Chapter 15 #3
“They did.” He puts the stuffed rat back onto the shelf. “I thought I could stay and see if you needed my help with anything.”
“What would I need your help with?”
His eyes hold mine and he gives me the look. “There must be something you need help with.”
Oh…how much temptation can I handle before I crack?
Do I play…. Or do I play hard to get?
No. Short-term pain for long-term gain. He can’t just turn up here and get a booty call, as tempting as it is.
“No. I have no idea what you could possibly help me with, Edward.”
His eyes hold mine and he steps forward, pinning me to the shelves, his erection digs into my stomach and I feel a rush of arousal run through my body.
Jeez.
I glance over and see the fake eyeballs of the rat staring at me…stop judging me!
“Excuse me, miss,” Piano Man interrupts.
Not now, fucker.
“Be there in a minute,” I snap.
Edward pushes his body harder against mine. “Are you sure there is nothing I can do for you?” He flexes his dick between us.
Oh….
We stare at each other as I feel myself weakening. It would be so easy….
No!
Does he really think he can not call me, not take me on a date…. Turn up at my place of work and stick his hard dick in my stomach and I’m going to goo and gush how lucky I am that he picked me?
“Yeah, there is, actually.” I step back from him. “You can respect me.”
“What the fuck is that supposed to mean?”
“Do you really think that you can turn up here in your slutty little suit and get whatever you want?”
A slow, sexy smile crosses his face. “Slutty little suit?”
“That’s right.” Not an exaggeration, everything about that suit makes me want to be slutty. “E is for Effort, Edward.” I put my hands on my hips. “You should try it sometime.”
He glares at me and I glare right back.
“I don’t have time for this tonight, I’m too busy.” I march off back to the stupid concert pianist. “Now, how can I help you?”
FORTY MINUTES LATER.
I wrap the glasses and put them into the bag. “Thank you so much for coming.”
“This was the night from hell,” Jonty whispers.
“Put the closed sign on the door, for god’s sake,” Helene mutters under her breath.
The crowd is slowing up with the last of the people loitering around shopping. Jonty and Helene go and finish up serving them.
I stand at the counter and feel a hot body slide snugly in behind me.
“You should probably delete the security tapes,” Edward whispers in my ear.
“Huh?” I glance back at him. “I thought you left ages ago.”
“Good night, Alora.” He leans in and kisses my cheek. “I had a good time.”
Without another word he walks out of the store with his two guards trailing behind him.
What? He waited all this time to just leave before we finish.
Helene holds her hands up in question. “What’s happening?” she mouths.
I shrug. “He left.”
“God, he’s so weird.”
“Tell me about it,” Jonty agrees.
“Shut up, Jonty,” Helene scolds him. “You can’t say that.”
“You said it first,” he fires back.
“Yes, but I have questionable opinions and terrible taste in men, everyone knows that.”
DARKNESS
I slide the blade through the tape holding the large box closed and fold the lid open.
I remove the plastic and look over the contents.
A padded suit, this will add at least forty to fifty pounds to my appearance, making me unrecognizable to the naked eye. I’ll be able to come and go without being noticed.
I smile, pleased with my purchase.
I open the second parcel and look over the three wigs and the two prosthetic noses.
How do I attach?
I carefully read the instructions…. Medical-grade adhesive….
Hmm, I type into Google:
Medical-grade adhesive for facial prosthetics
ALORA
The night comes to an end but my mind is in overdrive, of course I’m going to delete the security tapes. Nobody needs to see me getting pinned to a shelf of taxidermy.
I smile. Although I might want to.
“You guys get going. I’m going to get some takeout and reconcile the cash register.”
“We’ll wait.”
“No. I insist.” I pour myself a glass of wine. “I’m going to wind down a little and take my time, you guys go. Thanks for today, you’re amazing.”
“Okay. But lock yourself in.”
“I will.” I walk them to the door and flick the lock, now…
I march to my office at double time. I open the security footage link and begin to scroll through, my screen is split into four screens.
One of the front shop, one of the aisles, one of the bathroom area out the back and one out the front of the store.
I smile as I watch Helene and Jonty navigate the night.
