When I walk into the bar there are only a handful of people inside. The bartender gives me a grin and a nod; guess that happens when you're a regular. The waitress comes over to take my order and I admire her uniform. This place is attached to a very nice hotel, so the waitress's uniform is a cross between professional and slutty. For some reason, that turns me on. Her blouse shows a lot of cleavage and her skirt is short so that combined with her high heels she's got legs that look like they go from the ground all the way up to the ceiling. She eyes my wedding ring and I smile at her. Yeah, I'm married.
After my second drink I notice a gentleman sitting at the bar. He's dressed in a suit, but as is typical for the end of the day, his tie is gone and the top button of his collar is open. He looks like he's getting ready for a GQ shoot or something. He glances over his shoulder and I catch him giving me the once over. Thinking nothing of it, I turn my attention back to the television. I'm nursing the tail end of my drink when he strolls over and sets a freshie on the table.
"I noticed you were just about done. I thought I'd beat the waitress to your refill," he says.
I mumble a thank you and stare at the drink. He's so good-looking he makes me uncomfortable. Polished. Suave.
"Mind if I sit?" he asks.
Not really in the mood for company, I look up at him hoping that my trademark "fuck you" glare will scare him off, but he just smiles at me and sits.
He introduces himself and tells me he's in town for a conference with some of his co-workers. I don't really pay much attention; in fact I don't even catch his name. He tries to make conversation but I tune him out until he asks, "What brings you in here tonight?"
"Argument with my wife," I snap. Maybe domestic ugliness will make him go away.
I'm wrong again, though. He just nods and smiles. "Tough night," he says, with sympathy. "Maybe you need somebody to talk to."
"Do I look like I really want to talk?" I ask, and now I'm getting pissed off. Mr. GQ needs to take his metrosexual ass back to his hotel room before I bust him right in his facial.
"No," he says. "But I thought you looked hot sitting here brooding, and I wanted to talk to you." He laughs then, a happy, carefree sound rolling from his lips before he wraps them around his glass to drink.
I'm dumfounded. I can't even imagine what my face looks like at that moment, but I bet it's pretty fucking entertaining. Mr GQ's eyes dance as he sips his drink and stares at me, waiting for some kind of response, and I get that he's ready for any response, from me knocking his teeth down his throat to me grabbing his dick right out in the open.
This guy is slick.
All I can manage are the words, "You thought I was hot, huh?"
"Still think you are," he says, a cocky grin on his face.
"Well I didn't come in here tonight to get picked up," I say, fighting a blush I can feel right under the edge of my collar.
He doesn't go away though. He sits at the table with me chatting up a storm. He seems to want to know all about me: where I'm from, what I do for a living, my hobbies. I have a strange thought that I'm being hit on, like some poor woman in a bar who can't fend for herself.
I finish telling him about my love of skiing when he asks the $100 question. "So what did you and your wife argue about?"
"Money, as usual. She lost her job a while ago and started her own business. It's been really slow getting started. I'm getting to the point where I would do just about anything for some extra cash to pay the bills and keep the peace."
"Is there anything you wouldn't do for money?" he asks, looking up at the ceiling.
"Rob a bank," I say immediately, "or anything else illegal."
"But you'd do anything else?" he asks.
"At this point? Yeah," I say, nodding, morose. I don't bother going into just how bad things are right now. I don't want to start crying in a bar.
He leans forward. "I have a proposition for you then. I'm here with three co-workers and friends. We'd pay you 500 bucks each if we could fuck your sweet ass."
I'm buzzed but not that buzzed! Mr. GQ's about thirty seconds away from me kicking his well-manicured butt. Then a thought flickers through my mind: two thousand dollars. I stare at him as all kinds of thoughts whiz through my head. My need for the money is first, of course, and how far I can spread $2000. But then other things intrude on my mental landscape.
Images of a much younger me dressed in women's clothing spring up before my eyes. I know it's just the alcohol, my mind, and Mr. GQ's suggestion playing tricks on me, but I can't help it. I get hard anyway. I remember those days. I remember my "special" friend, the one who did for free exactly what Mr. GQ is offering to pay me for, and I remember how good it felt. Though I never had a boyfriend and have never desired one, I know I have bisexual tendencies.
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