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Chapter 48 It’s Getting Comfortable

Author: Shay Robinson
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-20 10:03:03

Jalen’s POV

Monday Night – 9:45 pm

Text Message

Me: Love, please send me a picture.

Beauty: Um, no. Just use the one you screen shotted from Matt’s IG page.

Me: So you know about that?

Beauty: Yes and no. You weren’t too discreet about liking the photo. Plus, I was next to Matt when you liked it, so I assumed you screenshotted it. So… yeah, you just told on yourself.

Fuck. I chuckled, shaking my head as I relaxed inside my home office, phone in hand. She had me smiling like a damn fool, just sitting there grinning at her text bubbles. We’d been going back and forth since she got out of the shower and started winding down for bed.

And in my head? I pictured her in a black silk nighty, maybe with a robe tossed somewhere on the floor. Maybe nothing at all, because she’s the type to sleep naked.

Me: So are you gonna send me a picture of you in your night clothes or what?

Beauty: No, so you can jerk off to me? Not happening.

Me: Please… Love.

Beauty: No, I am not. But I can FaceTime you.

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