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Which was her way of keeping things casual.
“That works,” he said. He could be agreeable. “Better yet. My brother is in the Hamptons and his car and driver are here. Much easier.” He pulled his phone out, texted West’s driver and was told he’d be there in ten minutes.
“You just called up a driver?” she asked.
“Texted. My brother has two. One for Laken and me to use, but I rarely do.”
“Laken?” she asked.
“My sister. She works here too. I’ll fill you in on it all. Don’t you think you should know a little bit more about your fiancé?”
“Not funny,” she said again. “But dinner sounds good.”
7
STAY THAT WAY
Lilian was still trying to figure out how she got into this situation.
All she’d thought her email would do was allow her to talk to Braylon, apologize and figure out a way out of this mess.
Instead, she was waiting in her apartment for him to text he was on his way back.
He’d dropped her off, but not before they exchanged numbers. He went home to change while she took a quick shower and found her nicest pair of jeans, one of her silky work shirts and nude pumps.
She wanted to keep this dinner on the casual side but that didn’t mean she wasn’t going to at least look the best she could.
Her hair was brushed. She was going to put a bit more wave in and decided against it. She had straight hair and if she changed too much it’d look like she was trying too hard.
This was just a second date. They would find out more about each other and then what the next step would be.
Part of her wanted to stop wearing this ring. Not only was it cheap and she feared that it’d start to show as fake, but it might be an insult to Braylon now that she knew who he was.
Once her makeup was freshened, she sat on the couch and tried to think of anything she could to pass the time.
When her phone went off ten minutes later, she saw it was Braylon saying he was fifteen minutes out.
She hoped he didn’t want to come up and see her place. She wouldn’t let that happen. She’d be waiting for him outside.
She picked her iPad up and played two games knowing that would kill some time. Then saw he would arrive any minute and went downstairs to wait outside.
When the town car pulled to the curb a building down, she made her way toward it. Braylon got out of the back and opened the door for her, held it and then climbed in after.
No man had ever done that before to her. She wasn’t even sure how she felt about it.
“We are just going a few blocks for dinner,” he said. “Nothing fancy.”
He had jeans on too, a button-down shirt and some basic sneakers on his feet that probably still cost a few hundred. She had no clue of the name. To her, she stuck to the common names in footwear.
As a kid she would have been thrilled to own a pair of Nikes.
“I don’t do fancy well,” she said.
Might as well be as honest as she could.
It was still early yet at a little after seven on a Friday night so not much nightlife action.
At the restaurant they pulled up to, there was somewhat of a line, but he was able to walk right by to the hostess table.
