Undeniable by Cross Amity

Author:Cross, Amity [Cross, Amity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amity Cross
Published: 2014-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Alexis

I fidgeted nervously in the short matte black leather skirt and matching silk blouse that Jade made me wear. A pair of studded black ankle boots finished off the outfit, all from my glamazon agent's wardrobe. The moment she saw me and Joe together in the bookstore that afternoon was the moment she spun into a cyclone of destruction. Once the signing was over, she dragged me to her place and dressed me up like a punk rock Barbie doll.

Now, her pet project was standing outside the Grand Hyatt on Collins Street, feeling like an inadequate piece of shit. I peered through the window into the bar and saw Joe sitting with his back to the street, on his own. Every now and then he'd take his phone out of his pocket and look at the screen and then put it back again. Was he that amped up to see me?

Glancing down the darkening street, I took a deep breath. Why was I nervous? After the things we'd done in that hotel room in Hong Kong there was no room for it. Even as the thought flashed through my mind, I knew it was a lie. Last time, we had the barrier of our little deal to protect the parts of one another that made us tick. What if this time, he didn't like the other parts of me? The real parts?

Squaring my jaw, I pushed inside the lobby, the heels of Jade's boots clicking on the tiled floor. It was better knowing that staying in the dark right? If I was facing rejection, then I may as well get on with it so I could get back to work. I had ten thousand or so words to write in a week. I could use a quick turn around.

Ironically, this was the part in the story I was up to writing. The make or break. As I walked into the bar, it was like crossing the point of no return.

He was wearing a black suit jacket and a pair of dark jeans, his hair just as messy as it had been that afternoon in the bookstore. Totally fuckable with the right amount of rock bad boy. Simply put, he scrubbed up well. Coming to a halt next to him, I leaned against the bar and noticed the glass of brown spirits he was nursing. It was still full.

He looked up instantly at my appearance and it was all fireworks and electricity and the sight of him kicked me in the guts yet again. His gaze travelled up my body and met mine and I was suddenly grateful for Jade's fashion police intervention. I didn't own anything half as nice as what she'd draped me in. He drew in a sharp hiss of air, his drink forgotten and a misguided hope began to swell in my heart. It was my body he liked, not me.

"I'm here," I said, resting my hand on top of the bar.

Joe rose to his feet, standing so close, I could feel the warmth from his body.

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