Wife of fortune

Chapter 7

I give Malika a hug as she arrives at the house. Her suit cases are getting carried past us up to one of the bedrooms.

"This place looks amazing" she's saying and taking in the surrounding.

"You haven't even seen the best part yet" I say and I walk her to the other side of the house and pull open the glass door that leads to the beach.

"Oh we are so staying out here all the time" she says and we both walk on the porch and sit down on the big wooden beach chairs.

"So how's things going?" She asks.

"It's fine, we don't see each other much outside of the events we need to do and when we do see each other the conversations are brief" I look at the beach as the sun sparkles on the water and the waves are making music.

"So it's better than you thought, you get to live in these fancy places, travel and you don't have to deal with him that much" Malika is saying.

"I guess so" I say and hear someone walk out.

"Malika, this is Cole, Graysons friend" I say and Cole gives out his hand for her to shake, greeting her.

"Nice to meet you" he says and then looks at me.

"You have an event later today, don't forget" he's saying.

"Did Grayson send you?" I ask but he shrugs his shoulders.

"What event?" Malika is asking.

"A charity ball for some people they work with" I say shrugging it off like it's nothing big.

"You going too?" I ask Cole.

He shakes his head "no, it's just you two".

I roll my eyes and can hear Cole laugh "have fun" he says before he walks back inside.

"He's hot" Malika is saying "are all the man Grayson knows good looking?"

"That's the only one I know so it's hard to judge" I say and Malika laughs.

"Yeah, I could definitely get used to this" she's leaning her head back so the sun hits her face and then looking back at me.

"When is this ball?" She asks.

I look at my phone "7pm".

"So we have some time to kill before you have to get ready" she's getting up from her chair and pulling me on my feet.

"What do you have in mind?" I'm asking and she's just giving me a mischievous smile when she says "get dressed and meet me down here in 30 minutes"

So I don't ask questions and walk upstairs to get dressed. I wear some jean shorts with a black tube top and an oversized cotton white shirt that I leave open. I put on my sneakers and take a small bag and sunglasses.

As I'm walking through the hallway to go downstairs I pass Graysons room. And I stop for a second thinking if I should tell me I'm heading out.

Maybe I should. I knock on his door and push it open. He's sitting by the desk working on his computer as always. He looks at me and I freeze.

"I'm heading out with Malika" I say and he stares for a second not saying anything.

"Where?" He asks and I shrug my shoulders. He doesn't seem to happy that I don't know the specifics.

"I told you I'm leaving and now I'm going" I say and turn around and walk out of his room before he could tell me something more. Or no he wouldn't say anything he would just stare at me with that cold gaze hoping to freeze me so I couldn't go anywhere.