"Thank you for the light you showed me cause I know now
What I wish I would've known
I'm just loving life, yeah I'm just doing me
I'm strong enough when I'm alone
So you ain't gotta worry 'bout me baby
I'm good, I'm good"
- Justine Skye

Bailey |

"Cam, where did you sleep last night?" I questioned while sitting down next to her at the breakfast table.

"Where did you sleep last night, Bailey?"

"In my bed, with my husband. Now answer my question." I want to know if she hooked up with LJ because I don't remember seeing much of her during the barbecue yesterday. Plus during movie night they were more coupled up then the actual couples.

"Yes, we had sex. Next question?"

"Camille! Oh my G- how was it?" I'm basically whispering at this point, afraid one of the guys would hear us from where they are in the kitchen fixing their plates.

"It was really good. For someone so skinny he sure is packing." I pursed my lips while glancing over at LJ.

"Really?"

"Yes. Isn't Rell big?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen his. We're not on that level yet." I glanced back into the kitchen, making sure that no one was paying us any attention, because I know she's going to overreact to my confession.

"Bailey! What do y'all do in the bed all night and morning?"

"Well he comes to bed late. He stays up playing the game and I'm usually asleep by the time he makes it to bed. In the morning we just talk. We can talk for hours on end. We're very intimate with each other, we're just not to the sexual part yet." I explained to her. A wide smile grew on her face and I rolled my eyes at how dramatic she is.

"You guys are so cute. I understand why you two are taking your time. You're married, so it's vital that you do learn all you can about each other. You don't want to move too fast and end up divorcing early." I gave her small smile, not wanting to go into details about how much more complicated the situation with Rell and I is. There is no divorcing. There's territory, drugs, companies, weapons tied into this marriage. The only way out is if one of us dies. Neither of our families are going to give up what they've earned through this partnership. That's why I decided to go about this the smart way.

"What y'all over here talking about?" Rell asked while sitting a plate of french toast with strawberries in front of me.

"I was just about to let her know that I can't come with y'all today. I'm going home to spend the weekend with my parents. Just because I'm gone doesn't mean I'm not coming to Bali. Don't forget my ticket bestie." I smirked and began cutting into my french toast.

"We'll see about that. We're saving for a house, so I don't really know about splurging on all fifteen of y'all." I joked while stuffing my mouth with food. I glanced over at Rell's plate to see a full american breakfast. This man can eat.

"The wife is right. She bookmarked a house for four million dollars today. Y'all gone have to start paying y'all on way."

"Three point five." I corrected him, and honestly speaking the house is worth it.

"Same thing."

"Fuck that. Y'all ain't about to punish us because y'all want to buy an unnecessary house. We're getting our trip. My passport needs a stamp by the end of this summer." Tone began ranting, slapping hands with LJ in the process.

"We're still going. We can afford to pay our way." Jade cut in making me laugh.

"Fuck both of y'all too." LJ countered.

"Anyways, can I go with you this weekend Cam? They know I'm not getting into nobody's club." When she mentioned that I started thinking about how I was even going to get in myself. I'm not twenty one yet.

"I got it covered." Rell leaned over to whisper in my ear. I don't know why him saying that made me feel instantly at ease. I don't even know what he means by it, but I trust him on it.

"Of course you can come over. They're used to having two girls at the house." She tossed out while cutting her eyes at me.

"Don't look at me like that. I didn't know I was coming home to a husband. We're still sisters." She waved me off and turned to Essence.

"Anyways, Es, just pack a small bag and we'll head to my house. I think my mom has a pamper day planned out." Jerrell poked his finger into my side, turning my attention away from Cam.

"When you finish eating I want to show you something before we leave." I nodded and continued eating my French toast.

"You can at least drop us off at the mall. Your selfish ass know we can't all fit in one car." LJ spoke up making Cam scoffed.

"What makes your dumb ass think Bailey only owns one car?" Cam spoke matter of factly. I'm going to assume this is their way of flirting with each other. I never understood the aggressive style of flirting, but whatever works for them.

"I'm going to warn you niggas now, don't you get in any of those cars and start acting a fool. Ju and Jade will ride with me and Bailey. Y'all two will ride together." He spoke while motioning between LJ and Tone.

"So what we riding in?"

"I'll let y'all know once Bailey and I handle some quick business." I gave him a look to let him know that I was done eating and he acknowledged it by standing up. I got up as well, following behind him back upstairs. We walked back into my bedroom and I started getting confused on what he had to show me.

"What are we doing back up here?"

"Our accounts are officially open, so how do we pay off your school balance?" I couldn't help the excited squeal that left me as I nearly ran over to my desk to start up my computer.

"We'll have to do an ACH payment. It's basically an electronic check. The system won't accept card numbers due to the amount. Do you have the account numbers?" He handed me a bank folder and I flipped it open to find a checkbook while the computer was starting up. I grabbed one of the checkbooks, quickly scanning over it. My eyes quickly made their way back to the top of the checkbook and stopped on the names.

