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will keep it and keep it on at all times that you are not with me. It is very important to me that I know I can reach you. If I know you have your phone with you I’ll know you’re safe and if I need to call you I can. Okay? Deal?” he asks and I reluctantly nod my acceptance.
I tell Damian that I am planning on talking to Alex later today about my design plan for the apartment and that I will begin my shopping tomorrow. I tell him that I need to be on campus on Thursday but that I should get a good start on the project before that. He brushes it off when I tell him he has put way too much money on the credit card and that it makes me uncomfortable to have access to that amount of his money. It’s as if this huge sum of money is like spare change to him.
“I know I told you that you could do whatever you want in this space but I was worried about where you’d sleep tonight so I had a bed delivered. It’s the ultimate sleep experience, I love mine, can’t sleep on anything else. It’s crafted out of the finest materials, interlocking springs, a personal comfort zone system, and it gives great lumbar support. You’ll never have a better night’s sleep in your life, well.” He smirks at me then continues, “I got the recommended bed frame but if you don’t like it or if it’s not what you were thinking of for the room you can get something else. You’ll have to get sheets; I had no idea what to do about those.”
I thank him and smile, he looks nervous and excited for me to approve of what he’s picked out. We head into the bedroom and I tell him honestly that it’s perfect; it’s just what I would have gotten for the space. It’s a large California King and the headboard is upholstered in a removable tufted cover that I will match my fabric with for the rest of the room’s décor.
“I love it, thank you.”
He smiles and looks pleased with himself.
“Not to change the subject but what’s that amazing smell?” I ask him.
“It’s lunch. I hope you don’t mind eating in. I know I had Veronica tell you we’d go out to lunch but I have to get back to my office soon and I didn’t want to waste any time getting across town to Stone’s so I had them deliver our lunch here.”
We enjoy a lunch of the most mouth watering eggplant parmesan and oven fresh bread I have ever tasted. Before long Damian is apologizing for running off but saying he needs to get into the office. He asks me if I want to ride with him then have the use of Mac but I decline telling him that I need to put my ideas on paper and finalize my design plan first before I can start shopping. I also want to speak with Alex. When Damian gets to the door he turns around and asks if he can stop by when he’s done with work tonight, maybe take me out for dinner. I agree to allow him to stop by but say we’ll see about dinner, I don’t want to seem too eager or easy. Ha! That’s a laugh, me easy, if he only knew the truth about just how hard to get I am. He presses his lips gently to my forehead before leaving and I’m left standing in my new doorway wanting more for the first time in my life.
I step back into my new apartment and close the door. I slide down the back of it with a smile on my face, a smile brought on by Damian Stone, Mr. Perfection.
I reach for my phone to call Alex. He answers on the first ring, “Professor Smith.”
“Alex, its Sydney. Is this a good time? Can you talk?”
“Sydney. Yes, we need to talk. What’s going on with you and Stone? When I called you yesterday he answered your cell then I didn’t hear back from you and now your cell phone’s been turned off.”
“Um…this is my new number, the one I just called you from. Damian gave me a new cell. He said mine was unreliable and he wanted to be able to reach me if he needed to. I’m doing a project for him at his apartment building. That’s why I called actually.”
Alex sounds annoyed but
I tell Damian that I am planning on talking to Alex later today about my design plan for the apartment and that I will begin my shopping tomorrow. I tell him that I need to be on campus on Thursday but that I should get a good start on the project before that. He brushes it off when I tell him he has put way too much money on the credit card and that it makes me uncomfortable to have access to that amount of his money. It’s as if this huge sum of money is like spare change to him.
“I know I told you that you could do whatever you want in this space but I was worried about where you’d sleep tonight so I had a bed delivered. It’s the ultimate sleep experience, I love mine, can’t sleep on anything else. It’s crafted out of the finest materials, interlocking springs, a personal comfort zone system, and it gives great lumbar support. You’ll never have a better night’s sleep in your life, well.” He smirks at me then continues, “I got the recommended bed frame but if you don’t like it or if it’s not what you were thinking of for the room you can get something else. You’ll have to get sheets; I had no idea what to do about those.”
I thank him and smile, he looks nervous and excited for me to approve of what he’s picked out. We head into the bedroom and I tell him honestly that it’s perfect; it’s just what I would have gotten for the space. It’s a large California King and the headboard is upholstered in a removable tufted cover that I will match my fabric with for the rest of the room’s décor.
“I love it, thank you.”
He smiles and looks pleased with himself.
“Not to change the subject but what’s that amazing smell?” I ask him.
“It’s lunch. I hope you don’t mind eating in. I know I had Veronica tell you we’d go out to lunch but I have to get back to my office soon and I didn’t want to waste any time getting across town to Stone’s so I had them deliver our lunch here.”
We enjoy a lunch of the most mouth watering eggplant parmesan and oven fresh bread I have ever tasted. Before long Damian is apologizing for running off but saying he needs to get into the office. He asks me if I want to ride with him then have the use of Mac but I decline telling him that I need to put my ideas on paper and finalize my design plan first before I can start shopping. I also want to speak with Alex. When Damian gets to the door he turns around and asks if he can stop by when he’s done with work tonight, maybe take me out for dinner. I agree to allow him to stop by but say we’ll see about dinner, I don’t want to seem too eager or easy. Ha! That’s a laugh, me easy, if he only knew the truth about just how hard to get I am. He presses his lips gently to my forehead before leaving and I’m left standing in my new doorway wanting more for the first time in my life.
I step back into my new apartment and close the door. I slide down the back of it with a smile on my face, a smile brought on by Damian Stone, Mr. Perfection.
I reach for my phone to call Alex. He answers on the first ring, “Professor Smith.”
“Alex, its Sydney. Is this a good time? Can you talk?”
“Sydney. Yes, we need to talk. What’s going on with you and Stone? When I called you yesterday he answered your cell then I didn’t hear back from you and now your cell phone’s been turned off.”
“Um…this is my new number, the one I just called you from. Damian gave me a new cell. He said mine was unreliable and he wanted to be able to reach me if he needed to. I’m doing a project for him at his apartment building. That’s why I called actually.”
Alex sounds annoyed but
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