I stood in front of the club; ‘Murphy’s Spot’ waiting for Jimmy to come out, I had already informed him that I was here. The thought of Mr. Blackwood’s messages were still running through my mind and I tried to push it away and just enjoy tonight.
While waiting for Jimmy, I used the opportunity to look around, the club was new with expensive light bulbs and decorations. There were a few cars parked inside the place and it felt like I recognized one. A black Mercedes, I must have seen it somewhere before.
I was trying to get a closer look when I heard that familiar voice call out to me, I turned to my front and I saw him climbing down the threshold and coming in my direction- Jimmy!
My face lit up with a smile the moment I saw him, but I composed myself. He also smiled as he got closer and he didn’t even attempt to hide the fact that he was eye-raping me.
“Easy, you will take off my clothes if you keep staring.” I chuckled, holding my purse to my body in a sophisticated style.
“Wow!” he muttered as his jaws dropped in astonishment. Of course I look ravishing, I didn’t need someone to tell me that.
“You are…. Um… fuck! I aint got the word for it babe, you are just… fuck!”
I couldn’t help but giggle, I had missed his facial expressions and cuss words, that is where I learnt it all.
“I am cold, Jimmy. Aren’t you going to ask me in or something?” I asked when I noticed that he wouldn’t stop staring. Not like it wasn’t the reaction I was looking forward to, I didn’t dress up this hot for myself.
“Oh, I am so sorry. I just got lost in your beauty, please come inside.” He pointed towards the entrance and moved closer to hold my shoulder and guide me in.
“Hey… Boundaries,” I cut in quickly and raised my hand to keep him a few inches away.
“Sure, sorry.” He said with a smile.
I was going to make him say that word as many times as possible tonight. I know I am going to accept him back but not after I put him through a hard time. He wasn’t just allowed to sneak back into my life that easily.
We walked into the club and there was no doubt that it was owned by a millionaire. The place was calm, with cool vibes. The music and the groove, it wasn’t populated, nor was there a bunch of addicts at a corner. Looking around, I noticed adequate security as hefty looking men guarded the corners of the room.
Jimmy led me to a soft plushy couch where I immediately sank my ass, I rubbed my exposed shoulders as I was feeling cold. The gown was single strap with a low neckline, so it revealed a lot of flesh around my neck, leaving me at the mercy of the night cold.
As we both settled in, I couldn’t help but steal a quick glimpse of Jimmy. I wasn’t the only one looking different tonight, he had changed his hairstyle and taken off his goatee which gave him a baby face. I don’t know if he was really that attractive or my mind was feeding me those thoughts because I have missed him.
A server shows up immediately and Jimmy asks me to make the order for both of us. I looked through the menu and I was impressed by the drinks available. They even had drinks that were banned in this part of the country, how do they even have access to that?
“Um… I don’t know, I think you should decide, I am not really in the mood to drink,” I said in a nonchalant tone, trying to act less concerned. That reminds me a lot of someone, was I picking up his traits?
“Oh, okay… if that is what you want.” Jimmy smiled.
I quickly looked around the club, hoping to find some shady guy with a bag hung around his neck as there was always one in a club, hooking teenagers up with forbidden pills, but there didn’t seem to be one around. No, I don’t do drugs, I was just being curious.
“I must confess Ann, you look different and I am really impressed. What is the secret?” he asked with eager eyes.
“Oh… well, I'm single.” I replied with a straight face.
His expression changed immediately as he chuckled and faced down. He must have realized that he just scored an own goal with that question.
“You are right, I was a pain in the ass, I guess. But I am also different now, I have learnt my lessons, Ann. I don’t want to be the reason why you don’t look this pretty, rather I want to be the reason why you smile like the morning sunshine.”
I blushed and shook my head. “I don’t believe you,” I said and scoffed. I have to act hard to get or he might just take me for granted again.
“But I am telling the truth, Anny. I admit that I was stupid, I took you for granted, Ann. I didn’t know what I had lost until I began to miss you.” he confessed.
A part of me wanted to scream that I missed him too, I missed him so much that I would think of him every night before I slept, only to dream of him afterwards. But no, I wouldn’t tell him that, I should have pride and make him beg, give him that idea that I don’t need him and I was doing just fine without him.
I scoffed again and rolled my eyes. “I doubt you missed me that much, after all you have a new girl now.” I blurted and looked away from him.
He pushed closer to me on the three-seater couch and held my hand. “What are you talking about, bae? You know that is not true. The thing that happened between me and that girl was wrong, and I hate myself for it. Believe me bae, making me laugh when I didn’t even want to smile was one of your best skills. And now I have to force a fake smile across my face every single day when in reality, the only thing I want to do is cry. I messed things up between us, Ann. I miss you, I really do.” He pleaded.
“If you love me that much, then why did you cheat? My source claims it wasn’t the first time, I don’t know how they got that video and I don’t care to know, but why? Does she do it better than me? I know that I am a novice but you could have taught me, Jim. Did you have to cheat on me?” I asked from my heart, I was genuinely curious to know why he chose her.
“You are right, I had no reason to cheat on you. I mean, you are perfect the way you are and everything about you is just beautiful, I have never complained about the way you do it…”
“Then why Jimmy? Why?” I immediately cut him short.
“Because I was a fool!!” he answered immediately. “I was a fool, Ann. I got carried away by lust, she was into me and I just saw it as free sex, I swear I don’t like her one bit and I know I should have turned her down but I thought one or two escapades outside our relationship won't hurt. But like I said, that a very foolish thought, thinking about it makes me feel like a clown, I should have never given in. forgive me, Anna, please give me another chance to make it right.” He begged.
Just then the Server arrived, carrying a tray of drinks. He was coming from my direction and my purse had just dropped to the floor. I bent to pick up the purse but as I was sitting back up, my arm hit the guy and a little drink spilled on my gown, leaving a wet spot and a little stain.
“Oh my God!” I gasped.
“I am so sorry, Ma’am.” The server apologized immediately. The terrified face he had on made me immediately feel sorry for him; his boss must be a strict person.
“Did you not see her?” Jimmy queried the Server.
“It is okay, I was at fault.” I cut in immediately, not wanting to draw any attention to us. “Please where is the washroom? I need to clean this stain before it causes more damage.” I requested.
“Down to the right, Ma’am.” The server replied and pointed in that direction.
“Thank you.” I said with a reassuring smile and then got up.
The truth was that I needed the space away from Jimmy to process my thoughts and know what to do next, he was very tempting and if I don’t get things in control, I might forgive him earlier than supposed.
I left the hall and on my way down, I couldn’t help but notice a special room with curtains and red light. I immediately guessed it was the VIP section. As I walked into the empty corridor with my face down, taking another look at the stain on my new gown, I noticed the spot was turning into a shade of dark red, but it wouldn’t be much of a problem to get it off as it was red wine.
Just as I looked back up, I bumped into someone I never expected to meet tonight and my jaws dropped; Mr. Blackwood!! He was here! In this hallway! In this club! And it was just the two of us! That was when it dawned on me- the car I had seen outside belonged to Mr. Blackwood!!
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