Chapter 31

RULE #30: GIVE IT ALL TO HER — SHE CAN TAKE IT.

Musa

"I'm a little embarrassed it took me this long," Lucky says, as he walks into the back office of the club where I'm going over the numbers from last night.

"To do what?" I ask without looking up.

"To look up your new girlfriend online."

Well, that gets my attention. My head snaps up, looking at my partner holding out his phone, open to Precious's Instagram. You don't even have to scroll far to find pictures of her and Bandi together. There's not a single picture of me on there, for obvious reasons, but it still grates on my nerves.

I freeze, looking at the photos and waiting for him to say something.

He puts his phone in his pocket as he says, "I'm certainly not one to judge."

"That's good," I reply coldly.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

When I notice the hurt look on his face, I feel the guilt I probably should have felt two weeks ago.

"No one was supposed to know."

He lets out a laugh. "Well, you blew that whistle yourself last night when you got into that bidding war with Nyembe and carried her off the stage like a caveman."

"I'm aware," I grumble. "But I don't need everyone knowing her connection to Bandi, so if we could keep that under wraps…"

"You've got it," he says, holding up his hands.

As he comes further into the office, taking a seat in one of the chairs, I know he's not about to drop the topic.

"So I assume you didn't mean for this to happen."

"Of course not." I lean back in my chair.