Page 88 of Armor
She saw it and burst out laughing. When she was done, she bumped me, “Thank you.”
As we dug into our food, I said, “Plans after work?”
She moaned as she chewed a piece of sweet and sour chicken, then said, “Bed. It’s already been a shit show today, and if you weren’t coming to bring me lunch, I would have had to skip it.”
“Sorry, baby,” I told her.
She shrugged, “It’s...” Then she stopped as a tone dropped.
I lifted my brow, then she smiled, “It’s okay.”
She managed to get ten more bites of her food before Malinda ran into the breakroom, “We need you.”
I slid out of the booth and stood up as she chugged some drink down, then set the bottle on the table, and slid out of the booth.
She lifted on her tiptoes and pressed a quick kiss on my lips, “Thank you. Sorry you had to come all this way for this.”
I shrugged, then tucked a strand of hair behind her ear that fell out of her ponytail. “I get to see you, no worries. I’ll drop this at home.”
She smiled, then she asked, “Home?”
I nodded, “It’s where you are. It’s home.”
A tear trailed down her cheek, then she whispered, “You're not making this easy.”
I winked, “If it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth it. Get back to work.”
She nodded, then she stepped around me, and I called out, “Love you, Star Shine.”
She flipped me the middle finger.
I burst out laughing.
***
After I placed the food in the fridge at home, I smirked, then headed to the clubhouse to finish packing.
I wasn’t lying. She’s where my home is.
And to get her back, well, I’m going to be up her ass so much she won’t have any other choice but to give in to me.
Was it underhanded?
Yes.
But was it going to be worth it to sleep next to her each night until I did it?
Fuck yes, it was.
After I had all my shit loaded up in a box and two duffels, I stalked down the hall, down the stairs, and it was Red who asked, “Where the fuck are you going?”
“Home,” I said.
He chuckled, “I’ll dig you a grave for when she buries your ass.”
I looked at him and said, “Garret already promised to bury me if I really hurt her. Just made him promise to put her in the grave next to me when God calls her home. Get with him on that, yeah?”
He had been smiling at the start of my words, then that smile vanished, and in its place was seriousness. “Well, fuck. Knew she meant something to you. Didn’t know it was like that.”
