📍Eden
Fatima took a sip of her French 75 and thought she should probably order two more just to help her tolerate her own decisions. "This shit better work" she mumbled, checking the time on her phone. "And he's late. Just perfect" she huffed and rolled her eyes before throwing her hand up to get her waiter's attention. "Can you get me two more of these please?"
"You know I can" he winked before walking off to put her order in.
Just as she checked her phone for a second time, the familiar scent of Burberry cologne hit her nose and damn near made her eyes water. The various memories this moment brought along side the strong smell in the air gave her a headache.
"There she goes. Beautiful as ever" were the words she heard from behind her and knew immediately. Word of mouth travels fast and when Fatima found out he moved to Macon last year, she prayed her prayers had been answered. "Cordell, hi" she spoke in a relexed tone but the dry smile on her face said this some bullshit. He reached down to hug her but Fatima only gave him her shoulder, not lifting her arm to receive his action. Cordell was no stranger to Fatima's cold side. He rarely saw it but he always knew it was there. He chuckled a little bit, flipping the menu over.
"Did I miss something amusing?" she asked with a hard eyebrow.
"I guess I'm just shocked that you would reach out to me" he expressed.
"Well, if you weren't 6 and a half minutes late, we could already be past that and out the door by now" she said, as the waiter brought her drinks to the table.
"I apologize Fatima. I got caught up at the office but I'm all ears now. Do you mind if I order?" he asked grabbing the menu. "Sure, whatever but try making it quick. I have somewhere to be" she said grabbing her phone to see a text message from Zac.
ZT🤞🏽
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pick a number from 5-15
7:04pm
uh, 12😅
7:06pm
hm, wise choice
7:08pm
i'm nervous
about what that means
7:09pm
you will find out later 😋
7:09pm
don't be nasty, lol so you coming
over after your haircut?
7:11pm
damn skippy. i got everything
we need already in my backseat 😘
7:11pm
"I don't know who has you smiling like that but whoever they are, they sure are lucky" Cordell regrettably said, pretending to be staring at the menu.
"Blessed" Fatima corrected him, before she pulled her eyes from her phone screen "He's blessed" Cordell let out a deep chuckle from his chest and rubbed his massive hand over his beard. He eyed Fatima and nodded "Yeah, you right"
"As always but that shouldn't be news to you" She moved the glass in front of her to the tray and replaced it with a full glass the waiter left. "Now let's get to it. I asked you to meet me here for business, not a reunion and definitely not for dinner."
"Fine Fatima." he huffs a breath, situating himself as he stared at her. It wasn't the plan but how could he not be captivated?
"What business do you want to discuss with me?" his voice was smooth and slick.
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