Table Manners
The entire day dragged. I wanted to be excited that he asked me to live with him but did he really ask that. I mean was it what I thought it meant or was it truly just him thinking he needed to protect me. And what exactly was he protecting me from?
Billy and I met at the college’s computer lab and worked for an hour on our project. He was looking at me differently and it really bothered me.
“You wanna talk about the other day or is this just going to be completely awkward for the next two months?”
“Are you really dating him? Did you really dump Daniel for him?”
I didn’t want to talk to anyone about Xavier and me with Billy or anyone, but he deserved something since he never pressed charges on Xavier when he freaked out on him.
“Daniel was bad for me.”
“But Xavier Steel isn’t.”
“Xavier has been -- he’s good to me.”
“And lots of others.”
“He’s really a good guy.”
Billy tapped on the key board, “Look. You are not like this Taelyn. I have known you for a year. You’re a good girl.”
I wouldn’t even look at the screen. I didn’t want to see Xavier with anyone else now. My feelings for him were different than they had been. His were too.
“This is from last night. You were making out with him and this guy and…”
“What?”
I looked at the computer screen. Just like Billy had said someone had taken pictures of Xavier and I. Nickie and I. Angel and Xavier in his SUV and Xavier walking getting out of the car coming into the hotel.
The caption read: Kinky couple or good girl gone bad. Regardless Xavier Steel is one hot, rich, and obviously single man.
“It’s not what it looks like.” I felt my entire body heated and start to blush.
“Taelyn you have always been a smart, beautiful, classy girl. This doesn’t look good any way you look at it.”
“Is there a way we can find out who posted it?”
“I can look into it but--.” Billy began.
“That sounds like a good idea,” Xavier said from behind me.
I turned my chair to make sure I wasn’t hearing things and poor Billy jumped nearly out of his chair.
“What are you doing here?”
He walked up and grabbed my face and kissed me. As inappropriate as the timing was, it felt good and I didn’t pull back.
He broke the seal of our lips and stepped “Thought we would grab dinner and talk about the move and this shit.” He pointed to the computer. “And about you turning your phone off so I can’t get ahold of you.”
He stepped back and rubbed his thumb over my lip. “Billy she’s beautiful isn’t she?”
What the hell was he doing?
“I don’t want any trouble.” Billy answered.
“No trouble. Answer the question.”
“Xavier--.” I started and he interrupted.
“Those green eyes that sparkle when she’s happy. Those lips are so damn red and inviting. Her hair; don’t you just want to grab it Billy?”
“No sir.” Billy cleared his throat.
“Good fucking answer.” Xavier patted him on the back pretty hard, nearly knocking him over and laughed. “Come to dinner with us.”
“No, I um--.”
“I insist. If you’re gonna be hanging out with Taelyn I think you and I need to get to know one another.”
“Xavier if he doesn’t want to, then--.”
“Babe who doesn’t want to eat? I’m buying; come on Billy boy.” He grabbed his elbow and hoisted him up.”
“Xavier!”
“He’s good. We’re good right Billy?”
“Yes. Um we’re good.”
“See Taelyn, Billy and I are good. Grab your shit and let’s jet, cars waiting. I got your bag. This thing is--interesting.”
He grabbed my Cross Body knock off and then wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me tight against his body.
If I wasn’t so exhausted and if I didn’t want to avoid a scene I would definitely be pulling away from Xavier.
We walked out of the building into the small quad and every eye was on us. I felt them burning into me. Some whispered, some chuckled, and I just wanted to crawl under the nearest rock and die.
“Check out the fan club,” Xavier squeezed my side. “All of them wishing they could fuck you Taelyn.”
“They think I’m a whore.” I whispered.
“They wish you were a whore. Fuckers.”
We got to the parking lot across the busy street towards the town car.
“I’ll follow you.” Billy all but ran to his little Honda and Xavier chuckled.
“It’s not funny.” I tried to pull away.
“It’s kind of funny. I swear he was seconds away from pissing himself.”
“It’s funny to scare someone?”
“Yeah if it’s someone who wants to fuck what’s mine.”
“I see you took your pills this morning,” I said as I slid in the car as he held the door open.
“And what pills are you talking about?”
“Testosterone.”
