– Hm.
“You obviously don’t like each other.” Why do you live with her?
I glance at Olivia and see how she falls off her face.
“I say like an ungrateful bitch.” And she is your girlfriend. Sorry.
Damn, I hit her.
– Please do not apologize. My thoughts did not blame you. Just curious how it all worked out.
“Didn’t Marissa tell you?”
– Not. She did not extend this.
“Prices,” Olivia mutters to herself under her breath. I pretend that I don’t hear her, and I have fun. – The girl with whom we have been renting housing for the past two years, suddenly fell apart and went after her boyfriend to Colorado, without even warning me. It was just the time to renew the lease, and I did not have enough money to pay one. So I had to settle somehow differently. My best friend offered me a sofa at home, but she gets married next month, so nothing happened. Only the hostel remained. Until Marissa’s father offered me to live with her. He doesn’t take as much from me as I would have to pay for a room and board in college, and this is great, because such expenses are a big problem for me. I have a very modest budget, although Ted pays me pretty well for working in a bar. – She looks at me, and I nod understandingly. “Maybe, in my words, it’s unlikely, but I’m really very grateful.” I just had a hard week.
“So you work at a bar?”
– Well yes.
“May I ask why you go so far, although there are probably a dozen bars in the city where you could be taken?”
“Ted pays better than in all the other places I checked.” Many of his girls are asking for a weekend, so he pays me on top for work every weekend. I’ve been working there for two years, and I’ve known half of my life with Archie. He knows that I will always be there.
“So it’s good that I forced you to agree and drove you to work.”
She is grinning. Such a sweet, sexy grin. I want to kiss Olivia.
This is not good.
“I suppose I owe you one.”
“Do not hesitate, I can figure out how you will repay me.”
Buddy, are you already flirting?
It seems to me that the last words were ambiguous. But the saddest thing, the hint really was. There are tons of things that I would love to ask her to do for me. Or with me. Or let me do with her.
Olivia’s grin grows into a broad smile.
“Let me know when you come up with something.”
Wow! She is flirting with me too!
I have to think it over. Do not give in. But I can not. I can’t do it at all!
It’s time to change the subject.
– That’s what. I don’t know how much my brother pays, but I’m sure that it’s above average. Why don’t I talk to Cash about you? Maybe he has a place?
Panic on Olivia’s face
– Not!
“Okay,” I say, slightly shocked by her reaction. “May I ask why?”
She sighs and throws her head back on the headrest, closes her eyes.
– This is a rather long and shameful story.
– Is it related to how you took off his clothes?
Olivia raises her head sharply and turns to me with wide eyes:
“Did he say anything about this?”
“No, you yourself mentioned it that first morning, remember?”
Olivia calms down:
– Oh yes. It’s true.
– So, because of one such insignificant incident, you will refuse to work, which is much closer to home and also better replenish your budget?
– Well, the question of the possible replenishment of my pockets remains open. You don’t know how much he pays.
“I can almost guarantee: this will be enough to interest you.” He has a very big club.
“Hm,” Olivia says.
“Well, at least think about it.” If you don’t want me to force you again. I can draw you into it, you know.
Olivia gives me a look and smiles. And I want only one thing – to pull over and drag it to your lap.
“I changed my mind, maybe you’d better make me make you.”
What are you doing, boy?
Olivia raises her head from the headrest, then turns it to the side:
“Are you flirting with me?”
I shrug. She is so open. I like it.
“Do you mind?”
“Dora is my cousin, you know.”
“But you barely tolerate her.”
“That is not the reason.” I’m not one of those girls.
I look at her. And I have no doubt in her for a second. She may think that Dora is a bitch, but she will never do anything to intentionally hurt her.
“You may not believe me, but I know you’re not one of those.” I am very well versed in the characters of people, and I have not the slightest doubt that you are not one of these girls.
Olivia frowns:
“Then why are you flirting with me?”
She is serious. Not smiling, not teasing me, but not condemning me either. She’s just curious.
I am fascinated and for a moment completely honest with her:
“I can’t seem to resist.”
Chapter 7
How did I succumb to his persuasion?
I am standing in front of the entrance to Leon, looking at the sign for a long time. You have to smile. “Leon”. Double. Deuce. Twins. It seems cache is impudent in all aspects of life. And smart.
Damn it!
The sun shines with might and main, and in the parking lot is empty. I have serious doubts about what to prepare for. From Sunday evening, when my father threw me home, Nick constantly pestering me with ideas to get a job in a club.
Although Nick and Cash do not seem to get along very well, Nick offered to bring me in and officially introduce me to his brother. Stubborn idiot, I refused to even find out what kind of work it was. But now, in the light of the approaching weekend, with horror I think about the need to go to California again to Ted, and the work with Cash inspires more optimism.
Unfortunately, Nick again had to leave the city, so anyway you have to go alone. I also have a back thought. Why am I so eager to stay in the city on the weekend? To see Nick, otherwise he is completely