TLYFF Excerpt
“What can I get you?” I ask, moving the pint glass under the tap of a local IPA and pulling the handle.
Sam puts a fancy looking clutch purse on the counter and opens it to retrieve her credit card. Every move is smooth and confident. Every inch of her is perfectly pressed and flawless, not a wrinkle to be seen, not a hair out of place.
It’s like the girl I knew in high school doesn’t exist anymore. Granted, that was eight years ago, but the way she acts now? It’s like she’s forgotten that I’ve seen her high off her ass and sneaking off to fuck Macon in the back seat of his car. The classy woman before me would never.
“I’ll take a Boulevardier. Blanton’s Single Barrell if you have it, but if not, Angel’s Envy will do.” She looks up from her wallet with a thick black credit card held delicately between her index and middle fingers like a cigarette. “Bourbon, of course, not rye. Two ice cubes and an extra orange twist.”
I let the pint fill until the foamy head is running over into the drip tray and the ale is just below the lip of the glass. Then I drop a bar napkin down in front of Sam and set the pint on top of it. I don’t bother wiping the glass off like I do for everyone else. Wouldn’t kill the princess to get her hands a little dirty.
“On the house,” I say, then smirk at the way her nostrils flare.
She forces a sweet smile, flutters her eyelashes in a way that gives me unwelcomed flashbacks, then picks up the pint and drinks a quarter of it without breaking eye contact. I don’t bother fighting the way my smirk grows into a full-fledged grin as she sets the glass back onto the napkin. Some beer dribbles from the side of her mouth and down her chin, drawing attention to her blood red lips. Unfazed, she uses her perfectly-manicured thumb to delicately wipe it away.
Samantha Harper is the only person I know who can make messy look regal. Her plump lips, her delicate fingers, her sharp attitude. It all screams opulent and unattainable. It only makes me want to dirty her up more. To see just how close to filthy I can take her, until her ethereal shine is made human and she’s back on level with the rest of us mere mortals.
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