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CHAPTER10
Daniel
Iwould say I don’t have time for this shit, but I do. I really do.
I would make time for it if I didn’t already have it in spades.
I’m cradling my chin while I drum the fingers of my other hand in a rhythmic pattern on the sleek mahogany tabletop. The soft sound doesn’t even reach my ears, mixing with the chatter and hum of small talk and the clinking of silverware in the restaurant.
The Madison Grille has gotten a facelift recently. It’s obvious. From the new wood beams that make the place smell like cedar, to the industrial lighting with exposed bulbs. I deliberately chose a place that wasn’t too expensive or elegant so this wouldn’t seem like a date. But it’s better than a bar. There’s privacy here that I’m eager to take advantage of. I waited to message her until only hours ago. Last night took a lot out of me, but once I decided, there was no turning back.
“Would you like anything while you wait?” The waiter already has his pad out and pen ready to go. There are a lot of things I’d like right now. Addison bent over the table, for one. Simply for inviting me back into her life. She may not know how much she taunted me, but she’s smart enough to know the attraction was there and still she teased me.
“A whiskey sour and two waters,” I tell him and he waits for more, but a tight smile sends him away.
Again my fingers drum as I think about each and every curve of the woman I’m waiting for.
Addison is all grown up.
And that look in her eyes is one I recognize. Desire. My blood feels hotter with every second I sit here thinking about what I wanted to do last night. And what I plan to do tonight.
I can imagine those pouty lips of hers wrapping around my cock and the sounds she’d make as I shoved my dick down her throat.
If nothing else, I can finally get a piece of what I wanted when I first laid eyes on her. Just the thought makes my dick harden and I stifle back a groan as the zipper of my jeans digs into me.
It took everything in me not to take her last night.
When she looked at me like she could see right through me.
When she told me to stop, as if she could command me.
When she spilled her little heart out as if I was the one meant for those words.
I’ll be damn sure to make the time for Addison. Finally having her is worth all the fucking time in the world.
Sheets of rain batter against the large front window of this place and crash noisily on the tin roof.
I hate the rain. I hate what it does to me. The memories it brings back.
Addison is out there in the rain right now. Feeling it beat against her skin. Listening to the familiar sound.
And the unwanted memories that come with it.
I should feel a good number of things with the memory of Tyler besetting me right now as I wait for Addison. Shame, maybe even disgust. Swallowing thickly, I replay the memories, but this time focus onher. How she looked at me and shied away. How she couldn’t talk to me while looking me in the eyes. How she blushed every time she caught me staring. Her reaction to me and only me was everything.
It was never about Tyler and I stayed away back then for him. It was always about Addison.
My thoughts are interrupted by the drinks I ordered being set on the table in front of me.
“Will you be dining tonight?” the waiter asks and I shake my head no and reply, “Just drinks.”
“Let me know if I can get you anything else.” With that he’s gone and I’m left sitting alone at the table in the back. Staring at the entrance and waiting.
The soft lighting is reflected in my watch face as I turn my wrist over, showing the time is nearly ten minutes past the hour. She’s late.
My eyes narrow as I look back toward the entrance, willing her to walk through the doors. There’s a mix of worry and fear that I’m vaguely aware of. Fate’s been a cruel bitch to me and I wouldn’t put it past her to take the one thing I’ve always wanted. The one person I’m so close to getting.
