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  While riding back home, to say Brielle was pissed was an understatement. She thought she would be ready to get over Murder, but as soon as she tried she was back at reality. Murder was a good for nothing, cheating ass nigga, but he never once called her a gold digger nor did he treat her like one. She knew that she would never want for nothing in life, but the fact that Kiyan approached her like she was a gold digger blew her mind. She thought to herself, Damn if he thought I was a gold digger his whole crew must think that. She didn't give a fuck about what Kiyan and his crew thought. She hoped he wasn't dumb enough to use her number after the shit he pulled at the restaurant. Once she got off the parkway she wished that all her girls were still in the house. They wouldn't believe the shit she went through with Kiyan.

  Pulling up in front of her house, she noticed that Shanice hadn't made it back in from her date with Alonzo. She was praying that it went way better than that shit she called a date with Kiyan stupid ass. Every time she thought about what he said, she wanted to turn around and go slap the shit out of him. How dare he insinuate that she was a gold digger. She worked her ass off through college. She built her company up from the ground up. She wasn't given anything. She earned everything she had. Ugh, I can't believe this nigga, she thought. Brielle stepped out of Sha's car and went upstairs to wait for Shanice to come back so she could tell her girls about her fucked up date.

  As soon as she stepped in her house, she heard Danielle and Sabriya in the living room laughing at Chloe. When the girls noticed that Brielle came in, they stopped laughing to ask her about her date with Kiyan.

  "Hey Bri, how was your date with sexy ass Kiyan?" Chloe joked.

  "Girl, lets wait for Sha to come back before I start, I'm going to take a shower," Brielle said walking out the room.

  "Shower? I know she didn't give him none on the first date," Sabriya joked with Danielle and Chloe. They continued laughing with each other while they waited for Shanice to come in from her date and Brielle came back downstairs from her shower.

  ~~~~~

  Thirty minutes later, Shanice waltzed in the house from her date with Alonzo. She couldn't wait to tell the girls about her date or hear about Brielle's date. When she walked in she noticed Danielle, Chloe and Sabriya in the living room watching Just Wright, she didn't see Brielle, which meant she was either upstairs or in the kitchen. After she walked in the living room, she sat down on the chair while her friends greeted her.

  "Heyyyyyyy Sha," Chloe yelled.

  "Damn girl, do you have to yell?" she responded.

  "Oh shut up" Chloe stuck her tongue out, "Bri, Sha's back"

  "Hey Baby Doll," Brielle said hugging on Sha. "How was your date?"

  "OMG y'all it was great. We didn't even stay at TOPS , we ended up going to Friday's. We got to know each other. He told me about when he started rapping and how he got signed. I told him about my job and what I do. He was impressed and we decided to go out again. Oh yeah and he hired me to plan his birthday party. Not too mention, he is so much cuter than I remembered." Shanice bragged.

  "Awwww, Shanice got a little crush" Danielle joked.

  "Oh shut up Danielle, leave her alone," Chloe said defending Sha.

  "I was just playing. It sounds like they had fun and that's good," Danielle responded. "Now you missy, tell us about your date" pointing at Brielle.

  Brielle blew out a sigh before she started, "Well I wish I could tell y'all my date went as perfect as Sha's did. That shit was terrible y'all. When we first got to the restaurant, it was all good. We ate our food and everything was going good until we started talking about sports."

  "Sports? He doesn’t like sports? What type of nigga you know don't like sports?" Sabriya said.

  "Girl let me finish. So we talking about sports and he was asking who my favorite team was and everything. So y'all know me, Melo all the way, and KD and Cruz & them. After I told him that, it was world war three all over again. This nigga like oh you like dudes with money, let me hide my wallet. Trying to be funny and shit. Then this nigga gone say that I was trying to kick it with the players last night in the club. Then he said my type was a professional athlete. After that I let him have it and I left," Brielle finished

  "Oh hell no. I'm going to kick his ass. That nigga was trying to say you some broke ass gold digger," Danielle asked getting pissed off.

  "Danny, calm down," Brielle trying to reason.

  "Hell no Bri, what's his number so I can curse him out," Danielle asked.

  "No D, Its over. I should have never gone out with him in the first place. It was too soon after breaking up with Jaiden anyway," she tried to reason.

  "I don't care. He had no right to say you were a gold digger in the first place. He doesn’t even know you like that." Danielle stated.

  "D's right. He had no right." Sabriya added.

  "Awwww, man. What if all of them think that about us," Chloe added realizing they each exchanged numbers with Kiyan's boys.

  "I don't think they did. If they did Alonzo will surely put them in their place because I was telling him at the restaurant, that none of us need a man for shit," Shanice stated.

  "Well, it's over for that," Brielle said.

  "I guess so." Danielle whispered. This shit wasn't over and Danielle knew when she seen Kiyan, she would let him have it.

  "So ladies, y'all wanna eat dinner before saying goodbye," Brielle asked trying to change the mood in the room. She knew her girls would never turn down a free meal and would drop the subject. Little did she know, Danielle had already texted Cam and told him to lose her number. Chloe wanted to do the same but after Tyrese told her his secret, she at least wanted him to play himself before she dropped him.

