Forbidden Love novel Chapter 7

Wrong. Astronomically wrong. Extremely wrong.

It's been ten minutes and I'm already worried that I'm going to sweat out what little makeup I had on. I've also had to resist the urge to change about three times, try not to go upstairs and take an amazing bath twice, and fight the part of me that just wants to cancel altogether.

I decided to just sit on my couch with my phone at least 3 feet away from me so I wouldn’t - and couldn’t - touch it. My hands were tightly clasped together so I wouldn’t touch my hair and face and ruin things.

Ugh, these minutes go by even slower than when I work out, I swear.

Finally I heard the doorbell ring, and thank God Elijah just got here because if he took a minute longer, God knows what I would’ve done.

Attempting to not seem too eager, I took deep breaths as I slowly walked to the door. I checked through the peephole real quick, to make sure it was Elijah, then opened the door, nearly gasping at the sight in front of me.

Elijah stood there with a dazzling smile blessing his face, pearly whites showing and all. He had on a dark brown suit that honestly would look horrible on any other person. Somehow he was able to pull it off and not look like an old man.

He still had his gold chain around his neck instead of a tie, and on his wrist was a cartier watch. I couldn’t help but wonder if it cost more than my rent for a month. He also had a beautiful signet ring on, along with a couple others that adorn his fingers.

Jesus…This man is fine, I couldn’t help but think.

I smiled at the sight of him, trying to calm myself down.

“Hi!” I greeted a bit awkwardly.

“Hey,” he breathed out, looking me up and down. “You look stunning. I hope I didn’t keep you waiting for too long.”

I shook my head. “Oh, no, you’re fine. I just got finished with everything anyway,” I smoothly lied.

He nodded his head. “Good. Alright, well, are you ready to go? My car is across the street.”

“Yeah, let me just turn off the light real quick.” I rushed to find the light switch and turned it off before Eli led me out to his car. As I expected, it was beautiful, sleek, and expensive as hell.

It was a black Ferrari Roma. The only reason I know that is because I like to sit down and tortue myself by looking at things I could and would never have. It’s a beautiful car but not exactly my first choice of a car, not like I could afford it though.

He opened the door for me and helped me get in. As he walked around the front of the car to the driver’s side, I took a second to gap at the customized inside of the Ferrari.

The seats were white leather, the carpeting was a night blue, almost black in color. The interior smelled like a mix of Eli and a new car. In other words, I felt as though I was in heaven despite the date just starting.

On the way to the restaurant we made small talk about basic things, like how our week was and other simple things like that. For some reason I found it really easy to talk to Eli and laugh with him, although it might just be because his cologne smells like “rail me.”

One thing that wasn’t helping me though is the way Elijah drove. He had only one arm on the steering wheel and the other was on the armrest thingy, whatever it’s called.

I was so enthralled in our conversation I didn’t even realize that we had pulled into the valet parking space of a restaurant until a valet person opened the door. I stepped out and took Eli’s outstretched arm when he came to my side, all white internally freaking out.

The place was incredibly high fashion and high priced so I was scared to touch anything in fear of dirtying it with my poorness. All of my worries and anxious thoughts dissolved once we stepped foot inside the building.

Jazz music played softly in the background as I admired the beauty and extravagance of the lobby. Huge draping curtains covered the entrance doors that head to what I assumed to be different dining halls. Hints of gold and purple were placed expertly throughout the room. As I said, it was an expensive-as-fuck restaurant.

Chuckling at my awe, Eli turned towards one of the servers and whispered something to them. We were then guided through one of the entryways and walked through a door on the left side of the hallway.

We found ourselves in a small but elegant room with a similar design pattern as the lobby, but that’s not what shocked me. What shocked me was the door leading out to a small balcony that had a candlelight dinner scene set up.

Unable to contain myself, I twirled a little, basking in the scenery. I came back down to life when I heard a small laugh coming from Eli.