LENKA
I smile as soon as I see Danny, thankful that things seem to finally be working out. As he approaches me, the scent of whiskey comes with him. He's been drinking.
“Danny, you have exactly twenty minutes to get ready,” I inform him.
“What? You look beautiful in the red dress.” He takes me in for a moment.
“The dinner. Remember? Your sister’s getting married. Carl’s here, and it seems like everything’s going according to plan,” I tell him.
“What?” he repeats.
I feel as if I’m talking to a brick wall. “I’ll speak slowly. Carl came back. Adele went down on her knees and begged for forgiveness for trying to trick him into sleeping with Harper. And now they’ve kissed, made up and…they’re getting married.” I wait for him to say something, anything to let me know that he understood because he seems really lost. “Danny?”
He blinks his eyes rapidly as if he’s trying to get his head around it all.
I nod in confirmation. “Yes, they’re getting married.”
He kisses me and then starts to run up the stairs. “I’m going to shower and get ready.” I’m just about to turn around when he says, “That’s unless you want to join me?”
I think back to when we were on the boat and he bathed me. It's a temptation that I'd love to take him up on, but I politely decline by telling him that I'll see him at dinner. Then I walk as fast as my feet will carry me in the opposite direction. Away from any more sexual situations with him.
I see the usher as soon as I get to the room where the rehearsal is being held. I’m just about to walk up to him when Danny's mom waves at me. She doesn’t look anywhere near as distressed as she did outside of Adele's door. In fact, she seems rather refreshed.
“I didn’t think you would still be here?” she whispers as she flanks my side.
“Well, I wanted to see them get married.”
I feel embarrassed that she’s acknowledging the fact that I should have disappeared by now.
She shakes her head. “Not like that. More a case of, I thought that you would want to be as far away from us as possible.”
I laugh. “That’s pretty much what Adele said when I was talking to her in her room.”
“Thanks for that. You look beautiful, by the way. I love that shade of red; it’s very subtle. Not too bright and not too dark.”
“You don’t look so bad yourself in that sequin shirt and matching skirt.”
“You don’t think it’s a bit too much for someone my age?” She cups her feathered bob.
“Not at all.”
I listen to the speeches and wonder if Danny’s coming down. Then as if on cue, he slides into the empty chair beside me and plants a kiss on my shoulder. “Did you miss me?”
I look up and find myself speechless. He's wearing a black suit with a high collar. His hair’s slicked back, and he looks good enough to eat.
“If I’d known that you were going to be wearing this, then I would have joined you in the bathroom,” I whisper to him.
He winks at me as our lips brush against each other. “It’s not too late. We can go upstairs as soon as this is over.”
I smile as he’s promising something that’s been on my mind ever since he offered for me to join him in the bathroom. When the rehearsal dinner had started, I sat down and thought to myself, why am I playing hard to get? The wedding’s tomorrow, and after that, we go back to our own lives.
Once the rehearsal dinner is over, Danny takes my hand and leads me to the dance floor. “So Mom tells me that you were kinda busy while I was away.”
“Yes, I thought I’d make myself useful.”
“You know how long I’ve wanted to hold you in my arms tonight?”
I smile. “I have no idea.”
Danny raises an eyebrow. “You do have an idea, Lenka. You’re just playing coy. It has nothing to do with being useful.” His hand slides down my back, and I lose all my senses. He holds me so tightly that I feel as if I’m going to rip apart at the seams.
“Your touch is electric,” I tell him.
“I wonder if you’re wet for me right now?”
“That’s for me to know and you to find out.”
“Is that a challenge?”
I rest my head against his chest. His heart’s beating out of control, and I can feel his rising cock. I can tell that I’ve awoken the beast, and he’s going to maul me soon.
“You can’t tease me like that. And I’m about to show you why,” Danny whispers.
I mock gasp. “What do you mean?”
“Enough talking.” He pulls me off of the dance floor.
I don’t give resistance.