Jada Versailles and Ayano Ilanescu
Collection Two
Book One of Cheshire Trilogy
by valucia carter-clarke
SHOTS AT MUSALA
It was the first night of Fashion Week and the day had gone well. Jada and some of her employees went out for drinks after work and ordinarily, she would have gone home around 11 to be rested at work tomorrow. But, Ayano was hanging out at some Bulgarian bar called Musala and asked her to come. Telling herself she would just stay for one or two drinks, she took the subway over to the Lower East Side.
The only people she knew were Ayano and Sergei. The rest of the people at their tables resembled Sergei; suspicious, withdrawn, tough guy types. It was definitely not her scene, but she joined them anyway. At least everyone was speaking English. With all the languages between them, English was the common ground.
Ayano introduced her to everyone, giving the briefest and vaguest of descriptions of them, like "he sells heavy machinery" or "he works for the railroad." There were a few women scattered around, but none with any self-respect, as far as Jada could tell. Some of the men were treating them like pieces of meat, making lewd remarks about their physique and demanding they go fetch them anything they wanted. Ayano seemed oblivious.
They had just made some kind of business agreement and were toasting to each other's success and virtues. Shots of different liquors and brandies were plentiful. Ayano took shot after shot, offering some to Jada, but she had to slow down. She was uncomfortable, didn't know hardly anyone, and was just not having a good time. He also offered her coke, which she refused, too, but he was flying. He made her take a few more shots, even though she said she didn't want them.
Sergei was making out with one of the women by the payphones in back. The woman was so drunk or so submissive that she let him expose her breasts to the whole room as they fooled around. Jada was stunned. This was Gotham City, what the fuck was going on here? She had enough.
"Let's go, Ayano... please, let's get out of here," she whispered urgently into his ear. The room was starting to spin. Ayano took out his phone and dialed, telling someone to pick him up in Romanian.
"Yeah, okay, we're going, iubi," he told her, standing up. Jada stumbled as she rose so Ayano put her arm over his shoulders to help her along. He said goodbye to a couple people but Jada could not track what was happening.
Nikos was waiting at the curb, holding open the door to Ayano's Rolls Royce. Ayano gave him some instructions as Jada tried to hold herself upright in the back seat. When he got in, he kissed her neck and her shoulder, moving aside her shirt and her bra strap.
"Stop, Ayano," she said, closing her eyes. Nikos was driving slowly and carefully. Ayano continued to kiss her cleavage. The red light coming from the brake lights in front of them filled the car, making her boyfriend look like a villain in a Scorsese movie. Jada glanced up at the driver's rear view mirror and made fleeting eye contact with Nikos. Did he look concerned? Or was he just trying to catch a glimpse of her tits?
"You should have done some coke, baby. You want some?" he asked, his hands touching her, begging her to disrobe. Her mind focused on his heavy breathing, the exposed feeling of her low-cut shirt and that anyone could be watching. She knew what could be found erotic about this setup, but she couldn't make herself feel that way.
"No, Ayano. Please. I don't feel well," she said, struggling to move away from him a few inches. It was no use. She closed her eyes again and turned off her brain, letting him grope and fondle her however he chose to. Her awareness returned when the car stopped in front of his house. She could barely get up the stairs, even with Ayano's assistance. Once they were inside, he carried her up to the bedroom.
"Jada, do some coke, you'll feel better," he said manically as he stripped off her shoes, pants, and shirt.
"Ayano, please. Not tonight. I told you I didn't want any more shots," she protested, laying back on the bed. She fumbled to find the covers and get under. Ayano undressed and joined her.
"Please, baby... just a little while. I want to make love to you so badly." He caressed her lasciviously everywhere he could reach.
"Ayano, I can't do anything. I didn't like that bar or those people, I can't," she whined. "I'm too drunk."
"Let me eat your pussy, you won't have to do anything," he compromised, his fingertips wooing her at the edge of her panties.