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“Damn, it’s like that?”
“Try me and find out.”
Although I’m the oldest brother, all my brothers know I will hand them their asses with ease.
“Why the fuck are all of y’all still here? Don’t y’all have someplace else to be?” I say as I glance at the clock for the millionth time.
“Damn, we can’t eat, and we can’t be here? Who the hell are you expecting?”
“Good question Asher, I think I’ll wait around to find out,” Joseph says.
“No, the fuck you won’t, all of you are going to leave right now or ….”
I’m interrupted by the conference phone buzzing and Jasmine telling me my one o’clock appointment was here.
Damn, now I’ll never get my brothers out of here without them seeing her.
“Send her in, Jasmine.”
The conference door opens, and I forget how to speak. I take her in from her feet to the top of her head and immediately get hard. It happens so fast and unexpectedly it makes me lightheaded. I had only had a strong feeling the last time I saw her, but watching her now, I feel it within my entire being, this woman is definitely my wife. I have seen her in jeans twice and I enjoyed but seeing her dressed as a nerdy college professor has sent my overactive imagination into overdrive. I can see how all my brother’s perk up when they saw her, but it’s Joseph who puts it together.
“Is this the woman from the airport?” Joseph asks.
But I am too busy admiring my soon to be wife to answer. She has her natural hair pulled up in a sleek bun, her cute gold eyeglasses, a fitted blazer, and oh my damn is that a lace bustier she is wearing underneath the blazer. And a fitted calf length pencil skirt. As I look down at her feet, I have to take a deep breath as she is wearing another pair of peep toe wedge booties. I want to say fuck this meeting and my brothers and get lost in her for the rest of the day, but I know I cannot. I stare at her for what seems like hours but in reality, is only a second or two. I hear my brother say “damn”, and I want to snatch both his eyes out.
“Hello, Savannah,” I say.
She smiles and walks further into the room.
“Hi, Joshua. How are you?”
“I’m well. You look amazing!”
“As do you,” she replies as she drops her eyes to the floor briefly before returning them to look me into my eyes. Joseph clears his throat and catches both of our attention.
“I’m sorry Savannah. Let me introduce you to my brothers.”
I introduce them to her, and it appears that she and Joseph have taken to each other immediately. She has even managed to charm Atlas, who does not like anyone. I watch as they talk and laugh as if they have known each other for years and not for mere moments, and it sets my teeth on edge. I do not know when I became this jealous Neanderthal, especially with my brothers and only with her.
“Well, if you do not mind, Ms. Errington and I have business to see to,” I say to Joseph, and my brothers finally start to leave.
Joseph says to her, “I hope to see you again.”
“Of course, since you will be helping build my new house,” she replies smiling up at my brother.
He laughs as he walks out the conference room. I pull out a chair for her and I watch openly as she takes the offered seat.
“Would you like some lunch?”
“Yes please, I was so nervous this morning I skipped breakfast.”
I fixed her some salad and a turkey sandwich with a glass of lemonade and fixed myself a plate as well.
Over lunch we discuss the contract, blueprints and options on her house. We also discuss her life in upstate NY and her children and father. I talk about my time in the service with my brothers and my parents and how we started our company. Before I knew it, hours had passed, and neither one of us realized it, nor did I feel it was enough time in her presence. As she helps me pack up the food and put it in the refrigerator in the break room, I ask her to dinner.
“Savvy.”
“Yes?”
“Will you have me to dinner with me tonight?”
She turns to look at me for a long while, seeming to search for something within me and finally says, “Yes”.
“What time should I pick you up?”
“Oh no,” she chuckles. “I’ll meet you at the restaurant.”
I respect her self-preservation and safety precautions.I give her the address and we agree on a time. I walk her to her car and watch as she drives away.
