Curved For His Pleasure ( Book 1 in the Gavel Series )

Dinner With Drake

Drake's P O V

Carah and Chase came out of the bedroom and her cheeks were bright red and her eyes were on the floor. I got up from the couch in the den when I heard the door close. My friend was holding hands and smiling like the God damned Cheshire cat. It was unbelievable I wish I could take pics, but he'd kill me. I crossed my arms and gawked at them as they stopped, Chase yanked her into his arms and kissed her deeply. I watched them separate and look in each other's eyes for like a minute. He found it, the lucky bastard actually found true love and at a damn auction, at my insistence. " Ha, I'm a genius " I shouted making them look my way, funny how they both rolled their eyes at me, something I pointed out and Chase almost swallowed the poor woman. I proposed we go for a light dinner at a new place I wanted to try out, Chase agreed and asked Carah if she wanted to go. She said she did but she was unsure of her casual outfit. We both assured her she was gorgeous and suitably dressed, she was wearing a navy blue jeans, white v neck shirt and navy blue heels. We took the elevator down to the parking garage and hopped into my car, a new land rover. Carah got in the back, Chase pouted, like actually pouted and got out and went in the back with her, leaving me to be their chauffeur. I sighed and made my way downtown to check out the newest restaurant in town A Slice of Life it was called. When we pulled up out front I cleared my throat, " sir...madam we have arrived " Carah giggled and Chase scowled at me as I had interrupted his hickey efforts. I chuckled and they got out to wait while I parked the car. We walked in and it was like a diner setting so no host, we seated ourself at a table close to the back and waited for a waitress or waiter to take our order. So it was your usual diner delicacies but the specialty was pies of all kinds, hence the Slice reference in the name. We each picked something different so we could pick at each others food and get different tastings. I got a double cheese burger cut in three, Chase got a grilled fish and fries cut in three and Carah got a BLT cut in three with extra bacon. For some reason when she said extra bacon Chase almost spat the water he was drinking out and Carah blushed. " Have you two been doing freaky bedroom s**t with bacon? " I asked. Now it was Carah's turn to spit her water out, I shrugged and started light conversation with Carah. I asked about her mom and dad, siblings, how school and work was going. We looked a hot mess sitting there with 3 pieces of different dishes on our plates laughing and talking comfortably. When the waiter cleared our table and asked if we wanted dessert we each ordered a different slice of pie and shared again. We had Key Lime, Pecan and Cherry, yup you guessed it, all cut in three.

As we were finishing up each others pies a splash of coke landed in Carah's face, she sputtered and Chase and I shouted " what the f**k! " We jumped up and while Chase grabbed tissues and helped a sputtering Carah dry off some what, I looked around and saw three blonde bimbos, one with an empty soda glass in her hand standing there sneering. " Oh look, the w***e is all wet " said the tallest of the three, another one cackled " she's so unashamed she's here with two men now ", " good thing we came to check this place out, we would've missed this opportunity " I looked at them and shouted " who the f**k are you and why did you do that, she was literally here just eating her pie " they scoffed in unison " we were just playing a prank on our little sister Mr whoever you are, she needs a constant reminder that she's a nobody from nowhere whose w***e of a mother trapped our father using her " I looked over at Carah " sweetness are these your sisters " I asked her, the poor baby just nodded and sniffled into Chase's shirt. I turned back to the 3 scarecrows and asked them if they had someone to pay their bail. The one in the middle laughed " our daddy is the richest man in town we're practically untouchable " " plus Caruuuuuuuuh is such a pansy she'll never press charges against us " I nod and say " ok that's good, now explain that to the gentleman whose restaurant you just damaged " when they looked back, the manager and owner of the place was standing there with four police officers " yes officer that's them, they ruined my opening night and I want them charged " as the police dragged the idiots out they continued to berate and insult Carah as if it were her fault. I chuckled " Carah your sisters are pretty stupid " she sniffed and giggled " I'm so sorry guys, they just don't stop, I don't know what I've done to make them hate me so much, it's like every time I find happiness they find me and crush it " her voice faltered and she started sobbing, Chase cradled her head to his chest and kissed her face, whispering sweet things in her ear. I paid the bill, apologised to the owner even though we weren't at fault, I go bring the car around get some clean towels out of my gym bag in the trunk and set one down on the seat and gave Chase the rest to help Carah. We drove back to Chase's loft and she made her excuses while she went to shower and wash her hair. Chase asked if she needed help and she declined, my buddy went into the room and came back wearing pajama bottoms, I went into the den and turned the TV on while he went into the kitchen and made us three drinks. When Carah came back out she was wearing his pajama top and had her hair wrapped in a towel. I poured her drink when she came over, she took her drink and settled in Chase's lap. " Dammit I want that, where's my version of this man, hey Carah you got any sisters on your mama's side? " we all looked at each other and started laughing, she said no but she does have a best friend who she thinks is pretty great. I ask her to set up a double date with all of us and she agrees only after I promise not to hurt her kitkat. I promise and she says she'll talk to Kat about it. I tell them I had fun until the b***h brigade as Carah calls them, ruined our dessert. I tell Carah it was great meeting her, I tell her she's awesome and you can't chose your family, I mean look at my damn sister. I tell her Chase doesn't deserve her and I'll be happy to find her a better man. Chase tells me to get the hell out, scowling like an ornery old man. I scamper to the elevator and tell them I expect God kids as soon as her culinary adventure was over. Chase throws a couch pillow at me and I close the door laughing.

Chase's P O V

I lock the elevator and the outer doors and return to the couch and Carah, I pull her back onto my lap and kiss her forehead. " Are you ok baby, I'm so sorry they ruined our dinner " she sighed and reached up to caress my cheek " it wasn't so bad this time, I had you to comfort me and Drake barely knows me and he defended me " I smile, yeah Drake is a good egg, if he hadn't stood up for her Mrs Summers would've kicked his ass all up and down the city. I hugged her tightly and we just sat there snuggling each other until I heard her soft snores. I lifted her up and put her to bed, took the towel off her head and got into bed with her. I would need to arrange a meeting with her father, those things he raised can't keep going around doing this s**t to Carah any and everywhere they pleased. I'd end up hurting one of them, I was pissed tonight. I snuggled up to my love and kissed her hair and after a while I too was snoring.