Into the Light

“How long do we have?” he asked

“Fifteen minutes, tops,” Adriana responded after a click glance at the clock.

“Then get the hell out of here and let me enjoy my woman for five minutes,” he barked, climbing on top of her as she giggled under the sheets.

“Okay, my cue to leave... see ya outside.” Adriana waved.

“Five minutes? Really, Lex, is that all it takes?” Elijah teased.

“Okay, you two peeping Toms, let’s get out of here.” Kate grabbed our arms and pulled us outside into the hallway.

“You’re not classed a peeping Tom if you were invited into the room,” I pointed out.

“But you weren’t, Mr. Tom.”

I pouted as we left the room, following Kate and Elijah to the Lobby where we were supposed to wait. Spotting a large mirror near the reception desk, I walked over to examine my hair. What the hell was happening today! Strands were flying everywhere; it almost looked like I had bangs, god forbid. Damn, this is what happens when I switch hair products. Annoyed with my uncooperative hair, I sat down on the fancy armchair which looked like it belonged in Buckingham palace, practicing my royal poses until Kate questioned me.

“What the hell are you doing?”

“Practicing my royal wave.”

“Why?”

“This chair... it’s fit for a royal.”

She let out a small laugh and called me a fruit loop before burying herself in her blackberry. Bored waiting, my mind went back to the charity ball when all this unfolded. Emma and I had no idea who this guy was and how he was able to bring Charlie’s world to a complete standstill.

“So, that was weird right?” I asked Emma.

“Uh yeah, Charlie is never shy or quiet around guys and did you see his eyes?”

“Oh honey, that wasn’t the only thing I saw.”

Emma laughed as I continued on “Okay, so I’ve never heard her mention him. Have you?”

“No but I haven’t known her as long as you and she’s like your BFF,” she pointed out.

“True... but it’s like this guy had a spell on her, you know. Like everything about her changed when he stood in front of her. We need a plan.”

“A plan for what?” Emma asked worriedly.

“A plan to get these two together.”

“Eric, she’s with Julian.”

“So what! Hugh dates five girls at a time. Once he had nineteen!”

“Okay, but Charlie is not Hugh Hefner, thank god, and well, maybe if they were together it ended for a reason. We shouldn’t meddle in her affairs.”

“Oh, stop being a party pooper. Wake up and smell the jizz, He is Lex Edwards, billionaire CEO, more gorgeous than... god, look I’ll say it... more gorgeous than David Beckham.”

“Eric, how dare you say that!” she chuckled .“Okay, you have a point, he is the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen, but please do not ask me to smell the jizz again.”

“Deal. Now where do we start...”

So this is how it all began. I’m bloody Patti playing Millionaire Matchmaker. When Lex asked me some questions at the bar I knew he was interested, so of course I was gonna get Charlie to After Dark. I had no idea how to get rid of

Julian, but thank god, he was caught up with something. Not that I didn’t like him; I mean fuck Christian Bale lookalike... I was foaming at the pants looking at him. I was god damn jealous of Miss Mason’s male followers and for once all the hot guys were straight.