Page 10 of The House Guest
“They actually like me now. But they didnotlike Savannah.”
“Savannah was your date tonight?”
He nodded. “Yeah. Tess saved me, actually. She helped me get out of the rest of the date.”
“What do you mean?”
“I wanted to end the night early and had been thinking up an excuse. Then Tess rubbed her asshole on Savannah’s shoe as we were standing in the foyer. She decided right then and there she wanted to call it a night.”
I cracked up. “Saved by the asshole.”
“Exactly. It was perfect.”
“Did you drive her home?”
“I called her a car.”
“Well, I’m sorry again if I disrupted your evening.”
“Trust me, I had more fun watching the movie with you than I would’ve sitting through whatever sappy film she picked.” He sighed. “And…I’m sorry if she was rude to you. She was probably just intimidated.”
“Intimidated? Why?”
He glared. “Really? You’re gonna make me say it?”
“Sure.” I smirked.
“Because you’re attractive…” His eyes fell to my abs. “And you seem to have no other wardrobe besides crop tops.”
I sat for a moment with the knowledge that Dorian thought I was attractive. I wasn’t about to return the compliment, even if all I could think about was how handsome he was. How long his lashes were. How sexy his hands were as they wrapped around the armrest. He had a dark and mysterious look to him, which was right up my alley.
“How’s school going?” he asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.
“I have to sketch someone nude,” I blurted.
His eyes widened. “Really…”
“Yes. In the next week or so.”
“Male or female?”
“I actually don’t know. It’ll be a surprise.”
“Which do you prefer to draw?”
“There’s something very beautiful about the female body, but I think drawing a man would be more challenging because it might make me more uncomfortable.”
“So, we’re hoping for low-hanging balls?”
I cackled. “I’ve never been one to turn down a challenge, no.”
“So that’s a yes on the balls?”
“I’ll take whatever the universe blesses me with in that regard.”
“Well, I have no doubt you can handle it, if you created those monkeys from scratch.”
“Thanks for the confidence.”
