Take Care of Me, Page 3

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  Stacey walked into her apartment and collapsed on the bed. Her mind kept going over every detail of the evening. Stefan was so gorgeous and he seemed genuinely attracted to her as well. Nick always tried to push her to date, so she suddenly wondered whether or not this had been a set up? It never occurred to her that he had set them up until just this moment. How embarrassing! If Nick had gotten his buddy to come on to his frumpy friend she would kill him.

  Nick often would suggest she dress more provocatively. Or would try to set her up on dates, but she wasn’t interested. She was more focused on her career. She wanted to be a good nurse. But if any of Nick’s other friends were as hot as Stefan, she definitely was missing out. But maybe Nick had tried to manipulate her into accepting a blind date. Oh she could just see Nick maneuvering this into happening. She was going to kill him!

  Stacey picked up the phone, but then put it back down. He had left with Mandy the waitress. He wouldn’t be answering the phone tonight.

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  Nick would have welcomed the interruption.  It wasn’t that Mandy wasn’t attractive, she most definitely was.  He caressed her curves dispassionately accessing her beauty and found nothing to find fault with. But while he stirred her passion to great heights, she did absolutely nothing for him.  And his nonexistent erection was proof of that. But he was stroking her so insistently that she had yet to notice his lack of enthusiasm. There was nothing unappealing about Mandy. He’d been with her a couple of times on and off. Just casual fun in his mind, but he knew she wanted more. And to be honest he did too, but just not with her.

  Stacey was forever telling him he needed to stop his womanizing ways. But they gave him some comfort. There was power in being able to smile at a woman and get her to give herself to him. He enjoyed it immensely, but lately it wasn’t as fulfilling as it had been in the past.

  A flash of Jasmine’s body flitted through his mind and his erection flared to life.  But scoundrel that he was, he couldn’t be intimate with Mandy and pretend that she was Jasmine. He was ready for this encounter to be over, but didn’t want to hurt Mandy’s feelings. He could see her to completion and she would never know he didn’t want to be with her like this ever again.

  So he began whispering in Mandy’s ear. Wicked things he knew would make her blood sing. And as he kissed his way down her body, he knew she would be a quivering mass of jelly by the time he finished with her. He followed the gyration of her hips relentlessly until he felt her start to peak.

  Her release came and she smiled at him with love shining in her eyes. He hated to see it there because he really didn’t want to hurt Mandy. So he pulled her close and held her. She tried to stroke him to life, but he pulled the covers over her and told her he was good. “Really?” she asked surprised.

  He considered getting rid of her, but really didn’t want the confrontation.  So instead he kissed the top of her head and said, “Really.”