Admiration

Mason’s POV

April Hartfield was beautiful. The way she belted out words with her charming voice and danced around with her banging body had me all hot and bothered. I could not take my eyes away from her. As she moved closer, I felt like standing up, grabbing her and taking her right there and then. But, I swallowed and maintained my composure. Imagine my disappointment when she finished the songs and moved back, away from me. 

“What do you think?” she asked me when I didn’t say anything. I was too star struck. How a woman with such an angelic voice could be doing only small gigs. She deserved to be on top, on billboards, on radios, TV among other interesting places. 

I wanted to say excellent, but didn’t want to seem too excited. I was not yet sure what I wanted with her, and did not want her to start getting ideas too soon. So, I settled for a nonchalant response.

“Good,” I said with a slight nod. “You can go now. Your payment will be sent to your boss.”

Her shoulders drooped. She seemed disappointed.

I leaned back on the chair and took a deep breath after she had left. Closing my eyes, I re-enacted the performance in my mind. I couldn’t shake off the image of her shaking her sexy body which had curves in all the right places. The young woman was perfect, and even had the attitude to match. She didn’t look like someone who would put up with anyone’s bullshit for long, my kind of woman.

Fishing out my phone, I dialled a number.

“Come with some girls,” I said to the person on the other end of the line. Standing up, I walked out of the room. It was time for me to forget about April Hartfield and have fun. 

When I got to my bedroom, I stripped off my clothes and put on some shorts. Grabbing a towel, I went downstairs and moved to the backyard. The maids in the kitchen tried hard not to stare at my obviously breath-taking body as I passed by them like they did not exist. 

I could hear the loud sound of Roland’s car pulling in to the drive way. Smiling, I headed to the Jacuzzi. My assistant had already turned the Bluetooth speaker on and loud music was playing. 

Tossing my towel aside, I eased myself into the warm water. A maid appeared with drinks on the tray. From a nearby table, she made my favourite drink. Her back was facing me, and she had bent just well enough so I could see her inner thighs. I sighed. On any other day, I would have loved the opportunity to see a fine pair of thighs but on that day, there were only one set of thighs I badly wanted to see. 

“Hey man!” I heard the voice of Jed, a friend of mine. He had tried to get close to April but I had warned him to stay away from her until I was sure he wanted her. Because of the ‘bros before hoes’ code, he understood and left her alone. I had shown my interest first when I invited her to give me a private solo performance during the party I first saw her at.

He was walking towards the Jacuzzi with Roland, followed by four girls in clothes so skimpy one could almost see everything. They all had fine bodies, though. Judging by the number, I knew two were mine, just how I liked it. 

“Hey girls,” I said, appraising them. “You look delicious.”

Tossing their bags to the side, they removed their clothes and remained in swim wear. There was no big difference. They all got in along with my friends. The maid passed glasses of wine and whisky around. 

Two of the girls came and sat next to me, running their hands all over my body. Having money was the best thing ever. You could have whatever woman you wanted, at any time. I leaned back and conversed with my friends as one of the girls started kissing my chest to a point where I couldn’t tell what was hotter, the water or the girls.

“So how far are things with April?” Jed asked.

“She was here a few minutes ago,” I said. “You almost found her. I’m taking it slow with her. She is a good woman.”

Jed laughed. “A good woman whose heart you intend to shatter?”

“No,” I said. “I don’t think I will be doing that unless she turns out to be a crazy psycho. I want this woman, man. She’s the kind of woman you marry. But, why do you ask? Are you still interested in going after her?”

The whores trying to eat my body paid no attention to what we were saying. 

Jed shook his head.

“I would love to see that,” Roland chipped in. “A competition between the two of you. Mason, you’re being a coward. I can’t believe you’re sacred that she’d chose Jed over you.”

I laughed. “Come on, I’m not scared about that.”

“Then why don’t you let Jed go after her. Let’s see who she’ll chose. Winner takes it all.”

“I’m not about to fall for this,” I said. “I’m not worried about my capabilities to woo that woman. I just have a bad reputation, that’s all.”

“Admit it, man. You’re scared.”

“Okay, whatever.” I said, finally. I was not about to let them take me for a coward.

“The game is on, gentlemen.” Roland said.

“I’m going to call her right now,” Jed pushed away the blonde and stepped out of the Jacuzzi. Drying his hands, he picked up his trouser and inserted his hands into a pocket before pulling out a shiny black iPhone. 

To distract myself, I turned to one of the girls next to me and kissed her. 

“Let’s go to my bedroom, both of you.” I said to them and stepped out of the Jacuzzi.

“Are you running from the competition?” Roland asked.

I chuckled. “No.”

I just didn’t want to watch Jed pretend to be all nice in front of me. I smiled when I realised it was a good thing for me.

I was going to let him have April, then make sure he did something to break her heart. Then she’d have no choice but to accept me.

I laughed evilly as I thought of my genius plan. Jed wasn’t going to know what hit him.