Page 35 of Purchase Power
“Practicing? More like draining the ol’ well, if you know I mean. No. Kelsey is pretty innocent. I don’t know what put her up to doing a flesh peddling auction like that, but that girl was shaking the night I met her in the hotel where she’s staying. A twenty-three-year-old virgin who shakes like my uncle. Only instead of Parkinson’s, I think she’s terrified of me.”
Noah shook his head. “I do not envy you.”
“It would be one thing if we did it and everything was whatever, you know? Now I know this about her, and I’ve got so much pressure. I want her to have a good first time. Go beyond candles and bubble baths. Shit, here I thought I was getting a mistress for a month like you, and what I really got was someone afraid of my dick.”
“Have you actually tried talking to her about it?”
“I did, actually! She completely shut down. I’d saypoor dear,but I’m flummoxed.”
“Well, you better do something with her.” Noah sat back and sipped his coffee. “Not only talking about getting your money’s worth, Dave. If you don’t pluck that cherry, she’ll probably sell it off again, and she might not get someone as lovely as you next time.” Noah may have lain that sarcasm on a little thick, but he was serious. A shy young woman with little inexperience could do way worse than David Hayes when he was sober. He may not be the gentlest lover in the universe – as far as Noah knew, anyway, and he had unfortunately had a front row seat to it a time or two – but he was much better than someone who got off on buying a woman’s virginity. At least he knew what “stop” and “slow down” meant.
“She would’ve been better for a guy like you,” David bemoaned. “You’ve got that whole cool and calm gentleman thing going on. Not me. I’m a hot mess, as my ex would say.”
“I’m a mess, too, Dave.”
“As hot of a mess as I am, though?”
“For a woman auctioning off her virginity… no comment.”
David regained the smirk on his face as he kicked up his leg and slammed his elbow on Noah’s desk. “How about that Lucy, though, huh? She’s not a virgin, I bet, but you sure threw money at her like she was.”
Noah looked away, lest David see some of the memories in his friend’s eyes. “She’s more than adequate.”
That low whistle was much more scandalized than David had any right to be. “Adequate. That’s high praise for you. I heard you had moved her into the house. How’s that going? Does she even know about…?”
“No, and I’m making sure it stays that way.”
“Don’t tell me you’re making her stay in that guest suite for the whole month without a chance to get out.”
“What’s wrong with the suite? It’s huge. She has more room than she probably knows what to do with.”
“Unless you’ve got your cock in her literally half the day, I can only imagine how bored she is. And bored mistresses start snooping.”
“I’ve kept her entertained.”
Noah did his best to say that without smiling, yet his lip slightly twitched to the point that David cocked his head and chuckled. “You sly dog. Plowing that pussy like it’s a mine to be excavated, to be sure.”
Noah was not a blusher, but he swore he felt the heat in his cheeks at that moment.How dare you know me so well, David?Because that’s exactly what it felt like having sex with Lucy the day before. There wasn’t a part of her body Noah’s cock hadn’t explored.The way she squeezed me… Jesus…There was naturally tight, then there was“Oh, God, I’m so turned on and coming so hard I’m going to choke your dick, Mr. Gabriel.”One was vastly hotter than the other. Any woman could be tight. It took a special partnership to elicit that kind of reaction from a woman.
But… shewasa pro… she had probably been taken on by the club because of her excellent review record. Maybe the owner had fucked her for himself and knew firsthand what her perfect pussy could do.
“I’m not worried about her sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong.” Noah further turned his nose to his empty coffee cup. “She has enough to keep her preoccupied.” He attempted to not think about Candace’s unspoken warnings.Lucy wants out of the suite. I don’t blame her, but…He’d have to come up with something. If all Noah had to worry about was Lucy stumbling upon work-related secrets, it would be one thing… for example, Lucy was highly unlikely to sneak into his office unless that was her sole reason for coming to his house.
He was more worried about her discovering a fewfamilysecrets. The kind Noah had scrubbed from the internet years ago. The less people, especially reporters, brought it up… the better.
“I need you to come out with us this weekend,” David said. “That’s the real reason I’m here. I wanted to ask you in person. Explain myself to your face, when you inevitably asked why the hell you should bring your new girlfriend out on a double date with my foolish ass.”
Noah should be getting to work, but he had to admit, David’s predicament intrigued him. As much as he desired to never be in David’s shoes, it was an easy fantasy to entertain.Then again, there’s a reason I don’t mess around with virgins who advertise their status.Imagining Lucy had been a virgin when they first had sex... Jesus. The whole reason Noah took her like that was because it would’ve been old hat to her.
“I’ll think about it. I’m sure Lucy will be chewing her way through the walls by the time this weekend rolls around, but she’s also not exactly someone I planned on taking out in public.”
“Iwasgoing to prance Kelsey around like any other girlfriend, but I dunno, shit’s weird now. Guess I could…”
Noah’s personal phone illuminated his desk. That was the same moment Candace rattled against the door and helped herself in without preamble, something she would onlyeverdo if there were an emergency.
So happened the name on Noah’s phone was Candace’s. She held her own phone in her hand, and didn’t think to shut it off when she was finally face to face with him.
“Sir!” Candace barely acknowledged David, who held himself closer to his chair and pretended to not see what was happening. “It’s Stacey. She…”
