Page 79 of The Rules Of Attraction
I took off my tie. I hated the whole office look and today it just made me feel even more restrained than I felt.
“Buy the restaurant and pay the debts.” I undid my two top buttons and gave myself a once over look at my reflection on the wall to ceiling window.
Looking back at Summer, I saw the surprise on her face.
“Won’t she owe you big time?”
“Summer, when I help I help. I don’t expect any owings. She has three kids and that restaurant is her everything. I’m not going to stand by and allow her to lose everything when I can do something about it.”
Her surprise now bordered on shock.
“You’re seriously going to pay for everything?”
“Yup, have a better idea, angel?”
She shook her head. “You really are going to save the day?”
“I know it probably won’t be as straightforward as I’m saying but I’ll take care of the bad parts, we’ll deal with the rest.” I imagined that if things had gotten to the stage where Clarissa wanted to apply for bankruptcy as a business owner she may have owed for a lot that we could make arrangements to pay.
Summer looked surprised.
“Not as bad as you thought I was right?” I stated with a smirk walking up to her.
“I didn’t think you were bad.” She shook her head. “There’s… more to you.” Her eyes searched mine.
“There’s more to you too.”
“What more do you see?” she asked.
“I know you aren’t all work and no play. You didn’t seem like that at the club.”
“I was drunk.” Her cheeks colored fiercely.
“Bullshit,” I smirked.
“Iwasdrunk.”
“Bullshit.” I laughed to her annoyance.
“You couldn’t possibly know how I felt.” She shot back.
“You were chilled out and mellowed. I know the difference. If you weren’t, I wouldn’t have taken you home.”
She immediately straightened up. “Why?”
“I would never sleep with a woman who was drunk.”
She looked like she didn’t believe me. “How comes?”
“Number one, drunk means being vulnerable and unable to make a definite decision. I would never want to be accused of rape. And two, when you’re with me, you’re with me, and because you want to be.”
She seemed more impressed. “Okay that makes sense.”
A thoughtful look crossed her face and I couldn’t stop myself from continuing on with this topic. “Thinking about what I said last night?”
“No.” she answered a little too quickly. I stepped a little closer into her personal space.
“Liar.”
