CHAPTER 3

“Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God”, Skai cried out as she unsuccessfully tried tying the straps of her halter dress with shaky hands. The knocks were getting louder and any minute, they’d barge in. 

Dante, though, was cool as a cucumber. He didn’t even bother putting on his shirt, he just got his dress pants zipped, adjusted his belt and sat on the couch like he owned the room.

“Where are my shoes”, she asked as she scanned her eyes round the room with no sign of her stilettos.

Dante calmly pointed at her toes. She never took them off. “Fuck”, she cursed under her breath, feeling her embarrassment pile over her head.

“Hi”, Skai greeted the security guard at the door. She had finally gotten the straps of her dress in a knot that could hold it in place— hopefully— and was red as a cherry.

“Oh, Miss Leighton. I heard voices and was worried someone had gotten access to your private back room”.

“Oh, no. It’s just me. You have nothing to worry about, sir. Keep up the good work”, Skai assured the security guard who was already peering behind her and looking at Dante. 

“You know, people love to do crazy things. Just last week, we saw two crazy randos going at it in the parking lot. The guy was good though, perfect technique the way he bent—”

“Okay, that’s too much detail sir”, Skai laughed a fake laugh. “You have nothing to worry about over here. In fact, we were just leaving”.

“Oh no Miss Skai, you can have your own fun. Not too much though”, the security guard laughed as he left.

“Phew”, Skai could finally breathe. She closed the door and stepped back into the room to find Dante fully dressed and proper, like the last half hour never happened. 

“Ready to step back out?”, she asked.

“Sure”, he replied as he stood up and walked towards the door. “Your hair looks like it’s infested with a hornets’ nest, by the way”, he added with a sly grin and stepped out. 

“Fuck”, she cursed as she fished out her compact from her purse and looked at her indeed crazy hair. 

She took some minutes alone to put herself together, as she reminisced on the throes of pleasure she just had. She could still feel her pussy sending sweet aftermath sensations to her whole body. She stared at her favorite art piece once more and then stepped back into the gallery. By this time, almost all the guests had already made their way back to their destinations. Where’s he? 

“Where have you been?!”, Skai's sister, Sadie, exclaimed the moment she saw her. “Bitch, you’re all sold out!!”, Sadie added.

“Hey! Don’t mess with me. Are you for real?!”

“Why would I mess with you on something like this?! All those hours of painting pussies and dicks paid off!”, Sadie sighed in relief.

“Oh my God, that’s crazy!”, Skai exclaimed as Sadie hopped and pulled her into a hug. She should have been more excited than she felt— she was happy about selling out— but a certain stranger had implanted himself in her mind.

“Hey, what’s up? Whatchu thinking about and why am I more excited about this than you are?”, Sadie asked with a suspicious look. “Skai? Where have you been?”, she added.

“Um, Sadie, have you seen a man? Quite tall, lean build, chiseled jaw, short, curly brown hair—

“Skai? Don’t tell me—

“His name’s Dante. He’s wearing a navy blue dress shirt with black pants—

“Skai? Did you just do what I’m thinking—

“Italian accent, he has this vibe you’d just know he’s rich and—

“Skai! You little slut. You fucked him. Didn’t you?”, Sadie teased, poking Skai’s belly. “You always liked your men foreign”.

“I did?”, Skai asked with a bashful smile. 

“Hell yeah, you did!”, Sadie responded. And every kind of man with a functioning dick, she thought to herself. “I think I saw someone like that leaving though. You know what? Let’s go home. I wanna hear all the juicy details but I’m so damn hungry right now”, Sadie said rubbing her flat tummy over her peach minidress.

“Oh, he left?”, she asked, her heart sinking a little. Without a goodbye?

“Let’s go, let’s go!”, Sadie replied as she took Sali by the hand and walked towards the exit. “I already ordered an Uber, the driver should be here in a minute. We can’t go looking for your Prince Charming. But then, he got your number, right?”

“Fuck. We didn’t even get to that”.

“He knows where to find you though”, Sadie said as the stepped into the gentle Chicago night breeze. “Oh, look. Our driver’s here”.

“So? Spill!”, Sadie urged the moment they got settled in the car.

“Thought you were waiting till we got home, foodie.”

“Oh whatever. Spill!

“Okay, so he seemed to be totally into the art—”

“Yeah, yeah. Skip to the good part”

“After my speech, I took him to my private back room”.

Sadie gasped.

“Yeah, and we talked about more art and did it on the couch”, Skai blurted out and covered her face letting out a giggle.

“Girl! How was it? How was he?”

“Honestly? He was incredible! The size of that man— I had a problem taking all of his length and his girth? Damn, damn, damn”, Skai sighed, reliving the way he licked his fingers after burying them deep into her. She shivered.

The driver cleared his throat, snapping her back to reality. They had gotten home and the car came to a halt. He looked at her through the rear view mirror with judgemental eyes and she winked at him, causing him to avert his eyes quickly.

“What a night! Sold out, intense dicking… you are on a roll”, Sadie commented while she quickly kicked off her shoes and fished out a tub of ice cream from the refrigerator and taking a scoop. “Ugh”, she moaned before screaming about a brain freeze.

What a big baby! Skai thought to herself. Sadie was already twenty-five but she still behaved the way she did when she was five, only with an extra fire in her eyes.

“Put that away and let’s have lasagna”, Skai instructed as she put the covered glass bowl containing lasagna she prepared in the microwave. 

“It was a great night”, Skai said as they sat at the table to eat. “But he didn’t get my contact and left without saying goodbye. That’s a red flag”.

“Yeah.. but then you can’t write him off just yet. Like I said, he knows where to find you. I’m just surprised you went through with it. These past months you’ve been avoiding men and focusing on your naughty paintings like it was your only source of relief”.

“Yeah, I know. There was just something about him though. And the way he described my art… yeah, it’s on the vulgar side but he saw the soul behind it”.

“Or he was just hot and caught your eye”, Sadie teased.

“Actually, that must have been it”, Skai burst out laughing. “Oh well, even if I don’t see him again, he’s given me lots of inspiration. I can’t wait to get back to the canvas”, Skai added as she stood up, placed her plates in the sink and started heading to her room. “Goodnight, baby doll”, Skai called out.

Later that night, she kept tossing and turning in bed as she had confusing dreams where she was drowning in an ocean. Then she was driving and had a full on head collision with a herd of bulls— all the while being naked. Then she saw his blue eyes and heard his voice in her ear without even moving his lips, “Wake up!”.

Her eyes immediately opened.