She moves in front of me and begins to work my neck. I look up, and I can see a sliver of her toned stomach peeking out each time she reaches forward. She smells like strawberries, and I inhale her scent as I watch her body move in front of me. She disappears and I feel her at my feet. Her hands begin to work my legs sliding up my calf and trailing to about my mid thigh. Each time she goes up my thigh all I want to do is throw her under me and sink myself into her. Through all of the dates I have been on I have never been this ready to take a girl to bed. The way her hands felt gliding over my skin mixed with the strawberry scent filling the room has been driving me crazy.
“Okay, the sixty minutes for the massage is up…”
Fuck yes. I turn on the table throwing the sheet off of me. “I am so ready you have no idea. You are gorgeous by the way and I just—“
“Oh my God!” Her hands cover her eyes. “What are you doing, you creep?!” She runs out of the room, and my mouth drops open.
I am going to fucking kill Hunter.
Chapter Two
Nina
I wave to Jessie at the front desk as I run out the door, thank God that douchebag was my last client. I cannot believe that guy! I pull out my phone to call Samantha.
“Hey, love, what’s up?”
“You will not believe what just happened to me! This guy got a massage and then whipped out his penis at the end.” I slam my door closed wishing I was shutting his damn penis in it.
“He what? Who the hell would do something like that?” I can hear voices in the background and laughter. “Why are you two giggling like school girls over there? Nina, I’m at my house why don’t you come over.”
“On my way.” I hang up the phone and speed out of the parking lot. I have been doing this for two years in LA and never had that shit happen, I move to this little town, and it happened within two weeks. What the hell gave him the idea that I would even be okay with that?
I shake my head. This is why every time Sam tries to convince me to date I blow her off. Men are pigs. I pull up to Sam and Hunter’s house before I can even knock the door opens. Sam grabs my hand and pulls me inside and into the living room. Her boyfriend, Hunter and his friend, Brian are standing there. She walks over to them smacking them both in the back of their heads.
“Sorry, Nina,” they say in unison, and I honestly don’t think I could be more confused.
“What is going on?” I look back and forth between Sam and Hunter.
She raises her hand as if to hit him again, but Hunter holds his hands up in protest. “Okay, shit. That guy was Jake, our friend. He has had terrible luck with chicks lately. Brian and I thought it would be funny to mess with him. I implied that the massage might come with extras.” My eyes bug out of my head. “I know it was an asshole thing to do, I’m sorry. I didn’t think he would actually go through with it.”
I shake my head in disbelief. “This is insane. I’ll text you later, Sam.” I open the door and get into my car, as I back out of the driveway another car is waiting to pull in. I look in my rearview mirror and recognize him. I laugh at how embarrassed he must have been. He is probably going to kill them. Good, I can’t believe that they told him that. Set up or not, what kind of a guy tries to go out and pay for it? It’s disgusting.
I text my roommate, Tina and see what she wants to do for dinner. She asks if I want to go out to eat, and I contemplate having to cook and clean for about a half a second before I reply yes. I head home, take a shower and get dressed. The entire time I do my hair and makeup I avoid looking in the mirror, as always. It’s too painful. Every time I see my reflection I see Carly and the constant pain in my heart grows sharper.
Carly and I were twins. We did absolutely everything together, we survived our parents’ divorce, my mother getting remarried and having to deal with our stepbrother, Camden. A few months before our eighteenth birthday, she started to pull away from me. She never wanted to go out anymore, go shopping, all she wanted to do was eat. I brushed it off saying she was just PMSing, but I should have paid more attention. Maybe then I might not have lost her. She might still be here. It’s my fault.
A knock on my bedroom door makes me jump, and I see Tina standing there. “You ready girl? The uber is pulling up and I’m starving.”
I nod, pushing thoughts of Carly away and hiding my pain. I do it so much I swear it isn’t even hard anymore. I grab my purse and follow Tina out to the car. Thank God she called one of these because tonight’s dinner is definitely going to involve alcohol. Between the incident at work, and my thoughts of Carly I just need a distraction. My mood lifts on the way to the restaurant. Harley’s is one of my favorite places to go to. It has a really laid back atmosphere, with a small dance floor, a full bar, and some tables scattered all around. The food is fantastic and whenever we go there it is a blast.
This is just what I need right now. Having fun with T will totally distract me from today’s drama. I tell her all about Jake once we sit down at a table. “I mean, I didn’t even know what to do. What do you say to a guy who is sitting there with his dick out waiting for you to suck it?”
She laughs and almost chokes on her drink. “Well, my dear, that would depend on if he was hot or not.”
“Seriously?” I shake my head at her in disbelief.
“Hell yes!” We break out into laughter, but she stops abruptly, and I see her eyes get wide. “Holy shit. I swear the equivalent of the Magic Mike cast just walked through the door.”
I turn discreetly before my mouth drops open at the sight. “You have got to be kidding me.” I quickly turn back to face Tina hoping he didn’t see me. “Why don’t we go somewhere else?”
“Why would we do that?” She examines me before smiling. “You know them don’t you? Please make my night and tell me one of them is the flasher?” My lack of a response gives her the answer she wants. “Nina, you’re so funny!” She says the words so loud I glare at her. She’s trying to draw his attention. I’m going to kill her. Her giggle tells me that she was successful. I clench my jaw as I feel my face flush with a mix of anger and embarrassment.
I feel him before I see him. My entire body tenses as a chair appears at the end of our table. He sits down, and I glance over at him. Damn, he really is sexy. Get a grip Nina! He thought you were a hooker!
“Hey, so I just wanted to say that I’m sorry about earlier.” His head dips signaling to me that he is embarrassed. His voice is like tires on a dirt road. It sends chills through me. I’m so fucked. I will not let him in. “Honestly, that’s just not me at all. I usually wait to sexually assault girls ‘til at least the second date.” He laughs, and I force myself to stay stoic and unaffected by him.
“No problem, talk to you later.” Maybe if I turn on the bitch, he’ll leave.
“You ladies come here often?” He looks over at me, and when he gets no response, he turns to Tina.
“We do, we actually only live about ten minutes away.” Why don’t you just give him our address! “You guys can pull up a chair if you want there is plenty of room.” I kick her under the table hoping to make it clear that I want him to go away. “You should come by some time.” Bitch.
“Aren't you supposed to save her from guys like me? I mean that’s usually best friend duty number one right?” He laughs trying to lighten the mood.
“She's a big girl, she can handle herself, as I’m sure you saw earlier.” Someone just kill me so that I no longer need to sit here.
“Oh, can she now?” He looks back at me and leans in close so only I can hear what he is about to say. “I’d like to test that theory.” His hot breath tickles my neck.