“All I’m saying is,” Beni said as they boarded the elevator together, “is it makes sense since I won’t be drinking more than a beer tonight that I be your designated driver since we live so close.”
“It does make sense.” Suki was nodding vigorously at him and making eyes at Juniper. Her smile was almost malicious with the ferocity of it.
“I don’t want to take advantage.” Juniper protested as she tugged her dress down a bit before avoiding Suki’s slap to the hands. “It’s too short,” she hissed.
Suki, when she came over for dinner, brought with her. from her own closet she felt would be perfect for Juniper’s r night on the town as a single woman. It was black, little and while it said size medium on the tag, Juniper felt it was entire exaggerated. It felt small, very small.
“I think you look stunning!” Suki declared, “doesn’t she look stunning Beni?”
“She absolutely does. If you’re not comfortable Juniper you can change but in my opinion the world would be a sadder place without those legs on display.”
“Do you know the acrobatics it would take to get out of this thing?”
“No but I’m willing to help.” Beni was bold and flirty. He grinned as Suki howled with laughter and Juniper shook her head but was grinning too.
“Naughty Beni.” Juniper chastised but she didn’t pull away when he hugged her to his side and kissed her temple.
“Don’t get attached, Beni!” Suki warned him. “This is the dawning of Juniper’s sexual revolution. Her mother wants her to kiss more than one man before she settles down and marries him.”
“You should kiss more than one man,” Beni nodded at Juniper, “just continue kissing me too.”
He’d kissed her so many times today she was wondering liked the taste of her lip gloss. He’d kissed her in her kitchen. He’d kissed her in all four of the shops they’d gone to. He’d kissed her against the door to her apartment. He’d gone back his apartment whistling telling her he’d drive her and her friend to the club after he’d come back to kiss her silly one more time. She’d taken a cold shower for the first time in her life before Suki came over. Benicio Rojas could kiss like he was born to do it.
Over dinner, she’d told Suki everything and her friend was squealing with delight. When she’d met Beni for the first time, behind his back Suki jumped up and down and made hip thrusting movements. Between her best friend and her mother,
Juniper realized nobody was going to allow her to mourn her relationship with Kyst for too long.
Beni held the passenger side door open of his sports car and Suki whistled as she climbed into the back.
“This is sexy.”
“It is. I forgot to gas it up though. We’ll need to make one stop before we get to the club.”
“Okay.” Juniper was surprised when she got into the front passenger seat and Beni leaned right in and buckled her into the seat. He kissed the tip of her nose and closed the door.
“Holy shit, I like him for you. He’s sexy, patient and he handsy. Also, I think he’s freeballing it in those trousers.” S was leaning forward squealing in Juniper’s ear a mile a minute as Beni slowly rounded the car. “There is no way that thing is contained in briefs.”
“Shut up,” Juni turned her head to glare at her aware that now her own eyes were going to be trained on Beni’s junk area for the remainder of the night. Was he really not wearing underwear? “Damn it Suki!”
Suki cackled maniacally in the back seat.
“You’re the devil.”
“I am.”
“Why is she the devil?” Beni slid into his seat and fastened his seat belt. He looked at Suki, “seatbelt.”
“Yes sir.” Suki batted her lashes. “Beni are there any hot lawyers at your office who are single and don’t have exes living next door? I want to do what Juni is doing and get over the guy I’ve been seeing by meeting someone new. If this bar thing tonight goes bust, can you hook a girl up?”
“I have two best friends,” Beni offered up Phineas and Adil.
“No!” Juniper said sharply and then cleared her throat at how shrill it sounded. “Sorry. They aren’t her type.”
She shifted nervously as two pairs of eyes stared at her and quickly she’d shot the idea down. Beni’s muttered “interesting only made her blush more and she looked out the window.
“You should know, Beni,” Suki commented with a wicked smile, “I put some dangerous thoughts in Juni’s head today. I think they’re living there rent free.”
“What kind of thoughts?” Beni looked at Juniper curiously.
“The kind where there are four in the bed and,” Suki started.
“Suki!” Juniper knew her face was bright pink as the car pulled out of the underground parking lot and into the evening city light.
Beni’s chuckle filled the interior of the car, “Suki, poor Juniper is likely to have a heart attack with you planting such wicked thoughts in her head.”
“Her mother wants her to sign onto Tinder.”
“Don’t do that,” Beni reached out and took Juniper’s hand in hers and kissed her fingertips. “If you’re only looking for hookups there are plenty of men in your vicinity to help with such things. When you’re ready for more than that, the same men will still be there. We’re not going anywhere, sunshine.”
“I don’t want to lose my friends, even my new ones.” She whispered nervously.
“Do you know, Phineas, Adil and I have known each other since we were born? Our fathers were best friends and our mother’s hung out. Our dads were pretty competitive and when Mr. P told his buddies he was ready to start a family well then it was game on. We were all born within a month of each other.
Phineas is the oldest, then me and then Adil. There is nothing any of them could ever do which would make me love them less. We were blessed having my mom around us growing up, helping us navigate our friendships. We have very open, honest, and real communication with the three of us. All we ever want for one another is happiness.”
“You’re suggesting she should experiment with the three of you?” Suki boldly asked. “What if she chose Phineas and not you?”
“Then I’m grateful for the opportunity to have kissed those lips.”
“What if she chose someone not in your little friend group?” Suki was pushy.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.