One Night Stand Part 15

"Why did you have to be her fiance?"

"You don't understand." He frowned. "This isn't just for me. This is to help protect someone that I love."

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

"It doesn't matter." He shrugged. "It is what it is."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure." He nodded and I saw his eyes fall to my b.r.e.a.s.t.s.

"Are you marrying her so you can gain your inheritance?" I said softly. "Does that have anything to do with it?"

"Why do you care?" He asked me angrily and that made me even madder. I couldn't believe he had the gall to ask me why I cared when he was still trying to get into my pants. Didn't he realize how f.u.c.ked up this situation was? What sort of girl did he think I was, if he thought this was okay? What part of this situation was okay in any way?

"I don't care, Xander." I huffed out. "Just leave me the f.u.c.k alone, okay. You're the one that keeps coming after me. I'm not the one coming after you. I'm done with your bulls.h.i.t okay? It's not cool for you to keep trying to get into my pants and then question me when I try to figure out what's going on with you and Gabby."

"You didn't care who I was or what I was doing last weekend."

"That was last weekend." I folded my arms. "This is this weekend. And this weekend, I'm not interested in you and your c.r.a.p."

"Me and my c.r.a.p?" His lips twitched as if he wanted to laugh and that infuriated me even more. How dare he think that this was a funny situation! How dare he look so superior and smug while I was fuming on the inside. My fingers itched to slap him. He wouldn't be looking so c.o.c.ky if he had my palm print across his cheek.

"Leave me alone, Xander. I am done with you." I poked him in the chest. "I'm going out in my s.l.u.tty dress and I'm going to do what I want. Maybe I'll meet an even better man and then I can hook up with him and forget I ever met you."

"I wouldn't recommend that." His lips thinned and he grabbed my wrists. "That's not the answer to any of this."

"Well that's not your problem, is it?" I smiled at him widely. "I can do what I want."

"Liv." He said my name slowly and his gaze was intense as he stared at me.

"Yes, Xander?" I said lightly. I'm not going to lie. I was getting off on our conversation. I was getting off on the fact that I could rile him up by talking about other men. I was loving the fact that he was acting jealous. The only problem was, he wasn't giving me what I really wanted. He wasn't breaking up with Gabby and telling me he had f.u.c.ked up. He wasn't pulling me towards him and telling me he wanted me and only me. He wasn't telling me that Gabby and his family fortune meant nothing to him. All he was doing was showing me he was h.o.r.n.y for me. And well, I already knew that. I wanted more than that from him. I wanted him to look at me with more than l.u.s.t. I wanted to look into his eyes and see something akin to love. I know that was an unrealistic expectation. He barely knew me and I barely knew him, but that's what I wanted. That's what I hoped to see. I wanted to see a real emotion. A real, pure and heart stopping emotion that had nothing to do with l.u.s.t.

"Have a good evening." He said finally and turned away. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do." He said and then walked back into the living room. I stood there feeling gutted and rejected. I could still feel his lips on my neck. I still felt branded by his touch and I hated myself for it.

"You ready?" Alice walked out of the living room, her eyes bright and I nodded.

"What did Aiden say?" I whispered to her as I pulled up the Uber app on my phone.

"Nothing good." She sighed. "He just asked me to make sure that you didn't get into too much trouble."

"What?" My voice rose. "I swear he's the most annoying man. I know you like him, but ugh, Aiden is so annoying."

"I think it's cute that he's so protective." Alice looked wistful.

"Trust me, Alice. You won't think it's that cute, if you're dating him." I shook my head. "He's b.l.o.o.d.y annoying."

"Cheers." Alice giggled as we took another tequila shot and then rose our gla.s.ses of vodka c.o.ke up in the air. "Here's to the men we've loved, the men we've lost, the men we've screwed and the men we've booed, here's to the men to come and the men to make us come."

"Alice." I laughed out loud. "You're so bad."

"I'm not done." She winked at me and her voice rose above the sound of the music. "Here's to the men to come and the men to make us come. Here's to the men that last all night, and the men who make our days bright, here's to the man we'll ultimately marry, but his c.o.c.k be bigger than a ferry."

"Bigger than a ferry?" I said and then chugged my drink down along with her. "How can a c.o.c.k be bigger than a ferry?"

"I don't know what else rhymes with marry?"

"What about, hmm, let me think?" I paused and danced along to the music in the club, my mind spinning as the alcohol settled in my bloodstream. "What about dairy?"

"Dairy?" Gabby giggled. "How can a man's c.o.c.k be bigger than a dairy?"

