Shawnie's POV

When Aubrey came back to the suite around 4pm, I wanted to talk to him. I knew he wasn't gonna like the idea and I felt like I had to butter him up, so I acted as if everything was fine and got a little freaky with him.

He was in the living room talking. I peeked my head out of the bedroom and told him to come take a shower. He finished up the conversation he was having with Niko and came into the bathroom. I stripped him out of his clothes and we got in the shower. I sucked his dick and fucked him good, so he was set for the night. Men are so simple.

He was putting on his clothes and I walked out of her bathroom naked.

"Baby, I need to talk to you." I say walking over to him.

"About?" He asks, drying off.

"I've been thinking, I think I need my own security." I say

"You have security." He says

"But I want my own. Somebody, or bodies, dedicated to only me." I walk up to him and kiss his neck.

"I'm dedicated to only you." He smiles, flirting with me.

I laugh, "I know you are but I'm talking about security."

"You have your own personal security, Eric..." he says

"I know, and I love Eric...but I want my own." I move over to his ear and he steps away from me.

"Aight, Aight. Okay."

I laugh.

"Are you trying to start something?" He asks

"Yes."

"I wish I could. I'm going to be late if I stay with you, Mami."

"So is that a yes?" I ask

"Yeah, whoever it is has to work directly with Eric though. Eric is your security." He says

"Okay, baby." I walk away and back into the bathroom.

"I know you know how to work me. I knew what you were doing." He says and I just laugh to myself.

That was easy.

************

Later that night, we attended the show. Thankfully there was no red carpet, so it was literally just a concert. We drank, we enjoyed ourselves, and the music of course. Everything went perfectly. After the show was over, you better believe Aubrey went back to his dressing room and changed his clothes with plans on attending that after party.

I was pretty much clinging to Aubrey since Mercedes and Dori decided to do their own thing tonight. I think they're a little upset with me. They were at the show but shortly after it ended they ran off somewhere. I don't know what's going on with them and I am honestly not even worried about it. If they're happy, I'm happy.

Lilly came back with her friend and I introduced them to Aubrey and they took pictures. The girls were so excited and I was happy I could make their night.

I spotted Joe and walked over to him.

"How did you like the show?" I ask

"It was good!" he says

"You came by yourself?"

"Nah, I brought my cousin, he's around here somewhere. Probably trying to talk to all the women." We laugh.

"Come on, let me introduce you to Aubrey." I wave for him to follow me.

We walk over to Aubrey. I walk up behind him. "Baby..." I say as I grab his hand and turn him around.

When Aubrey turned around, he locked eyes with Joe, then he looked at me. "Who the fuck is this?"

"Aubrey, this is Joe. Joe, this is my husband, Drake." They shake hands.

"What's up?" Aubrey says

"This is the man that got me out of that situation last night." I say

"Oh. Thank you for that." Aubrey says with a nod.

"Baby, I was thinking since Joe did such good job last night, maybe I could offer him a job. Remember I asked about security?"

"I didn't know you already had someone in mind." He says

"Yes, so I just wanted you guys to meet."

"Aight. Nice to meet you. We'll be in touch..." Aubrey turns back around, turning his back to Joe.

"Don't worry about him." I say, trying to laugh it off as we walk away. I am not going to feed into his rudeness or jealousy right now.

"Thanks for the tickets again, my cousin said he was trying to get some but they sold out in minutes."

"You're welcome. They always say they're sold out but they put aside tickets for the artist."

"Well, it was greatly appreciated." He says

"You helped me out when I needed it, so this is the least I can do."

"And offer me a job?" He says

I laugh, "Yeah, that too. I've already forwarded all of your information to my legal team. I should have something back in a couple of days."

"Cool. I've bounced at a few clubs but I've never been someone's bodyguard. This will be new for me."

"Knowing Aubrey, he's gonna make you take a bunch of classes but is not any different from bouncing at a club. You'll be fine."

"SHAWNIE!" I hear Aubrey yell my name. I look over at him and he is signaling for me to come over to him.

"Alright, I gotta go. He doesn't like for me to be out of his sight for too long."

He laughs, "I understand his logic." He smiles

"I will be in contact with you next week to let you know the next steps."

"Sounds good." He says then I walk over to Aubrey.

"Yes?" He wraps both of his arms around me and pulls me into him.

