Page 20 of Damaged Billionaire Daddy
There was no way she left, right? Not without telling me and knowing what I could do and say to her grandparents.
“Clara,” I repeated, mainly as a means of remembering her name. “It’s great to meet you. I’m Richie.”
She withdrew her hand and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, giving me a shy look. “If you’re not from around here, where are you from?”
“Somewhere far away.”
“I figured.” She nodded. I liked the fact that she didn’t ask a lot of questions. “What are you doing here?”
“Business, mostly,” I stated. “A bit of pleasure.”
Her lips curved upwards. “What kind of pleasure?” Shewas getting straight to the point. I did like that in a woman, when I didn’t have to try hard to woo them.
I downed the rest of my drink. “A kind I’m sure you’re familiar with.”
“I can show you how familiar I am with it.” She got onto her tippy toes and wrapped an arm around my neck, reeling me in close, so she could press her lips against mine, pushing her body up against mine. She was soft and warm, but it was nothing like when Kandis did it.
This is insane.
I had a woman throwing herself at me, and the only thing I could think about was someone else. That was so unlike me, especially when I didn’t even like Kandis. She drove me nuts, but when I touched her, I never wanted to stop. Something about her was just so familiar. I couldn’t really explain it.
“Gross.” Clara pulled away, and Kandis was standing in front of us, clearly annoyed, with a hand on her hip.
“Kandis, is that you?” She dropped her grip from around me. “Oh my gosh, it is! I didn’t know you were back.”
“Did you miss me?”
The two girls hugged as some kind of reunion, and I watched with vague interest. “Kandis, how nice of you to join us,” I commented, making sure they didn’t forget that I was standing right in front of them.
Kandis rolled her eyes. “You shouldn’t be messing around with this one, Clara, trust me.”
“Oh, is he yours?”
“She wants me to be,” I answered.
“Shut up,” she snapped.
Clara laughed. “So, there is something going on between you two?”
“No!”
I wiggled my eyebrows at Clara who shook her head,amused. “Well, I won’t get in the way of that. Kandis, hit me up sometime, okay?”
She walked away, and Kandis looked up at me. From her eyes, I could tell that she’d been drinking a bit but not enough to make her incoherent in any form.
“I’m a bit confused. You told me to find a woman and then stepped in before I could.”
“Clara’s too good for you.”
“But you’re not?”
Kandis opened her mouth to say something, but her nose wrinkled before she closed it again. She leaned against the wall and puts her hands into her pocket. “You shouldn’t find a girl here.”
I cocked my head. “Why not?”
“Because…” She drifted off. “I said so.”
“And I’m expected to listen to you now?”
