"Oh, Professor Hunter?"
"So you did have him?"
"No, I never had a class with him. I definitely heard about him, though. Didn't he get fired for sleeping with a student?"
"Yeah, her name's Penny. And James didn't technically get fired, he resigned. They're actually living in the city now."
"That's really sweet."
"I guess."
"That's a pretty crazy coincidence. Two sexy, rich, bachelors dating young women from the University of New Castle? Not that we're dating. Obviously." Her face blushed.
"Mhm." I took a sip of wine.She really doesn't know anything about me.She thought I had everything in my life handed to me. In a lot of ways I did. But not anymore. I didn't want to talk about my family. I didn't want to talk at all. I just wanted to fuck her. I leaned forward slightly. Maybe what she wanted to hear was that we were dating? Security would get her to come back to my place. "I mean, technically this is our second date in less than a week. So we're kind of dating."
"We're not dating, Mason." Her face was turning even more red. "I said I'd split the bill with you."
"That's not happening. I really like you, Bee."
She locked eyes with me. "You don't like me. You don't even know me."
"I know quite a bit about you, really. First of all, you're exquisite. And you're kinky as hell but you're embarrassed about it. You're a secretary for a dick. This is your favorite restaurant. I assume you're indifferent to roses since you didn't thank me. You like being bossed around because you're indecisive."
"I'm not..."
"You're definitely indecisive, because you seemed to have written me off, yet here we are. You grew up in Delaware and followed your asshole of an ex here even though you never pictured yourself in New York. And you're wondering why you're still here if the only reason you came was to be with him. You're torn about what to do because you're stuck in a job you hate in a city you don't fit in."
