The Beautiful People

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Authors: E. J. Fechenda
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moment!”
    He laughed. “I never
thought about how it must have appeared. You probably thought I was some serial
killer or something.”
                “Something
like that,” I admitted and smiled at him. “Where are we exactly?”
                “This is a
little after hours place my family has owned for generations. It dates back to
Prohibition – used to be a speakeasy. We call it ‘The Speak’.”
                “Your
family owns this too? What else do they own?”
                “Blue and
the other club Trance. Um, they own the restaurants, Butter, and Tiramisu, plus
some various real estate developments around the city.”
                “Wow, like
which ones?”
                “Independence
Place is one.”
    My eyes widened in
shock. Independence Place was one of the tallest skyscrapers in the
Philadelphia skyline. The Grabanos had to be loaded and powerful. I thought
back to Grant’s warnings earlier and wondered if he wasn’t exaggerating. Dominic’s
disarming smile distracted me from this negative thought.  When he placed his
hand on my thigh, all thoughts of Grant were banished.
    This was our first time
really alone together. There were the brief flirtations at the bar when I needed
my drink orders filled, the occasional close encounters and of course that
phenomenal kiss at Blue. But here it was just us and I liked it – and I was
really beginning to like Dominic. He was more than just a hot guy and my resolve
about not getting involved with him was quickly eroding.
    We talked for what
seemed like only a few minutes, when the doorman started to usher people out. I
was surprised when we stepped outside and the sun was beginning to rise. We had
been there for close to three hours. Dominic held the car door open for me and
I dropped into the seat; which was freezing and the cold went right through my
skirt. Hearing my teeth chattering, Dominic took off his jacket and draped it
over my legs.
                “Thank you.”
 
    He surprised me by
kissing me, silencing the chatter. He pulled away from me slowly and all I could
do was stare at him stunned.  The engine of the Mustang still had to warm up, so
I slid over closer to Dominic. He pulled me up on his lap to where I was
straddling him. We didn’t do anything more than kiss, but when we finally
separated the windows were fogged up. I was dizzy and had to rest my head
against Dominic’s shoulder.
                “Wow!” Dominic
whispered into my hair.
                “Yeah,
wow!” I sighed.
                “I better
get you home before, well, you know.” He winked and flashed his dimple, which
made crawling off of his lap a true test of my willpower, but I managed to make
my way back to the passenger seat. I was wobbly and it wasn’t the most graceful
of moves.
    He held my hand as he
drove to my apartment building. When he turned onto my block I spotted a
familiar silver car.
                “What the
hell?”
                “What is
it?”
                “Grant,” I
answered and pointed at a silver Lexus.
    There weren’t any
parking spaces so Dominic had to let me out in the street. We kissed again
before saying goodbye. I couldn’t wait to get to work later that night and had
given up any hope of resisting Dominic at this point. I shut the door to the
Mustang and watched it drive down the street. I turned and glared at Grant as
he got out of his car.
                “Spying on
me again?”
                “I wanted
to make sure you got home safe since you choose to keep dangerous company.”
                “Whatever!”
I rolled my eyes and turned to go up the three marble steps which led to the
front door of my building. Grant reached out and grabbed onto the sleeve of my
jacket. I shook his hand off and turned around to confront him. Even in my
heels I had to look up at

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