uncultured buffoon?”
I give him a look.
“Don’t comment. Our manager, Collin, told me about this place. I thought you might like it.”
“You thought right.” I say as I move along with the sounds of the music.
We find a vacant antique brown leather tufted sofa and sit down. Tyler puts his arm around my shoulders, pulling me close to him.
“Hey there Mac,” A waitress dressed up like a flapper sets a plate of canapés down on the table in front of us. “Can I get a little giggle juice for you and your dame?”
“Two manhattans please.”
“Coming right up.” She turns and walks off, the delicate fringe on her dress swinging as she does.
Tyler picks up a canapé and holds it out in front of my mouth. I lean in to take a bite and, as I do, our eyes lock. He puts the other half of the canapé back down onto the plate. His hands dive into my hair as he brings my face to his, crushing his lips to mine. His kisses are hungry and passionate, like he can’t get enough of them.
“Hey, yous two,” a bartender calls out; his accent has a New York gangster sound to it, sort of like Lucky Luciano’s. “No hanky panky in my establishment. Yous wanna neck, you save it for the struggle buggy, capiche?”
“Oh Sal, quit being such a wet blanket,” another bartender says. “You’d be doing the same thing if you had a pretty little tomato like that.”
“But I don’t, hence the reason I don’t wanna see it,” Sal glances over to me and winks. “You ever decide to tell this poor sap to beat it, you come see me. Ya got that doll face?”
“I’ll keep that in mind but this one here,” I turn back to Tyler. “He’s a keeper.”
“Ain’t yous two sweet. Hey Corinne, those two drinks are on me.”
“You got it Sal.” Corinne says as she places our drinks down in front of us.
We pick up our glasses and clink them together. I take a sip, closing my eyes as the smoky taste of whisky slides down my throat. Tyler reaches over and trails his fingertips up and down my bare arms.
“We have to go...now.” Tyler says as I take the last sip of my drink.
“Is everything okay?” I ask.
“Yes everything is fine but Sal here says no hanky panky and I’m slowly losing the ability to sit here without touching you.”
I laugh as Tyler jumps up and grabs my hand, pulling me to my feet.
“Bye Sal.” I call out as we walk past him.
“Goodnight Doll face. Yous two come back ya hear? Yous are welcome at my juice joint anytime.”
~*~
W e barely make it inside the door to our apartment when Tyler pushes me up against the wall and crushes his lips to mine. He reaches his hand behind my back and in one quick movement he unzips my dress and pushes it to the floor. I grab the bottom of his vest and pull it over his head, discarding it onto the floor with my dress. My fingers quickly move to unbutton his shirt, which he shrugs off as I reach the last button. As I undo his belt buckle, he reaches down to push his pants to the ground.
Tyler’s hands dive into my hair, pulling my face up towards his as he kisses, nibbles and sucks on my lips. Reaching my hands up, I thrust my fingers into his hair as he dots kisses along my jaw, up towards my ear and bites his way down my neck.
His hands slowly move down the side of my body, gripping onto my hips as he moves his body closer to mine. He picks me up and I wrap my legs around his waist. I kiss and nibble on his neck as he turns and starts walking us down the hallway toward our bedroom.
He lays me down on the bed and slowly moves up my body, placing soft kisses along my belly, my breasts and my neck. His hands slide along the curves of my body. He pushes my arms above my head, his fingertips traveling slowly up them and when he reaches my hands, he clasps them tightly in his. His mouth finds mine and his tongue slips quickly inside as we begin kissing each other with burning desire.
Tyler moves away from me long enough to remove his boxers and slide my lace panties
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