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Shawnie's POV

So we decided to take Odell up on his invitation and attend the pool party at Drai's. I was definitely very skeptical about going, because even though this wasn't a media thing, it's still a lot of people and I still don't feel comfortable being around big crowds. Even though I was feeling a little anxious about being around so many people, I was happy to be able to get out of the house and have a little fun.

I wore a cute, lime green bikini, with a white crochet cover up skirt. Honestly, anytime I can wear as little clothes as possible, I'm comfortable. If I could wear a robe everywhere with nothing under it, I would be content but I can only do that in the comfort of my own home.

When we arrived, we made our way through the crowd and there were people just being downright disrespectful and mean. I guess it's safe to say they knew I filed for divorce from Aubrey and they either didn't like it or they didn't like the circumstances surrounding it. While we were back at the hotel, I did check some sites and I did see that it was definitely going around that I filed. It was also accompanied by the story that came out right before which were the events leading up to it. So there were multiple reasons that they were being this way and I just wanted to turn around and go back to the hotel, but Joe wouldn't let me.

I read some of the comments and as usual they were just negative.

All she wants is the money anyway
She toxic
Why he marry her in the first place
She a hoe
They made for each other
She the problem
Chris dodged a bullet
She is so stupid divorcing Drake
All she gonna do is go back to Chris
Gold digger
She been fucking CB anyway
They both toxic
She'll be back with Chris in no time

There were a lot more things being said, but they were a lot worse. I also received a very nice text message from Christian and he said that if there was anything he could do, all I had to do was ask. Of course I'm not going to ask him for anything. But it's very nice that he reached out.

We went upstairs to find Odell hanging out, talking to a few ladies outside of the cabana. All he had on were black swimming trunks and some 1's. 😮‍💨

The set up was cool because it wasn't around a lot of people. All of the crowd and fans were downstairs. That made me feel so much better and so much more at ease. It was very chill up in the vip.

"Damn! All y'all fine!" Odell says as we walk into his cabana. Odell follows behind us. Joe, Josh, and Jon all stood outside. I introduce Mercedes and Dori to everyone.

"This is my little brother Cordell, my cousin Owen, and my homeboys Kirk and Phil."

We all say hi to each other and take a seat.

"Why you come here looking good like this?" Odell asks

I laugh. "I don't know any other way."

He laughs. "I see." He says looking me up and down. "Tell your security to relax, and have a drink. They don't need to secure anything up here. We chillin."

"Joe," I call out and he turns around. "Relax." I say

He smiles and shrugs. I see Jon and Josh take a seat, and they start talking to each other.

"You want a drink?" He sits next to me and hands me a cup. "What do you want?"

"Straight Tequila." I say

I watch as he puts ice into my cup, then pours tequila into it. He hands it to me, and then he sits back on the sofa, extending his arms on the back. He looks at me for a second then smiles.

"What?" I ask

"I don't want you to think that I'm trying to get with you like that. You fine as hell though..." He says

"Uh huh." I say.

"I was talking to my homeboy, and he was telling me just me simply hanging out with you like this could be taken the wrong way."

"This looks very bad. But you knew that already." I say

He smirks. "...Yeah."

"The news just broke this morning that I filed for divorce. I came to Vegas and now there are pictures circulating of us. Looking like I filed, then fled to Vegas. It looks like I am on a vacation with his friend. But we planned this trip before I filed so I guess that's just how this is gonna play out. To be honest, I don't care. I just don't want to deal with the media aspect of it all. He's going to be jealous as fuck and it's gonna send him into a rage. There's no getting around that." I say taking a sip of my drink.

"Of course he's going to be jealous. I'm OBJ. I'm him." He says with a straight face.

I laugh. There is the cocky, Odell Beckham Jr. I know and love.

"You cold blooded. You said you would fuck me and tell him all about it."

"It's the truth. I want to hurt him as much as he hurt me, but I also kind of feel like I'm better than that. I'm struggling with my angel and demon right now."

