girl time. Though, it did make me miss Janel. After
washing up, I slipped the dress over my head. I realized that for
it to hang right I wouldn’t be able to wear anything underneath.
While Sarah was turned the other way I quickly slid my underwear
off. I tugged the dress down as far as it would go and Sarah turned
and exclaimed, “Holy crap! That is some dress.”
I was deeply regretting my rebel decision to buy the
dress. “Is it that bad?” I asked Sarah.
“ No, it’s just so sexy. If you
don’t mind me asking are you trying to get Cheve to notice you, you
know, in a romantic way?”
“ No!” I quickly said. “It’s just
that I’ve never had a body that could pull something like this off,
and when I tried it on it was so…so…exhilarating to feel powerful
and sexy.”
“ Well, you do look sexy. I hope
that Cheve will be able to keep all of the men off of
you.”
I couldn’t help but smile, “That has never been a
problem for me, and I don’t think Cheve will have anything to worry
about.”
We finished getting ready and Sarah even managed to
make my hair look attractive. She swept it up on top of my head
with a few strands curling around my neck.
Just then Cheve called down, “Are you guys ready
yet? I made reservations for a half hour from now.”
I winked at Sarah. “Guys? Let’s go show them how
good the “guys” are looking.”
She laughed and we climbed up the few steps into the
cool evening air. The laughter died on my lips when I saw Cheve
dressed in black dress trousers that hugged his muscular thighs and
a black dress shirt that was open a few buttons. His black hair
which was usually tousled was combed back. He looked so good that I
forgot to breathe for a minute. I looked at his face and for one
second I saw pure lust in his eyes, and then he ruined it by
saying, “Go put some underwear on Sensay.”
Chapter 12
I was getting seriously pissed off. Mark, Cheve and
Sarah were all staring at me. It was my business and no one else’s
if I wore underwear or not.
“ Are we going to dinner or not?
And if you say no, I’m still going.” I started to move toward the
steps. Cheve grabbed my arm. I glared at him and he let
go.
He sighed, “Okay, we’re going to dinner but then
we’re heading back to the island.” He turned towards Mark, “You and
Sarah can take this boat. We’ll take the motor boat since we’ll be
returning early.”
That’s what you think mister, I thought to myself
though I just smiled at everyone. Cheve took hold of my arm “We can
walk to the restaurant; it’s just a few blocks from here.”
When I didn’t answer him he stopped walking and
turned to face me. “It’s not that I don’t like the way you look,
Orenda. You look really hot. I just don’t want you drawing
attention to yourself. It’s a matter of safety.”
“ Cheve, we can take care of
ourselves. It’ll be fine.”
“ You really don’t know do
you?”
“ Know what?”
He began walking again but said, “How incredibly
beautiful you are.”
My earlier anger subsided.
The restaurant was a little inn that specialized
in
seafood. I actually began to relax. “This place is
perfect, Cheve.”
“ Thanks, I heard it has the best
food in town.”
Cheve ordered a bottle of wine and we sat chatting
about some of our favorite foods. It was nice to enjoy dinner with
a friend. It had been too long since I had some normalcy in my
life.
We were just finishing with our desserts when I had
the feeling of being watched again. Not wanting to tip off Cheve in
anyway, I glanced at him to see if he had picked up on
anything.
Cheve was eating his cheesecake and didn’t seem to
be alarmed about anything. I nonchalantly glanced around but didn’t
see anything unusual. As quickly as the feeling came it was gone.
Maybe my training made me paranoid. I wasn’t about to let it spoil
my one night of fun. As we were leaving, I decided to at least give
it a shot to see if Cheve would let me stay
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