CHAPTER 6
"Of course I'll attend your birthday Lexa. I've not forgotten the date" Steven said over the phone
"Tell me, when is the date?" Alexandra giggled at the other end
"It's on the 10th of April. I got that right, yeah?
"Yeah you did. And you shouldn't forget your best friend's birthday, you get me?"
"Copy that, ma'am" Steven said and Alexandra laughed
"And don't forget to get me something nice as a gift" Alexandra said
"Something nice like?"
"Well, like yourself" Alexandra drawled over the phone as she bit her lower lip, her fingers running through her hair
Steven laughed as silently as he could at Alexandra's attempt to flirt.
"Alright then. I'll get you something nice"
"Yeah, yeah"
"So, I'll have to hang up now, Lexa. I need to go inside. We'll talk later"
"Alright then. Do take care of yourself and have a nice evening"
"You too" Steven hung up
"Steven?" He heard his name from behind
Immediately, he whipped his head to the direction of the voice. It was Vandana.
"Dana?" A surprised Steven said as his eyes quickly raked over her
"I'm surprised to see you here!" She exclaimed
"And so am I" Steven said as he took her in her arms, for she had stepped forward to embrace him
"What are you doing here?" She asked stepping back and checking him out
Steven was dressed in a Ralph Lauren shirt which he tucked into a pair of dress pants and a pair of monkstraps. His black hair had been gelled all up into a frizz up.
"I'm here for the ceremony just like you"
"Oh! So you know the Carters?"
"Well, yeah. Fairly. Henry was my client at some point, the more reason I got the invite to come for his wife's cuisine opening ceremony"
"Oh! Well, I know the Carters very well. My family and theirs have been good friends over the years. I'm a very close friend to the daughter Halsey, in particular"
"Oh! I see"
"So, you just arrived or … ?" Vandana trailed off
"Well, yeah. A few minutes ago, but I had to take that call"
"Oh! I came out to pee and I'm done. I was actually on my way back inside before I caught sight of you"
"How did you even know it was me?" Steven asked, looking at her from under his eyelashes, taking in her hips which was accentuated by the one shoulder short black dress she was wearing.
The T-strap six inch stilettos she wore elevated her height so that her eyes met directly with Steven's, rather than her raising her head to look at him.
"Who wouldn't know you Steven? For gawd's sake, your broad shoulders are enough to give you away" She said, an image of her running her hands up and down his shoulders and around his chest creeping up in her head
Well, she couldn't blame herself for having such thoughts. Steven was a handsome hunk who could pass for a Demigod. There was something enticing and alluring about him that she couldn't decipher. Of late, she had been fantasizing about him and even her dildo didn't help matters at all.
She wasn't sure what exactly about him held her spellbound. Was it his face, hair, or lips? Oh damn! It was his eyes. Leonardo DiCarprio's type of eyes.
Those gray orbs which rested in all its glory in the sockets were the entities that distracted her. Honest to God, they were tempting and held her captive. She couldn't help but get lost in them each time she stared.
"Talk more or less your hair or your voice"
"So someone has been checking me out"
"Oh, please!" Vandana flipped her hair backwards
"As a pot, you shouldn't call a kettle black. I caught you few minutes ago eye raping me"
"Seriously now?" Steven smirked
"Mhm-hmm" She hummed
"But I must confess Dana, you look really beautiful tonight" Steven said and Vandana swore that she saw frankness and something else in his eyes.
Vandana blushed. That wasn't some random compliment.
"Thank you"
"And you don't look bad yourself. You're dressed to kill, you know"
"Seems like someone is returning a favor"
"Of course not. I meant every word I said"
Steven smiled.
"Thank you"
"It's nothing. So, let's go inside, shall we?"
"Yeah. I'm right behind you"
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"Thank you for walking me down here Steven, even after I had refused" Vandana smiled, holding his gaze
"Anything for you, Dana" He smiled back
"Seriously now?" Vandana asked, laughing at the same time
"Your car's parked meters away from mine but you still walked me down here" She added and didn't notice when Steven had take a hold of her hands, stroking her fingers in the process
"Like I said, Dana, anything for you" Steven said, moving an inch closer to her, still stroking her fingers
Vandana saw a twinkle in his eyes and suddenly felt the air shift. She could feel tension slowly building up.
