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“You never said anything. How was I supposed to know?”
Frank sighed and shrugged. “I guess it’s all in the past now. You are dating someone.”
He said it with such finality. I really wasn’t dating Tommy though. It wasn’t that sort of situation; it was one of convenience, and I hated to think that it would ruin something real. Was it real with Frank? I didn’t even know what it was between us, just that it was different than anything I’d ever been in before. It was hard to pretend like there wasn’t something. I had put this dress on, put such care into my appearance, because I wanted more.
“Yeah, I don’t know if I would call it dating, but I am seeing someone.”
“If you aren’t dating, then what are you doing?”
Again, I could feel heat rising to my face, and I couldn’t hold his blue eyes any longer.
“Let’s just say that he takes care of my needs.”
Frank looked stricken, wouldn’t look at me, and what I really wanted to know was why the hell I’d even said that. I shouldn’t have, though everyone had needs, even the nanny.
“Sorry, that was uncouth of me to say. I don’t know why I did.”
“It was an honest answer, and you should never be ashamed of that.”
I wasn’t ashamed, just embarrassed. I didn’t want to say that he was the reason that I ran to Tommy. He was the one who had kissed me like I was the last woman on Earth and then had run off. It had left me in quite a state, so I had been forced into the arms of another. Or at least that is what I wanted to believe.
“Well, I had been getting some calls from Tommy for a while. We used to date, you see, and well, I finally answered one of the invitations to see him. We really aren’t dating.”
“You see him a lot.”
“I have use of him often.”
I looked over at Frank and his eyes were that stormy color again, darker than usual, and lust was slack on his face. He was thinking about all of my needs, and I wanted to tell him that he’d had a chance to do something with all of my needs but turned me away.
I think he knew that though. I could see regret, mixed in with desire. I was glad that we were at the restaurant, and he couldn’t keep on in the same vein. It was a good thing, because Frank had me trembling inside, still not sure what exactly I was supposed to do. Those eyes, that look, all I could do was melt inside and wonder, what if?
20
Frank
Hearing Amber talk about her needs, needs that I had created and then abandoned, was probably one of the hardest conversations that I’d ever had. The fact that I couldn’t go to her, show her that I wanted to care for them and would do it well, was another hard part. She needed to be touched and told how beautiful she was. It was an ache inside of her to hear it, and a yearning for me to say it.
“I see.”
She laughed, a bit strained but a good reminder how well it sounded to my ears. I wanted her to open up and I think that was about the most she had. It was hard to hear, because I knew that I could have been the one taking care of her needs all this time. Hell, I had some of my own and Jackie wasn’t cutting it. I had a feeling that no other woman was going to be able to handle it. It was impossible for me to look at her, see her, and not be able to touch her.
When I suggested that we get out of there, Amber looked alarmed. I was reading things wrong.
“We have to finish dinner at least. Besides, what is the rush of leaving?”
She was going to make me say it, wasn’t she?
“I thought that you would have a pretty good idea of what was going to happen next.”
Another giggle, this time less strained.
“You are a bit of a mystery, Frank, back and forth. What has changed your mind?”
“I can’t go another minute without kissing you, Amber. We can do it in here, but the way you sounded last time, those soft moans when we kissed, I don’t know if you want everyone here to see and hear you like that. Trust me though, I would love to.”
Amber looked away, then to the people so close to her.
“Considering how long you made me wait, I’m sure that you can handle dinner and dessert.”