"Get out that motherfucker's face."

"I'm not, I'm in your face." He smiles, looking down at me, then he kisses me. "I see you had that story pulled."

"Yeah, he's a regular guy, he doesn't need to be bothered by that type of bullshit. I understand how he would feel. People start googling who he is and asking him all types of questions. I don't want anyone to be blindsided by that, like I was."

"It comes with this life. They're gonna wanna know who this new guy is that's around you." He says

"Yeah, but he doesn't seem like the type of guy to engage in nonsense. I don't know, we'll see. He seems like a pretty good guy. We'll know for sure once we get the background checks back." I say

"Oh, did you know Chris was here?" He asks

"I didn't know he was here, when he was here. I found out later on last night. I texted him and asked him about it but he really didn't say anything. I don't get what that was about."

"Me either." He says, "You ready to go?"

"Yeah." I say

We didn't tell any of our friends that we were leaving, we just left and headed back to the hotel. No after party tonight.

********

The next day

Aubrey's POV

"I love you." I say as I hold my wife close to me. She had her arms around me, straddling me and I was laying on her chest.

It was now Monday and our truce weekend was over. I was a little nervous about today because I don't know what was going through her head and she said that she would leave everything alone until today. We did just finish having sex but if I don't know nothing else, I know Shawnie and she's a Gemini, so she can change with the flip of a switch.

"I love you too." She says, pulling away from me and tries to climb off of my lap but I hold her there.

"Stay here another day with me. We can spend some quality time together without everyone coming in and out. No distractions, just me and you." I say

"I have to go." She unwraps my arms from around her, and climbs off of my dick. She lays down next to me.

"Why are you being like that? We just had some good sex and you're acting like you wanna get away from me as quick as possible. I'm trying to spend some time with you." I say frustrated. I'm tired of us fighting.

"No, you're trying to fuck me all day." She says

"I'm not, I think we should stay an extra day and just hang out.." I say

"The weekend is over. I have to get back to the kids and I'm still staying at the hotel. The weekend was great. It was great getting back to normal but there's still an underlying issue. You abused me."

"I abused you?" I look at her like she's crazy. "Baby, now you're feeding into the bullshit?" I can't believe she's repeating this shit.  

I turn her to face me.

"I get a little rough with sex. I FUCK you because that's what you want." I grab her face by her chin and look her in her eyes. "You tell me to fuck you. Don't try to make it seem like it's something it's not. You practically beg me to fuck you how I do. Stop this bullshit." I let go of her face.

She's getting on my nerves with his shit.

"But when I tell you you're doing too much, or tell you to stop, you don't. You fucking blacked out and I don't know what the fuck you're thinking. I feel like you take it too far." She says

"I haven't taken anything too far this weekend. You were on my dick every chance you got, loving it." I say disrespectfully. I'm getting a little pissed off. "We've had sex more times this weekend and we have in the past month."

"That was because I couldn't and then the times after that you were not home. You were working. Probably trying to fuck other bitches. Don't try to make it seem like I don't wanna have sex with you. I love having sex with you, I just don't like when you do things like that." She explains

"Aw shit. We back on that? I wasn't going to fuck them. Come on Shawnie. How many times have I told you, my guys told you, I don't fuck with nobody but you. I don't even want anybody else. I'm going through all of this bullshit because I wanna make it work with YOU."

I'm pleading with her. I wasn't gonna do anything with those women, they were not here for me. I know she believes what I'm telling her. I don't know why she's trippin.

"Yeah, I know you're trying to make it work with me, but that's only because if we separate you don't want me with Chris."

"I swear the one time that I don't bring him up, you do. But since were here, what the fuck was he doing here? What shit was he trying to pull coming to my show? I think he came to start some shit and my guys shut his ass down." I explain

"I don't think he came to start shit. I don't even think he planned to come to your show. I think it was a spur of the moment thing. I I didn't even know he was coming. I didn't tell him I was coming to Vegas, so that should tell you right there that I know no information. I don't have anything to give you. I don't know what he was on. I don't even know if he's still here." She says. I don't believe her.

"Aight." I say, "Let's just leave this alone. I don't like this tension between us. It's so many things we both can say but it's not the right time. It'll only make things worse. We're falling apart, and I can't face that. We have to fix this. You're trying to leave because you know that's going to hurt me."

She sighs. Yeah, I'm getting through to her.