And when her straying eyes collided with his, she went numb in the knees. Those gray eyes which became even more tempting held her captive and she could feel butterflies flutter in the pit of her stomach.
"Dana, I-" Steven was saying but she cut him short
"Ohm, I need to go now Steven. We'll probably talk later" She said, reaching out to grab the knob to the door of her car, but Steven beat her to it. He grabbed the knob before she did.
"Steven, wh..what are y..you doing?" She stuttered making the mistake of looking him in the eyes and feeling her knees become jelly again
"This" Steven said brushing a strand of hair away from her face
"I don't know what it is that you do to me, Dana but it's really distracting and I swear, I'm trying to focus but I fucking can't"
"Steven, you're drunk" She said, trying so hard to hide her blush
She didn't know when she moved backwards till her back rested on the door of her car. Steven moved with her as well, until they were in close proximity and their bodies were almost touching.
"Well, yeah, if you say so" He trailed his index finger on her profile right down to her chin
"This got me drunk and if you don't mind, I'm about to drink more" He ran his thumb pad over her lower lip
Vandana swore that she could feel her head spinning and before she could even blink an eyelid, Steven crashed his lips on hers.
She gasped and his tongue delved inside her mouth. He didn't notice when he grabbed her waist and pulled her close to himself. Their tongues touched and twirled as they savored the sweetness of each other's mouths.
Vandana didn't know when she wrapped her hands around his shoulders. Her purse dropped but she didn't care. All that mattered at the moment was Steven's lips on hers.
She pulled him closer with her hands, deepening the kiss. Her knees curled in an upwards position and she loved the feel of him against her patella when the latter brushed against his nether regions.
The stars watched them as they kissed on, the kiss synchronizing the rhythm of their heartbeats. Tilting his head to the right, Steven bit on Vandana's lower lip and the latter moaned into his mouth. The kiss was torrid.
Slowly, both pulled away instantaneously and Vandana blushed when Steven stared her in the eye.
"I'll get going now. See you when I see you" Vandana hurriedly grabbed her car door's knob and soon was behind the wheels
"Hey! Your purse!" Steven called out after her after he had picked up her fallen purse but she had already zoomed off
He chuckled to himself as he walked back to his car. He had just fucking snogged Vandana Larson.
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Vandana smiled at her reflection in the mirror as she stared at her lower lip which was now swollen as a result of the kiss. She couldn't believe that she and Steven had just snogged. And she had liked it.
She smiled the more as she remembered how she had blushed. Well, Steven had his way with words and had made her head swell.
Her mind going back to the kiss, she suddenly craved for more. She could feel her insides burn with desire when a picture of Steven kissing her and doing more to her body crept up in her head.
A beep from her phone interrupted her reverie and she cursed whoever it was for stealing into her fantasy time. Moving towards her queen sized bed, she grabbed her phone and looking into it, she saw a text from Steven.
She smiled and inwardly scolded herself for cursing him earlier, since he was the one who interrupted her reverie.
Tapping on the text, it read:
"YOU FORGOT YOUR PURSE, BARBIE"
"So, it's now Barbie" She chuckled to herself
She looked around and realized that her purse was nowhere to be found. She then remembered how it had fallen and how she had been too distracted by the kiss to even think of picking it up.
Good thing, her phone hadn't been in the purse. She had been making use of it all through the ceremony and didn't bother slipping it into her purse.
"JUST NOTICED, SUPERMAN" She texted back
"SUPERMAN? SOME NEW TITLE FOR ME?"
"WELL, MAYBE.
HOW ABOUT YOU DROP BY MY APARTMENT WHENEVER YOU'RE FREE SO I COULD HAVE MY PURSE AGAIN? T FOR THANKS"
"I'M DOWN, BEACHBODY"
"SERIOUSLY NOW? BEACHBODY?"
"YEP. THEM FOLKS CALL YOU BARBIE OR DANA. MINE'S BEACHBODY"
"WHATEVER YOU SAY, SUPERMAN. DO SLEEP TIGHT"
"DREAM OF SUPERMAN" She chuckled at his last text, before tossing her phone on the bed and walking into the shower cubicle