  ~~~~~

  Later on that day, Kiyan met up with his boys at the studio to discuss business. When he walked into the studio, he heard his boy Lonzo spitting some mean ass lyrics. When Lonzo noticed Kiyan come into the studio he stopped and joined him, Cam, and Tyrese. He gave Kiyan dap and a brotherly hug. They started talking business about Lonzo's album first. He needed to start recording for his last track and they needed to find a leading lady for his new video. Just as Tyrese was about to suggest someone for the role, Lonzo interrupted him and asked if he could choose his own leading lady.

  "Oh you already know who you want, huh?" Cam joked around with him.

  "Yeah nigga, shorty I went out with earlier. She's fine." Lonzo responded.

  "Shorty from last night?" Kiyan asked.

  "Yeah man, Bri's best friend. She hot. She might not want to do that shit though. But she would be perfect" Lonzo said.

  "Why wouldn't she want to do it? If she's friends with Bri and Danielle she should want to get this money instead of trying to make a come up with athletes and shit." Cam said seriously.

  "Fuck that's suppose to mean. None of their asses are pressed for money. They all got their own shit." Lonzo said defending the girls.

  "Fuck you mean?" Cam said getting serious.

  "Cam, we fucked up last night. Bri isn't a gold digger. She definitely got her own shit." Kiyan added thinking back to his date.

  "What you mean? Then why the fuck they was in them players face," Cam backfired.

  "Son, I know y'all niggas didn't think they wanted them players?" Lonzo asked Cam and Kiyan confused.

  "Yeah, what else was we suppose to think?"

  "Yo first of all, all them niggas y'all named are married to some of the baddest bitches ever. Second of all, did you see how they were dressed yesterday? That right there showed you they weren't tapped for money. Third of all, I hope none of y'all approached them on assumptions." Lonzo questioned.

  "Nawh" Cam responded happy as hell he didn't get a chance to speak to Danielle today since he left his phone at the studio last night.

  "I did." Kiyan said getting pissed off at himself all over again.

  "Damn man, what happened after that?" Lonzo asked.

  "Brielle went the fuck off. She started wildin' on a nigga. She started talking about a
nigga with money can only impress a broke bitch. Then she dipped." Kiyan explained.

  After Kiyan said that Tyrese, Lonzo and Cam just started rolling. They knew Kiyan had fucked up bad. Brielle probably wouldn't want shit to do with him.

  "Cam, I don't know what the hell you laughing at, your shorty would of said the same shit if Lonz didn't warn you" Kiyan pointed out.

  "I haven't spoken to shorty all day. Matter fact, let me go get my phone and text shorty." Cam laughed leaving to go get his phone.

  Alonzo went on to tell them exactly what Shanice told him earlier. Kiyan felt stupid as hell now. Before he responded, Cam came back in the room mad as hell. Kiyan was the one to ask first, "fuck wrong with you?"

  "Danielle texted me like two hours ago and said "Bitches with their own money don't need niggas with money. So with that being said lose my number" Cam read out loud.

  "Damn nigga, I fucked up for both of us," Kiyan said feeling bad.

  "You damn right you did, you need to fix this shit," Cam said while texting Danielle back.

