Chapter 64 - The Rendezvous (2/2)

Jake says nothing; he glances at her sidewards in disdain, and takes a swig of his beer. ”Let's cut the chase. What do you want?”

”Oh, you don't want foreplay now?” Claire snickers. She adjusts how she's sitting, slyly pushing out some more cleavage for Jake's benefit.

Jake doesn't miss that. He glances at her milky-white cleavage, which secretly takes his breath away. Imagine if Gabriel didn't arrive at the house that night…

”If it's foreplay you want, I'd give it to you. And more,” he says. ”Let's start with what are you willing to give me?”

”Everything,” Claire smiles flirtatiously. ”And as long as you want it. And although I'm young and inexperienced, I'm willing to make up for it with the willingness to experiment.”

Jake Magno almost creams in his pants upon hearing those words come out of that lovely mouth. He can't believe he'd be alive to hear it; it's the hottest thing he's heard in years. That face, that mouth, those words. ”As long as you want it,” she said. Holy fuċk.

Jake gazes at Claire's now empty glass. ”Would you like another shot?”

”Yes, please,” she says without hesitation. ”Double, on the rocks.”

Not five seconds pass by since she uttered those words, and here's the waiter, serving her drink.

”I never knew you'd be so…agreeable to discuss with about these things. Had I known, I wouldn't have had to resort to that bit of…naughtiness a few nights ago.” Jake leisurely wets his lips with the tip of his beer bottle.

Claire almost chokes with her rage, but she soldiers on; she even smiles. ”It's because you never asked.” She ever so slightly inclines towards him, squeezing out a bit more cleavage. She's now so close to him that Jake can drink up her scent. ”I think a lot of problems would have been avoided if people only asked first, before making deadly ȧssumptions.”

”I couldn't agree more,” Jake Magno says.

”And speaking of asking for things, I'm here because there's one little thing I'd like to ask you.”

Jake's flesh trembles with excitement; whatever she asks, he would give it to her. ”Go on, ask it. I couldn't wait.”

Claire gently puts a hand on Jake's leg, squeezing it slightly. But before Jake could even react, Claire does something that instantly turns Jake's world upside-down, and bloody red.