Through the smoky haze of the bar, a handsome man sat with two women, both on either side of him. Their husky voices whispering in his ears and their fingers lingering everywhere on his body. He was irresistible to them, a god in their eyes. His dark brown hair curled in waves around his finely lined jaw and his green eyes lulled women in with its dark gaze. Christan was a lady-killer and he knew it.
Christan smirked while drinking his glass of beer. These two particular women had been talking to him for hours all the while sending suggestive messages. He didn't know them and neither did they know him, that was perfect for him as far as he could tell. It just meant there were no hassles afterwards. Christan turned his head slightly as the woman on his left had started to stroke his crotch through his pants.
She leaned forward and whispered huskily in his ear, "How about you come with my girlfriend and I and ditch this place?"
She leaned back and gave a look that was familiar to Christan. It was a look of lust. Hell, they had been trying for 2 hours now, better just go with them.
"Sure, I was just getting bored here." Christan placed his drink down and waved to the bartender.
"John, I'll pick the tab up tomorrow."
John gave a disapproving look at Christan and said, "Christan, get your ass settled already, your stupid routine is starting to annoy me."
Christan just gave a nonchalant shrug and spun around. He stood up with the ladies and started to weave through the tables to get to the door. As he was approaching the exit, the door opened and time slowed it seemed right at that instance.
Christan felt the air get knocked out of him as if he had been tackled to the ground. His vision tunneled only to focus on the woman who had just entered. Her long black hair flowed out behind her as she walked to her own beat. Her bright blue eyes were calculating the area she was in and they passed over Christan as if he was only uninteresting wallpaper. Christan was stunned by everything about her and even more stunned she did not acknowledge him. Then he noticed her eyes brighten and she moved towards whoever she had recognized. Christan felt a pang of loss and jealousy. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion which was followed quickly by anger.
Who was she to ignore his existence?
Christan's eyes followed her back and saw her go towards another woman he had only glanced at earlier.
"Hey, Alix!" Linda cried to her younger sister. She waved Alix over. Alix only gave a brief smile and moved to her table in the bar. Alix hugged her sister and slid into the chair opposite her.
"Hey Linda, you look great." Alix smiled.
"So do you! Maybe too great, I swear Alix, you got mother's looks. You're lucky, I got father's plain face." Linda frowned. Alix shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"Linda, you are beautiful, stop that already."
Linda sighed, glanced towards the door and said, "Well, that gorgeous man has been staring at you ever since you walked in, what do you say to that?"
Alix did not even glance at the door where the man was and just sipped from the glass of water and said, "I say, the hell with him and you called me out here for a reason, I hope this wasn't it?"
Linda fidgeted slightly and mumbled out a weak response, "Maybe it was PART of the reason."
Alix let out a soft groan and said, "Linda! How many times do I have to say it? I am fine with how I am currently, no relationships, no hassles."
Linda reached over and placed her hand on top of her sister's.
"It has already been five years since Daniel passed and you haven't been with anyone serious since then, I'm just worried for you. You just turned 31 last week and still no man."
Alix felt her annoyance go up a new level and she slipped her hand out of Linda's and crossed her arms across her chest and leaned back in the chair, glaring dangerously at Linda.
"Do not ever speak of Daniel again. This conversation is over."
Then at the worst possible moment, a man appeared at their table. Linda widened her eyes while
Alix simply gave a dark look at him.
His smile was disarming and innocent as he stared down at them.
"Hello, ladies. Can I buy you a drink?" It was obvious, he was asking only for Alix. He kept giving furtive glances at her. Poor Linda was kept out subtly. Alix, however, was in no mood and just gave a small smirk at the pompous man.
"Leave us alone."
Linda gave a narrowed look at Alix and nodded her head at the man, trying to encourage her to say yes. She didn't need to, since the man just grabbed a chair from another table and joined them.
