The first thing Laura did after returning to the hotel room was to dive into the internet to go through different forums. She had overestimated herself because of the previous encounters she has had with men. They had always taken the initiative to approach her and were very eager to please her. She knew if she showed the slightest interest, they would not hold back as James did. So, she wanted to know how to poke holes into his defence.
She read everything, from how to make their relationship develop to the next step, to all the tricks she can employ to seduce him. She studied so seriously that she hadn’t even heard Rachel when she returned home.
“What are you reading?” Rachel asked as she made a beeline for the kitchen. She had gone out to buy a few things she needed for what she wanted to cook later.
Laura didn’t bother answering her and continued to mentally take notes about what she was reading. This made Rachel even more curious, so she snuck up behind her and checked to see what she was reading.
“If you wanted to know this, you should have just asked us,” Rachel said from behind her, finally drawing Laura’s attention.
“Do you have any suggestions?” Laura asked. Since Rachel was able to pull in Brian in just a single day, she figured that she may have better and more realistic suggestions.
“Mmmh, don’t try too hard,” Rachel told her as she read the suggestions on the laptop screen with interest.
“What kind of advice is that?” Laura asked with a frown. If she said nothing, then she would have only dreamt about James kissing her like he did today.
“You need to play hard to get. You can’t always be the initiator,” Rachel said as she sat next to her.
“And how am I going to do that?” Laura asked, deciding to at least listen to her friend, thinking that there may be some truth to what she was saying.
“You can work on your appearance,” Rachel said, and Laura raised an eyebrow as she looked at the clothes that Rachel was wearing.
The two were the complete opposite of each other. Rachel was wearing an ankle-length dress that covered her arms up to her elbows. The only difference was the fact that she had some cleavage exposed today.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Rachel said to her and raised the collar of her dress, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
“Ah, so that’s how you did it,” Laura teased when she saw her friend’s shy expression. Rachel cleared her throat and got up from the chair, and Laura followed her with her eyes.
Rachel was extremely voluptuous, with generous breasts and wide hips, and there was no amount of clothing that could hide her figure. Maybe the mystery is sexy? She thought to herself.
“But I can’t dress like you,” Laura said to Rachel as she redirected her attention to her computer.
“You don’t have to. You just need to feel sexy to make it effortless,” Rachel said from the kitchen. Laura thought about her words and already knew what she wanted to wear tonight. She wanted to know just how restrained James was going to be once he saw her.
“I still don’t know how you can feel sexy in that,” Laura said to her, making Rachel laugh.
“Sexiness should be in your head, not in your clothes. They should just be a medium to help you channel it,” Rachel said as she turned to look at her friend.
“I’ll keep that in mind,” Laura said as she stood up from her chair.
“Are you going to have dinner?” Rachel asked Laura.
“Nope, I have to get ready,” Laura said and disappeared into her room.
Laura stripped out of her clothes the moment she got in her room and went straight to the bathroom. She took her time in the shower as she digested Rachel’s words and what she had read online and smiled to herself as she thought about how tonight was going to go.She did her makeup more elaborately, accentuating her foxy green eyes and plump lips, and looked at her reflection in satisfaction. Now that she was done with her makeup, she went to pick out a dress.
She pulled out an ivory coloured low back silk dress and stared at it for a few minutes as she thought about whether or not she should really wear it. She grit her teeth and decided to try it on first before deciding.
She wore the dress and stood in front of the mirror with a gradually widening smile. She had received the dress from a fashion brand that was trying to rope her into promoting their clothes on her social media. Unfortunately, she never got around to doing it.
She was going to have to ask Rachel if she still had their contacts so she could order more clothes from them. The dress reached mid-thigh and even had a slit on the side to boot! With how the dress looked, she felt it would only be fitting to style her hair in an updo.
After she was done with her hair, she chose a pair of heels and a small purse, where she shoved the things she was going to need and sprayed some perfume on herself.
When she stepped out of her room, Rachel, who had been busy in the kitchen, stopped what she was doing to look at her. The way she currently dressed resulted from her previous trauma, but even before that, she wouldn’t have been as daring as her friend.
“How do I look?” Laura asked Rachel and twirled in place to show off her outfit.
“Stunning,” Rachel answered honestly.
“Haha, thanks,” Laura said and went ahead to pose in front of Rachel. Rachel noticed the gold chain that wrapped around her neck and dangled on her back and wrapped around her waist, disappearing to the front of her dress where it was covered.
She remembered that batch of jewellery she had designed. It went through her belly ring and up her breasts to hook itself to the front of the necklace. Too bad it was not visible. Laura had pleaded with her to customise one for her after buying the one she had on.
“When is he going to come?” Rachel asked her friend, finally pulling her eyes away from Laura.
“Ah, it’s almost time,” Laura said and pulled out her phone from her purse to check on James, only to see that she had already received a text message telling her that he was already waiting for her downstairs.
“He is here already. I’ll be seeing you later,” Laura said and darted out of the hotel room. Rachel silently prayed for James as she smiled. She was a woman and found it hard not to stare, much less James.
