Falling In Love
Samantha
Dashawn wasn’t lying. This week was hectic. The investors we cultivated before I collapsed
wanted meetings with Dashawn. They also wanted to meet some of the clients. I had to set
up those meetings and the clients that were willing to meet with them.
Natalia and Luca were the first to arrive. I was very happy to see them. While Dashawn was in
meetings, Robert and I took them to the apartments that were set up for new clients. I
introduced Robert, who was promoted quickly to Ashton’s PA. Ashton had decided that
Robert was so efficient that he was getting rid of the secretary position and just having a PA.
Robert was extremely giddy about it.
Robert was taking classes to learn Spanish and Italian, and he was practicing with Natalia
and Luca. You could see the amusement in their eyes, and they very politely helped him with
his pronunciation.
The next day, Davis Alston came. Dashawn was again in meetings with the investors and I
brought Davis to his apartment, which was above Natalia’s and Luca’s. He was very happy
with that. He and Natalia were somewhat friends. He asked if he could have a pet and I didn’t
see why not. He then asked if I would go with him to get a pet at the local animal shelter. I enthusiastically nodded.
When we got to the animal shelter, I asked if he knew what he wanted and he shook his head.
“I think I’ll know when I see it. I want the animal to call to me.”
“I guess that makes sense.”
“Have you ever had a pet?” he asked.
“No. I was so focused on my education that I would never have had time to give an animal my
attention.”
He nodded in understanding. We stepped in, and the smell hit me hard. I must have swayed and turned pale because Davis picked me up and ran out of the building in an instant. He got me to the corner of the building and set me on my feet where I threw up all over the ground.
“Samantha, are you okay? What is wrong? Are you sick?” he asked frantically. This poor kid.
“I’m pregnant,” I said. “The smell hit me hard.”
He smiled ear to ear and handed me his water bottle that he hadn’t opened yet. I took it
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gratefully. I opened it and sipped the water in my mouth, swishing it around and spitting it out. Then I downed the bottle in seconds.
“Congratulations!” he said.
“Thank you. Mr. Krew and I are very happy about it.”
“I bet. He seems to be very doting with you. I noticed in Italy.”
“Yes,” I said, with a smile.
“Are you sure you want to be here? I can come back another day.”
“No, I’ll be fine. I think the smell was just so shocking because I wasn’t expecting it. I’ll be
okay.”
“Here, chew this. It should help.”
He held out a gum packet. It was spearmint gum. I took a piece and popped it in my mouth.
My nausea went away instantly.
“Thank you,” I said, surprised.
“There was a teacher at the school. She was pregnant, and she chewed on this type of
all the time.”
I nodded and then gestured back towards the building.
“Well, let’s go find you a pet.”
gum
He smiled and nodded. I braced myself for the smell when we walked in. I think since I was
ready for it, it wasn’t so bad this time. Or at least I was telling myself that.
A helper walked us around and let us look at all the animals. We were passing by a cage
when I heard a whimper. I looked inside the cage and saw the saddest animal I had ever seen.
“Oh, buddy, why so sad?” I asked.
The animal was a big puppy. He had to be four or five months old, he was big and black with
skinny legs and big paws. He had the prettiest ice blue eyes.
“That’s Kong as in King Kong because he’s so big. He’s a Cane Corso. He’s going to be huge.
He was part of a litter with eight puppies. All of them have been adopted except him,” the helper said.
“Awwwe, he’s so lonely. Why did the owners give the pups up? I would have thought they
would have sold them.”
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“The owner was an old man. He and his dog, the mama to this pup, died on the same day. The rumor was he died, and the dog broke out of the house to find food. She got hit by a semi.
The cops were called, and they found the old man and the pups.”
“Oh, my God, that’s so sad.”
I got on my hands and knees and got close to the cage.
“Hey Kong, hey big guy.. Can I pet you?” I asked, holding my hand to the cage. He whimpered
and scooted back further.
Davis asked the helper about another animal, and they walked away to a cage where Davis
saw a cat that he seemed to be smitten with.
I quickly undid the latch on the cage and opened it. I got on my belly and crawled in the cage a little, and then I held out both my hands palms up. Kong stared at them, and he got to his
belly. Then he scooted forward until he got to my fingertips. He sniffed them, and then he quickly licked a finger. He must have thought I was okay, because he scooted forward more and laid his big head on my palms.
“Hi there. You are so beautiful.”
He looked into my eyes. I scooted forward and laid my forehead against his. He stuck his tongue out and licked my cheek. I giggled. His tail started wiggling and he started whining excitedly. I ran my hands over his head and body. I then grabbed him under his arms and tugged him into my arms as I sat up a little and scooted back until I was kneeling outside of the cage. I looked down at myself and chuckled. I was filthy. But I didn’t care. I now had this big guy in my lap, and I was holding him like a baby, and he was letting me rub his tummy.
His tail wagged extremely fast.
“You are such a cute good boy.”
“It looks like you found a pet,” Davis said.
I looked at him, and he had a cat that was orange and white in his arms.
“You too,” I said, smiling.
“So you’re going to keep him?”
“There’s no way I am leaving him here,” I said, looking down into now happy blue eyes.
An hour later, both Davis and I got into the car while we waited for the driver to load the trunk
with everything we bought for our animals.
“What are you going to tell Mr. Krew?”
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“I don’t know yet. But I think I want to mess with him a little bit.”
“Mess with Mr. Krew? You are brave.”
I snorted. “Davis. You’re young, but have you ever been in love?”
He shook his head.
“Well, sometimes when someone is so in love with their soulmate, they give in to basically anything to see that person happy. I have recently just learned that. I also recently learned that it’s okay to mess with your partner. It keeps the passion alive.”
He chuckled. I took out my phone. I knew Dashawn was probably still in a meeting, so I was
interested in seeing how he would react.
I don’t know how to tell you this, but I fell in love with another male.
I hesitated before sending it. This might be dangerous. But then I giggled and pressed send.
Roc
So, I did this to my husband when he was overseas. I mean I didn’t text him and say I was in love with another male. But I did get a puppy and didn’t tell him about it. I just waited until he got home. LOL
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