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“Good.”
“Jealous?”
“No.”
“Liar.”
“More like denial. Not the same.”
“I’ll give you that. Dinner. Any suggestions on what you want?”
“Food,” I asserted with confidence. I wasn’t a picky eater but then a thought occurred to me. “I’ll cook for you.”
“I’m supposed to be taking you to dinner.”
“You will. You can pick me up from my house at five and drive me to yours. I’ll grab what I need on my way home then cook for you at your place.”
He frowned hard as if conflicted or annoyed by the suggestion so I pulled away slightly. “Is that a problem? If you don’t want me at your house—”
“You cooking for me is not a problem, just not what I expected. I’m cool with you coming to my place too, so get out of your head.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, I’m sure.” His expression was still tense but I did my best not to let it bother me. Instead I smiled and decided to let it go.
“I can cook just about anything. Do you have a preference of what you would like to eat?”
“No, I’m easy. As long as you can cook, I’m down for whatever. You can cook, right?”
“Maybe. You’ll have to wait and see.”
He groaned but his mood lightened, just a little.
“I’m going to trust you but if you fuck it up, I’m not going to eat it to save your feelings.”
“I wouldn’t expect you to.”
“Aight, well I need to head out. I have to meet my brother in a few.”
As much as I hated the thought of our temporary separation, I lifted. Once I was steady on my feet, I extended a hand which he accepted but I could tell from the lightness of his touch I hadn’t done much to assist in getting him to his feet.
Balor wrapped me in a tight hug and my body went haywire coming alive. When he let me go I felt my pout but so did he. Or maybe he saw it on my face. “You get me in a few hours. Stop with all that before you have me pissing my brother off by not showing up.”
“Fine. I’ll see you later.”
“You will.”
I watched him leave my shop and was further convinced this man was about to disrupt everything I trusted in my life.
ChapterSix
Balor.
“He in there?” I asked as soon as I vacated my bike and settled in the passenger seat of the Charger my brother had arrived in.
“Yeah, been in there for a little over an hour.”
He had been tracking a guy for the past two days, Deandre Morris aka TekNine. He was a local gang member rumored to have several bodies on him but was awaiting trial for armed robbery. His grandmother had put up her house as collateral for bail but under duress from what we were told. TekNine sent members of his gang to threaten her.