He laughs. "Same here."

"I wasn't going to come but I just wanted to get out and I wanted to have a little fun. I don't party like this too often, so I'm just trying to have fun."

"Me too." He says, smiling.

"We have our shit going on and I don't want to bring you into the middle of it but that's exactly what this is going to do. So you need to be ready for whatever he's about to give you. Have you talked to him since the photos from earlier were released?"

"Nah. We cool, but we don't talk like that. You know that. Last time we spoke was almost a year ago. I know I'm gonna get a phone call about this, but I'm not trippin." He says

"Just let him know we just happened to run into each other. That's all. It's the truth." I feel eyes on me, so I look up and see Joe looking directly at me. He doesn't say anything.

"Joe wanted a picture with you earlier."

"I'll hook him up." He says. "He needs to chill out. Have a drink."

"Joe is always in security mode. He keeps me safe." I smile at him even though he looked away.

"Yo!" Odell yells over to Joe.

He fixes a drink, and has his friend take it over to him.

Joe takes the drink and nods a thank you. He sits the drink down and I kinda laugh. He's not going to drink that.

I turn around and Odell is staring at me.

"Shit, Drake trippin like a morherfucker. How the hell did he fuck up with you? I would do everything in my power to keep yo fine ass."

I was flattered. The way Odell was boosting my ego was everything. I kinda needed it. He was talking to me and I was just looking at him and looking at all the tattoos he has.

"Damn, you have tattoos all over your body." I say, completely, ignoring his comment.

"Yeah, if you want to see all of them, I'll show you." He smiles

I laugh. "You need to stop."

"What?"

"You're flirting so heavily right now and it's making me blush. Stop." I smile

"I know you were with my boy, but I always thought you were cute. That was before him of course." He says

"So when you met me when we filmed his video, you were feeling this way?"

"Hell yeah!"

I shake my head. "Well I definitely would not have given you any play, but I was happy when I met you because I was a fan."

"You're not a fan now?" He asks

"Of course, I'm just trying to make it sound less bad on my part." I laugh

"Just say you liked me then and you like me now. This was before you knew him."

"I did think that. But of course you are off-limits."

"Am I still off-limits?" He asks

"Yes. Him and I have a son together. That's going to fuck up y'all's friendship and make coparenting with him terrible time for me."

"Love is love." He says

I laugh. "We are not in love."

"Not yet."

"I am not gonna sit here all day and let you flirt with me like this."

"Aight...What do you plan on doing now that you're divorcing him? Dating?"

"Dating? Not yet." I say. "And when I do, I don't plan on dating anyone who is considered to have fans."

"What that mean?" He asks

"Meaning, no one in the spotlight. No entertainers, no football players, no actors... Unless it's Jason Momoa. I will only make an exception if it's him. Other than that, I don't want to do this whole spotlight thing anymore. I'm not cut out for this shit."

"I feel that. But you can still have some NFL friends, right? Ones that come over and to kick it with you every now and then. I mean, once everything cools down, of course." He smiles

"No. Because that can easily turn into more, then you're gonna want a relationship with me and I'm back in the same position."

He laughs. "I'm the one that's gonna want the relationship?" He looks at me amused.

"Yes. I'm not trying to be with anybody right now. I just want to get good head and be happy."

"Shit, I can provide all of that."

"Okay. You're really laying it on really thick." I stand up. "Cool off." I joke with him as I walk away, over to Joe.

"Having fun?"

"I am. I had to take a break from all the flirting." I say

He smirks, but doesnt look at me.

"You've been separated for months, you're hopefully about to be divorced soon, do you. Don't worry about what people have to say." Joe says.

"I know we have some things we need to talk about...."

"Don't worry about that right now. Have fun, we'll talk about it later." He smiles.

"I don't wanna make it awkward."

"Not at all. Have fun. Don't let me stop you. Flirt away..." he laughs

"Hey," Odell interrupts us. "we're gonna get out of here but you're welcome to stay. I have another engagement I have to be on time for, but you got my number. I would like for you to use it."

