CHAPTER TWO
I walked up to the boardwalk entrance and glanced around me. The boardwalk had several entrances along the coast, but we agreed to meet at the main one since a restaurant we both were wanting to try was right there. Yet as I approached the sidewalk, it was so crowded that I felt completely overwhelmed in trying to find where he could be. People were either too busy walking with their phones to their face or in large groups that refused to condense to one side of the bridge going into the boardwalk area. I began to panic until my eyes were drawn to him like a powerful magnet. There he was, leaning up against the wall with one foot crossed over the other. He looked so at ease. His dark hair was spiked and messy, making his chin and side profile more defined. The photos of him did no justice. He was holding a cigar in his right hand that had a silver watch on its wrist; while his left was slightly tucked into his front pocket. As soon as we made eye contact, he threw the unfinished cigar down and began walking towards me. William was over six foot tall, his shoulders and chest broad and firm; enhancing the width of his tattooed arms that made his sleeve stretch. His walk was confident; his strides long and firm as he got closer. Not only were his features defined, his dark blue jeans left nothing to the imagination on how the rest of his body was built. I swallowed hard and bit my lip. I quickly recovered and smiled as we got closer, giving each other a side hug as we came together. I could instantly smell his manly musk and my butterflies returned to my throat. He pulled away and stood back, a sparkle in his eyes, as I struggled to find the words to say.
"And you said you'd be waiting for me, huh?"
I blushed and sighed. "And you're still here?" I didn't mean for it to come out as a question, but I was actually shocked that he was still there. I had managed to be over 30 minutes late to the original time we scheduled, and he was acting as if I was just a few minutes past. William smiled and nodded.
"Of course I am. I've invested too much time to just leave you." He gave me a wink and my heart sank. He then looked down and quickly back at me, a smirk on the side of his face. "So you're 30 minutes late to dinner, it's not like anyone is keeping track."
I gently pushed his arm. "Ah huh, sure no one is keeping track. On the serious side, I am really sorry." I paused as he held his hand up.
"No apologies needed. But what we do need is food. So how about we make our way to the restaurant, shall we?" William held out his bent arm my way, signaling me to hold onto him as we walked. I wrapped my arm around, my hand barely covering the width of his toned upper arm. I instantly began to imagine his hands on my naked body and his arms firmly holding me close to him. Fuck. This was going to be harder than I thought.
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Dinner was amazing, as I have no other words to describe it. It was probably the best date I had ever been on with a man. Not to mention that we were some of the last guests there as the restaurant began to close for the night. It felt as though we had only been there for an hour, when the clock above the exit showed it was 11:48pm. As we had walked out of the restaurant, I could feel William's hand slightly press against my lower back, pushing me ahead of him. When we got out, we decided to walk off dinner before heading home. We both had work the next day.
By the time we got to my car, it was past 1am. I didn't want this night to end. He was just as amazing as he was through texting or our hour long phone calls. Suddenly, we sat in silence as my fingers played with my car keys; unwilling to hit the unlock button and get into my car. This was the one date that I didn't want to end with just us going home: I wanted to experience the other side. After all, we had been talking for a few weeks so it wasn't like I met him the night before. We had time.