Saints Row: Bullet to the Heart - Empire in Blood

Chapter 36

~*The Supremacy Condos.*~

Massive as the building came into view. It overlooked the sea. Kyouki hadn't even stepped from the car and could imagine living here. Sending a text when she found parking.

Dane stopped, his heart skipped. Breathtaking wasn't what he could describe how she looked. Her off the shoulder plunging lilac sweater hugged her at the waist, fitted black jeans, with black peep toe heels clicking as she walked across the pavement. The sound of tiny chimes caught his ears from the bracelet she wore.

"Kyouki, welcome. You look... Wonderful." Dane sighed.

"Thank you. You look very dapper." Her hair draped on her right shoulder fell in soft romantic waves.

Dane laughed. "Never have I been called dapper. Few know the meaning of the word." His hair was down, not gelled up. Khaki cargo pants, and black boots and sweater.

He is handsome like this. To Kyouki, his suits also attracted her, but this look she liked a little more. "Extensive vocabulary. Taught at an early age. And old movies helped in the rearing."

Dane laughed again. This woman was more than he had hoped. Escorting her into the building, he guided her to the elevators. They stopped two floors before the very top floor. Kyouki gasped. It was beautiful. The tall glass windows reached the ceiling, taking up a wall. They led to a balcony overlooking the sea, and the colors cast on the evening sky absolutely stunned her. She could definitely see herself in a place like this.

Dane ducked into the kitchen that joined the dining area with open, elegant arches. Dane's apartment decorated modestly, for a bachelor still seemed rather empty. Warm woods and glass, hardly pictures of friends or family. From his everyday appearance, when she saw him in the club, her assumption was correct he may have no time for anything other than work.

That was something she could relate to. Having this time off, she felt like she was cheating on the Saints. She needed to get the next task on her list ready. Though Dane is proving to be a mild distraction, it isn't work related, or gang, she can allow herself this small moment of breathing room.

Looking at the paintings on the wall, she admired the colors splayed on the canvases. Bright in contrast to the harsh cold feel of the apartment.

"My lady, apéritif?" Holding the glass for her to take.

Declining politely. "I drink tea or water."

"You had whiskey when we first met?"

"Yes. Just a bit. I usually don't, impairs the senses. Besides, that was a drink with you." She corrected as a smile spread.

With a smile of his own, he went back into the kitchen to bring the lady her tea. "Any particular leaf? I seem to only have green." He called from the cabinets.

Kyouki stood in the archway with her arms folded, softly nearly startling the man. "If you have honey, that will be fine."

Dane visibly flinched; he didn't hear her coming. Her eyes fixated on him were like honey pools. Dane is losing himself in them. He is fighting to not undress her. He checked the cabinets again, finding a small honey bear in the back.

"I'm surprised that you do not have a jar. The bear is too cute for you." Ky teased. Dane blushed, reminding himself to pick up a jar of honey and a variety of tea leaves for when Kyouki arrives again.

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"Ah, that was delicious. I didn't think you knew your way around the kitchen."

"My lady, you hurt me. Do I seem like the type who would need others to cook for me?"