I realize I interrupted and say quickly."Oops.Continue."

"When you walked across the parking lot, I couldn't take my eyes off you.I watched until you drove out of sight, then I went into the office and asked Lucy to see the vacancy in Building A.She scheduled Mrs.Smith to show me the apartment on Sunday morning.Before I left, I asked her about you."He wags his finger and gives me a great impression of Lucy."'You flyboy.You no good.You leave her alone.She lady.She sweet.She work.She home alone.She good girl.She no party girl.You leave alone.'And that's how I knew you weren't that kind of girl."

I laugh out loud.It all makes sense now.Even the cold shoulder she gave him at the elevator."So Lucy vouched for me?"

"Affirmative."

Our eyes dance in the darkness.My heart feels lighter and happier than ever before.When he looks back at the road, I take a deep breath."I need to clear the air right now too.Aurei, I want you to give me … us, a real chance too.I want you to get to know me without jumping to the wrong conclusion about the kind of person I really am."He glances back, and the sincerity is there."Lucy isn't 100% right.I am sweet.I am a workaholic.I do live alone.As a matter of fact, I'm pretty much isolated.But a good girl?That's debatable."I wink at him."But I am most definitely a party girl.My dress is proof of that."

He smiles, puts his finger against his lips, and I watch them form a perfect heart as he shushes me."I'm not finished answering your question.There is more to my explanation."

I smile."Oops again.Sorry."

He looks away, thinking, then looks back."Ok.Let me give you my proof, straight line, not curved."

I nod, listening.

"Last Friday, when you reached your car, you dropped your keys."

My eyes begin to narrow, remembering.

"Then you bent over to pick them up the same way you did tonight."He smirks, and I squint."Only tonight, you meant to flash me but didn't.Friday, you didn't mean to flash me, but you did.You weren't wearing any panties."He grins as my jaw falls open.

"Holy fuck!"I blurt out, and he chuckles, enjoying my shock.The crinkle is back at his eyes, and they fall to my hemline.I know now for sure he knows my pussy is bare under there.I resist the urge to pull it down, but I shift in my seat."Hang on now, Hardcore."He chuckles again and looks back at the road."Most men would think I was both that kind of girl and an easy piece of tail, just from the view alone on Friday, not to mention tonight in this dress.But you say, in all honesty, that you don't?"I shake my head."I find that hard to believe."

"Affirmative.That's exactly what I'm saying.A panty-less pussy doesn't mean you are 'that kind' of girl.It only means you don't wear panties.Which I find extremely appealing, by the way."His eyes fall to my pussy again, and damn, it tingles.

Fuck!I bite my bottom lip.

"And I would never think that your particular piece of tail was easy, especially after seeing you in that dress tonight."He raises his eyes back to my face, and his sexy as fuck sideways grin is there.

"Well, that's opposite of what most men would say."

He pulls into a parking spot and turns the truck off."I understand that.And I want you to understand that about me.I'm not most men.It's not that I know you well enough.It's that I don't jump to the normal conclusions about people.I think differently.I think for myself."He puts his arm on the center console and turns to face me.

I grin at him."You're an honest asshole.Most men are lying bastards."

"Exactly."He reaches over and puts my hair behind my ear so he can see my face, then puts his hand under my chin and tilts it so he can search my eyes."It's a beautiful dress, and you look stunning in it."

I melt completely with the simple gesture."Aurei?"

"Yes, Siri?"

"I'm really liking this straight line, not curved method.If I ask if my ass looks big, it's because I want to know if my ass looks big."I wink at him.

His smile is so sweet and sincere."Stay right there.I'm going to come to open the door for you."He gets out, but before he closes his door, he says."And just for the record, your ass is perfect."

31

Aurei walks in front of the headlights.His blonde halo sways gently with each step.

Umm.Umm.Umm.He is purty.I giggle, drawing out my southern drawl and totally owning it like a local.

When he opens my door, he offers his hand like a gentleman to help me step down.

As soon as our skin connects, the spark ignites.He says softly as he pulls me out of the seat."If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"And I immediately recognize the lyrics of a song.He controls my body, letting it slide slowly down his safely to the ground.

Our electricity makes me tingle all over.