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Entwined With You

C. Huysamen

Chapter 2

ANNA

My heart is racing and my eyes are burning.

Damitry, that hot man. Can’t seem to get him out of my head.

When Ray finishes and meets me outside, we go for lunch.

“Earth to Anna!” Ray’s voice breaks my trance.

“Yeah?” I answer, a bit flushed.

“Your order. Man, are you dreaming of Prince Sexy?” she asks with a grin.

“Pfft, no.” I try to hide my blush, but my body betrays me.

Traitor.

We finish our lunch and decide to do more shopping.

“Let’s go check out J.Crew.” Ray breaks the silence that has been following us since I saw Damitry. It’s like I can’t seem to get him out of my mind.

“Um, yeah, why not?” I reply sheepishly.

We got there, and there is Damitry. Standing in all his glory next to the damn goddess of a woman, looking through some dresses.

I freeze like a solid piece of ice. I can’t move. My heart is all over the place, but my eyes are on him.

He looks up and boom, our eyes meet.

He whispers something in the goddess’s ear without moving his gaze from me. It’s like a staring contest now.

He walks over. He moves like he owns the place. He is so confident and elegant—and tall, six-three, maybe six-four.

“Hello, Annabeth.” His husky voice is like a stream of flowing water on a hot summer day, drawing me in.

I could so drown myself in this man.

Get a grip, Anna. Don’t make a fool of yourself.

“Hello, Damitry,” I answer with the sweetest smile and with confidence, like he is doing nothing to me.

“You haven’t answered my question,” he says with a grin.

“Question?” I ask, frowning.

“Yes, question. Would you like to join us for a drink?” he asks with a little bit of playfulness in his voice.

“Um, I don’t know. I’m shopping with my friend Rachelle. I can’t just leave her,” I reply with an “I’m sorry” smile.

“She can join us as well. The more the merrier,” he replies with a boyish grin.

He stands there waiting for my answer.

I swear time stops. I can’t hear or see anything but him.

The goddess of a woman makes her way to us.

“Hi!” She plucks me from my trance. My glance moves to meet her eyes, those sky-blue eyes.

“Hi,” I answer, a little bit out of breath.

“Damitry.” She bumps him on the shoulder.

“Annabeth, this is my sister, Dominique. Dominique, Annabeth,” he introduces us, rolling his eyes at his sister.

“Nice to meet you, Annabeth,” she replies with a Hollywood smile.

“Nice to meet you too,” I reply trying to match her smile.

“Anna, you are making a lot of new friends today.” I hear Ray’s voice next to me, a bright smile on her face.

“Hi, I’m Rachelle, Annabeth’s BFF,” she says, smiling at Dominique.

“Would you girls like to have a drink with us? So that I can take a break from shopping?” Damitry asks, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand like he just ran a marathon.

We start to laugh at his dramatic performance as we exit J.Crew with them.

At the bar, we sit across from each other. Ray and Dominique talk the whole time about fashion.

Now and then Damitry will make a silly joke about his sister’s dress code when she was little. Anyone can see he loves his sister, and the way she talks about him with pride in her voice says she feels the same.

“I need to use the bathroom.” With a giggle in her voice, Dominique stands.

“Uh, wait up!” Ray jumps up to join Dominique and they glide their way to the bathroom.

“Annabeth, I think you are a mesmerizing woman, and I would like to get to know you more before I make you mine,” Damitry says with a mouth-watering smile on his face and lust burning in his eyes.

His sky-blue eyes cut into my soul.

I gulp and clear my throat.

Don’t know how to respond to that. Okay, well, don’t let this hot Greek god get you down, Anna.

“Well, now, lover boy, you are thinking way ahead of yourself,” I reply and flash him the sexiest smile I can manage.

Yeah, two can play this game.

Then I break eye contact as I feel that darn blush burning on my cheeks.

He moves closer to me and says in a whisper, a hungry smile on his face,

“Well now, cupcake, that’s not what your body is telling me.”

Shit, shit, shit. Don’t back down.

Luckily, Ray and Dominique return, giggling. Damitry sits back on his chair, his eyes still on me and that darn panty-dropping grin on his face.

“Anna, is my baby brother manhandling you?” Dominique asks, giggling. Her eyes dart from me to him.

Damitry grabs his chest like his sister just stabbed him with her words, tilting his head to his shoulder, smiling innocently.

“Aww, I would not dare manhandle her. What do you think of me, my sweet, sweet Mona?” he replies in a soft, kind voice.

“Yeah, yeah. He’s a charmer, this brother of mine,” Dominique states as she sits down next to him.

Ray and I start to giggle. Who needs a TV when you can watch these two all day?

Ray gives Dominique her number, and we make plans to go dancing later.

We head home to unpack everything we bought.

***

At home, I take a nice refreshing shower. I sure as hell need it after my very hot encounter with sweet, sweet Damitry. I wonder how his lips will taste on mine, and those beautiful hands…

No, Anna. Bad Anna! You can’t think like that, you just met him. Bad, very bad girl.

