After Joe arrived home from jail, he and Shantelle spent the rest of the day and into the night loving on each other. Although he had only been locked up a few hours, in their minds, it felt like an eternity. Joe being locked up for that short time made Shantelle realize what he truly meant to her, and she decided to drop her guard. She decided to allow her husband access to her body, and when they made love, it was gentle and tender. Not only that it was extremely emotional. The fact that Shantelle let her guard down and gave herself to her husband once again, made Joe cry. He was so happy that his beloved wife forgave him and was as deeply in love with him as he was with her made him very emotional.

After several rounds of passionate lovemaking, they remain in bed, wrapped in each other's arms....

"Baby, I'm so glad your home and they let you go." Shantelle said, as she lie in Joe's arms, staring into his eyes as she stroked his beard gently.

"I'm glad to be home too my sweet baby girl. Even those few hours in jail felt like an eternity being away from you." Joe responded, as he traced circles on her bare back.

"Well I know one thing...that asshole is gonna pay. Because no one messes with my husband. No one messes with the man I love!" Shantelle said, her eyes darkening.

"So what next?" Joe said, chuckling at his wife's anger.

"What do you mean, what next? I'm gonna get even, that's what's next." Shantelle said with a frown, moving out of Joe's arms and sitting up on the side of the bed wrapping the bedsheet around her naked form.

"And how do you plan to do that?" Joe asked as he put his sweatpants on.

"I'll think of something. I'm a woman. It won't be hard." Shantelle said with a smirk.

At that moment, Joe had an irritated look on his face...

"Whatchu mean, you'll think of something and you're a woman?! Huh?! What's that supposed to mean?!!"

"You just let me handle this. I think I know how to appeal to his male nature." She replied with a smile.

Joe stared at his wife.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Shantelle asked.

"Because I wanna know what you plan to do! That's why I'm looking at you! What?! You gon' seduce him or some shit?! Huh?!!" Joe sneered.

"Joe..... please don't start that!" Shantelle said, rolling her eyes.

"Nah!!! I'm gon' start that!!! Woman!!! I just got locked up 'cuz of his ass!!! Don't tell me don't start that!!! I wanna know what you gonna do?!!!" Joe growled.

"Why are you so jealous and paranoid? You're my man!! You're my husband!!! I married YOU not HIM!!!I'm trying to protect you!!" Shantelle explained.

"Protect me?! First of all, I'm a grown ass man. Second, you're my wife and I don't want that clown within shouting distance of you. Third, I know you married to me and not him and fourth, you don't protect me, I protect you that's my damn job!!!" Joe yelled.

"Anything else?" Shantelle asked sarcastically.

"Yeah!!!! And another thing! I'm not jealous and paranoid. If I've said it once, I've said it a million damn times!!! You belong to me!!! You are mine!!! Nobody and I mean nobody is taking you away from me!! If I can't have you, nobody will!!!" Joe growled.

"Ok Joe, but I'm still gonna give him what he's got coming to him for disrespecting boundaries and getting you locked up." Shantelle replied.

Joe was biting his lip trying not to explode.....

"Did you not hear what I just said to you?" Joe asked trying to maintain his composure. "You are not going anywhere near him."

"Yes daddy, I heard you. Can I have my allowance now or do I have to do my chores first." Shantelle said sarcastically.

"Oh now you wanna be a smart ass. Yeah aight. Let's see how funny it is, when I'm behind bars for 1st degree murder. I'll be like gee your honor I don't know that machete got in my hand. I didn't mean to hack him into all those pieces. I blacked out. I don't know what happened." Joe said, matter of factly, shrugging his shoulders.

"Baby just trust me. Please?!" Shantelle pleaded.

"I don't want you near him. I said what I said." Joe replied, raising his eyebrow.

Shantelle just shook her head and headed to the bathroom, when Joe grabbed her arm and spun her around.

"Don't go near him! Understand?!" Joe growled.

"Yes baby." She replied.

After Shantelle went into the bathroom, Joe sat on the bed and had a mental reflection....

Joe's POV

I really hope that she's gonna obey me. Because I would hate to have to turn into a homicidal maniac. Now I understand that she wants to get even for what Darnell did to me, but that's not her place to get revenge. All she needs to do is what she's always done and that's be my sweet and loving wife. I'm convinced that the fake ass Idris Elba is gonna get what's coming to him sooner rather than later. Not only that, I don't want him even looking at what's mine. Because I noticed the few times that he's interacted with her, I noticed that he was undressing her with his eyes and eye fucking her. I'm sure that the first chance he gets he's gonna try to get with her and that will be the day he will be a dead man for real.

As Shantelle gets out of the shower, and as she is getting dressed, she has a mental reflection of her own...

Shantelle's POV

I don't understand what Joe is so upset about. Doesn't he realize I'm doing this because I love him? Now he says to stay away from him, but I won't be satisfied until I exact revenge on his ass for disrespecting my king. I tried to be nice and pleasant and let Darnell know that I was not interested in his advances and that I was happily married but he didn't seem to get a clue. So now I gotta act like a bitch. Don't he know there's not a man in the world that compares to my Joe, in terms of looks, sex appeal and charisma. Not only that, I don't believe that no man, except my father, loves me more than Joe. Then Darnell said that he had been involved in a home invasion that caused a woman to be killed? I can't help but think if that was Joe's mom. That's all the more reason that I need to get near Darnell. Because if that's the case, I'm gonna trap him so that my hubby can exact his own brand of bloody retribution. He won't see it coming. I feel bad about disobeying my husband, but he'll thank me later.

TBC
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