Forever Mine Box Set (BWWM, African American, Interracial,and Multicultural) by Erica Storm

it’s Seth. I don’t expect Matt back until ten o’clock. His secretary said something about having another meeting at nine. It’s only six now. Maybe I can get Seth to keep me company until Matt gets home.
    I open the door. I haven’t seen Seth in a month since our class schedules have changed. Although Matt called and apologized to him, he is still pissed with him.
    “Hi Seth.” I give him a long loving hug. He hugs me back looking around. “Where is that cave man?”
    “He’s not here, come in and get comfortable and take that shawl from around your neck.”
    “It’s a scarf, and I wear it to be stylish,” he says pulling it from around his neck and draping it on his arm. “You know, you owe it to your public and looking at you,” he stops talking, steps back still holding my hands, “you look beautiful. Your cheeks are rosy.” And he air kisses both cheeks.
    “Black women don’t have rosy cheeks.”
    “Some do. You just have that sun kissed perfect tan covering it up. I would kill for your skin.” He plopped on the sofa with his back pack and pulled out his books. “I love this place and when Marco and I put together enough money from my restaurant business, then we’re going to buy something just like this.” He looks around. “Well, maybe not like this.” We laugh. “Something on the beach, maybe a trailer on the beach. At least we will have the ocean year round.” And our laughter echoes around the room.
    “When am I going to meet Marco?” I question Seth.
    “Soon.” He turns to me.
    “Let me look at you,” I said taking his face in my swollen hands. “That eye finally went down and the blue black circle is gone too.”
    “I looked like that dog on Our Gang with that circle around the eye.” I stare at him. “Never mind. You know my husband was ready to leave me. He thought that a lover had beat me up.”
    “No?”
    “No shit. I had to give him something special just to keep him from walking out on me.”
    “You could have called me and Matt, it would have been cleared up in a minute. You know Matt feels bad about what happened.”
    “He should. That’s not the way to go around settling differences. Where is that man of yours, and when are you two getting married?”
    “We haven’t talked about it.”
    “What’s the matter, old Matt is having second thoughts?”
    “No. He’s been busy. It’s me. I want to be sure he’s the right one for me.” Seth looks at me and narrows his eyes. I feel I have to explain.” I just don’t know when Alecia will come barging back into our lives. He thinks she just gave up and moved back to New York. He’s convinced it was something he said to her.”
    “Why are you all alone on a Friday night then? I thought this night was for the two of you.”
    “Since I’ve gotten so big, he spends his time working. If he’s not in his office working in the house, he’s at the office. He happens to be there now.”
    “Is he alone?” Seth said with a raised eyebrow.
    “I don’t know? I’ve never been to his office.”
    “Don’t you think it’s about time you go there?” I look at him and he says, “I gave you good advice about Alecia, now you need to find out what’s keeping him so long at the office.”
    “I trust him.”
    “There isn’t a man born that can be trusted especially when he can’t have sex the way he wants.”
    “You don’t know Matt.” Seth raised his eyebrow and his mouth shut in a hard line.
    “I know men. Girl, before I met Marco, I was out there. I met men who had wives at home and they were getting it on with me.”
    “You scare me Seth. I just don’t want to think that way.”
    “I know, you are young and you don’t have the experience I have, but didn’t Alecia teach you anything about men and women.” I had too many doubts running around my head and too much time to devote to the negative, and Seth was making it worse with my hormones fucking with me.
    “I don’t know those people and I don’t