Gio Tocca's heart couldn't stop trembling for a long time even after she got herself into a taxi and made her way to the club where she was supposed to be meeting with her friends. The aura and presence of that man was just so overwhelming and his subtle masculine woody scent invaded all her senses to oblivion. She has never felt that way about anyone, sure, she has a boyfriend and they've been dating for a year now but she was never this way about him.
To Gio's defense she was really tired of being single and hence dated the next man to fall on her doorstep and him being handsome just made it easier for her to fill the void of being single all this while.
Every woman wants love and feel loved, that feeling of being in someone's arms as they whisper sweet nothings to you. And that is exactly how she wanted to feel. However now after the mystery man, she started having her doubts about Rendell Book.
Taking aside the fact that she felt no love for him, he was recently pressuring her to prove her "love" to him by taking it between the sheets. And as much as she says she's ready and even jokes about doing it a lot, in all honesty she just couldn't bring herself to do it, especially with Rendell.
She sighed as she paid the cab driver and got off, she was immediately met with her frenemy Christine Josephs. Gio braced herself and took a deep breathe before faking a smile at Chrissie "Ey girl!" Gio offered half a hug to her and quickly stepped back. Chrissie grinned like an idiot and asked harshly "I called your house hours ago, why didn't you call me back as soon as you got the message?"
Gio couldn't be bothered to reply "I'm here aren't I? What's up?"
Chrissie looked like she was trying to conceal some emotions before she said "Rendell wanted me to tell you to go to his apartment, he needed to talk to you?"
"Why didn't he call me directly?" Gio asked
Chrissie forced a laugh and said "You should ask him, how am I to know?" she puffed her chest and went back into the club.
Gio sighed, she was subconsciously irritated knowing that she had to see Rendell, the thought was off-setting to her but she reminded herself that this was her current boyfriend and thus far he hadn't wronged her and so she steeled her heart, turned and called a cab back to go to Rendell's.
As she got into the cab, Cipher came out of a flower bush by the entrance next to where Gio and Chrissie where standing. He squinted his eyes in the direction where Chrissie went and turned to look at cab tail that was disappearing into the streets.
"Brainz" Cipher started as soon as the call was connected, "she went to the fool's house"