"Stop manhandling me, you ass**le." She glared at him and swallowed as he came up towards her.
"It seems like you know a lot of naughty words. Whatever should I do with you." he growled in her face and pushed her against the wall. His lips came close to hers and she licked her lips.
"Don't even think about trying to kiss me." She snarled at him while secretly hoping to feel his lips on hers.
"Is that some sort of dare Louise?" He growled before his lips came crushing down on hers. She felt her body responding to his as she felt the saltiness of his tongue in her mouth. Her tongue darted into his mouth and she kissed him back passionately;
Something in her wanted to believe that he was about to tell her that Monique was a mistake and that he was going to breakup with her.
"I knew you wanted me." He grinned at her as pulled away.
"What about Monique?" She breathed out harshly.
"Monique is my girlfriend, but that doesn't mean much." Richard stared at haughtily. "I seem to remember you sleeping with me when you were still dating Ben."
"But that's not the same." She bit her lip. "You knew about Ben."
"And now you know about Monique." He stared at her unsmiling. "We can have a lot of fun Louise."
"I'm ready to go now." She turned away from him and he opened the door and got in the car. She got into the front seat next to him. “I didn’t know about Monique when I slept with you.” She mumbled.
"Well now you know about Monique."
"I don't want to date a guy who is in a relationship." She frowned at him. "That's not who I am."
"Who said anything about dating?" He cocked his head and stared at her. "I'm not interested in relationships or love Louise, please don't get confused about my intentions here."
She felt a stirring in her stomach and looked away from him. "We better go get the car, the others will be wondering where we are." she walked away from him and into the garage, waiting next to the passenger door if his luxurious Mercedes sedan.
"I didn't mean to upset you." he caressed her hair. "I forgot about Monique when I met you Louise. I'm not an emotional man. I do not believe in love or happily ever after’s. Sex is a base feeling and action. I'm attracted to you and I want you. Monique does not care if I'm with someone else. We have an arrangement and she understands what I want and need. I'm a businessman, I need a beautiful woman on my arm."
Louise closed her eyes as he whispered furtively to her; she could feel his breath warm on her neck. She felt her heart cracking as he talked about how beautiful Monique was. She turned her face away from him and out her hand on the door handle.
"Please, let's just go." Her voice was high and squeaky and she hoped that he didn't realize just how much she was hurting.
They pulled around to the front of the house in silence and Louise saw David and Monique laughing about something. She frowned, upset with David for being so friendly to Monique. She had hoped that David would also dislike Monique so she wouldn't feel so alone in her hatred of the slinky redhead.
David opened the back door for Monique and they got into the car laughing.
"What are you two giggling about?" Richard's voice was smooth and curious. "Not my salsa skills I hope."
"No dear brother, we were talking about the newest Monty movie; it was hilarious, have you seen it?"
"No, I don't have time for stupid movies."
"But Richard you promised to take me to the newest Bradley Cooper movie in a few weeks." Monique's voice was whiney.
"Sorry dear. That's not going to happen, I'll be in London on business for the next month." Richard's voice sounded anything but sorry and Louise smiled to herself.
"London?" Monique sounded upset. But you just got back from Brazil. I thought we were going to spend some time together. I told Daddy and he said we could go to the Condo in Palm Beach with him and mummy."
"Doesn't sound like that is going to happen." David laughed. "Monique, that's what you get for dating a millionaire."
"It's just not fair." She pouted. "I want to come to London as well."
"We'll see." Richard's voice was no nonsense. "I'm going for business and not pleasure. In fact Louise will be accompanying me."
Louise started and was about to object when Monique squealed. "What? That's not fair. How can you take that ho and not take me." The car was silent after she spoke. Louise felt her skin flushing red with anger and embarrassment.
"That's not very nice." David's voice was low and the humor was gone.
"Well it's true. She came as Ben's girlfriend, dumped him so he rushed home early. Now she is dating you and got a job with Richard. Sounds like she is an opportunistic whore to me."
"That's enough Monique." Richards voice was sharp. "You have no idea what you are talking about."
"I know enough." Monique's voice was shrill. "And I thought you would have been smart enough than to hire her."
"Monique, I think you have said enough." There was a deathly silence to Richard's voice and Louise felt his turn to look at her. "In fact I think you should apologize to Louise."
The car went silent and no one said a word. Richard turned on the radio and Abba was playing. David broke the silence and tapped Louise on the shoulder. "Did I ever tell you that I nearly got a role in Mama Mia?"
"No." Louise's voice was low.
"Yeah, they told me I had the look and acting chops."
"Oh, so what happened?" Louise questioned him.
"Mama Mia, here I go again, my my how..." David started singing and they all burst out laughing. He had a horrible voice and was unable to carry a tune.
"Oh, so I think I understand now." Louise spoke through her laughter.
"Yeah, unfortunately Richard got the singing genes." David laughed. "Go in Richard, wow us all."
Louise looked at Richard in surprise; he didn't seem to be the musical type. Richard caught her looking at him and he smirked at the look on her face. He changed the radio station and a Sam Cooke song came through the speakers.
"I was born by the river, in a little tent and just like the river..." Louise gasped at the beautiful timbre of Richard's voice. He could have been a bestselling singer. His voice was soo smooth and silky.
"I told you he was great." David burst out. "Maybe we will get him to play guitar for us tonight as well."
"Don't push your luck David." Richard belted out and Louise realized that they had arrived at the Salsa club. Richard pulled up to the valet and a smartly dressed young man opened the door for Louise and she got out of the car.
Chapter 10
Louise felt intimidated as soon as she walked into the club. There were sexy looking couples all around them swinging each other around the dance floor and not one of them looked like they were a beginner. To top it off, Monique was shimmying into the club like a natural and Louise could see a few men eyeing her up appreciatively.
"Hey, I hope Monique didn't hurt your feelings." David whispered into her ear. "She can be a bit of a bitch sometimes." He grabbed her hands and drew her towards him when she didn't respond. "But now it is time for me to teach you how to salsa."