Jerrell Price
Bailey Rogers-Price

Right there in bold Times New Roman font was my new name. A name I didn't even realize had changed up until now. Has it been changed everywhere? Do I make my school aware of the change? What about my social security card? My passport? My drivers license? Do I make those changes now, or can I continue using them since the new name is hyphenated?

"They wouldn't unfreeze the accounts without the name change. They want to make sure you weren't regaining access to help your father in anyway. His accounts can't be touched until the trial is over." I nodded and turned my attention to the computer. The initial shock was beginning to wear off and reality was setting back in. Why wouldn't I expect to take my new husband's last name? This marriage is very much so real, and now it's actually starting to hit me how real it is.

"I'll make sure you have the login information to all of this before I leave." I let him know while logging into my school account and going to the finance portal to pay off my final semester. I let out a sigh of relief as soon as the screen reflected that the payment was accepted. I stood up and pulled Jerrell into a hug.

"What did I do to get this?" He questioned while wrapping his arms around my waist.

"I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Thank you." I stood up on my tippy toes and pressed my lips against his. I felt his hand grab ahold of my jaw, keeping me in place while he deepened the kiss. I moved my arms to circle around his neck and slipped my tongue into his mouth. The arm that was still around my waist dropped and I felt his hand grab my butt. I let the kiss continue for a few more moments before slowly pulling back.

"I'ma need some more of that."

"Focus on showing me a good time at this club tonight." I dropped my hands from around his neck and patted his chest.

"I got that in the bag already. I've already seen how hype you get with some liquor in your system. He tossed his arm around my shoulder and we began making our way downstairs. I noticed that Cam and Essence were already gone when we made it back into the kitchen and everyone was done eating.

"Time to go shopping!" I announced.

"Yes! This is what I woke up early for." Jade yelled out while jumping onto Josiah's back.

"Speaking of waking up early, all of y'all need to stay the fuck away from our door in the morning. If it isn't business related then leave us alone." Jerrell said, speaking in a demanding tone that I'd never heard him use before. No one said anything back though, so I see they know when not to joke with him. I grabbed a hold of his hand, gently squeezing it. "Let's head out." He turned and began making his way towards the garage. He quickly entered the code into the key case before anyone had the chance to see what he was doing.

"We riding big!" Tone exclaimed while walking around the cars.

"Pick anything but the Bentley." I rolled my eyes at Jerrell knowing that he wants to be the first one to drive the Bentley.

"We'll take the G Wagon." LJ spoke up. Rell grabbed the keys and threw them over to him. He grabbed the keys to the Range and closed the case back. I walked over to the Range and got in the back with Jade. The men can sit up front and do whatever they do, but in terms of shopping I'd prefer to do it with Jade. Last time I went shopping with Jerrell he wasn't interested in doing it at all.

"You didn't want to sit up here with me, Bay?"

"So you can make fun of my choice in music again? I'm fine back here with Jade. We have a trip to start planning anyways."

"About the trip, are we doing a hotel or should we rent a house?" Before I could even answer her Jerrell's music began loudly blasting through the car. I rolled my eyes and held my phone up to tell her to text me. I slid back into my seat and put on my seatbelt. I'm sitting directly behind the passenger seat so I could have a direct view of Jerrell. He has this concentrated look on his face when he's driving and I've never wanted to be more inside someone's head. My phone vibrated with a text and I reluctantly turned my attention away from Jerrell to text Jade about the trip. I've never planned a trip before, so this is exciting for me.

By the time we were pulling into the valet at the shopping center we had the dates chosen and the flights booked. We're in between two different villas, but we'll handle that when we're back at the estate so we're able to browse the pictures on a larger screen. We got out the car and I walked over to Jerrell.

"We're going to hit up a few stores and get what we need then come meet up with y'all since I know y'all going to take a while." Ju spoke while motioning to me and Jade. He took out his wallet and handed Jade a credit card.

"I have my credit cards on me." I told Jerrell when I seen him reaching for his wallet. Neither one of my credit cards have a limit on them, so I'm good. I do however need to remember to switch the auto pay from my dad's account to Rell and I's new account. I still have time for that though since my credit card bills come at the end of the year.

"You sure?" I nodded and waved my clutch. He leaned down and sent a few pecks to my lips.

"Definitely can't teach a class, but enjoyable nonetheless." I commented while turning to walk away from him. I heard his obnoxious laugh behind me and it brought a smile to my face. I linked my arm with Jade's and we quickly made our way over to the Chloe store. I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to wear, but hopefully I can get some inspiration from browsing.

"Okay, so I'm definitely wearing red tonight." Jade spoke while picking up a cute red pump. "I'm going to go for something a bit dressy. What are you thinking?"

"Probably might go with a slip dress and a statement jacket. Maybe something sheer. I'm not really sure."

"That sounds cute. Let's go to another store to see if we can find some brighter colors." I agreed with her and we made our way into the next store. Luckily for us we were able to find our outfits before the guys met back up with us. I want my outfit to be a surprise to Jerrell since I've only been dressing casually around him.

