The question nearly caught him off guard. “One who knows what she wants.” He turned the beer in his hand. “Which is the sort of woman who turns me on.”
“Well, it’s not like you can take me here.” She kept his gaze, her eyes reflecting heat, and there was a coolness about her like she was in complete control. It caused his body to react, and he moved uncomfortably in the seat. For a moment he wondered if she could read his thoughts. But, of course, he was certain that his desires were clearly plastered on his face.
“Something makes me think you would even though we’re in public.” She raised an eyebrow.
Max stifled a groan of desire. Was she really agreeing to this? A quickie? Some intimate fun. Some hours of fucking?Don’t mess this up. He had to tread carefully, his arrogance could put her off and with what was being suggested he sure as hell didn’t want that to happen. “Of course not. I wouldn’t treat a lady like that.”
Zoe laughed. “I don’t believe you.” She took a sip of her beer, rolling her lips afterwards as if deciding if she really liked the taste or not. He wanted to kiss those lips with their beer flavour. Instead, Max lifted his beer and nearly drained all the amber liquid in one enormous gulp.
“Does that mean you’re going to give me a chance to prove otherwise?”
Zoe smiled. He could’ve sworn that meant that she was saying yes to him. She gracefully stood, the chair legs scraping on the concrete floor. Then she walked away.
I fucked up. He finished his beer and then stood. It was time to feed the cattle, and then he was getting out of there back to the motel. It wasn’t the first time he’d messed up with a woman, and with bitterness on his lips he didn’t think it would be the last. He moved to go, using all of his willpower not to look over wherever it was that Zoe had gone. She’d been teasing me.And I fell for it. Like a bloody bull being kept from a cow for years.
“You’re going to what?” Billie’s eyes were wide with shock. “It was a dare for you to talk to him, not an invitation to go and sleep with him.”
“Zoe, honey, I don’t think this is a good idea.” Ellie shook her head.
Zoe glared at her friends. “This wasn’t what you were saying only a few hours ago.” She put her hands on her hips. Her mind was made up. She was throwing caution to the wind and taking a risk with Max. Confidence burned through her veins and she knew exactly what she was getting into.
Hot sex. No strings attached.
She had to try this once in her life.
And Max had gotten under her skin enough for her to want to rip his clothes off and kiss every part of his body, before letting him take her.
“Okay, okay. You’re right. I just worry about you, you’re my friend.” Billie reached forward and put her hand on Zoe’s shoulder. “We know Max, and he’s… well, you know what he’s like.”
Zoe rolled her eyes and pushed Billie’s hand away. Apparently, her friends were all talk. Sitting there for a few hours, knowing Max was only half a room away, she’d gone to talk to him on a dare. She guessed her friends were trying to get her to do something different, she’d been boyfriend-less for a while now, by choice. Getting back into dating wasn’t easy. And this wasn’t dating, just pure hot fun. Zoe figured this would be a good intermediate step before she went back on the dating scene.
“Max is perfect for what I want right now,” said Zoe. “I’ll be fine.” She’d managed some of the top lawyers in Adelaide, she was confident she could handle Max and his arrogance.
“Do you want us to speak with him?” Billie had a concerned tone to her voice.
“Why the fuck for?”
“You know, just to make sure that if he hurts you, he’ll have to deal with us.”
Zoe didn’t think her friends looked particularly scary. “I’m not into that sort of sex.”
Ellie laughed. “Good to know, though that was too much information.”
“What else do you expect? You’ve just been telling me to get it on with him, dared me to go speak with him, and now I’ve decided I’m up for a bit of hanky-panky, you both have gone all nun-like on me. At least my mind is made up for what I want.”
“Settle down, Zoe.”
“You’re right. You’ll be fine. What Billie meant to say was that if you need us for anything, we’re here for you,” said Ellie.
“Do you need condoms?” asked Billie. She picked up her handbag. “I think I’ve got some in here.”
“You carry around condoms with you?”
“Of course. Don’t you?” Billie handed Zoe two packets. “I’d give you more, but hey I might end up needing them myself.”
The women laughed. Zoe took them and quickly slipped them into her handbag.
“Well, you better hurry up, Max is heading for the door,” said Ellie.
