Chapter 13: Chapter twelve

Jericho POV

From the moment I saw her coming down the staircase at Miss winters home I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her. She was a thing of beauty. Cassie had my gaze the whole way to the club even if she didn’t know it. I so badly wanted to touch her, but all I could do was admire her from afar. The sweet smell of her lingered around my nostrils the whole car ride over, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t utterly and completely captivated and extremely turnt on by it.

God what was she doing to me?

Making me feel things I haven’t felt in years for a person let alone a woman.

She had me by the balls and she didn’t even know it.

Her presence alone was driving me mad, I hadn’t of known we arrived at the club until my door opened.

I was totally in a trance and her name was Cassandra Amelia Knox.

Security follow as we enter the club and all I can do is keep my eyes on her, shyly falling to the back like she doesn’t belong here, with me.

Any other person I would say they were correct.

But not her.

Not Cassandra.

She shines more brightly than anyone here.

I see her aura; it’s radiating towards me. Like it was made just for me, she was made just for me.

I quickly stop staring as I am being shown to the back of the club to the PRIVATE area. Martin the manager is there to welcome me. Normally I don’t conduct meetings in a club but when Miss Winters had told me that she and Cassie were thinking of going out this evening I just had to be near her. See her when she’s not sitting outside my office taking orders from my pathetic ass. Watch her being herself, carefree.

Martin is babbling away thanking me etc, etc, but my gaze is on her. Watching her. She looks out of place, uncomfortable. This is not what she had in mind.

Martin introduces me to the waiters and waitresses that will be serving us all night. I shake their hands, the women start gushing when I shake theirs, shaking a bit longer than a normal handshake. They didn’t want to let go.

I see Cassie looking over.

Is she jealous?

Her expression is hard to read.

No, not jealous, annoyed? Angry even?

No, stop reading too much into something that’s not there. Maybe she just wants to get out of here, go somewhere else.

Away from me.

I feel a nudge. Cassie is standing right next to me, up close and personal.

I look to see if she’s ok, she apologises then moves away.

I wish she had stayed closer.

Her warmth alone was enough to make me rock hard.

Calm thoughts, calm thoughts.

Martin is back to talking my ear off when I see the waitresses sniggering and whispering whilst looking over at Cassie. Alexis is there with her when all of a sudden Cassie flees the room.

I look to Alexis, she shrugs.

Hmm, some friend.

I wrap Martins speech up of which I have no concern in and turn to Alexis.

“What’s the matter with Cassandra?”

She looks at me like a child being scolded by a parent, trying to think of a reply.

“I don’t know, one minute we’re talking and the next thing I know she dashes out.”

I look at the waitresses who are now full-blown laughing and know it definitely has something to do with them.

“Find her, NOW.”

I don’t even let Alexis object. I can tell that she knows by the look on my face I’m not fucking around.

She dashes out as quick as she can, and I saunter over to the lovely waitresses who clearly think that they can make people feel like a piece of shit.

They see me approach and immediately they’re eyes glaze over.

The affect I have on women is no surprise to me.

“Hey ladies, is there a problem?” I say in my most charming voice.

“No Mr Dean.” By this point I see them froffing at the mouth.

“Ok, so explain to me why my friend ran out of the room in such a rush and you three are standing there laughing like it’s a comedic night at the Apollo?”

By this point the three women can see I am not playing games anymore, the charming voice has now gone, and I am very serious.

“So-sorry Mr Dean, we didn’t mean anything by it.” One of the three women said. Another pipes up. “We were just saying how weird it is to see someone of her stature with someone as handsome as you.”

Well, I think the second women thought that calling me handsome would save her, but little did she know I didn’t actually care about people’s stature and appearances, I actually cared about what was on the inside.

“Stature, stature, and what would you know about stature?

You’re working in a club as a waitress, you have no stature, none of you.” By this point my voice is raised and everybody in the PRIVATE area is staring at us.

“Let me tell you something, you see that woman that you just run out of here, she is worth a million times what all three of you are worth put together, do you understand.”

“We are so sorry Mr Dean.” They say in unison.

“Save it, I want you three gone. NOW.”

All three look at each other without saying another word, and leave.

Martin starts making apologise for the woman.

I let him know that it is not his fault for such disrespect and that those women will not diminish the level of service I had received so far from the rest of his staff.

Martin leaves and I go in search for Alexis in the hopes that she has found Cassie.

As soon as I leave the private room, I am surrounded by loud bass line music, crashing into my ear drums.

Maybe she went to the dance floor.

I doubt it.

I see a black door down the end of the hall.

If I know Cassandra, she would have gone to get air.

I head for the door; I embrace the doorknob when I hear female voices.

I press my ear to the door; I can vaguely make out what they are saying especially when I have the bass line of some song in my ear.

Its Cassie and Alexis thank God, she found her.

Wait what was that, love him, who?

“I feel something.” Is all I can hear from Cassie; I’d know that voice anywhere.

Feel something for who though?

Me?

Oh god I hope it’s me.

I can finally tell her then that I feel something for her also.

The talking has stopped.

Are they laughing.

They’re walking towards the door, shit.

I open the door as one of them opens the door.

They nearly crash into my chest. Ha.

They both jump back, and in that moment, I know Cassie was talking about feeling something for me, as soon as our eyes met, it was like instant recognition.

We both felt it, I know we did, question is did we both want it.