  Kiyan officially was dummy. He knew he would have to apologize to both Brielle and Danielle for being an asshole. Buying them material things wasn't gone cut it because like Danielle told Cam, bitches who had money didn't need niggas with money.

  Chapter 7

  "It's okay, we're good now. Friends?" Brielle

  Brielle arrived to work extra early the next day. She received an email from a music producer inquiring about consultant working with his new artist. Brielle wasn't pressed for clients, but she was always ready to take on clients. She had a meeting at ten o'clock with the CEO of the record company, so she used the next couple of hours to check on her other clients. Just as she was about to make call and check up on her client, her assistant Keyshia interrupted her.

  "Hey Bri, you have a call on line one," Keyshia announced.

  "Thank you, I have it. Oh by the way, I have an appointment at 10 o'clock with a potential client,” she reminded.

  "Okay, I got it down," Keyshia responded.

  Focusing on the caller on line one, Brielle greeted, "Polished, this is Brielle Williams speaking. How may I help you?"

  "So you thought writing me a damn letter and putting my clothes out your house was cool?" asked Murder.

  "What do you want Jaiden?" an annoyed Brielle sighed.

  "What you mean what the fuck I want? I want you to get off that bullshit." Murder replied.

  "I'm not on any type of bullshit. I'm just not taking your bullshit any more."

  "Look you letting these bitches get in your head."

  "No you let bitches get in your pants, and that’s the problem," Brielle said getting pissed off reliving this.

  "Bri you never caught me cheating, you just going off these chicks word. Where's the trust"

  "Trust? You want me to trust you and I have proof of you sleeping with other chicks," she questioned.

  "They had them pictures made Bri, that wasn't me," Murder continued to lie.

  "Really? That's your story and you sticking with it?" she asked.

  " It's not my story, it's the truth! I love you Bri."

  "Love? Oh please. I know you don't love me Jaiden because you got that letter on Friday. It's Monday and you just now calling to plead your case. If you loved me you would of called the second you finished the damn letter. So miss me with the bullshit Jaiden please." Brielle was now pissed off. How dare he throw love into the equation when he knew he was dead wrong.

  "Bri, come on I was nothing but loyal and faithful to you. Where's your loyalty to me?" Murder tried.

  "My loyalty? If you cheat on a woman that's willing to do anything for you, you cheated yourself out of true loyalty"

  "Bri, I love you. Don't do this."

  "It's already been done. We're over Jaiden.

  "This ain't over. You'll see," Murder said hanging up.

  As soon as she hung up, she let out a much needed scream. How could Jaiden really believe she would put up with his lying and cheating? He didn't care about her when he was screwing other girls, but now he wanted to think about her. He could really miss her with the bullshit. As soon as she was about to call her girls, Keyshia interrupted her, informing her that her 10 o'clock appointment had arrived.

  "Thank you Keyshia, in five minutes send him in please." Brielle said still aggravated from her phone call with Jaiden.

