He grabs on to my hand and laces his fingers with mine. “You ready to go?”
I nod at him and pull my purse up on my shoulder. I lock the door and walk out to his SUV.
Dinner is excellent and he is a gentleman throughout the whole evening. He helps me into the car, holds doors open, pulls chairs out for me, and buys my dinner. The conversation never stops. He tells me about how he started his restaurants and his plans to add on more. He asks about me and what made me join Alpha Security. I explain to him that that I applied to be a security guard but Mike has me starting on the security system side until I get more training.
“What about your family? Do they live close by?” he asks me.
“No. Uh, I was raised in foster care. No family,” I tell him and then tell him no big deal when he apologizes to me.
Quickly changing the subject, I ask him more about him.
Before I know it, we’ve finished our dinner of steaks and baked potatoes. Throughout the whole meal, Brody had his hands on me in some way or another. Even when he was eating, he still had his hand wrapped around mine. Needless to say, my panties are soaked and I’m almost panting in heat wanting him.
He’s so handsome. I don’t get the vibe that he is a player, but maybe he is. What am I saying, what do I care? I don’t do relationships and am not interested in starting one now. Maybe I can have him one night and I’m hoping tonight is the night.
He walks me to my door and I unlock it. I’m about to ask him in when he says, “I had a great time tonight, Charlie. Will you go out with me again?”
I try to hide my disappointment. I don’t want the night to end, but I’m also not going to throw myself at him. “Yes, sure.”
He leans down and kisses my forehead lightly before walking away.
Brody
Determined not to fuck this up, I force myself to walk away. What I want is to take her inside and make her mine. And I saw it in her eyes, she would have let me. She wanted it. There’s no doubt about it. And if she was anyone else, I would have done it. But I don’t want to fuck this up and move too fast. I want to do this right.
The next week, I either talk to or see Charlie every day. We go to the movies, out to dinner, she helps me paint at the restaurant when a painter doesn’t show up and we go work out together. By the end of the week, I have blue balls and I know I can’t take another day of seeing her in her black tight leggings at the gym. She doesn’t even realize it, but there are a number of men watching her on the treadmill as she walks. Running next to her, I grip the bars tight and give a threatening look to every man that looks her way.
The gym is on the same street as my restaurant downtown. We stop in to eat and for me to check in on things.
Holding her hand, I ask her what she’s doing later. “I was thinking I would cook you dinner and you could come to my apartment.” She smiles shyly at me, and I see the lust in her face.
“Honey, dinner sounds great, but I don’t trust myself alone with you,” I tell her as I raise her hand to my lips.
“Why not? I’m ready, Brody. I want you,” she says with her eyes sparkling.
I moan, and instantly cover my dick with my hand to rearrange my growing bulge. “I want you too, honey. But once I have you, you’re mine. Are you ready for that?”
She pulls back from me, almost like I’ve slapped her. Her eyes are huge and I see the fear in them. “No, that wasn’t the deal.” She leans across the table and starts whispering loudly to me, “I want you, but I can’t have a relationship with you.”
“Why not? What’s wrong with me?” I ask her now, offended.
“What? Nothing’s wrong with you. I just don’t do relationships.” She starts to get up from the table, but I stop her by putting my hand on hers.
“I have to go, Brody,” she says.
“Well, well, no wonder you fired me.” We both look up and see Kevin standing by the table. He’s looking between us and he stares at Charlie longer than I’m comfortable with. I slide out of the booth and block him from looking at her.
“What do you want, Kevin?” I ask him, frustrated.
“I’m here to pick up my last check,” he says, still trying to look at Charlie.