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“What?”

“Go.”

He kissed me one more time.

“Love you.”

That one almost got me.

I swallowed.

“Love you too.”

Because I did.

I’d never cheated on Xay.

Never.

I wasn’t one of those women who had a work husband. Never entertained DMs. Never kept some old nigga around just in case. I couldn’t even remember the last time I’d seriously looked at another man and wondered what fucking him would feel like.

Xavier Lawless had always been number one to me.

Even when I wanted to choke his ass.

He was my man.

Period.

Xay walked out with the kids.

The front door closed.

I stood there staring toward the hallway for a second.

Then I turned around.

Levin was looking at me.

I immediately looked away.

He laughed under his breath.

It took another twenty-something minutes before the house really cleared out.

Tyler finally disappeared.

The last of the catering staff finished what they were doing and headed out.

Henry had gone upstairs a while ago, and I didn’t know if Charlene was still up there or if she’d already gone home. Either way, that side of the house was quiet.

By then, I was standing at the kitchen island fighting with a piece of aluminum foil.

“This big-ass ham ain’t fitting in that.”

I looked up.

Levin was across the kitchen watching me.