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“What?”
“My dad has the flu and this trip couldn’t be pushed back, so I got drafted.”
He sighed. “Thus the strange pick up time for dinner.”
“I’m sorry.” She sipped her champagne. “I thought it was just a couple of days, until I got the itinerary.”
“I see.” He was cool on the phone, but cursing inside.
He needed every moment he could get with Olivia. The more time he spent with her the better. Although it didn’t seem like he was making progress, he knew she was barely holding on. The past few weeks, he noticed she seemed a little more aggressive when she kissed him. He could feel her body reacting differently. She no longer flinched when his hand accidentally brushed up against her breast and lingered into a slow massage. In fact, he noticed she sort of invited him to feel her up. But her being away from him for two weeks was bad. That was a cooling off period he couldn’t afford.
“I was thinking…”
“What?”
“What are your plans for the weekend?”
“I’m not sure now. Seems the beautiful lady I was taking to the theatre and dinner cancelled on me. Why?”
“How about you come down and we try some Texas beef and check out a rodeo?”
“Are you serious?”
“Why not?”
He looked at her face on his phone and the idea of spending the weekend with her in Dallas was intriguing. Maybe this was her way of saying she wanted to have sex.
“I’m not sure that’s a good idea.”
“Are you afraid I might attack you?” she giggled.
“Should I be afraid of you?” He couldn’t believe she was flirting like this, maybe it was the champagne.
“How much champagne have you had?”
“A couple of glasses, why?”
“Uh-huh. Can I let you know later?”
“I’m sorry. What was I thinking. You know what, forget what I said. I’ll call you…”
“Olivia, stop it.” When she got embarrassed, she reverted to a childlike innocence which was a little annoying. He wasn’t sure what the cause was, but he hoped to figure it out. “I didn’t say no.”
“Forget I said anything. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
“Olivia…I think it’s kind of…we aren’t really…a weekend trip is…”
“You don’t think it’s a good idea because we aren’t sleeping together.”
He sighed. “Yea. I come out there, I don’t want to just eat steak and go to a rodeo. Nor do I want to stay in a separate room or bed.”
“I see. I thought you were different.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Nothing. I have some reports to review. Good bye.” She was gone.
He cursed to himself. He hated to sound hard, but it was the truth. He wasn’t flying all the way to Dallas for another platonic date. At least if they were here, he could go to La Porte Noir and bang out his frustration with Jasmine.
