Royce Next day



"Morning Chef." Royce greets as he walks in the kitchen. "What you cooking?"

"Waffles, shrimp and grits, scrambled eggs and French toast." He said. "Hope you and Kingsley got a appetite."

"You know I do." He said. "Can I ask you something?"

"Yea son, go ahead." He said as he stirred the grits. Royce took a seat at the island. "Oh no, somebody pregnant?"

"What- Chef why?" Royce said.

"I don't know, the look on your face says it all." He chuckled.

"No I was about to ask you about Kingsley." He said.

"Oh... what about her? You like her?" He asked. "She's pretty and you treat her way better than that other girl you bring up through here."

"I don't know about all that." He said. "I find her interesting though."

"Well son, if you find her interesting that mean you like her. Don't be in denial." He said. "I'm cooking tonight. You and her can have dinner here on the balcony. My treat."

Royce picked up his phone reading messages from the guys. "Thank you and don't think I don't know you brought some groceries."

"Well maybe if you stop snacking all day on everything you'll have something left for me to cook." He said. "You're getting fat."

"Alright unc." Royce waved him off. One thing about Chef David, he was always going to tell you how it is. Kingsley appears in the kitchen.

"Kingsley." Chef David smile. "Glad to see you up this early."

She smiled. "Smells good in here." She said standing next to Royce. "Are you making shrimp and grits? I love shrimp and grits."

"Well you can eat all you want." He said. "I'll make it special."

"But you just told me I was getting fat." Royce spoke.

"You not getting fat, you are fat." He said making Kingsley laugh.

"You think I'll go to jail for boxing a 57 year old man?" He asked Kingsley who was laughing. "Chef you can give me and Kingsley a second to talk."

"Sure, don't eat all the food while I'm gone." He said chuckling before exiting the kitchen.

"Old people can be so mean." Kingsley shakes her head as he turned his body facing her. "What?" She asked.

"I apologize for last night. I didn't know talking about your past was sensitive to you." He said.

"It's ok, I should be more open to talk about anyways. Someday I got to get over it so..." She shrugged her shoulders.

"You ever been to a therapist?" He asked. She shook her head no. "You should try it. It helped me a lot. That's why I'm the person I am today."

"Kidnapping women and making the strippers?" She asked. "I think you need more than just a therapist." She laughed.

"Besides that, I'm talking about how it change my attitude and the way I speak to people and how I handles things now." He said. "Let me know when you want to try it."

"What are we doing today?" She asked.

"Whatever you want." He said.

"So if I wanted to go sky diving. You'll take me?" She asked. He nodded his head. "You're so rich. What's your net worth?"

"That's my business." He said.

She sucked her teeth. "When do I go back to Miami?" He asked.

"Saturday. Why you trying to leave so soon? It's only Wednesday." He said.

"I'm just wondering." She said right before the elevator doors opened. Justin walks making Royce roll his eyes.

"I should've never gave him the passcode. He think he welcomed at anytime." He said.

"Kingsley girl I need your measurements." He came in the kitchen.

"But I haven't ate yet." She said as he grabbed her hand and dragged her upstairs.

"I need your measurements for this dress I'm making. You have a small frame and that's what I need." He said pulling her in the guest room. "You and Royce have any planned today?"

"No." She told him.

"Good because I didn't bring any outfits with me today." He said.

"What are you making a dress for?" She asked.

"A wedding, and you and her are like the same size and she is out of town right now. Plus I need to get started on it." He said. "Anything planned for tomorrow?"

"I'm not sure." She said as he wrapped measuring tape around her torso. "I didn't know Royce goes to therapy."

"Yea, he's really big on it." He said. "It changed him a lot because he was literally a mess."

"What you mean by that?" She asked.

"Liquor everyday. Straight to it when he wakes up, he had the nastiest attitude. I couldn't stand him but I deal with it because my pay is worth it." He chuckled. "Plus Royce never said anything out the way to me. He knows we will get the tussling." He rolled his neck making her laugh.

