Mafia Desire (Erotica)

“I’m not!” he said and she immediately picked up a slight Texan twang.

“You’re not what?” she asked, a smile coming to her lips as well.

“I’m not sorry you walked into me. It’s the nicest thing that’s happened to me in this crazy town since I got here four days ago!”

Her smile widened at his compliment and she raised a skeptical eyebrow. “Really?”

“It’s true! I came to town to meet with some fellahs who were supposed to have a good investment deal and it turned out to be smoke and mirrors. All that work for nothing. I have to head back home with nothing to show for my efforts. Then you bumped into me and the trip is showing promise after all,” he said with a charming smile she couldn’t help but return.

“You are smooth, I’ll give you that!” she purred happily.

“Nothing but the honest truth! Might I request your company at dinner tonight? I can divulge further truths like I’m feeling a little dazzled by your smile,” he asked earnestly.

“Oh! I- I’m actually here with a- a friend,” she blurted and wondered if she should have called Kyle her boyfriend.

“That’s fine bring her along!” he said, misinterpreting her hesitation.

“My friend is a ‘he’, Kyle MacDenny. A friend from Canada.” Fiona found herself babbling and blushed.

He watched her blush and his smile widened again. “Well, your friend from Canada can join us as well.” He reached forward and took her hand in his larger one to shake it. “My name’s Cameron Dawson. You can call me Cam.”

“Fiona. Fiona Hollings,” she said, slightly dazed by his blue eyes.

“Dinner at 8PM? I have a reserved table for four at the Country Club. As my business associates won’t be sharing it with me I sure would like some friendly company, Fiona.” He gave her a hopeful smile and she blushed again and nodded.

His smile flashed wide once more.

“That’s wonderful! I look forward to seeing you there!” He finally released her hand and with a little wave he walked away.

It wasn’t until he stepped out of sight that she realized she’d just accepted a dinner invitation from a strange man while she was here with Kyle. Now she had to either stand him up by not showing or explain what she’d done to Kyle and hope he was understanding. She walked over to the reception desk and saw Kyle was there looking around for her. He smiled when he saw her then his expression became concerned.

“Is everything ok?” he asked when she reached him.

“Yes, uh, I just did something totally out of character,” she confessed.

He just tilted his head and continued to look at her expectantly.

“I- I just accepted a dinner invitation for us from a stranger,” she said quietly.

Kyle froze as he read her body language. This stranger was obviously male and she was probably attracted to him or she would have said no. “Was the invitation for both of us or just you?” he asked cautiously.

“I told him I was traveling with you!” she huffed.

“Traveling with me but… with me?” he said gently.

Her mouth opened and she held his eyes. Nothing came out.

Kyle nodded though he did feel a little conflicted. He realized he had no grounds to be considering what he’d done since he’d arrived. “It’s ok. We said we were just friends with benefits. No commitment to each other. If you want to see where this goes with him I’ll… well, I don’t know what I’ll do as we just got here and I don’t have a room to hide in.” He began to feel awkward.

“You’re not going to hide in a room while I go on a date. That’s just… wrong! We’ll both go to have dinner with him and explain the situation to him. He seemed like a nice man,” Fiona said and met Kyle’s curious gaze. She got flustered and pointed to the reception desk. “Let me just check in and get our room!”

As she walked away Kyle examined his feelings about the current predicament. He’d been enjoying his visit and he and Fiona did have a lot of fun together. But honestly that’s all it was, fun, for both of them. They really were just friends with benefits. Sometimes, she made him feel like an accessory she was wearing to show off to her friends. She wasn’t doing it maliciously. She really liked him. She just didn’t have any real emotional commitment to him… as he didn’t with her.

Now she’d met someone that sparked enough interest in her to make her step outside her normal behavior. Maybe he was genuine or maybe he was just skilled at emotional manipulation. He felt a little flare up of his need to protect his friend. This made him realize he was glad they were going to dinner together with this stranger. It would give Kyle an opportunity to check him out. To see if he was genuinely a nice guy who Fiona should spend some time with or if he was just a scumbag that needed his ass kicked.

Feeling better about the evening he smiled as Fiona returned from the desk. Her expression was still mixed between confusion and annoyance.

“I’m going to send Cam a message, cancelling our dinner,” she blurted with a pout when she stepped closer.

His smile widened as he could see she really didn’t want to but was stuck in her own conflicted feelings.

“No, I think we should go,” Kyle suggested.

She blinked in surprise at him. “What?”

“I’d like to meet the man that can send Fiona Hollings into a tizzy!” he said with a teasing grin.

Her mouth worked silently as she tried to argue and he just pulled her into a hug. “It’ll be an interesting night. We have nothing to lose by this, right?” he said holding her eyes with his.

She still seemed a little confused but she finally nodded.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Now, do we have a room ‘cuz I’d love to shower this road dust away.” He bounced his eyebrows at her and a wicked grin appeared on her full lips. Her eyes were back to sparkling with mischief as well. She nodded and he picked up the saddlebags and followed her.

They had time to shower, play, nap, have another shower, and get dressed before it was time to meet mystery man ‘Cam’ at the restaurant.

As they walked in Kyle took Fiona’s hand from his arm and turned to look her in the eye. She’d been squeezing him a little tight and there was definitely some nervous anticipation in her gaze.

“We shouldn’t enter the restaurant giving off signals of being a couple. We’re here to scope him out. If he turns out to be a great guy you won’t have to explain we’re not an exclusive couple. That said, if you determine he’s got some agenda you’re uncomfortable with then feel free to drop the boom on the guy. I’m there for you!” Kyle said gently.

She looked at him and her conflict was back. “You are so good to me.”