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The Hook Up Part V (Final)

One year later… “By the power vested in me, as witnessed by family, friends, and God, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Zion, you may kiss your beautiful bride.” Zion wasted no time pulling Indya into him and kissing her like he waited his whole life to kiss his wife. In some ways, I guess he did. The wedding ceremony culminated with Zion and Indya descending the stage and being greeted with applause and well wishes. When Indya told me Zion proposed almost a month after they met, I was floored. But not as floored as I was that she accepted it. “Don’t you need to get to know him a little more? I mean…what if he’s a serial killer? What about his family? What if they are messy and crazy?” I

The Hook Up Part IV

Day 3-Night Nahji and Zion arrived at our door at 7:30 on the dot. I opened the door and was met with an eyeful of black deliciousness. Todd’s text retreated to the back of my thoughts as I took in the two gentlemen. Zion looked handsome in his tux, but Nahji was sexy as hell in his formal attire. I loved the pop of red in his red and black bow tie. Without even trying, we were matching again. I was skeptical about getting this dress at first, but since I was running on such short notice, I didn’t have a lot of options. But this red one shoulder sequence dress looked better on me now that I was all dolled up. It had this drape in the front and a split halfway up my thigh. Just judging from N

The Hook Up Part III

(Day Two-Night) Getting ready for my date with Nahji was nerve-racking. Not because I was nervous about seeing him again, but because of the encounter I had with DJ. Now, I was questioning if I really needed to spend my time with Nahji. DJ was really making me question being at the Hook Up. I didn’t want to stand him up, but I needed to let him know that I really wasn’t up to doing this. This being spending time with him while we were here. The entire time I was getting ready, I lamented having to tell him. I didn’t want to punish him for another man’s mistakes, rather, my mistakes, but I really needed to chill. I understood I was at a retreat aimed at singles making love connections, but I

The Hook Up Part II

Day Two-Day I tried to rationalize what I was feeling but the only thing that was coming up was regret. I only knew him for a few hours and for some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to sleep with him because I was lonely. Todd and I were together for six years and I’d been single for a week before I slept with someone else. Last night also showed me I was not ready to date like I thought I was. Auntie Tess’ advice was usually sound but getting under someone new was not the way I needed to handle this. Indya was right, as she usually was. Even though I knew Indya was still sleep, I went ahead and ordered us breakfast from room service. The money we paid for this resort was worth it b