banter they were having back and forth. It almost felt like they’d known each other for years.
“How about you get home and get prepared for tomorrow, because I plan on wearing you out.” Her stomach dropped and apparently released bats as opposed to butterflies, as violent as her stomach was fluttering. Did that mean he plans on trying to have sex with me? Am I ready for that? Am I ready for him to see me naked? Is it too soon? Dear God, I can’t have another sleepless night!
Her silence stretched out a little too long. Gabe hesitantly responded to her silence. “Sunny? I didn’t mean that the way it sounded. I just meant I have a long day planned for you. There’s no pressure to move it to the next level.”
“Promise?” Sunny asked shakily.
“Aw, baby. I promise.” Sunny could hear the desperation in his voice for her to believe him.
“Okay. I’ll see you tomorrow at one?”
“Yeah. One o’clock. Goodnight, Sweet Girl.”
“Goodnight, Gabriel.”
Sunny pressed the end button on her phone and headed home for another restless night.
Chapter 5
Traffic was light this time of day as Gabe coasted down the freeway, on his way to pick up Sunny for their date. Deciding what to do on their date had been a slight bump in the road. He knew that she would be impressed by something super fancy, but at the same time overwhelming for someone as down-to-earth and practical as Sunny. He needed to find something to do that matched her personality. Fun, exciting, and understated sexy. He was pretty sure his final decision would make the perfect first date.
For the first half of the date, he had decided to wear a pair of nice dark-washed jeans, a plain white fitted t-shirt and his white Nikes . And of course, for a little anonymity, a black baseball cap. For the night portion of the date, he brought a long sleeve blue button-down dress shirt and a pair of black dress shoes to go with the jeans he was already wearing. He was sure that anything Sunny wore would work for both day and night.
Pulling up in front of her building, he realized that he was nervous. Really nervous. Like a ‘high school kid on his first date’-nervous. He knew that this date was make it or break it. Sunny was like trying to coax a wild animal to eat out of your hand. One wrong move and she’d run. No woman had ever acted like this around him. Most times he had to beat them o ff with a stick. Not that he was conceited or anything. It was just a fact of life that he’d had to get used to. Even before he became famous, girls threw themselves at him all the time because of his looks. But once fame came into play looks was just the start. Now it was his money or what he could do for their careers that had them flocking in droves. Being around Sunny was just…easy.
Grabbing his phone, he called up Sunny’s number. “Hey, Sweet Girl. I’m outside”, he said after she picked up.
“Okay. Walking out now.” Her voice trembled softly. Gabe knew he had a tough job of making her feel at ease today.
He got out of his old refurbished classic pickup truck in the original green and made his way to the passenger side, so he’d be there to open the truck door for her.
Sunny appeared in the doorway of her building. Gabe took in the sight of her as she stepped outside into the sunlight. His breath caught, his heart pounded, and his palms started to sweat. She was stunning, as usual. Her hair was swept up with her curls in sexy disarray piled atop her head, with a few wispy tendrils that lay gently against her neck, forehead, and temples. She wore a long sheer sundress that nearly touched the ground with a nude lining that stopped at her knees. It had an abstract tropical design on it in neutral as well as vibrant colors intermingled together, that made her skin tone glow. And of course it was cut deep showing a good portion of her breasts, which would torture him throughout the date. She held the dress up
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