After showering, I grab a towel and wrap it around myself, another to dry my hair, and head to my bedroom.

I find Ray in there going through my closet, huffing and puffing like a crazy person.

“Um, Ray? What are you doing?” I ask.

“You need something suuuuuppppper sexy,” she replies, making her eyes big. “Eek! Got it!”

She jumps up and spins around, handing me my red dress. It’s a short cocktail dress that shows a lot of cleavage and a lot of skin. We call it “the man-eater.”

Frowning, I look at the dress and then at my overly-excited friend.

“Um, why will I be wearing this?” I ask.

“Well, that super-hot man candy Damitry will be there and girl, he soooooo wants to do you,” she answers, winking at me. We start to giggle like schoolgirls.

While Ray is showering, I dry my long, thick, chocolate-brown hair that almost reaches my butt. I decide to let it hang loose. My dark-green eyes look so daring in this red dress.

I apply some makeup and, for a finishing touch, lip gloss—there, all done—and slip on my black open-toe heels.

Now let’s go have some fun.

Ray is wearing her daring black dress, its tight bodice showing every curve of her body and a lot of cleavage. Her feet are in silver high heels.

“Ready,” she asks, a huge smile on her face.

“Yeah, let’s go bring the house down.” I flash her my super-sweet smile.

She texts Dominique, confirming the place and telling her we’ll meet them there.

The nightclub is busy. There’s a long line of people waiting to enter. Dominique is waiting for us outside. She spots us and waves us over.

“Hey, you both look amazing,” she says, flashing us that awesome smile. She is wearing a short pink cocktail dress that reaches the top of her knees.

“Hi, Dominique,” the bouncer says, looking at her and smiling as we walk to the entrance.

“Hey, Jade. These are my friends Ray and Anna.”

Jade gives us a bright smile and opens the door for us.

“Wow.”

This is a nice club. There are VIP corners in the back, a dance floor in the middle with a DJ, a huge bar, and a few tables.

It’s so sparkly!

There are a lot of people. Dominique leads us to a VIP corner.

Damitry is sitting there talking to two other guys. He looks good in his jeans and white T-shirt, and his hair all wild, completing his sexy, wild, and dangerous look. You can see he visits the gym, he is so muscular, not like a bodybuilder.

“Hey, guys, these are my friends Rachelle and Annabeth. Girls, this is Xander and Jordan.”

Xander stands up to greet us. He is a tall, muscular hunk of a man, with stylish coal-black hair, dark-blue eyes like the night sky, and really kissable lips.

He’s very hot guy and he so knows it. He has the bad boy vibe, red lights flashing all around him warning you to stay away.

“Hi, ladies,” he says, shaking my hand.

Jordan stands up to order us some drinks.

He is not as muscular as Damitry and Xander. He is more like a sweet and innocent boy. Golden-blond hair, almond-brown eyes, a little shorter than Damitry. He seems to be the good guy.

“What’s your poison?” he asks as he leaves.

“Just get a few shots and some dirty martinis,” Damitry replies.

Ray smiles, winks at me, and turns to follow Jordan.

“I’ll come with you to help you carry the drinks.” She gives him her oh-so-hot smile. He flashes his handsome grin back, and off they go.

Yeah, Ray, go get him!

After a few shots, we decide to dance. Ray grabs Jordan by the hand.

I am so tempted to grab Damitry’s strong capable hand, but decide against it and grab Xander’s hand instead. Dominique and Damitry look at me and Xander, stunned, but I ignore them and we move to the dance floor.

Xander pulls me close to him, placing his hands on my hips. I throw my arms around his neck and we start to dance, too. He is so close I feel his breath on me.

Okay, boy, let’s play a little game now.

I turn around so he is facing my back and we start to move like two people about to do the naughty deed.

Then he turns me around and looks straight into my eyes. His eyes are full of hunger and lust at the same time. I can tell I’m driving this man crazy.

“Well now, sweetheart, don’t play with fire if you’re not willing to put it out.” He gives me the sexiest smile.

My knees start to wobble.

If he wasn’t holding me up I swear I would faceplant on the dance floor right now.

I take a deep breath, giving him one of my most seductive smiles.

He pulls my head up to his and places a full-mouth kiss on my lips.

Our mouths move, gently yet hungry for more. I open my lips slightly to give him access and he dominates my mouth. I let out a small moan.

He pulls back. Only our foreheads are touching. Both of us are breathless.

“You are so satisfying, yet I can’t get enough of you. Sweet Anna, you are in so much trouble.” He leans in, gives me a peck on the mouth, and starts to dance with me again.

I feel Damitry’s eyes on me, burning into my back.

He saw the whole kiss.

Xander and I return to our VIP corner. We both see a killer’s look in Damitry’s bewildered eyes. His jaw is clenched and he looks pissed.

I don’t know why. It’s not like we did anything wrong.

Before Xander can say anything, Damitry jumps up and moves to the dance floor, grabbing some blonde bimbo on the way. Her hands are immediately everywhere on his body.

Looks like he is enjoying himself, at least.

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