I heard Reggie and Natalie before I saw them. Reggie’s laugh echoed down the hall like he didn’t have a damn care in the world, like he hadn’t just tried to have the love of my fucking life killed.

“You had to know I was coming,” I said as I stepped into the room.

My mouth dropped at the sight of Ari laying in his lap in her bra and panties. That was definitely some shit I didn’t see coming.

Reggie stood up slowly. He was smug as hell like he had one up on me. I didn’t give a damn about him fucking Ariel. The only thing I cared about was if her ass had any part in what he had done.

“What’s up, KB!” He grinned. His arms were open like we were boys. “I guess the cat’s out the bag. Tell him how long we’ve been a threesome, Ari.” He laughed.

“Kellon… it’s not like that…” Ari stood from the bed, trying to put on her clothes, but Lolo caught her with a left hook that immediately had her ass laid out on the floor.

Damn! Phileigh never mentioned her bestie being Clarissa Shields.

“Guilty by association. Where’s the other one?” she asked as she slipped past me like a shadow, heading toward the kitchen. Natalie couldn’t be too far.

“You lost your fucking mind?” I growled at Reggie, who was standing there looking confused. I walked up on his bitch ass with my fists clenched. “You thought you were going to get away with putting a hit out on my girl? You that far gone, nigga?”

Reggie’s grin cracked, but he kept up the innocent act that I already knew was bullshit. I’d seen all the evidence and his hitman was singing like a bird for lesser chargers.

“What you talking about, nigga? Don’t put that shit that happened to Phileigh on me.”

I shoved him hard in the chest, making him stumble back. He didn’t even get to say her name.

“You paid someone thirty Gs to make sure Phileigh lost the baby.” I growled. “What? You didn’t want the baby, so you didn’t want me to want the baby either?”

“She playing you, KB,” Reggie snapped, trying to regain control. “That baby ain’t even yours⁠—”

That was it. My fist cracked him across his jaw before he could finish the sentence. I was done talking to his bitch ass. He stumbled back, crashing into the wall. I followed, landing blow after blow, making sure I left his bitch ass exactly how he planned for the masked man to leave Phileigh.

I landed one last punch to Reggie’s already bloodied face before I backed off, panting and shaking. I stared at his barely conscious body slumped against the floor, laying in a pool of his teeth.