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If I was honest with myself, I did. I missed the way he looked at me, the way he made me feel so beautiful, and the way he took me so violently, blowing my mind with the sex we had. I was beginning to think that I was truly an addict for the man. It was the kind of situation I had never dealt with before, wanting someone I shouldn’t, knowing it was a bad choice. I didn’t know how much longer I would be able to fight these feelings I was having for him off before I inevitably gave in to my wants and needs.
Who knew my window of opportunity would come in the form of my best friend a week later.
Walking into the house after my shift at the café, I was met with an over excited Scarlett, practically jumping up and down. “Guess what?”
“You found a new man?” It was pretty much the only reason she was ever this excited about something.
“Nope. We are going to a dinner tonight at this posh restaurant my friend got us an invitation to.”
I didn’t really want to go out, but at the same time I was desperate for a distraction in my life right now, having thought about my devil practically every day. “Alright, I’ll go.”
“Wait. Really? she asked, surprised. “You mean I don’t have to actually beg you to go out and have fun with me?”
“Ha, ha. No. All I’ve been doing is working. I need to have some fun.”
“She’s finally coming around people!” Scarlett shouted out to no one in the house. “Ok, we need to find you something to wear in my closet since I know you hate shopping so much.”
“Much appreciated.”
I ended up borrowing one of her many cute little, black dresses she owned. When I did my hair and make-up, I decided to leave my hair down in a sleek look with no curl to it, then go with a red lip color, and a dramatic eye to go with the dress. I finished the look off with a pair of strappy black heels, I also borrowed from Scarlett. We met up in her bedroom before leaving for the night. “Look out boys we have one hot momma tonight.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at her antics. “You look like quite the dish yourself there, babe.”
“Oh, don’t I know it.”
After our traditional drink in the Uber, we arrived at the restaurant. It looked like it was the opening night by all the hoopla going on outside. “How long has this restaurant been open?”
“Just opened tonight. We are among the first customers.”
Getting out of the car, I turned to her. “Who gave you the tickets to get into this?”
By the look on her face it was apparent that I wouldn’t like the answer. “Now don’t be mad.”
“When you start out a sentence with don’t be mad, you do know it prepares someone to be mad, don’t you, Scar?”
“Well... I only said that because it was Kieran that gave me the tickets. We’ve been hanging out again for the past few weeks.”
“Kieran? I thought that whole deal with you two was over.”
“It was...”
Just then, Kieran walked up and wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her in tight for a kiss. When they finally came up for air, he directed his attention at me. “Hello, Clarice. Nice to see you again.”
“You too, Kieran. Seems you just keeppoppingup, huh?”
Leaning down, he kissed the top of Scarlett’s head. “I can only blame this goddess here for my need to keep coming back.”
“Aren’t you the sweetest.” Scarlett had entered swoon territory, and there would be no retrieving her back any time soon.
“Shall we, ladies?” Kieran directed Scarlett towards the doors, putting my Spidey senses on serious overload as we entered the restaurant.
I could literally feel the heat of his stare on me even before I saw him. He was standing next to a table with a reserved card on it. Just looking at him and how hot he was in that signature black suit he always wore, had me wanting to abandon any of the differences we had and sprint straight into his arms. He was truly a beautiful devil. When we got closer, he greeted Kieran with a handshake and Scarlett with a kiss on the cheek. Now it seemed that it was my turn. “Clarice, you look beautiful as always.”
“Thank you, Creed.” I tried to act coolly and not look like my thighs were about to go up in flames if he didn’t pick me up right now and fuck me against the nearest wall. I have no idea how I thought that it would even be possible to keep away from him. All it took was one look from him and I was right back in the mindset I’d been trying to run from.
“I’m delighted that you were able to come to my opening.”
“This restaurant is yours?”