I laugh it off. I don't want to make Joe feel uncomfortable.

"Okay, have fun. I'll see you later." He goes in for a hug and I didn't want to be awkward or reject him so I side-hugged back. He says goodbye to Joe and the twins, then he and his guys leave.

"I'm gonna go chill." I walk away but I see Joe follows. I took a seat on the sofa and my phone vibrated in my hand, it's Jason Lee.

JL: Girl you move fast. OBJ??

He then sends me a picture of Odell and I standing outside of the cabana, and one of us hugging. The picture was taken from the ground.

Me: Damn this JUST happened.

JL: My people are good!

Me: Run it. I don't care.

JL: I know what you're doing.

Me: 🤷🏽‍♀️ 😉

JL: lol

Me: I guess I'm the topic for the day.

"You know...." I hear Joe say next to me. "I'm very secure. I know the type of man I am. You know there's something there between us. I know you're not ready for all that, and believe me, neither am I. You wanna properly move on from your marriage and I respect that. I don't want to force anything. If you wanna have fun with OBJ, I'm fine with that. Do what you wanna do." He says

"Are you mad?" I ask. He's not giving off the upset vibe but I just feel that way.

"Hell naw! I'm just being real. I see someone who's trying to do right. I see you're protecting everybody. Don't spare motherfuckers feelings because you don't wanna upset anybody." He says

"I wasn't going to say anything but you haven't really lived for yourself in a while." Mercedes chimes in. "You're always trying to be perfect and do the right thing and Drake didn't make that issue any better."

"I don't want to get into that." I say

"No. I'm just saying, now is a time where you can do what you wanna do. You're about to be single." She says

"I technically haven't been single since I was 24." I laugh at myself but it's not funny, it's actually pretty sad.

"Exactly my point." She says

"I went from Christian to Marcel, and I think I met Chris three months after I broke up with him. Then after Chris and I, I got with Aubrey."

"You haven't really lived." Joe says, in an upbeat tone. "You've never really dated. You should explore that. You might need it."

"I just don't want to hurt anybody." I say

"Don't let that hold you back from living your life." Joe says. "Who are you gonna hurt? Drake? He'll live."

"You did the same with Chris and you see he's living his life." My cousin says

"Kinda." I say

"Right, but you gotta live your life for you." Mercedes says

"So if you wanna fuck on fine ass NFL players such as OB-motherfucking-J, do that. I condone that type of behavior. He's a fucking Superbowl winner!" Dori says and I laugh.

"That's his friend." I say

"So?" Mercedes says. "I'm sure if Dori gave Drake some play his ass would jump at it. Your husband is a hoe, boo. He may have you fooled but I'm not." Mercedes says

"Yes!!! And OBJ is giving he'll risk it all energy." Dori says. "If he's willing to risk his friendship with Drake, that means they're not as close as everybody thinks they are. That's a grown ass man and if he wants to make that decision, let him. You're a grown as hell. I understand y'all share a son together, but make decisions for yourself, not based on his feelings. Like Joe says, live your fucking life."

"And just because you can, in the process, show Drake you aren't under his influence anymore. He tried to keep you locked up but now you're free and can do whatever you want, fuck who you want, and he can't do a fucking thing about it." Mercedes says

"For real. That's going to piss him off and drive him crazy. He's already mad you left him and he couldn't talk his way back in. I'm sure he hasn't called you or him after he saw those pictures because they are trying to revive his ass right now. He had a damn heart attack." Dori says

We all laugh.

"Getting back to my point, you've been doing what you want to do, keep it that way. You and I will have a talk later, but all I want you to do is unapologetically have fun and heal. If that fun is him..." He shrugs. "Have fun."

I swear he's telling me to have sex with Odell, but I'm not gonna do that. Odell seems like a good person to hang out with as far as going out and having fun with, but I don't wanna cross that line. And as far as making Aubrey jealous, all I have to do is be photographed with him and he will explode so I think that's what I'm gonna stick with. 

