It was the craziest town I had ever been in…and I had lived in New Orleans once upon a time! I looked around at the casino and felt a bit overwhelmed. It was my first night in Las Vegas and there was almost too much to do!
I sat at the Blackjack table and lost yet another fifteen bucks in just five minutes. I was turning to get up from the table and I literally bumped into a gorgeous guy!
“Hello,” he said. He wasn’t very tall, in fact, he was just this side of average, but his eyes…his eyes pulled me in and held me. His look was distinctly Eurasian—his eyes were beautifully shaped and the blueness of them was the kind of color usually only achieved with contacts. His features were small and fine, but not feminine, his lips were full and very kissable. But it was his skin that was the best part. His creamy pale skin. I wondered if he even grew facial hair because the skin was that smooth The action in the Excalibur seemed to slow or even stop around us. I don’t know which happened, because I only had eyes for him.
“Hi,” I gave him the sexiest smile I could muster and tugged on my cherry red, body hugging wrap sweater. I was really glad my girlfriend had convinced me to dress up for our first night out on the town. Where was she anyway? I wondered for a split second.
“Is this a good table?” He asked as he pulled the chair out of my way so that I could make my way past him.
“I’m sure that you’ll have better luck than me,” I said diplomatically “But I think I’m going to grab a drink in the lounge.” I pointed vaguely across the gaming floor in what I hoped was the direction of the lounge. I was also trying to give him the biggest hint in the world. ‘Follow me over,’ I willed him to do in my head.
“Do you mind if I join you?” He stepped to the side and let me pass.
“Not at all,” I said a little pleased with myself. “Don’t you want to try your luck with the tables?”
“I think I have Lady Luck right here with me right now,” he said with a twinkle in his eye. I giggled and we chatted easily about his trip here and my trip. It wasn’t his first time here, but it was mine. He was from Toronto, Canada; I grew up in Illinois and have lived in many different places since. He came from a large family—six brothers and sisters—where I only had my mom and my brother and myself. I found it very easy to open up to him…even if I had no clue what his name was. By now it seemed almost rude to ask; we had been talking for about an hour after all.
We sipped our drinks and watched the poor lady perform last year’s pop hits for an unappreciative audience. It turned out that we were the only two people clapping for her at the end of every song and at the end of her set she smiled her thanks in our direction and scurried off the stage.
I gave a little laugh and looked in his direction. “So what is it that you do?” I asked him. We had been talking for an hour and a half and had not even found out each other’s names.
“Let’s not talk about stuff like that.” He groaned. “Tell me, do you like to dance?” There was that twinkle again.
“I have been known to get down every now and again,” I answered as the cocktail waitress brought the check over. I handed her a twenty to cover the drinks we had had and my mystery guy stopped her and shoved a neatly folded bunch of bills into her pocket and grabbed the money I had given her out of her hand.
“Can you believe she wanted to pay?” He stage whispered to the weary looking waitress. She chuckled and asked if he needed any change back and he smiled and shook his head. “C’mon,” he said as he grabbed my hand. “Let’s go dancing.”
We walked through the lobby and ended up on the backside of the hotel. We were standing just on the edge of the parking lot.
“This isn’t The Strip!” I pouted. Instead of answering, this beautiful man caught me up in his arms and gave me a mind altering kiss that made my body tremble from my head to my toes, and made my ears ring.
“Whoa,” I said softly when we finally pulled apart. He leaned his forehead down to mine and gave me a wicked smile.