Page 21 of Size Game

Hailey knocks on the door after a few minutes, and I let her in.

“So, what’s the verdict?”

“I’m going to his place tonight.”

I’ve got the dress,and I’m on my way over to Alex’s. I promised Hailey, and myself, that I wouldn’t sleep with him again. This is a professional job. He’s my client; I am just planning his party. We are going over the final payment and getting his daughter in a dress, and that’s it.

I pull up to the house and take a deep breath. I head up the path with dress in hand and ring the bell. I hear Sadie run up to the door.

“Daddy, Daddy! It’s Claire!”

Then I hear Imelda behind her, approaching the door. “Close your eyes,reinita. She has a surprise for you.”

The door opens and Imelda is there with Sadie obediently holding her hands over her eyes behind her. I step in and Imelda grabs Sadie’s shoulders to guide her back into the living room. I follow them closely.

Alex is in the living room, lounging on the couch in a lovely gray suit with a red tie. He seems to have a bit of a five-o’clock shadow going, and it really works for him. He has a glass of red wine in one hand that he sets down before standing and straightening his lapels.

This must be the suit he was talking about because my eyes are immediately drawn to his bulge. These pants look amazing on him. I want to jump over the couch and tear that suit off him with my teeth. I resist, but I want to so badly.

“Can I open them yet?” Sadie asks impatiently.

I hold out the dress in front of her and say, “Open them!”

She does and immediately grabs the dress and screams in happiness.

“Daddy! Look! My princess dress!” She screams again.

“Go put it on,” he says calmly.

She runs upstairs, and we all share a kindly laugh about her joy. Imelda returns to the kitchen where she is making something for dinner. Alex approaches with one hand in his pocket and the other outstretched. I’m not sure if he’s going for a handshake or a hug. I guess he’s not sure which I would prefer either.

I do my best to keep it professional and start with a handshake, but it feels a little awkward, so I go in for a hug. He seems to appreciate that and wraps his arms around me. I take a whiff of him; he smells fantastic. I get a little turned on just smelling him.

We back up a little, and he has a smug smile on his face. He pours me a glass of wine and grabs his to continue sipping.

“Did you get my message?” he asks, as though this was something we weren’t just talking about earlier today.

I look back at the kitchen with quite the obvious glance. “Seems we have company tonight. Another time perhaps.”

He chuckles and it sounds so wonderful. He has such a smooth, deep voice that it’s like a wave of silk that embraces you and won’t let go until you beg. Granted, I don’t want it to ever stop.

Sadie comes running back downstairs in her new dress and a smile from ear to ear. She runs into the living room, does a lap, then twirls around in the center of the room.

“Daddy, look! Daddy, look!”

“I see you, Princess. Do you like it?”

She twirls and runs around some more until she ends up in the kitchen with Imelda and gets a lovely compliment from her. Then she runs back over to us and gives me a big hug. I stumble from the unexpected force of the little girl running full on into me.

I get a warm feeling inside from her hug. I pat her on the shoulder and hear her whisper a thank-you to me. I smile and my cheeks flush a little. This is new to me. I Alex watches us, simultaneously surprised and at ease. Then I look over at Imelda, who has a similar look on her face.

Sadie then runs over to her dad and gives him a hug. He bends down to kiss her forehead, and she runs off back to her room to grab matching accessories for dinner.

“Would you care to stay for dinner?”

“Sure,” I say with less hesitation than I thought.

He chuckles and leads me to a dining room with a table that is actually used for dining, which amazes me. I mean, mine is tiny with two chairs, and right now there’s just piles of work stuff on it.