. Trevante always knew how to make me smile or even make my day a little bit better. He cared about me more than he cared about himself. He'd always put me first and made sure I was comfortable in any situation. I loved that about him. 

"Let me take you out to dinner. You look stressed as fuck." 

"Okay." I didn't fight it, I just went to dinner with him. 

My tired eyes scanned the menu. The five-star restaurant was dimly lit as classical tunes played lightly in the background. I was debating on getting some chicken parmesan or sirloin steak. I think I was the only one focused on the menu because Trevante was dead set on staring at me. 

"What?" I questioned as my face got warm from the eye contact. 

"Nothing, I can't look?" 

"That's a rhetorical question," I said placing my eyes back on the menu.

"And now you're stalling." Damnit, he noticed. 

I closed the menu finally making up my mind, "Stalling? About what?" 

"Why don't you give me a reason as to why you look like you're about to cry." His muscular arms folded in front of his broad chest. 

"I think you already know why. Once again Chris forgot my birthday." I said running the tip of my finger around the wine glass. 

He sucked his teeth annoyed, "Why the fuck you keep letting that nigga do that shit to you?"

"Where else am I supposed to go? I don't know how to date or how I'm going to survive without him. I love that man." I said passionately. 

"You need to look at the love that's right in front of you." He spoke his voice deepening as the tension continued to rise. 

I averted my eyes biting my lip, "You know I can't do that."

He sucked his teeth, "You know how I feel about you but you won't let me love you, Y/N." His hand threaded into mine. I wanted to lean into his touch. Electricity formed all over my body. 

The silence that was left between us was tense. The waiter came over noticing the tension. We ordered quickly and the silence still continued. I knew that Tre just wanted to do best for me but the only person that knows best is me, myself, and I.  

"Babe, I'm home!" I yelled placing my keys on the counter. 

My voice echoed in the foyer. I got no response. Rolling my eyes, I continued to walk through our shared home. The house was cold. No warmth radiated making me even sadder. All of the lights were out. Chris' car was gone so I knew he wasn't home. 

I slid my shoes off wanting to ease the tension on my body. I hadn't been touched by a man in so long. Chris had been slacking in the bedroom and I wasn't feeling anything. A loud knock on the door broke me out of my thoughts. I opened the door and Trevante stepped inside. 

He kissed me passionately. I hesitated at first but I let my lips match his. I leaned into his touch. He rested his hands on the small of my back giving my butt a nice rough squeeze. I moaned letting him know how into him I was. 

"Is he here?" He asked breaking the kiss. I shook my head no. He lifted me off the ground and we made our way to the bedroom. 

He pulled me down on the king-sized bed. I took off my shirt and bra revealing my hardened nipples. He massaged my chest as I leaned my head back. I picked at the hem of his shirt as he kissed me again. 

"I want you to fuck me."

We laid naked next to each other breathing heavily. At this point, it was getting extremely late. I pulled the sheets up to cover myself even more. I couldn't believe I just did that. And honestly, I couldn't care less. 

"Y/N?"

I turned to face him, "Yeah?"

"I gotta tell you something."

"What is it?"

"I'm moving to Boston next week."

"What-" He cut me off before I could speak. 

"I want you to come with me. I know it's a lot to ask but I want to be with you. I've shown that over the last couple of years."

I sat up in the bed, "What? Why didn't you tell me about this months ago? What the hell? I just can't up and leave my life like that." 

He laughed as he pulled away from me, "But you can sleep with me but you can't woman up and go for what you want. I see how it is." 

He grabbed his things, pulled them on, and left the room. I sighed calling after him but he never came back. 

"Fuck."

authors note: um this has been sitting in the drafts for MONTHS! I probably won't make a part 2 idk.

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