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against the shower wall with one hand, I shut my eyes and rubbed my temples with the other. I had to stop thinking about her. It wasn’t helping my anger issues. I couldn’t even have a decent drink to take the edge off. Not when I had to work tomorrow.
Thankfully, thinking about work tomorrow pushed Taylor out of my thoughts and replaced her with Andi. She seemed like a sweet girl. As far removed from my type as possible. That was if I even had a type. Living in LA left a guy with very little choices when it came to women. Nearly all of them were like Taylor. Plastic and fake, looking for a free ride. Nothing turned me off faster.
But Andi? From the moment her wide blue eyes locked on mine, she had all my attention. She seemed different from others I’d been with, and not just physically. She seemed genuine, and knew how to have fun. Plus, I couldn’t keep my eyes off her body. Petite and curvy, and her rack was obviously natural.
She was the complete opposite of Taylor, and seemed immune to her own appeal. I smiled remembering the look on her face when I sucked her finger. It was then that it dawned on me—she wasn’t who she pretended to be. She liked to play tough, but it was all an act.
After soaping my body, I rinsed, turned off the shower, and stepped out, drying myself with one of the oversized bath sheets. My mind was still preoccupied with Andi. Originally, I had only challenged her to throwing back those slammers to get attention from my father’s executives in the room. I knew they had been watching me the minute I walked in the door, and meeting Andi had provided me with a great opportunity to cause a scene. She stood out from every artificially enhanced female in there. We were bound to be noticed. It was, after all, part of my grand master plan. Although, after talking with her, there had been something about her, something familiar and homely. Innocent. Which now made me feel like a bigger douchebag for using her and asking her out.
That little scene was all for the benefit for her friend Lili, who had kept rubbing her hands over my ass, and at one point, even touched my junk. While I was outside on my cell, I couldn’t help but notice Lili and Andi’s heated discussion. I knew it was about me. I wasn’t into relationships, and certainly wasn’t looking for anything more than one night, but I felt compelled to protect Andi from Lili. With friends like her, who needed enemies, right?
Moving from my bathroom into the bedroom, I picked up my cell and scrolled through for her number. I debated whether to go through with the jump with Andi. I was torn. I wanted to do the right thing and not lead her on, but I couldn’t shake that feeling of wanting to see her again. She was relationship material, the type to take home and meet the family, and I had no family to meet. Other than Derek, and I wouldn’t rate him. She and I, we just wouldn’t work out. I wasn’t the right guy, not with my baggage.
Before I could talk myself out of any further, I shot off a text to Andi, giving her the address and details for tomorrow. Almost immediately, she replied, brief and short. I laughed. I pictured her face when I’d asked her to go skydiving. If I was correct about her playing the tough guy exterior, she would be shitting herself about tomorrow. She seemed naive and trusting. Like I said, not my type at all.
I slid between the cool, crisp sheets, and just as I fell into a deep sleep, I had a fleeting feeling that something big was about to happen.
Chapter Seven
Andi
My alarm beeped rudely, waking me from one of the deepest sleeps I’d had in months. And for the first time in forever, I didn’t have some weird dream that I wanted to decipher and find the meaning behind. Instead, I woke up feeling content and, dare I say it, happy. With my eyes still shut firmly and a content smile on my face, I rolled over and turned off the alarm function on my smartphone, keen to snuggle back under my
Thankfully, thinking about work tomorrow pushed Taylor out of my thoughts and replaced her with Andi. She seemed like a sweet girl. As far removed from my type as possible. That was if I even had a type. Living in LA left a guy with very little choices when it came to women. Nearly all of them were like Taylor. Plastic and fake, looking for a free ride. Nothing turned me off faster.
But Andi? From the moment her wide blue eyes locked on mine, she had all my attention. She seemed different from others I’d been with, and not just physically. She seemed genuine, and knew how to have fun. Plus, I couldn’t keep my eyes off her body. Petite and curvy, and her rack was obviously natural.
She was the complete opposite of Taylor, and seemed immune to her own appeal. I smiled remembering the look on her face when I sucked her finger. It was then that it dawned on me—she wasn’t who she pretended to be. She liked to play tough, but it was all an act.
After soaping my body, I rinsed, turned off the shower, and stepped out, drying myself with one of the oversized bath sheets. My mind was still preoccupied with Andi. Originally, I had only challenged her to throwing back those slammers to get attention from my father’s executives in the room. I knew they had been watching me the minute I walked in the door, and meeting Andi had provided me with a great opportunity to cause a scene. She stood out from every artificially enhanced female in there. We were bound to be noticed. It was, after all, part of my grand master plan. Although, after talking with her, there had been something about her, something familiar and homely. Innocent. Which now made me feel like a bigger douchebag for using her and asking her out.
That little scene was all for the benefit for her friend Lili, who had kept rubbing her hands over my ass, and at one point, even touched my junk. While I was outside on my cell, I couldn’t help but notice Lili and Andi’s heated discussion. I knew it was about me. I wasn’t into relationships, and certainly wasn’t looking for anything more than one night, but I felt compelled to protect Andi from Lili. With friends like her, who needed enemies, right?
Moving from my bathroom into the bedroom, I picked up my cell and scrolled through for her number. I debated whether to go through with the jump with Andi. I was torn. I wanted to do the right thing and not lead her on, but I couldn’t shake that feeling of wanting to see her again. She was relationship material, the type to take home and meet the family, and I had no family to meet. Other than Derek, and I wouldn’t rate him. She and I, we just wouldn’t work out. I wasn’t the right guy, not with my baggage.
Before I could talk myself out of any further, I shot off a text to Andi, giving her the address and details for tomorrow. Almost immediately, she replied, brief and short. I laughed. I pictured her face when I’d asked her to go skydiving. If I was correct about her playing the tough guy exterior, she would be shitting herself about tomorrow. She seemed naive and trusting. Like I said, not my type at all.
I slid between the cool, crisp sheets, and just as I fell into a deep sleep, I had a fleeting feeling that something big was about to happen.
Chapter Seven
Andi
My alarm beeped rudely, waking me from one of the deepest sleeps I’d had in months. And for the first time in forever, I didn’t have some weird dream that I wanted to decipher and find the meaning behind. Instead, I woke up feeling content and, dare I say it, happy. With my eyes still shut firmly and a content smile on my face, I rolled over and turned off the alarm function on my smartphone, keen to snuggle back under my
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