"Bay? What you buy?" I heard Jerrell's voice in my ear and it made my slightly jump because I didn't know he was even in here.

"You'll see when I have it on." I turned around and seen LJ and Tone were with them. All the guys were carrying twice as many bags as Jade and I.

"Not one of you better say shit about us women when y'all out here with hands full of bags." Jade called them out.

"We got shit for y'all too." Josiah tried defending himself. I smirked and shook my head, not believing them one bit.

"I'm hungry." I pouted while looking up at Jerrell.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Panini or sandwich. Something light." He nodded his head, looking deep in his thoughts.

"I think there's a Panera Bread over by the Foot Locker. We can walk over there after putting our bags in the car." I didn't want to let off on how excited I was, but I haven't had Panera Bread in a over a year. Cam's mom would usually bring it home for us on her way home from work.

✖️

"Look, this one is actually on the beach. Six bedrooms, comes with a full staff. Oh look, there are two masters with their own private pools!" Jade exclaimed while clicking through the pictures of the Bayu Gita Beach Front villa.

"This one is perfect! Hurry up and book it before someone takes it." The trip is four weeks from now. We figured that would give us all enough time to prepare for the trip. I didn't want to book it too soon, because I want to have a house fully secured before I even think about going on a trip.

"Okay, trip is fully booked now. Let's finish getting ready for tonight." Jade announced while standing up from my desk. We had already finished our makeup and hair, so now all we have to do is get dressed. I pulled out my phone and went to Instagram, seeing the picture that I had posted of Jerrell was getting a lot of attention from people at school. He had gotten fully dressed before Jade and I took over the bedroom and I took a picture of his completed look before sending him on his way. I already know they're playing the game and pregaming. Whatever that means.

"I should have turned the comments off on this." I spoke more to myself while deleting any comment that mentioned my relationship with Josh. Obviously if I'm posting a picture of another man the previous man is no longer in the picture. Josh even had the nerve to comment 'I'm confused 😕'. I started laughing out loud when I seen his comment.

"Who is that?"

"My ex." His comment had a bunch of likes from his messy ass friends. Josh is the IT guy at school, and I was always the pretty black girl with purple hair who barely spoke much. No one knew why Josh was dating me, but they never questioned it because of who he is. They just all immediately began being fake nice to me. Following all of my social medias to keep up with our relationship. I made sure to delete everything about him off my page the day I came home and still hadn't heard from him. Deciding to be petty I responded to his comment with 'lol so was I when you ghosted me. Be blessed love ❤️️'

"I fucking love you!" Jade yelled out while taking my phone. She started a live video and started walking around my room. "Hello all of Bailey's followers, it's me, Jade. Get used to this face. You're going to be seeing a lot of it. I'm going to pin my at in case y'all are feeling nosy, which I know you are. I'm in a relationship, next question. Yes she's in a real relationship. Fuck Josh." I laughed at her actually answering questions.

"Get off live and get dressed!" We heard Rell yell out, causing Jade to almost drop the phone.

"Hating from the other room. Anyways, stay tuned for looks. Byyyyeee." She ended the live and sat my phone back down on my desk. I shook my head and continued moisturizing my legs. I slipped into my dress and sat down to put on my heels. I walked over to my vanity and began removing the curling rods out of my head.

"I'm ready." I told Jade while spraying finishing spray over my face. I slipped my phone into my clutch and slipped into my jacket.

"Let's go take a few shots with them before we leave. Showing up to the club fully sober is an instant mood kill." I agreed with her and walked into the media room. I could barely see anything through all the smoke in the room.

"Rell, if this smoke soaks into my pores and breaks me out I'm going to kill all of y'all. You know there aren't any windows in here."

"My bad, Bay." Rell choked out between laughs. I shook my head and grabbed Jade's hand.

"We'll be downstairs. Please air this room out before coming down." I actually like the smell of marijuana and I have no problem with them smoking inside. My only concern is the smoke seeping into the furniture and carpet in here since there aren't any windows in the media room. What if I actually get to keep this estate? I'll have to sell it in perfect condition to get the full profit out of it.

"Welp, we'll get this party started on our own." Jade spoke as we walked into the kitchen. I went inside the liquor pantry and grabbed a bottle of patron. This pantry is only used when my dad throws get togethers at the house for his crew, which isn't often so the pantry is always stocked. Jade took two small bottles of Simply Orange out the fridge and handed me one. "Down half of that." We both downed half of our bottles and filled them back up with the patron.

"Y'all ready to go?" Ju's voice rung out just as I put the bottle back.

"Damn y'all look good!" Tone exclaimed.

"Thank you." We spoke in unison. Jerrell walked over to me and tossed his arm around my shoulder.

"You already know what we're about to ride out in." I smirked and shook my head already knowing he's about to act a fool in this Bentley.

Club will be in the next chapter

Do you think Josh is going to be an ongoing problem?

Bailey and Jerrell shared their first kiss!

Thoughts on Cam sleeping with LJ?

Bailey's tuition has been taken care of. Thought on the name change?