"I love how we were this weekend. That's all I want. I'm sorry for everything. Let's just leave this alone, please. Let's just agree to move on from this and get back to us. Please."

".... Okay." She says softly

"So are you going to stay with me?" I ask

"I will." She sighs. "I'm sorry for acting like a bitch."

"It's okay. You were just upset." I say, pulling her to me and kissing her forehead. "I will always forgive you, Mami."

**********

A few hours later, Oliver came to see us. He said there was an opportunity for Shawnie to do an interview and photo shoot for a magazine here in Vegas. We accepted because, why not. She needs the exposure. We quickly got dressed to head over but for some reason she decided she wanted to bring that Joe motherfucker with us. Something about getting a feel for him. I don't think we need a vibe check, we need a background check, but to avoid conflict, I approved but I don't like it. I don't want this motherfucker, nowhere around us I don't know who he is or where he comes from. This whole thing is sketchy to me.

I had my security get him and bring him there with us. He ain't getting in the car with me. And why the fuck is she so trusting of this motherfucker? It's aight, my guys will keep an eye on him. His background info hasn't even come back yet and she's always having him work. Why is she so obsessed with this guy?

************

I watched Joe from afar for a few minutes. He was watching her as she did this photo shoot. Smiling, and shit. I know he wants my wife. I don't know how he has her convinced but I know he's just a fan. He's probably been stalking her for years and somehow, someway, he has finally got into her life. I told my guys to keep an eye on him because I know he's not in the security field. This shit just seemed to happen too perfectly for him. I know all of this is just some kind of setup, probably to get to me.

I walked up to him from behind and I stood next to him and folded my arms. I looked over at him and he was staring at her intensely. I don't like that shit either. What the fuck is he looking at.

"She bad ain't she?" I say

He quickly glances over at me, then he turns his attention back to her. "She's my boss. I'm not really looking at her like that. Besides, she's your wife. Why would I even agree to that?"

"Potential boss." I corrected him. "I'm just saying, if she's bad, she's bad. There's nothing wrong with admitting that. I know my wife is bad as fuck, that's why I married her."

"Okay, Drake." He says

"Mr. Graham." I corrected him again. "You may not report directly to me, but I am still your employer. So you will address me as Mr. Graham from now on, and that's Mrs. Graham."

He took a deep breath and then he let it out as if he was frustrated or something. I could tell I was irritating him, that's exactly what I wanted to do. I don't know why he is here. I don't give a fuck about this motherfucker. Fuck him.

"Aight." He says

"I know you want my wife." I say

"What would give you that impression?" He asks

"The way you look at her."

"Isn't my job to watch her? Watch her surroundings to make sure she's not in any type of danger and if she is, get her out? Am I not supposed to look at her?"

"I never said it's the fact that you look at her, I said it's the way you look at her. Are you in love with my wife? What are you some kinda stalker fan?"

He looks as if he was about to laugh but he doesn't. He looks very amused at what I'm telling him and I take offense to that. I ain't saying shit amusing. He takes another deep breath and turns to me, like I'm supposed to be scared of him or something. He's bigger than me but I know I can whoop his ass.

"I've known her for like, what 2 days? No, I'm not in love with your wife. She is my boss. We have a strictly professional relationship. Nothing else." He says

"Yeah whatever. You can't afford her anyway. I spoil her so good that she doesn't even want regular shit anymore." I laugh

"So you've created a monster, and you're proud of that?" He says

"Yeah... I get her shit nobody else can. She doesn't wanna go back to that regular life bullshit. Chris Brown is learning that the hard way." I say, "But that's another conversation for a different day. Bottom line is, I'm watching you and my guys are watching you too. I don't wanna see no googly eyes, or flirting. The first time I see it you're done."

"What's your problem? I don't even know you and you're giving me shit. What's up?"

"I don't want you working for or around my wife."

"Aight." He says.

"So tell her you don't wanna take the job anymore." I say

"I'll think about it. I don't take too kindly to someone demanding something from me."

"Just do it." I pat him hard on the shoulder, then he walks off.

"Bitch." I said to myself.

I don't like this one bit. I'm already having to watch what's going on with Chris, now I have to watch Joe too. This is starting to get out of hand. I don't know why I told her it was okay to have her own security. I have to get rid of him. This ain't gonna work for me.

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