Epilogue
Four Months Later
“No, no, no!” I dropped my forehead to the table. “Why is this so hard for them to get right? Champagne and ivory are not the same color. The seat sashes are supposed to be champagne, not fucking ivory!”
Brenda patted my shoulder. “There, there, Bridezilla. You have three months still to chew their asses out until they get it right.”
“Brenda, with the amount George is paying them to get it right, I shouldn’t have to be chewing asses.” I sighed and straightened again. “This is crazy. Why can’t we just elope in some tropical country and get married without all this fancy crap?”
My best friend laughed and shut the laptop down. “Okay, babe. Let’s get you a drink. You and I both know you wouldn’t want to have this any other way.”
“I know. I just… I
Oooh, shit this is taking forever. It didn’t matter how selective you are, how tight you squeeze, or how fast you go. There was always one that’ll take longer to come than everyone else you know. It didn’t happen often and they definitely didn’t go on my regular client list. I got paid for this but I sure as shit didn’t have the patience to bounce on some guy until he decides he wants to shoot his load. He grunted and groaned beneath me, his lazy thrusts no match for my desperate ones. "Jesus fucking Christ, will you cum already?" I said to myself. I stole a look at the clock on the hotel bed side clock. 'Five minutes left. Time to end this.' I cringed and crept my hand around his thigh to his backside. God, I hated this part. I squeezed his cock at the same time I slipped my
“Three.” Lori smiled, dropping the envelope on the table.Monica nodded.“Two.”“Eighteen hundred.”“Twenty-six hundred.”“Another three.”Monica nodded after each amount, finally turning to me. “Gina?”I placed my fat envelope on the table and looked her in the eye. “Six thousand, four hundred fifty.” I slid it along the table to her.“Four hundred fifty? Where the fuck did the fifty come from?”“You shack me up in a hotel with a guy who takes longer to come than a porn star on Viagra, you pay the receptionist to keep it quiet.”“It’s a good fucking thing I like you, Gina. If you were anyone else, you’d be on your own with the shit you pull.” Monica opened the envelope and leafed through the amou
Fortunately for me, I had more than enough confidence. At least Christy Lopez did.Seattle Hotel. 8pm to meet, function at 8:30. Money on arrival. Receptionist Ruth is expecting you.I nodded once and threw my cell back on my bed to get ready. I knew the Seattle Hotel well. I’d been there several times before as a paid date. The functions were held in the largest room, and you had to be somebody to get in there. It was one of the most exclusive hotels in the city.I fixed my dark hair to the side, letting curls fall over my shoulder, and slipped my feet into some black heels. Diamond earrings glitter in my lobes, and after a coat of lipstick, I tucked it into my purse.I climbed into the waiting cab and stretched out my legs. A lick of nervousness flared inside me. Not knowing the client’s name before a date was always unnerving—especially when they were a last-
He studied me intensely. His tongue traced a path across his bottom lip, and my eyes flicked there before I could stop them. He smirked.“Mr. Stone?” a voice asked from behind the curtain.“Yes?”“Your father is asking for you, sir.”“Tell him we’ll be there momentarily.”“Of course.”George looked at me again and reached a hand across the table. His fingers curled around mine, sending jolts up my arm. “Gina, you don’t have to do this. You have a working name for a reason. I won’t ask you to jeopardize that for me.”I slid my hand from his and stood, smoothing out my dress. “You hired me to do this job, and I’m going to do it. Besides, I can’t have you being eaten alive by the vultures, can I? Huh!”His eyes lit up when his smirk turned dan
George wrapped his other hand around my neck and brought his lips to my forehead. Warmth and tingles travelled through me at the contact. It had been so long since I had a touch like that—tender, gentle, almost loving—that I almost forgot one of the rules of my life.No personal feelings for clients or any of their actions.“What are you doing?”“After politely dismissing herself from Mr. Wayne, my mother traveled across the room to Mrs. Roy. Once there, she will have proceeded to tell her the story of how we found each other again after seven long years of being apart, and isn’t it great how we’re reconnecting? And don’t we look so good together? And Mrs. Roy will have agreed and voiced how beautiful our babies would be,” he replied in a hushed tone with a hint of amusement. “And this will happen with every one of my mother’s friends throughout the night. I’m merely keeping her happy, Gina.
The teenage dreamer lingering inside me kind of wished we had snuck out for a make-out session. She remembered all too well the consuming feeling of George’s lips on mine.I did too. It was hard to forget something that made you feel so alive.“Do you think anyone else will bother us?”George turned his face back to me. “Of course they will.”Nope. I was done being bothered tonight. A tiny, crazy part of me wanted to savor these moments we have together, because I knew reality will intrude once more tomorrow.I curved my body into his. I slid my hands up his chest, feeling the solid muscle beneath, and curled my fingers around the lapels of his suit. He pressed me into him even farther until I was flush against him and lowered his mouth to my ear.“What are you doing?” His lips brushed over my earlobe as h
This was the very reason call girls don’t love. We don’t love, we don’t lust, and we don’t spend our days thinking, What if? Being a call girl is taking and giving without really giving any of yourself at all.I don’t give my name, my age, my likes or dislikes. I don’t give anything except what the client pays for, and there’s only one part of me they’re paying for. They don’t pay for the story of my parents’ deaths, of how I took this life because it was a quick and easy fix for me financially, or of how I dropped out of college and a chance at my dream career because this was so much higher paid.And isn’t everything about money?You pay me it,s to fuck you, and I take it. That money gives me pretty things—a house full of beautiful clothes and shoes—and that money gives you the time of you
She sat me at the kitchen table and leaned against the side. “Why the heck didn’t you tell me you knew him?” Of course. “He was an anon. I didn’t even know myself until I got there.” “An ex-boyfriend? Fuck, Gina. Why didn’t you get the hell out of there? “Rule one hundred seventy thousand and ten of being a call girl: you don’t run out on a client once you’re introduced. Ever.” I folded my arms across my chest. “I had a job to do, Monica. He paid, I delivered.” “No personal relationships!” “After hire!” I argued. “I haven’t seen George Stone for seven years and I never thought I would again.” Monica’s eyes flit across my face, examining every feature, and she finally relaxed. “Do you still have feelings for him?” “No.” “Good. Because he’s your client again.”