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Coming from any other man, I would have disagreed in a heartbeat. Not just ‘no’, but a vehement ‘hell no’. And yet, when Levi Stark asked, I stuttered and stammered like a schoolgirl with a crush.
He’d made me come twice by mid-day. By the time the infuriating rockstar asked me out, I’d had nothing but jelly for brains. The contents of my skull matched the wobble in my legs when I walked.
For the rest of the day, we made progress on Levi’s album. Minute by minute I grew increasingly eager to go out with him. I was unsure how I made it through the second half of the day with all the daydreams running through the confines of my brain.
My carefully crafted walls were crumbling around me all because Levi made my kitty purr. I’d be a feral wildcat in heat yowling outside his windows next.
Where would he take me? What would we do? What did a date with Levi Stark entail?
Dangerous questions like that would land me in trouble. The only thing I knew for certain was that I intended to let him fuck me. I wanted it more than I’d wanted anything in the past ten years.
For a decade I’d been confined in a hell of my own making, and I wanted out. Bantering back and forth with Levi, working with him on a project that sparked my creativity again, made me feel as if I were standing under the sunlight for the first time in my life.
His warmth kissed my skin like solar light on a hot summer day. I was ready to strip down and get a tan.
Without knowing where Levi intended to take me, I had to make a guess on the outfit and shoes. For a late winter date on a Monday night, I opted for an ultra-dark green midi dress over opaque black tights, paired with flat heeled ankle boots.
I thought twice about the easy access Levi had earlier, then hastily stripped the tights off. Second guessing wearing underwear, I stopped at my thong.
Fuck it.
My panties joined the tights on the tile floor.
Facing the bathroom mirror again, I swiped away the condensation leftover from my shower then finished my hair. Soft curls seemed simple enough for a first date with a rockstar.
Right as I hesitated with lip-gloss against my bottom lip, six rapid fire knocks echoed from my front door. The sound made my heart lurch into my throat, and the lip-gloss dropped into my sink.
“Oh, fuck. Ugh.” Abandoning the pink gloss, I double checked the rest of my makeup. Then I pushed a curl behind my ear, my stomach dipping with each second that I dawdled in my bathroom.
I tugged up the zipper for my boots and bolted through the bathroom door. Three more knocks on the front door sent me flying down my stairs, boots thudding louder than my heart.
“I’m coming!” I shouted.
At the door, with my fingers on the cold metal, I stole one last deep breath. It might be my last of the night because when I flung the door open, the man on the other side swept the air from my lungs.
Levi stood tall in his pristine black leather jacket and devilishly dark ass-hugging jeans. He’d brushed back his dark locks, and a few feather-light strands curled over his forehead.
Yet the red and pink rose bouquet in his hands caught my eyes. The pastel colors against his wide, dark frame tipped over something in my brain and kicked all the words out of my head.
“I… uh… got you flowers. I didn’t know what you liked, so I went with the classics.” Levi shrugged nervously, one hand swiping over the back of his neck.
“Roses. They’re lovely.” And completely unexpected.
I accepted the flowers, unaware of the amazed smile pulling at the corners of my lips. My eyes drifted shut as I cradled the flowers to my nose and breathed in the floral scent.
“Yeah, lovely,” Levi intoned. His eyes weren’t on the roses.
His voice got my attention, and I looked up at him. The intensity in his gaze startled me, froze me, and my muscles forgot how to move. Each brittle breath filled my lungs with burning air.
“Why don’t you come in while I find a vase for these?” I asked over my dry tongue.
“I don’t think I should,” Levi shook his head, avoiding eye contact.
I paused, halfway turned away from the door. “Why not?”
Levi leaned in, bracing his elbows on the doorframe. His wide silhouette blocked the outside world from view, and he was the only thing in my sight.
“If I cross this threshold, we won’t make it to our reservation, Diana.” The dark rasp of his promise shivered through my bones and coiled around my nerves.
