Chapter 5:
Monday morning started as it usually did for Randon. He'd woken up at eight o'clock, after two restless hours of sleep, ate a huge breakfast, then gone to the club to check and order inventory. His thoughts were on Cassidy the whole time.
There was something about her that made her so much different than the girls he was used to dating. She was more down to earth, but it was something more than that. Sure she was beautiful, but he'd dated beautiful women. There was just something about her that made her so much more interesting to him than the fake women he was used to.
He'd never in his life wanted a woman so much, that was for sure. He'd sure as hell never denied himself a woman he wanted. It was wrecking hell on his system.
No woman had ever made him feel like Cassidy did. She knew he had money, millions in fact, but she acted no different around him than anybody else she was around. She didn't seem to expect anything from him like so many women he'd been with in the past.
"Earth to Randon!"
Randon looked up at his best friend, Logan Thompson. The tall red head man was standing with his arms crossed over his shoulders, and a no nonsense expression on his boyishly handsome face. "Where'd you go man?" he asked.
"Sorry. When did you get here?" Rand asked him.
"About thirty seconds ago. The guys are coming over for poker night. Are you in, or are you going to your new girlfriends house?" Logan asked with a ear splitting smile.
"I'm in. I could use a guy's night." Randon said.
"Great. See you at eight. You bring the beer." Logan said as he walked away.
"I brought the beer last time!" Randon yelled after him, but he knew he'd be buying the beer. He always got conned into it.
A poker night at Logan's included Logan, Marcus, Joshua, and himself. It was an opportunity to take each other's money, drink beer, and talk about women. How could a sane man turn it down?
He went back to work, ordering the inventory he was getting low on, and when he was finished he handed the rest of the night over to his manager Carl.
He stopped by a convenient store on his way to Logan's and picked up two twelve packs of beer. When he was at Logan's he pulled out his phone. He knew it would be way past midnight when he'd get done, and he wanted to talk to Cassidy. It was almost eight, so he knew she'd be home from the bookstore. He dialed her number and waited on her to pick up.
"Hello?"
"Hello gorgeous." He answered smiling at the sound of her voice.
Her laugh made his stomach tighten into knots.
"Hey Randon." She said. "What are you doing?"
"Getting ready for poker night with the guys. I probably wont get another chance to call you and I wanted to hear your voice at least once today." He told her. Such lines came easily to him. It shocked him that he actually meant it.
"Well that sounds fun. I was getting ready to go to the movies with Maria, Cora, and Anna." She told him.
Randon put the faces to the names and smiled. He remembered Maria as the talkative one, Cora as the seductive one, and Anna as the quiet and shy one. He'd met them all the night he'd met Cassidy.
"That sounds dandy."
"Dandy?" Cassidy repeated with a laugh.
"Yes, dandy. What are you doing tomorrow?" Rand asked.
"Um, well it's Tuesday so I guess I'm working then coming home and doing nothing." Cassidy told him.
"Well, my mom has a small art show tomorrow night. It's black tie affair. I know its short notice but would you like to go with me? I promise it won't be too painful." Rand asked.
