H.E.R. |d.e

XIII

Susie eyed the woman before her before nodding slightly pointing to where Sade could wait "Sure, I can grab him for you just have a seat"

Sade thanked the woman taking a seat looking around in awe, she had never seen such a luxury store and the architecture was to die for. To ease her nerves she fiddled with her fingers until she could hear footsteps approaching

Standing up to greet him she smiled as Kairo pulled her into him letting his hand rest lightly on her waist he kissed her cheek "Mocha what a surprise"

"Hey, I hope I'm not interrupting. I was thinking about you so I brought you some lunch" she smiled holding up the food

Kairo smiled widely taking it from her grasp " Thinking about me huh? I appreciate you for this. Come on" he motioned for her to follow him as Susie raised an eyebrow she hadn't seen him with any women besides Sydney and the fact that he was blushing had her beaming full of joy for him

"Wow" Sade exclaimed as they reached his office, a set of wedding bands sat on his desk ready to be put on display.

"Something right? Real red rubies on the band, took me a while to set it" Kairo let out as he took a mouthful of the still warm cabbage

"It's beautiful. How long does it normally take you to finish a piece?"

"It depends, but I like to take my time so normally if it's from scratch about four months."

"Can I try it on?" Sade asked as she twirled the ring in between her fingers

Kairo eyed her seeing how intrigued she was "Go ahead Mocha." He watched as she examined the ring on her finger with a smile on her face, everything in him wanted to tell her she could have it but with his gifting normally came rejection so he opted out on ruining the mood

"You're amazing at what you do" She complimented as she placed it back in its rightful box

"I appreciate that. You got this cooking thing down pack too" Kairo responded as he bit into the soft buttery biscuit

"You like it? I tried a different rub sauce for the ribs"

Kairo showed her the bones which were practically licked clean "What does that tell you?"

"I'm glad you enjoyed it" Sade laughed

Kairo motioned for Sade to come here as she made herself comfortable in his lap, gripping her thigh lightly he sparked up light conversation "How was your day?" 

Sade sighed as she relaxed into him "I spent most of my day at Mama B's home. Cleaned up a little for her and cooked"

Kairo nodded "Hows she doing?"

"Hanging in there. Chemo is hard on her but she's strong" Sade smiled lightly

"I'll keep her in my prayers" Hearing Kairo utter those words made her heart flutter, she placed a light kiss on his lips

"You've been here all day?"

Kairo exhaled "Yeah since this morning, a few business meetings plus inventory"

"Sounds stressful, when are you off?" Sade asked as she took a bite from his plate

Kairo glanced down at his watch "It was, but you're here so I'm ending my day right. When I want really." Before Sade could rebuttal Kairo's office door opened at the sight of a much older man Sade tried to remove herself from his lap out of respect but the grip Kairo had on her made her remain

"Figlio (son) I was looking for you, your brother is here, Ah what a surprise you have company"

"Pa this is Sade. Sade this is my father Luka" Kairo introduced the two cleaning his hands with the wet wipes Sade made sure to add

"Nice to meet you Mr Luka" Sade waved shyly

Clasping his hands together he smiled widely immediately knowing who she was "Please call me Luka, nice to meet you beautiful. How'd you enjoy that book?"

Sade smiled remembering the third edition book Kairo went out his way to find that happen to be on his fathers book shelf "It was a good read, thank you for allowing me to borrow it"

"No problem. Kairo my office, the quicker we straighten this out the better" Luka quickly got back on track on why he came in here originally

"I thought we cleared it up" Kairo voiced tired of explaining his reasoning for him and Giovanni taking out Salvador. Sade looked between the two sensing the tension that now consumed the room, she held Creed's hand in her grasp rubbing her fingers over his knuckles

"Kairo il mio ufficio ora" (In my office now) Luka let out his final words as he walked out sure that his son wouldn't be far behind

"You okay?" Sade questioned

Kairo knew that Sade could feel his change in energy as she did often " Yeah just family stuff, you going to wait for me?"

Sade nodded as she stood up so he could get up as well "Yeah I don't mind"

Kairo tried to hide his smile but Sade noticed the light smirk "Cool it won't be long."

Sade took a seat in his chair behind his desk spinning side to side "I'm sure I'll find something to read in the meantime"

Kairo nodded giving her one last kiss as he made his way out, once he was gone Sade ran her hands across the items he had resting on his desk. A vintage pen set that he used on a regular to sign documents, along with other little decorations significant to him. Her hand stopped at a picture frame of him and a young woman smiling as he stood behind her holding on to her round belly. Sade quickly put two and two together and her heart immediately sunk.

Sade now had more questions than ever but the one that kept replaying most of all was where was the baby?
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