Laura could already see James standing outside his car from the hotel lobby. So, with her eyes focused on a set destination, she did not notice all the attention she had drawn to herself. James could already see the commotion through the glass doors and curiously looked to see what was going on. When Laura finally stepped outside, James ended up choking on air. Laura had no idea of just how flustered James was because of how she looked and only walked toward him with a wide smile and eyes filled with excitement. James continued to stand in one place, feigning calmness. But he knew just how excited he was when he saw her looking the way she was. Laura stopped in front of him and looked at him, her eyes clearly asking him if he thought she looked good. “You look beautiful,” James said with a smile and raised his hand to touch one of the loose curls framing her face. “Thank you, you are looking handsome yourself,” Laura said sincerely. James chuckled when he heard her since he was st
James stood next to the door as he watched the server that was sent to his private room arrange drinks on the table that was in front of the sofa he had been sitting on. After he was done, he left quickly. The staff were very familiar with James, since he was the co-owner of the establishment. If he came in looking the way he did today, it meant that he did not want anyone to bother him. After their privacy was restored, James went to the counter that was on one side of the room and made himself a cup of tea. Laura frowned when she saw him return with the mug that had steaming hot tea. “Aren’t we going to drink together?” Laura asked James once he sat back down next to her. “We are. I’ll just be drinking tea,” James said as he placed the mug on the table in front of him. “Why?” Laura asked him. “Because I have work tomorrow. You would do well to enjoy tonight as well, since you are going to have to worry about work too in the future,” James advised. “I thought you would be joini
“You shouldn’t sit like this,” James said, his voice tinged with warning as he did his best to focus on Laura’s face. Laura had had a few more drinks as they talked and decided that rather than sit sideways on his lap, she was going to straddle him instead. “Why not? I read that sitting like this would have the most effect. Were they wrong?” Laura asked and even tilted her head in confusion, which made her look adorable. “I don’t know what effect you were going for, but I need to know what you’ve been reading,” James said with a sigh. He had kept his hands off of her since earlier on, since he had started reacting to her. The way she smelled, the way he would catch glimpses of the body jewellery she was wearing from the sides of her skimpy dress, and even how she kept touching him were constantly poking at his instincts. Now she was even straddling his lap, her dress riding up so high he was almost getting a glimpse of her underwear. “I browsed through a few forums for some dating
Laura watched James as she discreetly rubbed her butt, wondering what it was he was thinking about so seriously. James took a few deep breaths before turning around to look at Laura, whose lips were swollen, her lipstick smudged and her previously pinned up hair a mess. He closed his eyes and turned to look away from her again. Laura was completely unaware of how sexy she looked and just how much James was holding himself back from just pushing her down on the sofa to properly devour her. Laura took another glass and poured herself a drink and added some ice to it before standing up and going to where James was standing. James felt Laura tugging at his sleeve and turned to look at her. “Did you decide to drink anyway?” Laura asked and looked up at him as she took a sip of her drink. James watched her with dark eyes and the clueless Laura looked at him with raised eyebrows as she took another sip of her drink. James caught her chin between his thumb and index finger and pressed his
The wet sounds of kissing filled the back of the car as Laura took James’s words seriously. Since he criticised her kissing, then she was going to take advantage of their remaining time together to practice. Since she was practising, James could only let her take the lead, which went against his instincts. He was using all his energy, trying not to devour her mouth, because it felt like she was teasing him. “Use your entire mouth,” James finally instructed, unable to hold back anymore. “What?” Laura asked as she took this opportunity to catch her breath. “Your lips,” James said and sucked on her bottom lip. “Your teeth,” he continued, and nibbled on her lips. “Your tongue,” he finished and pushed his tongue into her mouth, as if determined to have a taste of her essence. “Why don’t you try,” he finally said as he pressed his forehead against hers. After some hesitation, Laura pressed her lips against his again. This time, instead of fumbling around like she was doing earlier, s
The following morning, Laura woke up abruptly as if something startled her awake. She stayed still in her bed and listened for a while but the entire place was completely silent. There weren’t any movements even outside her room.She rolled over in her bed and checked under her sheets before groaning and burying her face in her pillow. She had a slight headache and was feeling lethargic too. After rolling around in bed for almost an hour, she finally got off and went to take a shower.She put on a pair of shorts and an oversized t-shirt before finally leaving her room. She thought Rachel would have already returned but that didn’t seem to be the case as the house was completely quiet and the lights she had turned on the previous night were still on.She walked towards the kitchen as she tied her hair up in a messy bun and went to get herself some water and went to lay down on the sofa. She looked up at the ceiling as she recalled the things that she had done the previous day and could
James’s driver had come to pick Laura up from the hotel and she was soon at the management company offices. Just like it had been previously, she walked into the building with all the confidence that came naturally to her. She drew attention to herself the moment she walked into the building. With her short shorts and crop top and ridiculously high heels, the ladies at the reception desk looked at her with shining eyes. “Mr. Lewis is expecting you,” one of the girls said as she walked out from behind the desk and led Laura to the elevators. “What’s your name?” Laura asked the girl. It looked like she was the youngest one among her colleagues. “Anna,” she said with a bashful smile. She worked with celebrities all day, but she had never felt the charisma that Laura had with any of the female celebrities at the company. “Anna, it suits you,” Laura said, resisting the urge to pat her head. She was like a small rabbit. “Thank you?” Anna responded, not sure of how to react. “Anna? I’l
Laura stared blankly at the document in her hand. She had signed with the company just yesterday. So she didn’t know they were going to be putting her to work so soon already!'Laura knew a lot of brands had wanted her as a spokesperson, but aren’t they being too enthusiastic?' She thought to herself as she saw her packed schedule. She was already fully booked for the next three months!She looked up from the schedule to Jason, who had brought it and felt all the love she had previously had for the star melt away. He was just a capitalist!Jason felt wronged when he saw Laura’s gaze. He didn’t want to pack her schedule so much, he even spaced out everything so she could get ample rest in between jobs. He didn’t know who leaked the information, but he had started getting calls from last night from different brands asking for Laura.“Someone leaked the news before we could say anything,” Jason said and James nodded in understanding.“Make an official post on social media. You should coo