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CHAPTER TEN
‘DEAD ROSES’ OLLIE
Leo drives smoothly like he’s in no hurry to end the night. He holds my hand and draws circles on my skin with his thumb. It feels natural, like it's nothing for him to show affection. Maybe it isn't, maybe this is how he treats all the ladies he dates.
The thought leaves a sour taste in my mouth, but I refuse to give into the whispers right now.
"Where are we having dinner?" I ask him as we make another turn. I wonder if we're going to a restaurant by the lake.
"I have a reservation for us at the Ninetieth Floor."
My head turns so fast to him that I feel a pop in my neck,"The Ninetieth Floor?How did you get a reservation so quickly?"
I've heard about this high-rise restaurant from Amber. Of course, everyone has heard about it, but Amber says she has actually eaten there once. She says the waitlist is months long during the holidays so unless Leo had a spot reserved for himself ages ago... how did he manage to get one in just a few hours?
Leo chuckles, "I have my ways, doll."
I watch his profile in the darkened cab and once again, I feel like I’m in some sort of make-believe world. Am I sitting in a padded cell somewhere and created Leo as my outlet?
That'd be some fucked up shit.
"Did I mention you look beautiful? So beautiful."
He doesn’t turn toward me, so I know he doesn’t see my blush but the way his lips quirk up tells me he knows it. Like he knows me so well.
"Yes, you've told me quite a few times already."
Leo pulls into an underground parking garage and kisses my wrist before stepping out of the cab. The way he fixes and buttons his suit jacket has me biting my lips.
How can someone be so enticing? How can my lips vibrate with the need to touch his? Why does my body feel so cold without his body heat?
"Because you want him more than you want to breathe," I mumble to myself as I watch him walk around the car, buttoning his suit jacket, to my door.
He walks like the king of the world, ready to conquer anyone standing in his way.
With the way he watches me through the window, I feel like I’m the next conquest.
And you know I’m more than a willing bitch. My inner slut has no shame.
I lick my lips and quickly exhale as he opens my door and holds his hand out.
Sliding my hand into his, I step out of the car. As soon as my feet touch the ground, Leo pulls me against him, "I can't keep my hands to myself, mi amor. How did I live my life without you?"
In my mind, clever and sultry replies repeat themselves, but the words don’t come. My mouth stays closed like it refuses to ruin the moment with word vomit.
"Eres tan hermosa como una estrella. Iluminando el camino en mi oscura vida."You are as beautiful as a star. Lighting the way in my dark life.Leo moves my hair over my shoulder and lays kisses along my jaw and up to my temple.
My voice is raspy and needy, but I don't care, "Y eres un hablador suave que toma lo que quiere."And you are a smooth talker who takes what he wants.
I slide my hands up as I speak the words and fist the lapels of his coat and pull his lips to mine.
Our lips mold together seamlessly, breathing in each other's breaths, no beginning and no end. Just us.
I can't say if he's the one, but it certainly feels that way. But it's just lust. Puppy love or the honeymoon stage.
My heart stings a little with that thought. What if I’m only an itch he wants to scratch? What if he gets a taste of me and turns out to be like my father, one and done?
As we pull our lips apart, my mother's words whisper in my head, enjoy it.
