Today Fancy Cups was closed. Letting the employees get a good vacation. Well, it’s Fran that’s getting a vacation since she has a boyfriend who’ll pay for her vacation. Stephen and I on the other hand plan to go shopping and clubbing for the entire vacation.

It sounded great to me.

Unlike my name, Angela, I was no angel. I love partying, drinking till I’m absolutely wasted, and hooking up with handsome men. I was addicted to this lifestyle and completely contented with the way things have been. I wasn’t planning on settling down nor was I searching for a long term relationship.

But he had to go and change everything.

Ever since he walked into my life I’ve been a complete wreck. I only thought of him and no other. Even other men seemed unattractive to me because I end up comparing them to him.

It was during the first day of my vacation. Stephen and I were walking back to the apartment which I shared with him and Fran, my two best friends. We lived in a complex building, in a three bedroom apartment. We walked in the hallway laughing at how Fran ended up settling down with a boyfriend before Stephen since Fran was the type to stick to fiction men.

We sipped on our slushies but as we turned the corner we noticed the boxes outside of the apartment next to ours. Stephen and I stopped in our tracks as our eyes glistened at the scenario. We had a new neighbor.

“I call dibs!” Stephen called out as he bolted towards the neighbor’s door with me tailing behind him. We both giggled like a bunch of teenagers as we tried peeking through our neighbor’s opened door, but we couldn’t see anybody. Stephen pouted as he took a sip from his drink.

“I wonder if he’s hot.” I voiced out my thoughts. Stephen glared at me as he said “I said I called dibs.” Which I smirked and said “Yeah, but what if he’s straight?”

I started laughing at Stephen’s sad look as he playfully shoved me. I didn’t brace myself as I backed into a box making me fall right over it. My slushy drink spilling all over the place including me. 

Stephen being the good friend that he is laughed at me before helping me.

“Hey! Why don’t you watch where you’re playing? You could’ve damaged my stuff.” A smooth velvet but serious voice said. Stephen and I looked over to the person to see a very hot shirtless man standing in the doorway. He looked absolutely breathtaking because he looked different from all the other men I’ve ever been with.

He had ivory skin and it made him look even more handsome then the men with sun-kissed skin. He was tall and had an athletic body with muscles rippled across his body. He had abs that seemed so delicious it made me want to lick them.

He had midnight black hair that was tied in a ponytail and stopped at his slightly large pecks. He totally pulled off the long haired looks that I think Stephen would be jealous.

His eyes were a piercing silver that stared at me with such coldness, he also had bags under them like he hasn’t been sleeping. And what I found absolutely sexy was his facial piercings. He had one hoop piercing on his lower right lip, and another hoop piercing on his left eyebrow.

Just staring at the piercing on his lip made me want to kiss him and play with it. I wonder if it will add the pleasure in kissing or will it hurt? Or is it just annoying to kiss someone with?

He looked calm and collected, almost like he was sleepy all the time. He had prominent cheekbones, he also had a high-bridge nose. His sharp lips looked soft which were very attractive and captivating. I had the urge to touch them.

I stayed on the ground absolutely slacked jawed from his sudden appearance and I bet Stephen had the same reaction. He clicked his tongue as he gave a mean scowl at me. “You’ve damaged my box.” he said as he pointed to the box I tripped over. The corners of the box looked like it was squished from my weight. Not to mention parts of the box had wet stains from when my slushy spilled.

“Hey man, sorry about that. It was all an accident.” Stephen explained. If you don’t look closely at Stephen then you would never notice that he’s gay. The handsome man who looked like our new neighbor crossed his arms and said “If only you two didn’t act like such children then this wouldn’t have happened.”

This man may have an attitude problem but I couldn’t help but drool over how handsome he is.

“He’s the most handsome man I’ve ever seen.” I accidentally voiced my thoughts which caught the attention of both men in the hallway. Stephen snickered but as our gaze snapped over towards our new neighbor, at first he didn’t have any expression on his face. But then a smirk grew on his face as he leaned towards me where I can feel his breath hitting my skin, it almost seemed erotic.

“You think I’m the most handsome man you’ve ever seen?” he asked. I couldn’t answer him as I took a big gulp of saliva that was watering my mouth. “I wish I could say the same thing but you’re not my type.” When he said that his smirk dropped and was replaced by his cold stare once more. His aura seemed to project around the hallway because I could literally feel his coldness.

Stephen’s eyes widened from his statement. It has been too long since a man has rejected me. The last man who rejected me was Stephen but we all know why he did. I couldn’t help but feel a bit bothered by the rejection.

“Hey, you don’t have to be a dick about it.” Stephen snapped. But Stephan’s cold stare stood no chance against this man’s stare. He seemed like that he could kill someone slowly with his cold stare, I don’t even know if I should be scared or turned on.

“The only dicks around here are two adults acting like whiny kids. So I suggest you get out of my sight before I charge you for property damage.” His bark seemed menacing but I wonder how his bite is.

Stephan helped me up as we walked towards our apartment but before we could get inside Stephen quickly shouted at our new neighbor “Welcome to the neighborhood.” As he slammed the door shut.

That was how I met the man who screwed up my entire life.

How I met the man that I couldn’t get enough, who only left me wanting for more every time.

How I met Jaxon King.

And how I got rejected on the first day meeting him.