Chapter Eighteen

Tego's P.O.V.

we're almost ready. i can't wait to see you <3

She's excited to see me and honestly, I don't know how to tell her that I'm not going anywhere.

Change mi mind.

She's not slow so I'm sure she's realized without any form of communication by now.

Technically, my lack of response is communication. It means I don't care enough to answer a message that I read brawling.

It also means I don't care about her feelings because she sent me a sweet message- one expressing herself and letting me know that she's excited to see me and I still have her on read over an hour later.

She would never believe me if I told her that although I am knowingly picking these actions knowing what they are interpreted as I would never want to hurt her.

But I do.

I can't help myself.

Man, the least I can do is go to her little dinner and then maybe when her parents see me she'll feel embarrassed and I won't have to fall for her more because it's bound to end- nothing lasts forever.

I kiss my teeth before jumping out of my couch to get ready and all of a sudden I'm in her driveway.

Jade's P.O.V.

I answer the phone on the second ring.

"I'm outside." He simply says into he speaker.

I take a peek outside through my bedroom curtains and I see his black Crown in my driveway.

"I'll come let you in." I hang up the phone and inform my parents before I go to the front door to open it.

He turns off the car once I've opened the door and then I see his tall, skinny frame emerge from the driver's side.

He walks over to me then offers a small smile and a light touch against my shoulder.

"Merry Christmas." He whisper-shouts.

I offer him a smile as well. "Merry Christmas."

"Tell yuh seh wi fi put a mistletoe in the front doorway." I hear my mother's voice. I look over to see her and my father grinning in our direction.

"Merry Christmas." Tego greets them with a confident smile before walking over to them to offer my father a handshake and my mother a hug.

"Unnu house smell good though." Tego begins then turns to my mother. "You're the chef, miss?"

My mother smiles. "They helped a little." She gestures with her finger before she fans in the direction of me and my father.

Tego laughs in a very contagious way causing both my parents to laugh as well.

Da man ya mussi well guzzu dung.

My father goes to the fridge and grabs two Heinekens and gestures for Tego to sit in the living room with him for a drink.

I go to the fridge to get some wine for me and my mother as we sit at the island to prepare to set the table.

Christmas dinners are done a bit different depending on the mood my family is in. Sometimes we might go to the US to celebrate or a designated family member hosts but this year we decided to all just do separate family dinners with immediate families.

"He's charming." My mother says after her first sip of wine.

I look over at the badman.

"Is he?" I raise my eyebrows at her but she just takes a few more sips of wine while smiling occasionally until the bottle is finished and Tego and my father have drinked a few more bottles.

My mother finally turns to me after tossing the bottle and having a few fits of laughter.

"Den how him get yuh?" She laughs once more.

I playfully roll my eyes before I begin to help her to take out the food from the respective places.

My father and Tego set the table and start to bring dishes out.

Once everything is set we sit with my mother facing my father and me facing Tego.

"I'm ready to pray." My father announces which causes all of us to bow our heads out of respect.

Once he's finished praying we begin to serve ourselves dinner while making small talk until we finish eating.

My father gets the desserts after clearing the previous dishes with Tego.

My parents eventually get the itis after pounds of sweet desserts, wine and champagne so they both decide that it's bedtime and wish us a good night.

I've always admired how my father never seems to not be in love with my mother. As soon as he sees her he gets excited and they've been married for 23 years now and have known each other for even longer than that.

"That was nice." Tego speaks up, breaking me from my thoughts.

"Thanks." I smile at him which he returns.

"I thought you weren't going to come- I thought you changed your mind." I remember my thoughts from earlier because of the unanswered message.

He pushes his eyebrows together before shaking his head. "If I didn't want to come, I would've told you."

"It's just confusing to me." He looks confused now.

"Because you didn't text me back or anything." I clarified and he just nods slowly in response.

"Well, it was really fun. Your parents are amazing."

They are.

"I think they like you." I inform him and he just gives me a small smile.

"I think so too."

