Page 58 of Lore
And holy shit.
He’s ripped.
Like, wow.
And the gray sweatpants he’s wearing, let’s just say, they don’t leave much to the imagination.
“Where’s my grandson gone?” he asks, looking around with a frown on his face.
“War got tired of other people holding him,” I manage to get out, trying to keep my eyes on his and not look any lower.
“Stingy bastard,” he mutters, stretching his arms up over his head, his biceps flexing.
Lore comes storming in with Ghost behind him, giving me a once-over to make sure I’m all right. “You okay, Butterfly?” he asks, sitting next to me and taking my hand in his. “What did the son of a bitch say?”
“He wants me and Dove, and he’s not going to give up,” I summarize, and the men all share a look.
“Church in thirty minutes,” Prez calls out, disappearing back upstairs.
Lore grips my face and presses a soft kiss to my mouth. “I don’t know how he found the number, but don’t answer any other calls unless it’s from one of us. And no private numbers.”
“I didn’t even think. I just assumed it would be one of the girls or something,” I admit, sighing and resting my head on his shoulder. “Come on, let’s go play with the kids before you have church.”
This thing with Trent is going to come to a head.
Soon.
And we all need to be ready for it.
LORE
We’re just leaving church when War comes up to me. “You know I owe you an apology.”
“About what?” I ask, frowning. I don’t think I’ve ever heard War apologize to anyone except his old lady. “Am I dying or something?” What else could be so fucking wrong that he would say sorry? “Is Daisy’s baby mine? I swear I didn’t come inside her pussy at all in those weeks. It’s not me, right?”
He studies me for a moment and then smirks, shaking his head.
“We don’t know who the dad is yet. Daisy has moved across the country. We know where she is, though, just waiting for her to give birth.” He pauses. “But if it were you, you’d be fucked. At least Suit will step in and put a patch on Atiana.”
“I’d kill him first,” I threaten, then narrow my eyes. “Wait, what are you apologizing for then?”
“I told you that you could never be faithful to one woman. I was wrong,” he says, clapping me on the shoulder.
“To be fair, I think I was telling you that I’d step up and take Ora if you didn’t.” I wince.
“Yeah, that’s why I don’t give a fuck that Suit has been doing the same to you.” He smirks, running a hand over his dark hair. “Actually, I kind of enjoy it. Haze does too. You deserve all the shit you get thrown at you, brother. We even paid him to keep that shit up.”
Goddamn motherfucker!
“Well, this conversation took a dark turn,” I mutter. “Weren’t you saying sorry?”
“That moment is over. You ready to get this fucker?”
“Yeah. The time for waiting is over. He’s not going to stop. But we need to play it smart.”
“We will. By the way, Atiana’s property patch came in. When do you want to do it?” he asks, pausing before he turns toward the staircase.
“As soon as possible.”
