Chapter three: Flirty conversation over a drink

If looks could kill, Skyler's friends will be dead on the floor.

Skyler glared at them as they head off to the other side of the room abandoning him to the vixen that was heading towards him like a tigress on a prowl.

Skyler's glare turns to one of fright as he realized he was going to have to deal with the woman whether he likes it or not.

He looked towards the exit, his sharp mind calculating the distance between him and the door and if he can make a break for it before the vixen reaches him.

" Hello, " a feminine voice poured over him causing his whole body to break out in bumps, as the voice strokes his flesh like a soft evening breeze.

He turned around to face the voice and swallowed his tongue.

The woman was even more gorgeous up close.

A smug grin played across Adriana's lips when she saw the shock and appreciation in the guy's stunning green. She must say she was a little bit stunned to find his eyes this green. Rarely has she seen that color in men. 

From across the room she hadn't been able to see their color but now staring into them Adriana can't deny the sensation of drowning she was feeling.

She couldn't really capture the words to best describe what was staring back at her except that they reminded her of the fresh green grasses in the field after the morning dew has falling on them.

Up close his stare was just as powerful as it was when he looked at her from across the room, staring up into her emotions that has her reeling and wanting to find out more.

With how cold his stare is right now, Adriana was expecting his eyes to have icicles dripping from them but no they look so warm like a furnace setting her flesh ablaze. No one has ever been able to turn her on this fast with just a look.

Adriana's appreciative eyes moved on from his captivating emeralds towards his lips and the powerful hunger that struck her to have them on her made her stagger on her feet, literally.

May be the drinks she had was getting to her. 

Skyler flew to his feet to steady the woman when it looked as if she was tilting on her feet.

He had patiently borne the woman's scrutiny as she stared at him like he was something under the microscope, and the desire he has seen blazing from her eyes had shocked him and if he was being honest made him a little hot but he had to remind himself that he didn't need her kind of distraction no matter how tempting she was.

He had been lost in his thoughts devising a means of turning the woman down as politely as he can without hurting her feelings when she saw her tilt.

" Hey, are you alright? " He helped her to the seat beside him, before taking back his seat, a worried look on his face.

His touch on her skin burned but Adriana ignored the desire swirling under the surface to smile brightly at him touched by the concern she could see written over his face.

" I am fine, might have had a little too many, " she chuckled seductively with a smoldering look.

She lifted the drink on the table and drowned it at once.

For some reason she can't put her finger on it, her throat feels parched.

" You don't say, " Skyler, mumbled under his breath as he watched the woman drink from his glass.

Not knowing why he found her action a little arousing causing his organ to twitch, and then throb harder when the woman across from him leaked her full pink lips with her tongue.

The tie across his neck tightened and Skyler had to reach up to loosen it as his whole face felt flush.

" Excuse me, " he began but when his voice came out low and husky he cleared his throat and began again.

" Excuse me...." he waited for her to supply her name.

" Adriana but you can call me anything you want, " Adriana drawled with a seductive grin playing across her lips, as she reached out to caress the guy's hand

She chuckled softly with a wicked grin on her face when he snatched it away as if burned.

" I think you must have misunderstood something, " Skyler stammered, feeling a little out of sort from the little contact he had with the woman.

Why is she affecting me like this?

" That is not what the look on your face says, " Adriana teased with an accompanying mocking smile on her face.

She found it cute that her presence was flustering the guy across from her and she finds it very funny that he is trying to hide his attraction to her.

Skyler didn't enjoy being made fun of by the woman in front of him, his demeanor changed and his expression told cold as he got to his feet intending to leave.

He wasn't going to be some clown for some bored beautiful woman.

" Look, Miss Adriana, you are a beautiful woman but incase my turning down your drink didn't convey my message I will be blunt. I am not interested. "

Skyler turned to walk away only to be stopped cold by her words.

Instead of being put off by his cold brush off, Adriana was turned on even more. She realized that the more the guy tries to play hard to get the more the fire in her loins burns at the challenge of breaking him.

Is been so long since she has had this challenge of the chase. Guys have always been easy for her, and the only time she had to fight this hard to get a guy's interest had been in high school.

A cocky grin stretched her lips as she remembered how she conquered him.

The chase had been fun, the conquering even more exhilarating, but soon she had grown bored of him, just like she did with all the guys she had been with. 

" You are lying, " she told him, her grin spreading further.

Skyler had not been expecting that.

" What did you say? "

His smooth brows wrinkled into an irritating frown when he realized that the woman has no interest in stopping.

" You heard me, I think you are attracted to me and are just scared, " Adriana placed her jaw on her hands and stared up at him with a child-like curiosity and a daring grin dancing across her lips.

The irritation he was feeling burned stronger at the woman's challenge deepening the furrow marring his forehead.

" I am not scared, " Skyler snapped harshly glaring at the vixen.

A sound of sweet melodious laughter followed his words making him glare harder at the woman even as the severe look on his face lessened. He must admit the woman has a nice laugh and it makes her already gorgeous face prettier.

The petulant look on his handsome face was so funny that Adriana couldn't help the laughter. The guy is really cute, and her desire to have him rises minute by minute as she spends time with him.

" If you are not scared to stay, then have a drink with me and at the end of the night if I can't convince you that you like me I will leave you alone. "

Skyler's heart clenched at the lopsided grin on the blonde's face, and the sparkles in her blue eyes, or is it green, Skyler can't be sure except that right now they were sparkling like the stars as they dared him to stay.

Against his better judgment he retook his seat and turned to face the woman with a stern serious look on his face.

" I am only doing this to prove to you that you do not affect me, " Skyler poured himself a drink and looked up at the woman, a smug cold grin on his face.