Aubrey's POV

I couldn't believe the bullshit that I was seeing. My soon to be ex-wife was out in Vegas with someone that I considered a friend, Odell. Shit just wasn't adding up to me. I've never seen them hold a conversation other than when we filmed my video, Laughs Now Cry Later. I introduced them. If she was having side conversations with him, she's never said anything to me about it. I look at her phone regularly, and I have never seen his number in her phone. So all of this leads me to believe this was part of her plan when she decided she was going to file for divorce from me.

I love my wife to death. I don't want to get a divorce from her. I personally feel we can work our issues out. I know I've done a lot of things that may have hurt her mentally and physically but I know what my mistakes were and I know I can do better. It's just that she's giving me so many chances and I have yet to apply what I now know to the relationship. I know I can fix this but it's just so hard sometimes because she's really challenging me. I've never been with someone where they forced me to change. I wouldn't even say it's really forcing me but the relationship is putting me in an uncomfortable position to where I have to change. I'm not gonna lie, I know it's for the better, but I am just set in my ways and I'm used to getting what I want. She's not letting me have what I want.

I think she's being completely unreasonable but I understand her frustration. She once said that she just wanted a clean break for me and she didn't want anything. Now all of that has changed and she is asking me for $100 million, half of all business finances that have been signed since we've been married. She's also asking for my hockey team and my house in LA. She's also asking for spousal and child support which I have absolutely no problem with giving her because I'm gonna take care of her if we're together or not. She is my wife and I love her. I know we're going through a lot right now but like I said before I still think we can fix this. I'm going to give her whatever she wants because I can, but I'm not gonna let her walk all over me. I'm gonna go down to the bottom of this.

I wasn't about to sit here in LA and let this shit storm continue to brew. So I decided that I was going to get all of my guys together and we are going to take a last-minute trip to Turks. I guess you could say I'm running away from my problems, but if you think about it, she is too. This woman filed for divorce and then took a flight directly to Las Vegas. I don't know how many times she's left me with a mess for my PR team to clean up. It's time I do the same.

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A few hours later we arrived in Turks. I've been receiving text messages asking me about what's going on with the divorce and if she's dating Odell. I don't have answers to anything so I haven't been responding to any personal phone calls or text messages. The only person I talked to was my mom and she was very positive about everything. She said hopefully we'll work it out. She likes Shawnie a lot and she has a soft spot for her. I hope she's right about all of this. 

I was trying to get in contact with her the whole time. I've been texting and calling her like crazy. I know this was supposed to be like a little mini vacation, a little getaway to clear my mind, and to let off steam, but this whole situation is really bothering me and I just want to talk to her to see what's going on with her. I wanna know if she's upset. I wanna know if she doesn't give a fuck at all. The fact that she's not responding to my calls or text messages is really getting under my skin.

"I wish you would put the phone down." Chubbs says

"I just need to talk to her for five minutes. I've been calling her and texting her all day and she is ignoring me." I say

"Maybe she's busy." he says, and I look at him like he's crazy.

"Busy doing what? Fucking my friend." I say

"Yeah, I still can't believe that. This situation doesn't add up though. We both know that they have never had any contact. So maybe it's not what it looks like, maybe they just ran into each other."

"That could definitely be what happened, but I feel like she should still tell me. She knows there are pictures with them and she's not even trying to clean up the rumor."

"The only thing you can do is wait and see if she gives you a call back. Maybe she really is busy and is doing something that doesn't require her to have her phone. I don't think they're fucking. I want you to take that out of your head right now because it's not true. You're out in Turks and Caicos. When we come here, we come here to relax and unwind. Let's do that. It'll make you feel a little better."

"I'll try." I say laying my phone on the coffee table. "I'm gonna go for a swim."

"Do you want me to call a couple of girls?" He smiles

"Absolutely."

He laughs, "That's exactly what you need to take your mind off of it all."

"Yup." I walk outside to the pool.

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