CHAPTER TWO: ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS.

Maddie. 

I realized I had been staring and had completely snubbed him moments too late. 

"Uhh." I stammered. "Hey." 

"Do you want to dance?" He was standing super close to me, his head bent to breathe his words directly into my ear. It was an effective method to avoid having to shout to be heard over the music, but I couldn't help but feel that he also did it for another reason. 

"Yes." I replied. 

The words were barely out of my mouth before one of his big hands settled on my hip and pulled me closer till we were just a hairsbreadth away. He smelled like expensive cologne and pinewood. It was earthy and refreshing. Especially as I was constantly surrounded by college boys who thought drowning themselves and choking everybody around them in cheap, cloying perfume was appealing.  

The man staring down at me with singular focus was entirely too much man for me. Nothing about him was boy. He looked like he could eat me for breakfast and I wondered what madness had possessed me to say yes to dancing with him. 

"You're thinking too much. I can see the wheels turning in your head." He flashed a perfect set of teeth at me. "What's your name?"

"Lily." I lied.

His eyes narrowed as if he could tell I was lying before twirling me around and pressing me into his chest till we were swaying together to the music, my back to his chest. The music immediately changed, the pop music switching to a more sensual one. 

I gasped as his hands slid down to my thighs and then up till one was on my hip and the other just underneath the hem of my dress. 

"Nice to meet you, Lily. I'm Luc." He said into my ear causing goosebumps to envelop my skin. Christ Almighty, what was this guy doing to me? 

"Don't think too much about it. Sink into the music." He coaxed in that dark, silky voice. 

My eyes closed and my head fell backward in surrender as my body began to undulate to the beat. I felt sexy and free, like someone had just unlocked the doors to my cage and I was suddenly free to fly and roam the sky. 

"Good girl." He cooed. 

I didn't know who this man was or if his name was really Luc, but he seemed to have a direct link to parts of me that I had never even knew existed. His every word and every touch brought me to life and set me on fire at the same time. I felt feverish with his attention and praise. Sweat dotted my body as we both moved against each other, like the rest of the world outside our little bubble didn't exist. 

I could feel his hardness pressing insistently against my bottom and it excited me. 

"I've been watching you all night." 

"Oh. Have you?"

"Yes. You're so fucking beautiful. I wouldn't have been able to look away even if I had tried." He confessed. 

My heart beat an unsteady rythym. "Did you try?" 

"No." He said, the band on my hip becoming tighter. "Do you want to get out of here?" 

I didn't hesitate. "Yes." 

"No, you're not." The spell Luc had cast over me fell away at Gia's voice. I blinked open and stepped away from him with a horrified gasp. Gia was standing in front of us, hands crossed and giving Luc a suspicious look. I took another step away from him and turned to look at him. I couldn't believe I had been ready to follow this man back to his room without a second thought. How stupid was I? This was exactly how girls got trafficked, or worse, chopped into pieces by some attractive serial killer. 

"Who the hell are you?" Gia glared at him. 

"I'm Luc." He dug a hand into the pocket of his pants and dug out a wallet, never taking his eyes off me the whole time. I couldn't look away either, my senses still a little clouded by his domineering aura. 

"And what do you want with my best friend, Luc?" 

"A lot." He said confidently, undeterred by Gia's acidic tone. He handed her what I assumed was his ID card. 

"This could be a fake." She spared it a cursory glance. 

"Gia!" I snapped, embarrassed at her acting like my parent. 

"I'm sorry M-"

"Lily." I turned my head to mouth at her quickly. 

She made a face. "I'm sorry, Lily, I'm just trying to look out for you." She said before turning back to Luc. "I'm going to hold on to this." She waved the card in the air. "And we have a hotel room, so don't even think of taking her to some strange room and chopping her into bits. That is, if you still want to go with him?" She raised a brow at me.

I bit my lip, unsure suddenly of the wiseness of going back to the hotel with a strange man. The hottest, strange man I had ever and might ever meet in my life though. I peeked up at him and saw that his sole focus was still on me. I shivered at the look in his eyes. It was a look that clearly said that he was going to make me scream and beg. 

And I wanted all of those things. 

I wanted my first time to be with Luc. 

"Yes. I do. Do you mind that I'm ditching you?" 

"Nah. It's cool. Some of the girls are here so I'm just gonna join them. Have fun!" She waved, before narrowing her eyes at Luc and strutting away. 

I turned back to Luc.

"Shall we?" He grinned. 

"Yes." I licked my lips in anticipation. I didn't know if I was crazy for doing this, but I was definitely going through with it.