"He asked me to try it. I think I just might." She said.

"Yea it helped some healing for him too. Sometime I would tag along with him, Royce issues mostly came from his Mom and Father. Between me and you, Royce lost his father when Dandre was born. They have the same Mother and different Fathers." He said.

It all started to make sense how Dandre and Royce were different from each other. Kingsley nodded her head. "Makes sense now." She said.

"Yea girl, that's why Royce and Dandre always bumping heads with each other when something goes left. Have you ever met Dandre?" He asked. Kingsley slightly rolled her eyes. "You ain't even got to tell me I know from the look on your face." They both laughed.

"He's such a weirdo. One minute he treating me like some bitch on the street then the next minute he apologizing and want me accept it." She said.

"I can't even tell you what's wrong with him." Justin sighed. "He gets around women and don't know how to act. Sometimes I think he's jealous of Royce. Royce is a charm when It comes to women. He know how to talk to them, knows what to say. Dandre wishes he was like that." He said writing down her measures.

Kingsley nodded her head realizing he has shown her his gentleman ways. "So is he like a hoe or something? I'm sure he brought almost every girl back here." She said.

"No." He said. Kingsley tilted her head at him trying to figure out if he was lying. "What?"

"You're lying." She chuckled .

"No I'm serious, only girls he brought from the house in Miami are you and Amber." He clenched his jaws sighing deeply. "Don't get me started on that bitch."

"No don't get me started on her. I literally had to fight her before I left." Kingsley rolled her eyes.

"I hope you won because that bitch need to be humble so bad." He said. "He'll bring Amber here like every couple months. Royce's whole team don't fuck with that bitch and that should tell him something. He so damn stupid."

"So she was his favorite or something?" She asked.

Justin shrugged his shoulders. "I don't even know." He said. "I just know I don't fuck with her. She be trying to be cool with me like girl I don't like you." Kingsley laughed shaking her head.

"So how someone like you end up at a Doll House?" He asked.

"Wrong place at the wrong time." She said. "

"You like it?" He asked.

"Staying in a house full of women is not so fun as you think it would be. Some of them are weirdos, some are actually genuine and cool. I'm still debating if I like it or not. I'm still being forced to stay there again my will."

Justin shook his head. "So how you feel about Royce?" He asked.

"He's cool. I thought he was a cold mean person but he's actually the opposite." She said.

"Yea he's very nice and has a sweet heart but don't let that distract you from the fact he isn't scared to get his hands dirty." He said.

After having dinner on the balcony, Royce and Kingsley cleaned up and put away dishes. "I was thinking about the whole therapy thing earlier."

"You want to try it?" He asked. "I can make an appointment for you tomorrow morning."

"Sure." She said drying her hands with an towel.

"I would like to go if you don't mind?" He asked. She nodded her head. "I'm still interested in learning about you."

He watched as she tried not to smile. "I promise it ain't nothing special you want to know." She said.

"What if it is?" He said grabbing her hand. He got closer in her personal space.

"Then you can come." She looked at him returning the same energy. He placed his hands on her waist. "Royce what you trying to do?"

"Whatever you want too." He effortlessly picked her up putting her on the counter.

She wrapped her arms around his neck as he stood between her legs. His large hands massaged her thighs. She leaned in to kiss him but paused. Royce stole a kiss then made a kiss trail down to her neck.

Her clit started to throb. She felt herself becoming wet. He grabbed her neck gently squeezing it. He pulled away from her her neck and kiss her lips.

The kiss was slow and sloppy. He pulled down the straps on her dress then stopped. He pulled away from the kiss. "I'm not gonna do it to you yet." He said as his wiped her mouth with his thumb.

"What?" She said.

"It's getting late. You got therapy in the morning." He said. "See you in the morning." He walked away and went upstairs. Kingsley hopped off the counter pulling up the straps on her dress.

"Damn." Was all she said while standing in the same spot.

TBC