I playfully roll my eyes at him. "Cocky much?"

He shrugs. "Just a little bit."

"What are you going to do for the rest of the day now?" I ask.

Mostly I'm curious to know if he plans to see his family any at all if he hasn't seen them already.

Yes. Mi nuff.

"Why?" He asks.

"Just curious." My voice trails off but he just stands up before ruffling my hair.

"No need to be but I do think it's time for me to leave."

"So where are you headed off to?" I ask once more trailing behind him to let him out.

"Wanna come?" He asks.

I perk up. "Yes!" I almost scream.

I've been waiting for him to ask but I take a step back when I realize that he's laughing.

"I'll be right back." I leave to inform my parents and grab a few essentials before putting in a pair of slippers to meet him back at my front door.

We go to his car and start driving.

He brings me to a seasonal skating rink. I've never had the time to come here before but Alexia and I always said that one day we would visit.

"Surprise." He says, once he pulls into the parking lot.

Once I exit the car I am engulfed by various scents such as cinnamon, sorrel, chocolate and even peppermint. My ears are also blessed with the sounds of children's laughter as they fall over on the ice.

"Ready?" Tego stands beside me with his hands in his pockets.

I give him a nod so we walk to the booth to get shoes.

"Mi nuh really do them sumn here enuh." Tego mumbles as he tries to put on the shoes. "Yuh know how fi skate?"

I've skated a few times before while traveling and I've never had a problem with it because I think of it like roller skating.

I nod at him.

"How?" He asks.

I chuckle. "I can hold your hand so it's not that hard."

He shakes his head and rises to stand but immediately falls.

"Are you sure?" I ask again.

He kisses his teeth before nodding defeatedly.

I chuckle to myself before standing firmly and do a fee elegant tricks to show him. He laughs.

"Okay, whatever. Just help me." He holds out a hand to me which I accept and pull him to his feet.

He stumbles a bit but regains himself while using me as leverage.

"Mi nuh like dem ting ya enuh." He mumbles to himself while kissing his teeth.

"You just have to be patient." I say softly to him but he just pushes his eyebrows together and shifts his entire focus to staying balanced on the ice.

He pushes himself off and surprisingly has good form. He smiles to himself.

"Seet deh." He looks over at me with a big grin which causes me to laugh.

We spend what feels like the next five minutes trying different tricks on the ice but once we sit down at the hot chocolate stall we see that it's actually been two hours.

"You had fun?" He asks while tracing his index finger around the rim of his mug.

I nod before taking my final sip of hot chocolate.

"That's good." He says but more to himself.

"Do you want to go home right now?" He asks.

I shake my head so he just shrugs. "We can just go to mine."

We get up and walk back to his car where he drives back to the apartment at Freeport.

Once we enter, he plays some music on his living room TV and gets two bottles of champagne in a bucket of ice and places it on the island.

"Today was fun." He says and glances at me. "For me at least."

"I had fun too. I'm glad you enjoyed spending time with my family."

He nods.

"Well I'm glad you invited me and enjoyed spending time with me." He says with a smile.

He lightly pinches my chin before using that same grasp to bring my face closer to his.

He gives me a small peck on my lips before bringing his to my ear. "You're really attractive. Did you know that?"

His voice sends shivers straight down to my centre causing a throbbing which makes me unable to speak so I just nod instead.

He walks over to me before picking me up and placing me on top of the island.

He lightly runs his hands over my thighs inching closer and closer to my source of throbbing.

"This is killing me." He breathes into my ear. "I just want to fuck you. The teasing is unbearable."

My breath hitches in my throat. "Then do it." I whisper.

He wastes no time in removing his own clothes before pulling up my dress and flipping me over on the island.

He glides his member up and down while teasing my entrance before slowly pushing in. I feel my walls loosen to accept him.

"Fuck." He hisses.

He smacks my ass before going in all the way, pulsating inside of me.

He picks up the pace and with each thrust it gets harder and my moans fall more and more as I approach my climax. Once I'm there he pulls out and releases all over my back.