Sam sat on the couch, trying to solely focus on rebuttoning her blouse. However, she couldn’t help but glance around at the mess she and David had made of her living room. Embarrassment filled her. What was getting into her? She had never been so out of control before. It was like when David kissed her, she became his puppet to do with as he pleased. Worse yet, she would beg him to do it.
Feeling David’s eyes on her, Same asked, “Why do you do that?”
He chuckled and she glanced over at him. The corners of his mouth were turned up into a hint of an arrogant grin and her body tensed, growing warmer by the second.
“Do what?” he dared to ask.
Trying to ignore her libido, Sam replied, “You know very well what.
Dan’s Bar was crowded as Sam pushed her way through the crowd to the table where Tabby and the others sat. She sat down at the table trying to ignore as much as possible David’s presence. “Hey Sam, how ya do’in,” Stephanie said, nearly beaming at her. Stephanie was the company’s website designer and managed everything that was done online.“Hey Stephanie,” Sam replied feeling a little surprised at how warmly Stephanie greeted her. She sat down and eyed Adam, who didn’t share Stephanie’s enthusiasm. Adam was another accountant at her father's company and Sam thought if anyone was a bigger goody two shoes than her it was without a doubt, Adam.“What do you want to drink, Sam? It’s on me so get whatever you want.” Stephanie started waving over a waitress.
Veronica Ramirez was one of those women who had all the right things in all the right places and she knew how to use it to get what she wanted. So if Veronica wanted David, she would get him and that would make him finally leave her alone! Sam watched Veronica walked over to his side with a strange mixture of jealousy and hope. “It’s nice to meet you, David,” Veronica said as she walked over slowly exaggerating every movement she made till she was by his side.Sam felt pride bubble up inside her as she realized that even drunk she didn’t stoop to such slutty tactics to get his attention. With a seductive look on Veronica’s face, she gently leaned against him and Sam focused her attention on her drink, her pride gone and the battle against feeling jealous lost. Veronica whispered something in his ear and Tabby was glaring at her disdainfully.
The next morning Sam woke up slowly, with her eyes still closed she snuggled into her pillow. Curious as to what time it was, she slowly forced her eyes open. Her breath hitched in her throat when she realized she wasn’t in her bedroom. After a second of panic, Sam remembered going to David’s apartment. He’d ordered take out from the town’s newest restaurant and only Chinese restaurant, but it didn’t take long before they ended up in his bedroom.She carefully turned around and glance at David, who was still sleeping. A smile forced its way onto her face and there was no denying to herself now, she had fallen for him. He wasn’t only incredibly sexy, but she relaxed completely when she was around him and could be herself. Also, Sam enjoyed his company immensely, strangely even when he was irritating the hell out of her. Honestly, now that she thought about her life before
Sam smiled at David and she sat on the couch watching a movie, she wasn’t sure what it was. She’d never seen it before and wasn’t paying attention. Her mind was running over the events that had happened during the day. David had kept true to his plan and they had periodically spent the day making love in every one of the rooms. It was probably a good thing that his apartment wasn’t that big or she may not have survived.Sam had never felt so treasured before and she had to admit she loved every minute of it but doubt gnawed at her too and refused to go away. Thoughts of Jeff kept running around in her head. Sam chewed on her lip remembering at the time she would’ve sworn Jeff loved her as much as she thought she loved him. Being with Jeff seemed so real and so meant to be but it wasn’t real or meant to be.The night he dumped
Sam stared at him, her eyes blurry with tears. He’d never told her that before and now she felt like a horrid monster. She never meant to embarrass him or her mother. Would her mother be ashamed of her? Her humiliation increased tenfold realizing that everyone had probably been laughing at her the whole time and whispering about what a silly fool she had been. How could she think that someone like David would want to be with her?His face darkened as he continued, “I can’t do this anymore Samantha. May Eleanor forgive me, but I can’t! I have tried so hard but I just can’t do it anymore! If you are determined to make a fool of yourself then so be it but you’re not taking me, my reputation, or my company that I worked so hard for going down with you!” Sam felt her heart stop. “I disown you, Samantha, you may have the Peters name but you’re not my daughter
“Tabby you don’t understand. I know I hurt David, but my father is, well, my father! I have to believe in him when he says that only doing what is best for me! He made a promise to my mother to take care of me! To raise me right and how am I repaying him and my mother? By ruining every good chance he’s had in his life to better the company and himself!” Sam argued, feeling a fresh batch of tears threatening to fall.“I don’t believe that for a minute and neither should you! Can’t you see what he is trying to do Sam? He said that on purpose so you will feel bad and come running to his feet begging forgiveness!” Tabby snapped at her and Sam grew angry at her friend. Why was she fighting against Sam so hard on this when Tabby is supposed to be comforting her instead?“No you’re wrong; you have always been
Once back at home she paced her living room back and forth feeling sick. Her father had written out exactly what she was going to say tomorrow morning when they met with David and his lawyer. She didn’t think she could do it, it was lying and wrong. There was only one way out, she thought as she picked up her phone and turned it on. The phone started to ring almost immediately and she saw it was David. She smiled for a second weakly, thinking it must be a sign. If she could convince him then, there would no need to lie.“Sam, thank God, you finally answered,” David said sounding relieved when she answered the phone and her insides twist with guilt and shame. “Please let me come over so we can talk! Give me a chance. I know we can figure this all out,” he pleaded with her desperately. She bit down on her lip hard realizing that it was going to be so much harder than she imagine
David stomped out of the office angrier than he had ever been in his life. Out of all the things he expected, what just happened in that office didn’t even come near it! Just yesterday David was confessing to his best friend about how much he loved her. He’d guessed that she wouldn’t take her father’s rejection very well but for Sam to flat out lie and turn her back on him like that. How could she do this to him?Why she couldn’t see that her father was just using her, David thought, getting into the passenger side of the car slamming the door with all his might. Mark looked like he wanted to say something, but David gave him a glare that told him he didn’t want to hear anything Mark had to say. He felt so stupid, so betrayed, and so hurt. How could she have been so cruel? How could he allow himself to be used like that? He wanted to hit something so bad, to smash his fi