“I prefer blondes, though,” he stated.
Lord, help me.
“You of course know,” he began informatively, “that one ofthe most attractive things a woman can be is knowing exactly who she is,embracing that entirely, and not giving that first fuck what anyone thinksabout it.”
“You’refreakin’ me out,” Iinformed him right back.
“Freak out in the car,” he ordered, leaning into me,grabbing my hand, and dragging me out of the bathroom.“I skipped lunch.I’mstarved.”
I yanked on my hand when we were in my bedroom but he didn’tlet it go.
Though he did stop.
“You skipped lunch?”I asked.
“Yes,” he answered.
“You shouldn’t skip a meal, sugar.Your bodyandbrain need nourishing regularly to take on the day.My guess, your line ofbusiness, you need to stay sharp.Losin’ focus due to hunger pains don’t saysharp.”
Bizarrely, his reply came in a growl.
“You need to put your shoes on, get your bag, and get in mycar, Daisy.”
I again stared at him, doing it this time asking, “Pardon?”
“I’m trying to take this slow,” he answered.“You beingsweet is not conducive to me taking this slow.”
Yep.
Right in thecoochie.
“Oh,” I mumbled.
“Yes.Oh.Get your shoes, your bag, and I’ll meet you in theliving room.”
My head (and hair) nodded.
“Fuck me,” he muttered, watching my hair move.
He squeezed my hand, let it go, and sauntered out of theroom.
I got my shoes on, dropped my lip gloss in my bag, and methim there.
“Tell me something good.”
I was shifting the stem of the glass of my vodka martinithis way and that with my red-tipped fingers.
We were at The Broker.
I’d been hither and yon since leaving home, all in the west,but I’d been in Denver for five years.The instant I hit the city limits, theFront Range spread out across the west as far as the eye could see, I knew itwas the place where I’d die.
I’d always wanted to go to The Broker but I’d never been.
It was a date place.A special occasion place.A priceyplace.A historic place.A place you went on a night you wanted to remember.
I didn’t have many of those.
And there I was, sitting next to the handsomest man I’d everseen, the kindest, the gentlest, and the most gentlemanly.