As it plays in the background I call my favorite Chinese restaurant.
“Hello, Lucky Charm.”
“Hello, can I order some home delivery please?”
“Of course, what would you like?”
“I’ll have Chilli king shrimp and fried rice please.”
“Sure thing, it will be around twenty minutes.”
“Thank you.” I pay and give them my address, pour another glass of wine, and go back to watching the security footage. I hit fast-forward and watch as everyone moves at double speed. On the bottom right screen I see Edward and his friends arrive and I click to full screen.
“Hello,” Jonty says.
“We’re here for the mystery box,” Edward says, void of emotion.
“Tickets are sold out. Sorry, bad luck.”
Edward looks at him deadpan and his friends chuckle behind him.
I giggle too, Edward’s face is priceless.
“Go and get Alora,” Edward tells him.
“She’s too busy to talk to you.”
Theo and the other boys burst out laughing.
Edward leans in and says something that I can’t hear and Jonty rolls his eyes and walks inside.
What did he say to him?
I rewind it and watch it again but can’t make it out. I sip my wine and fast-forward it again, I watch on as Edward and his friends walk around the store. I can’t hear what they’re saying but they are chatting and every now and then they laugh as if something funny was said.
I walk past in the screen on the left and Edward’s eyes drop down to my behind and he says something to his friends and smiles darkly, I hold my breath as I watch on.
What did he say?
I gulp my wine; this is the most fun I’ve had in months.
I fast-forward and everyone goes into speed mode, every now and then Edward comes onto screen and I slow it back down so I can watch him. The way he overpowers everyone in the room.
He’s just so….
I fast-forward again and finally get to us in the taxidermy aisle, I enlarge it and chew my nail as I watch. He says something and tucks a piece of my hair behind my ear.
The air leaves my lungs as I watch us together, the sexual chemistry between us is palpable, I can feel it through the screen.
I can see the erection in his pants and he towers over me, and then he pins me to the shelf as I stare up at him.
I swallow the lump in my throat as I watch, then rewatch and then rewatch our interaction. The way he looks at me…the way he steps forward and pins me.
Jeez….
I’m downloading this, I need to watch this on repeat. Forever.
I feel myself getting hot under the collar, I totally should have been his booty call tonight.
What am I…. A fucking nun?
I keep going forward, I want to see where he comes up to me at the end of the night.
I catch sight of him say something to his guards and then they go and stand by the back door.
Wait…huh?
I rewind and then fast-forward. What are they doing?
Then I notice Edward on the bottom square, he’s out in the courtyard out the back that leads to the bathroom.
But….
I frown, confused, and enlarge the screen. There’s a speaker with music playing out here, we run it all night for ambience. I can hear it on the footage, the song is ‘I Did Something Bad’ by Taylor Swift.
He looks up at the camera and smiles darkly. “What is he doing?”
He unzips his suit pants….
My eyes widen.
He spits into his right hand.
Bang, bang, bang, sounds at the front door and I nearly fall off the chair.
The Chinese is here.
Argh!
I pause the video and run to the front door and open it in a rush. “Thank you.” I snatch it from him and slam the door in his face. I run back to the office.
Oh my god. Oh my god.
I hit rewind and watch it in slow motion.
Edward looks up at the camera, smiles darkly, and undoes the zipper of his suit pants. His large erection comes into view and my eyes widen.
He spits into his hand.
Spits.
He begins to pull himself, hard and violent.
His head tips back in ecstasy, his body jerks and moves with every stroke.
My eyes widen as my hand flies over my mouth. “What the ever-loving fuck.”
I have no words.
None.
He’s so bad…but so fucking good.
He keeps going and going…arousal seeps into my soul as my ovaries begin to chant for his arrival.
Yes, yes, yes.
He comes hard and his eyes flutter closed.
The air leaves my lungs as I watch on, my heart completely stopped.
He smiles up at the camera, his chest rises and falls as if searching for air.
He mouths something.
Huh?
I rewind it and play it in slow motion.
“E stands for Ejaculation,” he mouths. I watch on, entranced. With his dark eyes locked on the camera, he licks the semen off the palm of his hand.
Oh.
My.
Fucking.
God.