Company

Chapter 97

Tae opened her eyes after only three hours of sleep, yet she didn't feel tired. It could have been she was still running on an adrenaline kick and just hadn't crashed yet, or Drake's sleeping patterns were really rubbing off on her.

She looked down and in Drake fashion, he laid in between her thighs, his head on one of her boobs and his hand cupped the other, Tae tried her hardest to keep from laughing, she raised her hand to her mouth and covered it, but it was too late. Drake shifted his weigh and let out a groan.

"Good morning." He said with his eyes still closed. He then looked up. "And good morning to you too babe." He added with a smile.

Tae's mouth dropped "did you just say good morning to my breasts!?" She said hitting him on the shoulder.

Drake smiled and let out a little laugh. "You're so ridiculous, now I know why you won't do a reality show."

"Why, cuz I value my privacy and personal life?" He said, stating the truth.

"No, it's because you don't want your fans to find out how much of a perv you are."

Drake lifted his head from her chest and looked at her, his lips pressed together. "Like you don't want people to find out how nasty you are."

"I am not, I'm an angel." She said as she watched Drake lift himself from off of her, she lifted up on her elbows as she looked over his broad shoulders and back.

"Right, cuz what you let me do to you a few hours ago, your father would be so proud." He teased back as he stood up and started walking to the bathroom.

Tae's mouth fell open in shock, she reached behind her and launched one of the pillows at him, hitting him in the back of his head. She laid back down making herself comfortable again closing her eyes. She was startled when the same pillow she tossed at Drake landed back on her face with force.

"Ooowww!" She yelled out letting him know he hit her back, she rubbed the side of her face as she heard Drake chuckle from the bathroom.

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Tae and Oliver walked into the unfinished OVO Flagship store in LA, this time instead of it just being a quick Pop Up Shop that Drake usually had going on in LA, it would be permanent.

The walls were painted a crisp clean white, and the white marble floors shined as specks of sunlight pecked through the cloth that hung in front of the windows to keep people and fans from seeing the inside. It was about three quarters finished, extra pieces of wood were stacked in the corner, large white buckets that held scraps were scattered throughout the store, protective plastic that hadn't been pulled up still attached itself to certain parts of the floor, counters, and glass shelving.

Tae and Oliver looked around evaluating the work and how much still needed to be done, construction workers scattered in different sections of the store working on different projects.

"Mr. Dan! The man! With the Plan....... To finish this in a week!" Tae sang in a chipper voice as she hugged the large man.

"Well, hello! I love that greeting, do I get that every time you see me?" He said back with a smile as he hugged her back then greeted and shook Oliver's hand.

"Of course, that's my lil song I put together for you, I'm not a rapper, I'm only dating one, so, it's not going to be Grammy award winning, but it's the thought that counts." Tae smiled showing her perfect teeth as Dan through his head back in laughter.

Dan looked more intimidating then he really was, a middle-aged white man standing at 6'3, his husky body similar to a lumberjack, but with a gut in his late 40's, his brown hair with gray hair sprinkled in like salt, with a beard to match his dark brown eyes, he was still fairly attractive, even though he stood in dusty black construction boots, faded baggy blue jeans with minor rips here and there, and a paint ridden white T-shirt that had his company's logo on it. Dan was responsible for the OVO stores in Canada, and the only contractor that Drake and Oliver trusted.

"I appreciate that, because all the years I've worked with Oliver and Drake, not one of them greeted me with a song." Dan raised his hand for a high five, Tae smiled her chinky smile as if she was a child and gave him one.

"Sooooo a week right!?" Tae looked around the store with an unsure face." "This is going to be done in a week!"

Dan folded his arms across his chest and leaned back a little, his belly poking out further than the rest of his body. "There's at least two weeks of work that still needs to be done."

Tae stepped back and dramatically grabbed her chest. "OMG you're going to give me a heart attack, I'm gonna go into cardiac arrest." Dan and Oliver began to laugh as Tae put her hands on her.

"It's gotta be done by the 4th, because these doors HAVE, HAVE, HAVE to open on December 5th at 11am!"

Dan ran his dirty hand through his hair as he let out a sigh. "We can at least get the boxes of clothes in though right? That's one less thing to do." Oliver asked as he continued to look around.

Dan nodded his head in agreement. "Yes, you'll can do that." Dan folded his arms back across his chest. "There's shelving that still needs to be put up, there's Owls that still need to go up, still gotta get it cleared out."

Tae chewed on the inside of her cheek as she looked around. "So like, we need to bring more people in.... Or, what if I came in and helped?" Tae said lifting her eyebrows.

Dan immediately shook his head no. "Nope, that I can't allow." Tae frowned at Dan with her mouth open. He continued shaking his head no. "There's loose nails you could step on, there's unsanded wood. That, and if Drake finds out you've been in here lifting anything OTHER than a t-shirt, then I'm dead." Dan finished as he gave Tae a stern look, letting her know there was no way she would be in here doing hard labor.

Tae huffed and threw her arms in the air. "I give up!" She said taking another look around the store.

Dan put his large hand on her shoulder. "A week, I promise, a week."

Dan turned and began walking away. She raised a finger. "I'm trusting your word. A week."

Oliver grabbed Dan's hand and shook it. "Alright, we're out then, we'll probably be back in on the 1st, bring the workers in."

Oliver walked outside catching up with Tae. "So, the Warehouse?" Oliver asked as he stood on the driver's side and placed both arms on the hood of his car, Tae did the same.

"You don't think we should wait for Aubrey?" She said back squinting her eyes to keep the sun out of them.

"Yea, we can do that." Oliver said back shaking his head in agreement. "We gotta get one more worker though." He finished as he continued looking at her with his head to the side.

Paparazzi slowly began to approach Oliver's car once they realized who they were, Tae looked at them as they took photos, getting closer, she then looked further down the LA strip ignoring them and chewed her bottom lip.

"I know somebody." She said lightly hitting the hood of Oliver's car.

Oliver's face lit up a little bit, as his eyebrows raised. "Yeah."

Tae pulled the car door open. "Yea, he's really good too." She ducked her head down getting in the car before the paparazzi could start asking her questions.