Chapter 6 A night to remember,,,,or forget

(A night to remember....or forget)

The bright Thursday sun of New York city shone brightly into the grand hotel's private suit and thus waking Kathleen from her slumber. She groaned under her breath and opened her eyes only to be bombarded by the most excruciatingly painful headache, she reluctantly sat upright and scratched the back of her head wondering what was going on.....and then the haze in her eyes cleared. She wasn't at her apartment!.

A loud scream left her as she looked down and found herself naked, she yelped and jerked out of the bed in a midst of panic and looked around wondering what had happened the night before, and what she was doing in an obviously luxurious suite with her clothes on the floor and her panties on a chest drawer.

She panted heavily and started to retrace her steps. She went to the club, then she met a beautiful charming man.....there it was Mathew Knowles! she met Mathew Knowles and they bot shared a delicious sandwich and she had the most beautiful, wonderful, breathtaking sex with a strange man.

She looked around and finally found her purse which was close to the terrace, she quickly grabbed it and just like she feared.....twenty two missed calls from Gloria and a warning email from her landlord about her time ticking fast. A short sigh left her as she shoved a hand into her head and then phoned her best friend.

Gloria who was about to get into a train to work heard her phone ring and frowned deeply seeing who the caller was, ‘Look who it is?? Little miss—'

‘I fucked up Lorie', Kathleen cut her off, ‘I fucked up real bad'.

‘Ohhh please you're a grown ass woman and I'm not bothered if you went with that man to his house', Gloria rolled her eyes, ‘So tell me.....was it good?'.

It was the least of Kathleen's worries at the moment but she couldn't withstand that kind of information from her best friend, so she pursed her lips and smiled mischievously, ‘It was the best I ever had Lorie.... like no one told me that having the best sex of my life would be with a stranger??'.

Gloria laughed, ‘So where is he??'.

‘I...I...I don't know', Kathleen looked around as she finally came into realization that Mathew Knowles was nowhere to be found, ‘This is unlike me Lorie....I wish I..'

‘Drop it', Gloria frowned, ‘You're a grown woman so own it. But that's not what's important at the moment—your interview is in an hour so are you dressed?'.

Kathleen froze, ‘What interview?'.

‘Come on don't play with me', Gloria's frown was slowly turning into a scowl, ‘The job interview I told you about yesterday. It's in an hour so you have to get ready...I'm off to work so bye'.

Gloria hung up and Kathleen screamed again, she was so engrossed in her one night stand fiasco that she didn't realize she had a job interview to go to. She had a bad day yesterday and even though she had a pleasant evening with a wonderful man who was nowhere to be found, her morning was on the verge of disaster.

There was no way she could go back home in time to change and get to the interview without being atrociously late and missing it in fact, her clothes on the floor wasn't appropriate for interview material either. With everything going wrong she could feel the tears coming on.

But she was a fighter and not a born quitter, she tried reassuring herself and sniffled loudly as she walked towards the closet and found a lady's coat which was perfect. She almost squealed in delight as she managed to get her composure right in the bathroom, thankfully she didn't have on too much makeup from the night before so she was able to wipe it all off and with a blow drier which was a miracle, she looked presentable except for her swollen lips which was all thanks to Mathew Knowles—not perfect but presentable enough.

That bastard, she thought to herself as she was finally okay with the way she looked, all that was left was her shoes. She raked a hand through her hair as her heels were a lucky gift.....and by that she meant finding stripping shoes at the back of a stripper club.

‘Okay Kathy you can do this'. She breathed heavily and then her eyes caught a note right on the bed which she didn't find before.

It read;

‘"LAST NIGHT WAS GREAT.

I HOPE WE SEE SOMEDAY AGAIN'"

There was a two hundred dollar bill next to the note which made Kathleen scoff loudly—and there it was again....the reason why she loathed the testosterone gender in the first place. She thought she'd seen a glimmer of hope in Mathew Knowles, but even with the mind-blowing sex that was for sure going to keep her on her toes for days—he was still like the other men....pathetic.

A part of her wanted nothing more but to leave the cash on the bed and storm out but even that wasn't enough to save her obliterated ego, she needed the money as she was in dire need of good shoes and a ride to her interview. So she sighed deeply, grabbed her purse and the two hundred bucks leaving the annoying note on the bed—last night was definitely a mistake....one she didn't want to remember.

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‘I feel kind of bad leaving her like that', Grayson sighed deeply over the phone as he walked out of the car, handing his keys to one of the security guard, ‘I mean last night wws definitely one I never want to forget'.

Connor yawned loudly as he was still sour about being waked from his sleep, ‘If you couldn't forget it then why did you bail like that?? I saw you last night Gray.....you were head over heels in love with that woman'.

’I wouldn't call it love. You and I both know I don't do that kind of thing'

‘You just haven't found the right woman yet'.

‘Well Char—'

‘Charisse is a bitch okay?!', Connor snapped, ‘She's a demon and the only reason you stayed so long with someone like her is because you hate change.... you're a boring sad man Mr Hunter and I'm glad someone made you smile again last night'.

Grayson sighed deeply, ‘It was just going to be a one time thing. Just because I found her charming doesn't mean I want to take her home to my mom do I. She's nothing more than a one night fling and that's all there is to it'.

‘That is a comfort to nobody but you Gray', Connor snorted, ‘Now hang up I really need to sleep'.

Grayson hung up and walked into his company building, ignoring every staff that greeted him until he got to the elevator. Then he thought about his escapade with Kathleen again and that made him smile, he frowned as he caught himself doing the unusual—she was just a one night stand, he said to himself, nothing more than that and kept on replaying the words in his head as the elevator door opened to his office floor.