in defense.
Tatiana shrugged her shoulders and stared blankly at her friend. The two had managed to crawl out of their apartment earlier that morning to “run errands”, which had translated into them sitting outside of a nearby cafe for two hours to discuss the previous day's happenings.
While replaying last night's events in her head, Elodie half paid attention to Tatiana gush about Daniel and his bedroom talents. “Is like redheaded jackhammer,” Tatiana had said with a dazed look on her face as Elodie fought the urge to vomit all over herself.
Daniel had apparently approached her at SP, teasing her about running off so abruptly the night before. Tatiana had tried to act cold to him so that he would get the hint to leave her alone. And he had. But as he got up to leave, she had found herself face-à-face with his generously bulging package. Enticed, she had purred out to him and the rest was history.
“So good, I do not even care that he not make lot of money. He even have roommate, but I do not care. Okay, only care little bit,” she had prattled on in a satisfied voice. “But is worth it. I even eat one pancake for him.”
“I ate yesterday too!” Elodie had confessed with a sigh of relief. Tatiana had nodded at her understandingly as the two shared a laugh.
After Elodie gave every detail about her almost perfect date, Tatiana had cocked her head in confusion before making that comment about James' sexual preferences. A pensive look filled her tiny face as she tried to think of other explanations for his behavior.
“I do not know,” she said finally. “That is not normal. Maybe he has roommate?”
“No, he lives alone," Elodie said with a sigh.
She bit her lip as she thought about it for the hundredth time since he had gotten back into the cab. The light kiss had been all that he had given her, though her body had cried out for more. To add to her confusion, he had asked if he could take her out again the following day, to which she had fervently nodded her head with a hopeful smile.
And now here she was, going over every excruciating detail. Had she done something wrong? She couldn't find fault with any of her words or actions that evening no matter how hard she tried.
“Maybe he just shy,” Tatiana reassured her, but not before unnecessarily adding, “But I am happy Daniel not shy at all.”
Another groan escaped Elodie's mouth as Tatiana cackled beside her. She had never met a shy member of the male species before. Every boy or man that she had ever encountered had been quite forward in his intentions and with his calculated advances. Was it possible that James was just shy? Could it be that there were shy men in New York?
The two got up and linked arms as they started walking back to their apartment. They hit up the deli on the corner and filled their arms with as many coconut waters and bottles of Perrier as their frail arms could carry.
“You probably have eat today, so just starve until dinner,” Tatiana instructed her roommate sternly. Elodie nodded in agreement.
They made their way back to an empty apartment, as was expected. Heddi was in Copenhagen, enjoying her weeklong holiday, while Jelena had been sent to China to do catalog work for some clothing brand.
Elodie rushed straightaway to her room to begin primping, as James wanted to meet around two-thirty. She had exactly two hours.
A buzzing sound came from Elodie's Chanel bag as she rummaged through her closet, and she dug her phone out to find a taunting text message.
playing hard to get? you win
Shit. Elodie felt her stomach lurch as she read the text from Tyler. With a big smile, she turned to look at Tatiana, who was picking at her split ends next to her. “Would you like to do me a big favor?” she asked in as sweet of a voice as she could muster.
“No.”
“Come on, you know that I would do anything for you,” Elodie
Tatiana shrugged her shoulders and stared blankly at her friend. The two had managed to crawl out of their apartment earlier that morning to “run errands”, which had translated into them sitting outside of a nearby cafe for two hours to discuss the previous day's happenings.
While replaying last night's events in her head, Elodie half paid attention to Tatiana gush about Daniel and his bedroom talents. “Is like redheaded jackhammer,” Tatiana had said with a dazed look on her face as Elodie fought the urge to vomit all over herself.
Daniel had apparently approached her at SP, teasing her about running off so abruptly the night before. Tatiana had tried to act cold to him so that he would get the hint to leave her alone. And he had. But as he got up to leave, she had found herself face-à-face with his generously bulging package. Enticed, she had purred out to him and the rest was history.
“So good, I do not even care that he not make lot of money. He even have roommate, but I do not care. Okay, only care little bit,” she had prattled on in a satisfied voice. “But is worth it. I even eat one pancake for him.”
“I ate yesterday too!” Elodie had confessed with a sigh of relief. Tatiana had nodded at her understandingly as the two shared a laugh.
After Elodie gave every detail about her almost perfect date, Tatiana had cocked her head in confusion before making that comment about James' sexual preferences. A pensive look filled her tiny face as she tried to think of other explanations for his behavior.
“I do not know,” she said finally. “That is not normal. Maybe he has roommate?”
“No, he lives alone," Elodie said with a sigh.
She bit her lip as she thought about it for the hundredth time since he had gotten back into the cab. The light kiss had been all that he had given her, though her body had cried out for more. To add to her confusion, he had asked if he could take her out again the following day, to which she had fervently nodded her head with a hopeful smile.
And now here she was, going over every excruciating detail. Had she done something wrong? She couldn't find fault with any of her words or actions that evening no matter how hard she tried.
“Maybe he just shy,” Tatiana reassured her, but not before unnecessarily adding, “But I am happy Daniel not shy at all.”
Another groan escaped Elodie's mouth as Tatiana cackled beside her. She had never met a shy member of the male species before. Every boy or man that she had ever encountered had been quite forward in his intentions and with his calculated advances. Was it possible that James was just shy? Could it be that there were shy men in New York?
The two got up and linked arms as they started walking back to their apartment. They hit up the deli on the corner and filled their arms with as many coconut waters and bottles of Perrier as their frail arms could carry.
“You probably have eat today, so just starve until dinner,” Tatiana instructed her roommate sternly. Elodie nodded in agreement.
They made their way back to an empty apartment, as was expected. Heddi was in Copenhagen, enjoying her weeklong holiday, while Jelena had been sent to China to do catalog work for some clothing brand.
Elodie rushed straightaway to her room to begin primping, as James wanted to meet around two-thirty. She had exactly two hours.
A buzzing sound came from Elodie's Chanel bag as she rummaged through her closet, and she dug her phone out to find a taunting text message.
playing hard to get? you win
Shit. Elodie felt her stomach lurch as she read the text from Tyler. With a big smile, she turned to look at Tatiana, who was picking at her split ends next to her. “Would you like to do me a big favor?” she asked in as sweet of a voice as she could muster.
“No.”
“Come on, you know that I would do anything for you,” Elodie
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