Page 23 of Love’s Strongest Soldier

“How many?” the hostess asked when she looked at us.

“Two,” Sol responded.

“There’s an hour wait. Are you fine with that?”

“No,” Sol quickly responded. “I’m sure y’all have a table in here somewhere for us. Or should I call my daddy or husband. Mr. Saint-Mercier or Corvo. Which one would you prefer to deal with?” That was just like Sol to be tossing her weight around like that. Whatever doors Saint-Mercier couldn’t open, Corvo damn sure did.

“Hold on. I think we might have a table available.”

“That’s what I thought,” Sol replied.

The hostess picked up two menus and said, “Right this way,” and then stepped from behind the booth.

We followed her to the middle of the restaurant that transitioned into another room. It was dimly lit in there like they used it for romantic dinners or something. Neither one of us cared as long as we were able to get a table.

She placed the menus down, and Sol and I took our seats. The security stood near the entrance of the room to keep an eye on us.

“You just love doing that, don’t you?” I asked Sol, and a smile crept onto her face.

“I love seeing their skin crawl because don’t play with me.”

She picked up the menu and instantly went to the drink section. I stared at my menu, mind drifting back to Ghost. The thought of if he felt the same way after our almost kiss flooded my mind. Deep down, I kind of wish the kiss actually did happen. Why did his phone have to ring and interrupt us?

“Luxe?” Sol called my name, bringing me from my thoughts. I looked over at her, and she stared at me with a raised brow. That was when I noticed the waitress was standing at our table. I was so trapped in my thoughts that I hadn’t realized she walked up. “For a second, I thought you took your hearing aids out,” Sol said.

“I’m sorry. Let me get a French 75,” I told the waitress and took my attention back to the menu to figure out what I wanted to order.

“Are you all ready to place your order now, or do you need some more time?”

“More time.” Sol answered for us both, and the waitress left the table.

“Are you okay?” Sol wasted no time asking me once we were alone.

I couldn’t tell her what happened between me and Ghost because then she’d just rub it in my face. I wasn’t sure how she’d feel about the age difference between us. It was really no one else’s business, but that didn’t ever stop people from having an opinion on other people’s lives. Instead of telling her the truth, I lied and said, “Nothing.”

“You sure?”

“Yeah. I’m just ready for all this mess to be over with. I want to get back to my normal life.” That wasn’t a lie. I hadn’t been at Ghost’s place long. Though I had everything that I’d need there, I still missed being in my own bed. I missed my house. I missed spending time in my garden.

“Yeah, I understand that,” Sol replied.

We stayed at the restaurant for a couple of hours, and then Sol took me back to Ghost’s place. She didn’t make any other stops along the way, as if she’d promised to bring me back on a curfew or something.

The car stopped outside the building, and I stared up at it. A sigh released from me.

“It’ll be over before you know it,” she assured me, but I wasn’t so sure about all that.

“Thanks for the night, girl. I love you,” I said as I climbed out the car and shut the door behind me. Sol and her detail sat outside until I made it into the building and the door shut behind me.

The lobby was quiet. No one was at the front desk. I noticed some of the gym equipment moving as I headed toward the elevator. Stopping, I pressed the up button and waited for it to get to me. When I got inside, I tapped the key card and then hit Ghost’s floor.

The elevator let me off. I headed down the hallway in the direction of the apartment. After what happened between us, I couldn’t even fully enjoy myself, because I was terrified of getting drunk and coming back and climbing into his bed.

As I entered the house, it was a bit quiet. The lights were still on, which meant he’d stayed up to wait for me to come back like he said. I went into the kitchen to grab me a bottle of water before I started turning off everything and headed to my bedroom. Opening the refrigerator, I grabbed a bottle of the Eternal water and twisted the top off. Placing it to my lips, I took a sip and heard, “Fuck, yeeeeeeah.” The water sprayed everywhere.

I just knew I wasn’t tripping. Easing down the hallway toward Ghost’s bedroom, my ears perked even more.

“Fuck, right there,” a woman’s voice said. I stopped at his doorway to see Ghost deep in some thick girl’s pussy from behind. He was paining the shit out of her ass, and she was tossing her shit back like there was no tomorrow. He pulled his dick all the way out to the tip, and my eyes damn near fell out the sockets. Every time I brushed against him, I could feel his big ass dick, but I didn’t think it was that huge. That man was working with a monster, and he was making my pussy throb just from getting a glimpse of it.