“Don’t fight with me it makes me wanna fuck you till you can’t speak when you get pissy.” He smirked. “I do like my meat on the rare side. So you keep it up and I’ll be inside you.”
“You’re unreal.”
“Remember that.”
The way he looked at me was a little unsettling.
“Why?”
“I’ve had a busy day. Your pretty little self is gonna sit and hear me out--.”
“What did you do now?”
He smirked. “I thought about you and this morning and--.”
“I’m not moving in with you.”
“That’s fine.”
“It is?” I was shocked. Maybe a little upset and I wasn’t sure why.
“Yeah. It’s perfect actually. I won’t get sick of you.”
“That’s real nice Xavier. You do know your retreating right?”
“No, just rethinking strategy. I’m pretty sure if we shacked up I’d wear you out. I can’t expect you to be able to keep up with me--.”
“Oh please.”
“After you and I parted ways this morning I hit up google. You’re on the pill so your periods are light right?”
“I thought we weren’t discussing that.”
“Now who’s retreating? I’m facing shit head on. So what’s the flow like right now?”
“Dear god Xavier.”
“Oh I see. You got a mouthful of what I carry around all day and you felt pretty bad ass. Now you’re backing down?”
“I’m not discussing this with you.” I crossed my arms and leaned my head back.
“Fine then just listen. Your flow lightens after a couple days. We can shower together, take baths. That’s slows down Flo. I really want to lick you when…”
I covered my ears and he grabbed my hands and held them down. “You’re supposed to be even more responsive.”
“La la la la la,” I chanted loudly.
He laughed and then kissed me. He took my hands and sent them on his shoulders as his tongue stroked mine.
He pulled back, “I’m gonna make you come this way too.”
He kissed me again harder this time, his tongue moved slower and the tiny little tingles started in my belly. I was just starting to believe it may be possible when he pulled back pulling my lip in his teeth.
“You and I, Taelyn, are real damn good together.” His voice was gravel.
It was sexy as hell to hear him talk when he was burning inside. I knew he was because I was too.
I nodded and he smiled a sexy little smile.
He held my hand up and rubbed his lips against the back of my hand giving sweet little kisses.
“I opened an account at Steels credit union for you. Your pay will go into it and you’ll have a card in about five days.” He reached into his pocket. “Here’s a company card. Use it when you need something. Your security deposit and three months of rent from your old place will come to your new address in less than ten days.” He looked over at me waiting for a fight I assume.
“I’m tired.”
“Perfect. After dinner you can go to your new place and sleep. No shows tonight, we see River tomorrow night. I’m just gonna go see if the equipment has been delivered to the office.”
“It’s done?”
He smiled big and shook his head yes. “I just need to paint. I figured I would do some of that to save time.”
“I wanna help.”
“You’re tired. I kept you out to late last night.”
“I’m fine. I really want to help.”
“I could give you a little energy burst.” He smirked. “Protein shakes aren’t just for breakfast you know.”
“We’ll see.”
“Damn Irish no come back, no fight?”
“No. What’s it matter if I do anyways? You get your way regardless.”
He looked away, I assume so I wouldn’t see the shit ass grin. “We’re here.”
I looked out the window and saw Billy pull up next to us. “Be nice to him. He’s not like you.”
“How am I?”
“Rough.”
“You seem to like me like that.”
“I understand men like you.”
“That’s good. I like that about you.”
He opened the door and got out. He reached in and grabbed my hand.
Billy looked unsettled as he approached us. I looked up at Xavier and he appeared pleased with himself.
I could either laugh or get pissed. Neither appealed to me.
We were sat immediately at a table in the corner.
“What will you have Billy?”
“I’m not sure.” He replied looking up and then at me.
Xavier’s arm hooked over my shoulder.
I looked up at him and he winked.
“Easy Captain Obvious of Obviousville.” I whispered.
He leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Go hard or go home.”
The waitress retuned with three dark Ales, Xavier had ordered. He also ordered dinner.
“Prime rib Billy?” he asked
“Sure,” he looked at me again as if to say, like I have a choice.
“Perfect me too.” He looked up at the waitress, “Three kings then. I’ll take mine bloody.”
He squeezed my shoulder and winked.
