Temptation(30)

I couldn’t help but look over my shoulder for most of the night, I felt like I was being watched and I had a good feeling by who. You’re paranoid Alexis, get over yourself. I couldn’t shake the feeling though, a few times when I was very stupidly performing Gangnam Style with Tash and Jade, I could swear I spotted Bryce leaning against the wall, but when I’d look back he was gone. I had to be imagining it, how could he possibly know I was here? He couldn’t, City Towers Entertainment Complex was enormous and even his creepy research skills could not reveal we had changed our plans to come here, surely?

After copious amounts of pretty cocktails, shots and bad dance moves, including Tash’s infamous bum dance, the clock was fast approaching 1:30am. My feet were reminding me of just how much they hated heels, they had been very good to me lately, but obviously I had taken them for granted tonight. Carls, Tash and Steph were still in dancing mode and continued there dancing, to non-existent music, all the way out of the Nightclub, through the Casino and now towards the car park. Lil and Jade on the other hand looked as punished and exhausted as I did.

“What are they on?” All three of them were crazy and attracting a lot of second glances.

“Fuck, whatever it is, I want some.” Lily started rubbing her throat.

“How’s that Cock going Lil?” I smiled at her.

“Still fucking there.” She cleared her throat.

“I’m too old for this shit.” Jade had stopped to remove her shoes. Fuck it, I’m doing it too. I figured it was the early hours of the morning and no one I knew would catch me being a drunken bogan, surely?

“You are not Jade, maybe we just need to lower our heel height a bit, or drink and dance less.” I attempted to pry off my left heel and stumbled into Jade.

“Lexi, did you have enough to drink tonight, Love?” That was an understatement! My tell-tale signs of stumbling, increased foul language and the constant need to smile were slowly becoming apparent.

“Just a bit.” I put my arm on hers and tried again, I was bending over and an intoxicated sleaze ball thought he had the right to pinch my arse.

“Hey, fuck you prick.” Jade was eyeballing the arsehole. I would normally just ignore idiots like these, but after many drinks I somehow thought I was a lot tougher, so stepped up my aggression also, this wasn’t always a good thing.

“Keep your fucking filthy hands to yourself, arsehole.” We started walking again, he stepped in front of me so I went to walk around him, he stumbled and blocked me again.

“Piss off, dickhead.” I clenched my heel ready for attack.

“Oh come on darling, with an arse like that it’s begging to be felt.” He went for another touch and as he did his arm was subdued in mid grope and bent so far up his back he moaned in pain.

“The lady said Piss off, not touch her arse again.” I groggily looked up to see Bryce standing behind the drunken arsehole, he looked furious and was ever so slightly inching the guys arm up higher. The arsehole’s friend went to throw a punch in Bryce’s direction, but Bryce saw it coming, he wrenched the arsehole round to block the punch. It was actually quite funny, sort of like a Jackie Chan movie, I’m sure I let out a woozy giggle. Jade and Lil had moved us back and away from the action. Two security guards showed up, they had held down both arseholes within seconds. Tash, Carls and Steph stopped dancing and doubled back to see what had happened.

“Ladies, are you alright?” I smiled up at him, my sexy knight in shining armour. He was beautiful, I wanted to pat my hand down his face and coo at him like a puppy. Alexis, you’re drunk, he is not a beautiful puppy!

“Jackie Chan, what a co-incidence, thank you for saving our lives?” I couldn’t possibly have sounded more sarcastic and unappreciative. He ‘smirked’ at me, of course, I just kept staring at him, partly because I loved looking at his immaculate face but also because I was in fact quite intoxicated and found it difficult to look away.

“Jackie Chan?” He raised his eyebrows at me. Oh Shit, did that come out of my mouth? That was supposed to stay in my head.

“Alexis, earth to Alexis.” It was Carls, when I didn’t respond she introduced herself to Bryce. “I’m Carly, you must be Mr Clark, I’ve heard so much about you.” Oh you have, have you? Carly Josephine Henkley I am going to kill you.

“You have, have you?” He, was loving this, it was written all over his face, Carls had extended her hand. Lil, Tash, Jade and Steph were dead silent and pretty much drooling on the spot.

“How are you ladies getting home tonight?” Carls seemed to be the only one of us who could speak.