"You know what I mean, may his c.o.c.k be bigger than a dairy cows." I laughed hard then. I felt someone behind me start to dance against me and I twisted my head to see if he was cute. It was an older man, with a buzz cut and bad acne scars and I was about to push him away, when I decided to just let him dance with me. What harm was there in that.

"Bigger than a dairy cows, ha ha." Alice started laughing really hard. "That's funny."

"What's your friend laughing at?" The man behind me whispered in my ear and I felt his hand creeping around my waist.

"You." I elbowed him and moved away from him. "Let's go dance on the dance floor." I said to Alice and grabbed her hand.

"I want another drink." She hiccupped and I shook my head.

"Not yet, we don't want a hangover tomorrow. Let's dance and then get one."

"Fine." She nodded and we made our way to the dance floor. I looked back towards the bar and I saw the older man with the buzz cut walking towards the back of the bar with someone and he didn't look happy. My heart thudded as I wondered what was going on, but tried to forget it as the music changed to one of my favorite Jay-Z songs.

"I think Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake should collaborate on every song." Alice shouted as we moved our hips in beat to the music. Or as in beat as we could.

"I thought you wanted Jay-Z and Taylor Swift to make a song."

"Well they can all make a song. That would be cool."

"Yeah, it would be." I nodded in agreement and then closed my eyes and danced along to the music. I loved being in night clubs, they always made me feel so alive. Being on a crowded dance floor, dancing along with the crowd to different songs was such a collective high. I raised my hands up in the air and sang along to the song as I moved. Alice grabbed my hands then and we jumped around together singing loudly.

"Oh my G.o.d, I love this song." Alice screamed as an old Backstreet Boys song started playing.

"Me too." I screamed as well and we giggled, both drunk enough to be really enjoying ourselves. I started gyrating my hips and dropping to the floor and I could feel a couple of different guys staring at me. That encouraged me to start moving my body even more, copying moves that I could remember from Britney Spears music videos. I was even starting to forget Xander and his arrogance. I grinned when a hot blond guy came up to me.

"Hey." He said as he started dancing next to me.

"Hey," I said back.

"What?" He shouted and moved closer to me.

"I said hey." I shouted back as I gazed into his deep blue eyes.

"Oh." He laughed. "Want to dance?"

"Sure." I nodded and he grinned and moved behind me. Alice grinned at me and I winked at her as I felt his hands on my waist lightly moving behind me. I continued dancing to the music and watched as a gorgeous guy, with a bodybuilder's body, grabbed Alice and pulled her to him. I giggled as she started dancing with him and closed my eyes again, losing myself to the music. However, it only took a few minutes for me to start feeling uncomfortable. I opened my eyes and looked around the crowded club carefully. The hairs on the back of my head were standing on end and I felt like someone was staring at me. I ignored the feeling and continued dancing, but I wasn't as into it as I had been earlier.

"Do you want to get out of here?" The man behind me shouted into my ear and I felt his hands moving up my stomach towards my b.r.e.a.s.t.s. I grabbed his hands once they reached my ribcage and shook my head.

"Don't be a tease." He shouted and I felt him gyrating behind me.

"I'm not." I shouted back at him, annoyed.

"Let's get out of here." His right hand fell to my hip and I was about to push his hand away again, when I felt him suddenly pulled away from him.

"What?" I turned around with a frown and saw Xander standing there, holding the guy back in a tight grip. "Xander! What are you doing here?" I muttered, angry and excited at the same time.

"Is this guy bothering you?" He squeezed the man's arm tightly and I shook my head quickly. "Get out of here." He pushed the guy away. "And don't bother this girl again, you hear me?"

"I wasn't bothering her." The guy looked angry. "She wanted it."

"Get out of here." Xander pushed him again and I was scared that a fight was about to break out.

"What are you doing here?" I shouted.

"What?" Xander moved closer to me. "I can't hear you."

"What are you doing here?" I shouted again, this time into his ear as he stood next to me.

"Aiden and I wanted to make sure that you and Alice were okay."

"What?" I frowned, even more p.i.s.sed now. "We're not kids."

"Well you both act like kids." Xander's body was touching mine now and I shivered. "We wanted to make sure those two dresses didn't get you both into trouble and it looks like we arrived just in time."

"Whatever." I said and looked around. "Where's Aiden?"

"Gone to make sure Alice is okay with Hulk Hogan's cousin." He winked at me and I couldn't stop myself from laughing.

"You're stupid."

"Is that any way to thank your savior?"