For the love of God. I wanted Xavier who didn’t like periods back.
“Two kings, I will take some French onion soup and a chicken Ceasar salad.” I smiled at the waitress.
When the waitress left the inquisition began. “Where did you grow up Billy? Do you come from a big family like Taelyn and I do? Do you have a girlfriend? What do you wanna be when you get out of school? Where will you live after college?” And it ended with, “When did you start playing piano?”
Billy looked stunned by that question. “I was three.”
“You’re amazing. I saw a video your mother put up on Facebook from high school. Why the hell aren’t you still playing?”
I looked at Xavier and smiled.
“I don’t like the attention. Being on stage isn’t comfortable for me.”
“You ever play with a band or just classical music?” Xavier seemed to be much more relaxed and so did Billy.
I leaned into Xavier a little more and a low rumble escaped from his throat. That sound was like a trigger deep inside of me. I let by hand rest on his thigh and he took in a deep breath. Billy was completely unaware and totally engrossed in the conversation about music.
I moved my hand slowly up his thigh curious if he was as affected by being this close as I was. He was. I allowed myself to rub my palm slowly up and down the denim covering Xavier.
Billy excused himself to use the restroom and Xavier sat back and looked at me. Still in complete control.
“What are you doing?”
“Playing.”
“What happened to office hours?” He stilled my hand and then groaned and he applied more pressure.
“I didn’t know this was work.”
“I told you I was a busy man today.”
He placed my hand on my lap and laughed making me feel like a total idiot for letting go.
I looked away and tried to focus on the art hanging on the walls. Anything but look at him.
“You blushing,” he whispered in my ear in his deep gavel like sexy voice.
He wrapped his arm back around my shoulder and pulled me into his side again. Then leaned over and licked my ear.
“I’m gonna tease the hell out of your little clit just like this when we get back to your new place and you’re gonna let me.”
“Xavier--.”
I was interrupted by his hand guiding mine back under the table. I gasped when I felt his hot flesh against my palm.
“Don’t you stop until you’ve finished me off.”
“In here?” My voice cracked and he chuckled.
He grabbed the black linen napkin and placed it on my lap.
“In there.”
“Really?”
“Either there or I’m gonna bend you over the table and that, Irish, would not be good table manners.”
“You can’t possible keep it together when you come.”
“Try me.” He growled and then kissed me on the lips.
I could not believe that I was going to do this. That I wanted to do this. That I needed to do this.
I wrapped my hand around his soft, hot, cock and squeezed trying to close my hand around it.
He smirked, “Babe, its big no sense in trying.”
He was right. His cock was glorious. Long, thick, perfect. I loved how heavy it was and the way it laid in my hand as I stroked it up and down. I loved the ridges of the piercings on the underside of him and I loved the ring hanging on the end. I loved his cock.
When Billy returned I stopped and Xavier looked at me.
“Don’t stop now. I’m loving this.”
The waitress came at the same time and I wouldn’t have stopped if he asked. He was stone and the bulging veins pulsing in my hand made me squirm. I was so turned on.
Billy’s phone rang and he excused himself.
As soon as he left Xavier’s hand grabbed the back of my hair and he kissed me. “Swear to god,” he groaned. “Fuck it’s gotta happen now.”
I licked my lips slowly and he groaned.
“Come,” I’m sure I sounded like I was wound-up.
“How fucking turned on are you?”
“More than I care to admit.”
“You’re fucking beautiful you know that?’ He hissed.
His jaw clenched and body stiffened. He was looking at me. I swear he looked like he was shocked. He closed his eyes and I felt him jerk in my hand like he had in my mouth.
“Fuck,” his voice rumbled.
When he was finished, Billy came back and I folded the linen up and shoved it in my bag. Xavier looked dopey and he chuckled.
“Everything okay?” I asked Billy trying to make him focus on me and not Xavier’s dopey eyes and lazy perma-grin.
“Yeah. I have a date tonight.”
“Oh no I hope we didn’t ruin your dinner plans.”
“Nope just a movie.”
“Dark room, hot girl?” Xavier asked.
Billy nodded, “Yeah.”
By the end of dinner Xavier and Billy were chatting like they were long lost friends. Xavier asked him to stop by Monday night at around four. Billy agreed.