Something About Lorelei(15)

“Mr. Sutton, you asked me here tonight to talk about the launch party, not about my personal life. So if you don’t mind, I’d like to get to it.”

Arching my brow, I stared into her beautiful blue eyes. “You seem to be in a hurry. Is there a boyfriend waiting at home for you?”

“No.”#p#分页标题#e#

I silently let out a sigh of relief. No husband and no boyfriend. This was good, but shocking. Why didn’t someone as beautiful and smart as she was have a boyfriend?

As we were eating our dinner, I pulled my ringing phone from my pocket and saw my mother was calling.

“Hello.”

“Jack, you need to come to the office right away. Vidal just put together the clothing line for December’s spread and we need to go over them. Coco is here too.”

“I’m in the middle of dinner. Can’t it wait until tomorrow?”

“Box it up and eat it later. And no, it can’t wait until tomorrow. In case you have forgotten, I’m leaving for Los Angeles.”

I sighed. “Fine. I’ll be there as soon as I can.” Click. “I’m sorry, Lorelei, but we’ll have to discuss the rest of the details on Monday. My mother needs me.”

“Is everything okay?” she asked.

“Yes. She needs me at the office. This is the reason why the woman has been divorced six times.”

She tried not laugh, but she did anyway. I smiled.

“Ride with me to the office and then I’ll have Tony drive you home.”

“It’s okay, Mr. Sutton. I can take the subway.”

“You aren’t taking the subway this late. It’s not safe. Actually, it’s not safe ever.” I waved my hand for the waitress and had her box up our dinners.

Lorelei climbed out of the booth and I placed my hand on the small of her back as we left the restaurant. Climbing into the limo, I told Tony to take us to the office and then instructed him to drive Lorelei home. When we reached the office, I stepped out of the limo and then bent over to see Lorelei one last time.

“By the way, you can call me Jack.” I smiled and shut the door.

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Lorelei

I sat there with a confused look on my face as he shut the door. He wanted me to call him Jack? Why? The way he ran his fingers across mine at dinner sent a storm through me. His touch and the sensation I felt made my head spin. I began to sweat and my heart started to beat rapidly. I had even lost my breath for a moment and I couldn’t explain why. Maybe it was because he was so damn sexy. He was confident, too confident. He was the type of person who liked control. I hated people like that. But there was something about Jack Sutton that created an ache between my legs. An ache I hadn’t felt in so many years. The type of ache that scared me and could potentially become dangerous. He was attracted to me. That much I could tell, but did I want that? Who wouldn’t want a hot and sexy millionaire corporate man attracted to her? But we were total opposites and I was pretty sure that he was only attracted to me from the outside. Another notch in his belt was something I wouldn’t become.

“Tony, has Jack ever had you drive one of his PAs home?”

“No, Lorelei. You’re the first.” He smiled through the rearview mirror.

“I see.” I looked down at my hands.

Tony pulled up to my building and opened the door for me. Climbing out, I thanked him and went up to my apartment.

“You’re back early.” Stella smiled as I walked in the door.

“He had to go to the office and meet his mother. Something about the December issue.”

“Oh. So what did you talk about?” She smirked.

I rolled my eyes as I walked into the kitchen and poured a glass of wine.

“Is Hope in bed?”

“Yes. She’s been asleep for about an hour,” Sebastian replied.

“He wanted to talk about me and my personal life.” I took a sip from the glass.#p#分页标题#e#

“I think someone has a crush on our little Lorelei.” Stella smiled as she hooked her arm around me.

“He can crush all he wants. He’s a womanizer and all he thinks about is sex.”

“So? You haven’t had sex in seven years and he does wear extra-large condoms.”

“Hold on a second!” Sebastian put his hand up. “How the fuck do you know that?”

“Didn’t I tell you?” She laughed. “He had her buy him a box.”

Sebastian rolled his eyes. “The guy sounds like an asshole. Who does that shit?”

“Jack Sutton. That’s who,” I spoke.





Chapter Eleven


Jack

I arrived at the office at six a.m., and at about seven, Garrett came strolling in, taking a seat across from me.