  "Will do," Keyshia responded. Five more minutes with this fine ass man in my face, I could definitely handle this man while he waits, Keyshia thought to herself.

  ~~~~~

  Kiyan was nervous as hell waiting to meet with Brielle. He wasn’t a punk but he was scared she was just going to say fuck him. He was definitely determined not to take “No” for an answer. He found out from Alonzo the name of the company that she owned. So he thought that if he worked as Alonzo's image consultant he would get back on her good side. Boy was he in for a rude awakening. After the morning she was having, he'd better hope God was on his side. Kiyan noticed Brielle's assistant was giving him the eye, but he didn't have anything to offer her. She was cute, but she was definitely not his type. Shit, she wasn't Brielle, Kiyan thought to himself.

  "Mr. Sanchez, Ms. Williams is ready for you," Keyshia walked over to him with an extra sway in her walk.

  "Thank you," Kiyan smiled walking, thinking she just made a damn fool of herself.

  When he walked in Brielle's office he noticed it was beautiful. She had the best view he had ever seen. She had style. Brielle was on the computer and on the phone so she had yet to look up to see him.

  "Yes, thank you. I'll make sure he will be present on Thursday at your event. Okay, you have a good day," Brielle hung up the phone and finished typing. She said, "Sorry Mr. Sanchez you can take a seat," still not looking up.

  "Thank you," Kiyan responded. As soon as she heard that voice, she just froze up. It couldn't be, she looked up. Damn, it was. Just my luck, she thought.

  "What do you want?" she questioned.

  "Damn, could I get a hello first?" Kiyan smiled.

  "Hello, now what do you want?" Brielle asked.

  "First of all, I wanted to ask you about representing Alonzo and to hear your plans for him if you decide to accept him. Second, I wanted to come to you in person to apologize for being an asshole yesterday." Kiyan explained.

  "I'm listening," Brielle waited.

  "Brielle, I'm sorry. No I apologize for being an asshole on our date yesterday. I assumed the worse of you based on my past experiences and I made an ass out of myself. I really would like to start over with you because I know you are not a slouch and I know you don't need me for shit" Kiyan apologized.

  Brielle sat thinking if she should accept his apology or not. She still wasn't completely over him basically calling her a gold digger. She was pissed from her conversation with Murder, so she was trying to decide if she should take her anger out on Kiyan. That was childish, she thought.

  "Look Kiyan, yesterday made me realize that I tried too soon after breaking of my last relationship. I'm not looking for a man right now. And when I do start looking for a man, I'm not looking for someone who quickly assumes the worse of me. So, I do accept your apology, but we can't start over," Brielle said.

  "I can understand, but we got something between us and it ain't over. We didn't even get a chance,” Kiyan countered. Brielle just continued to look at him. She was confused as to why Kiyan was the second man today who was quick to say something wasn't over. He didn't even know her like that so why was he so determined to make something work between them.

  "Look Kiyan, this is a battle I'm not willing to fight in. I just told you, I couldn’t pursue anything with you. " Brielle stated.

  "Yeah iight, we'll see. That's another conversation. Now back to Alonzo’s image. Can you help him?" Kiyan said changing the subject.

  "Well, I've heard great things about Alonzo. He has great potential. I should be able to help him a lot. I could help him get endorsements and other big business deals.
Is he willing to work with me?" Brielle asked.

  "Of course. He needs the best so he wants you," Kiyan said. I want you too, he thought.

  "Okay, well here's my contract. Y'all can go over it and then after you’re done, bring it back and we can get started," Brielle said.

  "Cool, we'll go over this today and have it back to you by Wednesday. Thursday the latest," Kiyan responded. "Oh yeah one more thing"

  "Kiyan, we will not be going out again." Brielle said assuming.

  "You talking about me assuming, I wasn't even going to say that." Kiyan joked.

  "I'm sorry," Brielle suddenly got embarrassed.

  "No problem. But your girl Danielle broke things off with my boy Cam before anything could happen between them." Kiyan started. Now he had Brielle's full attention. "I just wanted to know if you could tell her about this conversation, because I fucked up. Cam didn't"

  "I don't get it, what do you mean? What do you have to do with them not working out?" a confused Brielle asked.

  "You don't know do you?" Kiyan asked.

  "No, if I did, I wouldn't be asking you would I?" Brielle got smart.

  "Damn, I assumed you did. Danielle sent Cam a text last night saying bitches with their own money don't need niggas with money and to lose her number" Kiyan informed her. This definitely surprised her because last night Danielle didn't show any signs of being pissed off at Cam. She knew she would have to call her and tell her to apologize to Cam and start over.

  "Tell Cameron, I'm sorry and that he should be expecting a call or text from Danielle before the end of the day," Brielle confidently stated.

  "Thank you. I don't want Cam to lose out on a chance with her because I messed up with you," Kiyan reiterated.

  "It's okay, we're good now. Friends?" Brielle stuck out her hand.

  "Yeah, friends." Kiyan shook her hand while getting up to leave out.

  "For now," he said leaving out the door. Brielle heard the last comment and thought damn, I think I'm in trouble.

  Chapter 8

  “It’s not over, it’s just beginning,”- Cam

  Danielle was having a good day so far. She had gained new clients today and she landed big endorsements for a couple of her clients. She was typing up her to do list when her cell phone interrupted her.