I now know where I remember Lisa Raye's rich love interest, Malcolm, from. D.B. Woodside who played Melvin Franklin on The Temptations. He's also known from "24" but I never watched "24."
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940851/
He's a lot thicker and more muscular now but his voice is the exact same. I was like "I know that voice." He's also Golden Brooks' significant other (or was?) and they have a child together.