"My what?" I scoffed as I licked my suddenly dry lips.

"Your savior." He grinned and moved forward so that his lips were resting gently against mine. "Do I get a kiss as a thank you?"

"No, you do not." I swallowed hard, but didn't move back. I felt the tip of his tongue licking my lips and my whole body trembled at his touch.

"Please." He said, his eyes daring me to kiss him back as he pushed the tip of his tongue into my open mouth slightly.

"No." I shook my head and my lips closed on his tongue for a few seconds and sucked.

"There you guys are." Aiden and Alice approached us and I jumped back from Xander quickly. "It's time for us to go."

"What?" Both Alice and I looked at him in shock.

"It's time to go." Aiden looked mad, madder than I'd ever seen him before. I looked at Alice's face and she looked p.i.s.sed off. I stared at them for a second and I wondered if their relationship was over before it even started. That would serve Aiden right. He was acting like a real idiot. I was used to his imperialist nature, but I knew Alice was getting her first real glimpse of it and was likely not appreciating it.

"Aiden, we're not leaving." I shouted at him, letting him bear the brunt of my anger. "You two shouldn't have come here."

"We wanted to make sure you were both okay." He looked over at Alice and frowned as she smiled at some guy that was dancing next to her. "Two single girls have to be careful these days."

"We know how to take care of ourselves." I sighed and then looked at Xander. "Where's Gabby?"

"She's with Henry." His eyes bore into mine. "Do you wish she was here instead?"

"No do you?"

"No." He said simply and my heart thudded away dangerously as I gazed into his eyes. What was it about this man that he could pierce my heart and soul with a glance and leave me aching with want and need at just one touch.

"Please leave." I said softly. "This night is for Alice and me. I don't want this headache, Xander." I rubbed my forehead as the beginning of a headache was about to set in. "I can't have you showing up like this. It isn't fair to me."

"Just one dance." He said, his eyes never leaving mine.

"What?"

"One dance and I'll leave and take Aiden with me."

"Why do you want a dance?"

"Who wouldn't want a dance from a s.e.xy siren like you?" He winked at me.

"I'm not a siren." I shook my head with a blush.

"When you dance, I couldn't stop myself from looking at you. I think that makes you a siren." He pulled me towards him. "Dance with me, Liv."

"What about Aiden and Alice?" I nodded towards them next to us and he shrugged.

"What about them?"

"Fine, one dance." I sighed. "Don't try any funny stuff."

"What funny stuff would I try?" He looked at me innocently and I laughed.

"Don't try and slip your hands up under my skirt." I whispered in his ear and he laughed and pulled me closer to him.

"I can't make any promises." His arms went around my waist and we started dancing together. It felt nice and warm and oh so dangerous as his hands moved up and down my back and a.s.s, until they settled on my lower back. We danced in silence, our bodies moving together in harmony as if we'd danced a million different times to a million different songs. His body against mine felt like home and I allowed myself to relax into him, I put my arms around his neck and rested my head on his shoulder. We moved slowly as if at a ball; our dance was totally out of place in the packed club, but neither of us cared. We were surrounded by people, but in that moment there was only us. I was surprised that he didn't try to touch me s.e.xually again. His hands remained where they were and his lips never ventured towards mine. I could feel his heart beating in his chest, steady and solid, reminding me that he was only a man; just like me. I pulled back slightly and looked into his face to see if I could figure out what he was thinking. He stared back at me with intense eyes, no smile on his face. We just studied each other as we moved, as if we were trying to remember every single detail of each other's face. I felt as if he were my husband going off to war and this was the last dance we were promised before he shipped out. We stared at each other, just taking each other in. It felt like it was the first time we were actually seeing each other. It was the first time we were in each other's presence without f.u.c.king or arguing. This moment was for us. For the people we could have been in different circ.u.mstances. In different circ.u.mstances, this moment could have felt magical, but instead it was tarred. It was tarred by the fact that we weren't just two strangers getting to know each other. We were already tied together, in ways that we'd never be able to erase or forget. We were each other's dirty little secret and as I continued to stare at him, I felt a wave of crimson shame ripple through me. What was I doing dancing with this man I could never have? How many times was I going to put myself through this?

"The dance is over." I stepped back and gave him a short smile. "You should leave now."

"What if I don't want it to be over?" He said as he gave me the most drop-dead smile I'd ever seen on his face.

"Then I'd say I'm sorry." I shrugged and hurried over to Alice before he could stop me. I pushed my way through the crowds and grabbed her arm. "Let's get a drink."