Page 3 of Play Me

Chapter Two

SEBASTIAN

“Ow! What the flying fuck!” I snap my hand back, shaking it in a vain attempt to ease the sting. It’s too late, my whole body feels invigorated as the electric spark that zapped my fingertips is still making its way along every nerve of my body.

But I honestly don’t think it’s from the static.

I think it’s because of the adorable, curvy brunette standing in front of me.

And glaring.

“What?” I ask, rather discourteously, out of a very unfamiliar feeling of nervousness. I think I’m squirming a little under her unwavering stare. I would’ve guessed that it was because she recognized me, but it’s definitely not a look of adoration. Her large, hot chocolate brown eyes obviously don’t give a fuck who I am.

“There’s no need to swear. I didn’t bite you, it was just a little spark.” She dresses me down in one sentence, still not looking away and I squirm a little more.

“Geez, what are you, a freakin’ kindergarten teacher?” I try to deflect. Then immediately feel bad. As if I don’t want her to hate me. Though why should I even care?

“Why?” She answers my question with a question, those beautiful, moon-shaped orbs still fixed on me. It’s almost hypnotic.

I shrug and force myself to tear my eyes from hers. Their effect isn’t lessened however. Who is this woman? I can’t figure out if I’m scared of her or attracted...or worse, both.

“No, really, why would you say I’m a kindergarten teacher?” She persists, taking a step closer to me, and in this tiny space it feels almost intimate. Her breath wafts warm and sweet against my face, and I can just make out the soft scent of orange blossom from her hair. For a split second I have to stop myself from leaning forward and breathing her in.

“Is it just because I question your need to curse in front of a complete stranger even though there was no real reason to? That makes me a kindergarten teacher? Or is it because teachers are stuffy and dull and don’t think that random cussing is ‘cool’? Oh, forgive me, I just thought that meant you had manners and knew how to act appropriately in public, and if you accidentally touched a stranger’s hand, you say sorry. Not vomit out some expletive and flap around like a pigeon with an injured wing!” Her voice grows louder and stronger with every word and she has me backed up against the shelf. She’s almost a head shorter than me and as she’s so close, I can see over the top of her head by just looking downward. The angle’s giving me a pretty good view right down her shirt as well. And something between my legs likes what I’m seeing.

I throw up my hands in surrender and almost as a form of distraction.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Sorry, Mary. No... that’s not why I asked if you were a kindergarten teacher. Though the lecture hardly disproves my theory.” I add with a little snicker.

During my response, those intoxicating eyes have found mine again, and this time they’re even rounder and wider than before. Sparkling with life, there’s an internal light of their own that’s dancing around in her velvet brown pupils. I swear I can see a hint of pink in her cheeks that wasn’t there before her rant. Something makes me want to see how far I can make that blush spread down over her cheeks, down her neck, over her décolletage and-...I shake my head. Damn those eyes.

“Then what DID you mean?” She looks up at me, and for a moment she looks like she’s really asking, and not just being combative. And there’s something vulnerable in her voice that pushes me over the edge. Something that makes me wonder about the woman behind the nagging wench that’s presenting itself to me now. Something that makes me want to really KNOW her, make her know me, trust me, open up to me.

“Well,” I shrug as if there’s a simple enough explanation, “I just meant...because I feel like laying down over your knee and letting you spank me.”

Oh yeah, that should make her trust me.

Her mouth drops open. The action tears my eyes now down to her mouth. Her lips are soft and plump, dewy and pink like she’s just taken a bite of a strawberry.

Except I have a feeling it’s not the sweet juice of a berry that’s about to come out from those lips.

“What the-...” She starts, then stops mid-sentence.

I grin at her, amused that the blush has actually progressed to a full blown tomato rage red.

“Go on...say it...” I goad her.

“Say what?” She frowns.

“Say ’fuck’,” I lean on the word, almost sounding out each letter.

“I wasn’t going to say...that.” She purses her lips as her eyes follow suit and narrow at me.

“No, but you wanted to.” I say, matter of factly.

She starts to protest, but I push on.

“You wanted to say... ‘what the FUCK did you just say?’ Go on, admit it! Admit that the cussing stranger made you want to cuss right back. At least have the guts to admit it.” I cross my arms and lean back against the wall, grinning back at her.