Chapter 9 meeting old friends

Calling Marx, Fred, and William, he sauntered to club Mr. sexy, where they catered to the tastes of the rich. He walked to a private setting, a comfortable room that was draped in velvet curtains. He had to admit that whoever had decorated the place had great taste. The walls were covered in several paintings. One particular painting held his attention, the canvas had been filled with splashes of color and swirls of brushes. It looked confusing, just like how he felt in his heart. In as much as it did not have a very artistic look, it was vibrant and surprisingly tugged at his heart.

Next to this was an obscene picture of a naked woman, with a man settled in between her legs. This place spelled money and at the same time warmth. Two couches placed in an L shape adorned the floor with a table placed at the center. He liked this place; it was comfortable and good. The far hum of music from the lower grounds soothed his nerves.

The door opened and a well-dressed waiter entered the room. He ordered a bottle of wine and settled down to wait for his friends. Just as he finished loosening his tie and opening the cuff links on his shirt, his coat long removed, he heard his friends enter the room one after the other. Marx in his loud mouth entered the room, pulling him up with a strong grip for a pat and a hug. “Hey Alex what have you been up to, since you came back you haven’t talked to us.” “Hi yourself Marx,” said Alex, looking at them he had truly missed them.

The other two hugged him almost too enthusiastically, something he knew they would do, their pats rising in strength, something they had always done in an effort to outdo each other. At this, they all sprang out in loud laughter, everyone settling and loosening up. “Dude I hope you have already ordered something I’m perched,” Fred said. Just then the door opened and the waiter returned, a bottle of wine nestled on a cloth in a tray. He set the glass and poured the drink. Fred beat him to picking the drink and looked at him gloatingly until he had to ask for more wine.

“Since you have called us out here, we have to spend your money well. “Melvin, kindly bring us the most expensive drink you have this bastard has to pay for being so rare. “William joined in the fray as he winked at the waiter. “Shut up Will, were you not supposed to buy us drinks today?” Pretending not to hear him in deliberate humming, Will pushed the waiter outside and looked at his friend innocently. This night already looked well.

They had been four, at all times, going to the same school and the same universities, each from an influential family. Eventually, they had ended up being called the formidable four, a result of their competitive nature in school. They had topped in their departments, engaging in races once in a while. They settled into a comfortable silence the first few minutes, enjoying the serene environment of the place. Drowning a glass of his drink, Alex set the glass on the table with a thud drawing the attention of the three.

“What is eating you up Alex” you look roughed up. Diving into the story of how he had to fire his secretary, he had the room laughing in no time. “Come on Alex you can’t be serious you refused to shag a free booty, what is wrong with you.” Marx lamented, clicking his glass loudly on the table. Alex thought of telling his friends about Grace but he stopped, he knew his friends at this point, being the playboys, they were would not understand his attraction to her.

After two hours of good company, Alex decided it was time to leave to rest in his room. Moving down the steps, he stopped at the sight of a girl in a short golden dress. The dress was not overly dramatic, but it hugged everything well. A surge of hot desire passed through him, as he watched her dance, hands raised, hair tumbling in waves. She looked hot; her bum held snug in that dress. On her feet she had sexy sandals with shiners all-round, rising to her feet in a Crisscross of strings to be tied high. Perhaps he could have a night with this woman to erase all that pent-up desire for Grace.

Moving like a man with a purpose, he approached her from her back, gliding smoothly towards her. Dancing across the hallway, he moved to her back dancing with her. God, she smelt nice, her hair, a scent of vanilla and sweets. He sniffed at her hair, literally like a dog, the sent sending lust straight down to his core. Wait, she smelled just like her, Grace, how could he forget her smell when all he could think of was her.

His dancing partner turned to face him and if not for his strong control he would have tumbled backward. He felt like he had been gutted punched, there she was, the object of his desire looking sexy as hell, a huge contrast to the way she had dressed the first time they met. She was gorgeous, her luminous eyes drawing him. Like a moth to light, he found himself moving towards her. Taking her hand, he lifted it up to place a kiss at the center of her palm. He could feel her trembling, he just did not know whether it was nerves or excitement.