The Secret Marriage

Chapter2

Laiken;

"Add this woman's drink to my tab..."

I turned my head to this tall handsome man standing next to me. He was in a suit with a tie and everything. As he looked right at me, the bartender handed my card back to me.

"Um…you…don't… I…can…" as if I forgot how to make complete sentences.

"A beautiful girl, with so little vocabulary, I think I like that."

"I can get my own drink, you have to pay for my drink…"

He smiles at me, "You're absolutely right. I don't have to, but guess what?" he says to me, before he leans closer to my ear… " I want to and there is a difference, and I am a man that always does what he wants to do."

My cheeks heat up as they turn red, and when he notices, he can't wipe that smile from his face, even if I wanted him to.

"Better yet…" he started to say as he turned to the bartender," every drink this woman orders, put it on my tab, regardless if she says no, or tries to give you a card." he finished as he winked at me.

"Is this part of your moves? You know how to try and get girls to sleep with you? Because I want to tell you, I'm not interested. "

"Oh, beautiful. I don't have any moves, this is my second night in the city. This. I don't even sleep around that much."

"That much? So it is a move. Well, thank you for this drink, I am gonna head back to my friends. It was nice to meet you…"

"Dean," He interrupted.

"What?"

"My name is Dean, sweetheart. And your name is…?"

"Why do you need to know my name?"

"Well, because I asked, and I would like to know the name of the beautiful person that I'm buying drinks for."

"Laiken." I said as I smiled at him, and I walked to the dance floor to find my friends. Once I spotted them, I took my small drink and I sucked it down. I then headed onto the dance floor to dance with Cassie and Court. Before I knew it, three guys were coming up to us. Two of the guys grabbed Cassie and Courtnee by the waist and started dancing with them. The third guy grabbed my waist. I turned a little around to tell the guy I wasn't interested..

"Oh baby, don't be like that. Just shake your ass on my cock." he said as he tightened his grip around my hips.

"I said, no." I said as I tried and walked away, but it didn't work, because he grabbed me by the hips again, and pulled me back.

"Where do you think your going, baby? I wasn't done with you…" But before I could say anything else, I heard a familiar strong man's voice.

"She said no," as he grabs my hand to pull me away.

"Who the hell do you think you are?"

"None of your damn business, just know when my girl says no, she means no. So, unless you want to lose those hands of yours, you better keep them off her." He grabs my hand, and starts pulling me off the dance floor.

Once we were off the dance floor, we head back to the bar. As he ordered himself another drink, he turned to ask if I wanted another one. I nodded. He thanked the bartender, and grabbed our drinks. We walked to a spot not too crowded, and I leaned against the post.

"Thank you for saving me. Even though you didn't have to do that…and thanks for the drink again..."

"I told you this once, and I'll keep telling you again. I didn't have to help, but I wanted to. You also don't have to thank me for every drink I buy you tonight, beautiful."

"You said this was your second night in the city. Where are you from?"

"Utah, I got promoted at work, and I am being transferred to companies. I have been in meeting all day the last two days. A couple of my business partners from other locations suggested we come here tonight. I really didn't want to, but I am glad I did."

"Why's that?"

"Because I met a beautiful woman tonight after being stuck in an office with a bunch of men for two days. Even though I can already tell she's stubborn, I can tell she is pretty chill."

"Is this stubborn girl me?" I asked, already knowing the answer to this question.

"This girl could possibly be you, but before I answer that question, I need to ask you, does this beautiful woman that is possibly you have a boyfriend?"

"Not anymore. My best friend and I just moved here to the city."

"Oh, so we are both new to the city, then. Where are you ladies from?"

"New York, we have friends from college that live out here. They have been trying to get us to move out here since we graduated, but I was in a serious relationship at the time and I got a job offer, so I went and moved back home...but I lost my job and my boyfriend all in one week, so my friend and I decided to pack up our life. I found a job and found an apartment right away, so I was lucky."

"Why did you lose your job?"

"Because I was good at my job to get promoted over someone else, but clearly not good enough to be believed about stolen stuff when that said person pinned it on me."

"Oh, I am sorry. Yeah, that does sound rough."

"I am the kind of person that doesn't take shortcuts, who doesn't want to bribe my way to the top. I'm a hard worker, and I never like to break someone's trust. But not everyone is like that, others just like to do anything but the actual job to get to the top. The worst part is the job I had. My boyfriend's uncle also worked for the company, and he wasn't my boss or anything, but he was in the room when they were telling me I was getting fired. His uncle even believed I did it, so when my boyfriend found out, he was told one story while my story was different. It wasn't like he was siding with them, but he also wasn't siding with me, which hurt me. We were together for four years, so I ended it. I am sorry, I am rambling."

"No, your fine. I am actually a good listener. But our drinks are gone, so let's go freshen them up." he said as he grabbed my hand.

I don't know what exactly this man is wanting tonight, but I do know I'm enjoying his company tonight. I just hope I ain't making a bad decision here. We ended up hanging out the whole night. My friends ended up taking off even after Court and Kelsey tried to convince me to leave, but I refused. Dean and I were having fun, getting to know each other and having drinks. He was even ordering me water, so I wasn't too drunk. I don't know if it was part of his moves or what. Before I knew it, I woke up in an actual bed, which I knew wasn't mine because Court and I were setting up our air mattress before we went out. I was also definitely naked too. When I looked over at the man whose arm was wrapped around me, I was a little relief it was Dean's arm, but at the same time, I was disappointed in myself that I let all his moves lead me to his bed. I slowly crawled out of bed, found and put my clothes on. I slipped out of his bedroom before I opened the Uber app, to order a car. Thankfully, the car is going to be here in less than 5 minutes. As I slipped out of his apartment. This wasn't in the plans last night and I hope I never see this guy again.