He was going to prove to her that none of her wiles will work on him. 

" Really, " Adriana used her feet to stroke his legs while flashing an innocent grin at him.

Skyler's legs jerked at the light caress on his leg, and the drink he had just taken came spewing out from his mouth.

" Hey! That is not fair, " he glared. He had not be expecting that daring move from her. This shouldn't have surprised seeing how brazen and brash the blonde was acting. The more reason he shouldn't mess with her. She smells like trouble and acts like one. 

" What! You just say that you are not affected by me, so this shouldn't bother you, " Adriana moved up her barefoot again over his legs moving it dangerously close towards his crutch, a sly grin on her face. 

Skyler swallowed before screwing his features blank. 

" Yes it doesn't, just hates it when someone touches me without permission, so cut it out, " Skyler scolded severely but that didn't have any effect on the blonde, whose smug grin only grew wider. 

" So do I have your permission to touch you? " Adriana asked with a teasing grin.

" No, " Skyler shifted out of her reach. 

Adriana laughed at the blunt response as she poured another drink for herself. She must say this is one of the best wines she has ever tasted. Her curious eyes went to the bottle and she tilted it to check the name.

" Wow! Revelation Chardonnay. Nice taste, " she looked up to grin at the guy, with an impressed look plastered to her face. 

Skyler shrugged. Just like his friend said he has a picky taste when it comes to wine.

" So if you are not interested in me what kind of woman are you interested in? " Adriana leaned forward, curiosity bleeding from her face.

The guy across from her intrigues her and the desire to know about him not just to fuck him plagues her.

Skyler grew a little uncomfortable at her nearness. 

" No kind, " he blurts out before he could think. 

Adriana's hand froze with her glass dangling off her fingers as she gaped at the guy with her jaw to the table.

" You are gay! " She screeched startling the guy and a few other people around them who turned to shoot them a weird glance. 

Skyler jumped as his drink went the wrong way.

" What gave you that ridiculous idea? " he fired at the blonde his face flushed red with shock and embarrassment.

Adriana blinked as if lost.

" You just said you are not interested in women. "

" I didn't mean it like that. Just that I don't have a particular physical type which is what you were asking. "

" Why didn't you say so, instead of trying to give me a heart attack, " Adriana joked with a relieved grin on her face. The guy was just too hot to be gay. 

Skyler rolled his eyes at her response. The blonde was so dramatic. Just another way of pulling attention to herself he reasons, not impressed. 

" So why am I not your type? " Adriana seeped her drink as she waited for his reply.

That has been plaguing her all evening. She was every guy's type except the one across from her. She was curious to know why.

" Do you want me to answer that? "

" I don't ask questions that I am scared of the answers, " an arrogant impatient grin appeared on Adriana's face. She couldn't wait to hear his reason. 

" That is exactly why I don't like you, " Skyler pointed towards her.

" What! My face, " Adriana frowned, a little hurt from his response. She hadn't expected it to hurt to hear the guy say he didn't like her.

Why does she fucking care.

" Your cockiness. "

" You mean confidence, " her lips tilted into a close pained smile.

Skyler shook his head at her.

" You act so arrogant and sure of yourself, more like sure that your looks can get you anything you want and I detest that. "

" So you prefer blushing innocent meek virgins insecure about themselves then? " Adriana's brow lifted at him.

Skyler shook his head as a melancholy look appeared on his face. He doesn't really know what kind of women he likes because all the women he has ever slept with are high-paid escorts who he was sure will keep his secret.

He has never chanced to be with any normal woman before because what he is hiding is something he couldn't afford to get out. So no, he isn't sure of his type.

" What's with the look? "

One minute the guy was throwing his displeasure of her attitude at her the next moment he is looking like someone stole his cookies.

Skyler pulled himself out of his sad thought to look at the woman.

" What look? "

He was a little confused.

" The sad look on your face just now, " Adriana pointed.

Skyler blinked at her.

It surprised him that the blonde was able to read him so easily. He was normally good at hiding his feelings better but the blonde has been able to see through him.

" Nothing, just a memory, " he deflected causally.

Adriana nodded accepting that the guy didn't want to talk about it.

She looked up at him with a whisker of a grin playing across her face.

" If you are not going to fuck me at least dance with me, we are in a club after all, " she challenged.

Skyler choked before glaring at the blonde. She seems to drive so much joy in shocking him.

" I don't dance. "

" What! "

" Everyone dances. "

" Not me. "

" Come on how hard can it be? "

" Very hard, "Skyler mumbled to himself as he recalled the humiliation he went through during college when he attempted to dance at one of the parties his friends forced him to go to. After that night he hung his dancing boots.

" I will teach you, " Adriana cajoled.

" No. "

" Chicken. "

Skyler arched his brow at her.

" I am too big to be a chicken, " he smirked at her.

" Well, I have to see it to judge, " Adriana winked and then flew to her feet. " Come on slowpoke, let's get to the dance floor, " she slurred staggering a bit.

Skyler shook his head and joined her on his feet, moving closer to steady the blonde.

" You are drunk, " Skyler caught the blonde as she swayed in his direction.

" You don't say Sherlock " Adriana flashed him a playful droopy grin.

Skyler shook his head at the blonde.

" I think I need to get you home. "

" Exactly my thought. I knew you will see reason. "

The sexy grin that appeared on the blonde's face hit Skyler like a punch but he ignored it to look around for the women he had seen the blonde with. He couldn't find any of them around nor can he see his friends anywhere.

Traitors.

He began to drag the blonde towards the exit determined to find a taxi and forget about this night.