Chapter 5

They arrived at the restaurant about five minutes later, the longest ride Gail thought she’d been on.  The tension between the two people was thick and heavy.

Richie tried to break it ‘So how come you’ll let him drive your bike? He could hardly walk when we got to your place.’  He tried to smile, but hell all he wanted to do was grab her and pull her into his lap and kiss her silly.

She snapped out of her fantasy of him joining her in the back seat and getting friendly, ‘Hmm that’s because I know I’ve got all the knots, kinks and soreness out of him that he could handle my baby. Trust me if I hadn’t he’d still be whimpering to ride it while driving with you.’

Conversation dwindled, and they sat looking at one another, Gail, licking her lips as they seemed to be as dry as the Sahara Desert.

Richie watched her do it, wondering what she’d do if he lent over and wet them for her.  Their eyes connected and she read his intent, he leaned towards her, she moved towards him……………

‘Hey I’m hungry, get your asses moving.’  Jon banged on the window, making them jump guiltily apart, each scrambling for their door handles and nearly leaping from the car.

‘Well if you’d have left that bike alone, we’d have gotten out sooner.’  Richie tried to defend them.

Gail, cheeks flaming headed out the door, not looking to see if they were following she started across the car park.  Damn she’d nearly made a total fool of herself!  She needed to keep her guard up while Richie was about, he was potent,very potent.

Opening the door, the aroma hit her, and went straight to her stomach, making it grumble loudly.

‘Hey Gail.  Your usual table honey?’  Mai the owner asked, she smiled as two men crowded in behind, ‘Table for two boys?’

Her cheeks flared again, ‘No Mai, table for three please.’  Mai was shocked, the two men threw an arm over Gail’s shoulders, one standing either side of her.  The only people she normally brought with her were her staff and friends, never men on their own! Interesting!

‘Yeah, she promised us the best Chinese in London, and here we are.’  Jon flashed his grin at the older woman, he noticed the calculating look she’d given their new friend, and she looked shocked at Gail coming in with them.

Mai got caught in his grin, damn the boy was cute!

‘Psst, tone the wattage down Jon; you’ll give her a heart attack!’  Gail snickered at Mai’s deer in the headlights look.

Richie laughed loudly, which earned him a jab in the ribs.  He slid his hand under her hair to her neck, leaning over he whispered in her ear, ‘Keep it up darlin; I like a bit of fight in my women.’  His breath moving her hair and blowing into her ear, she shivered.  Damn she’d need a knicker changed if he didn’t quit doing that.

Out the side of her mouth she growled at him, ‘I’m not yours or anyone else’s woman.’ And she walked away from his hand and heat, heading to her usual table blindly, luckily it was empty.

Without thinking she unzipped her jacket and started to take it off, realising just as she passed the point of no return it was a sloganed t-shirt.  Damn, damn and double damn!  She turned her back on them and tried to do the zip back up.  But Jon being the gentleman his momma kicked his butt to be, thought she wanted help off with it, and took hold of it and pulled it off.

‘What …. No, I’m putting it back on, give it here!’  Gail squeaked out.

‘Now honey why would you be putting it back on?’  Jon frowned, pulling the jacket from her.

‘Because of the damn shirt I put on this morning!’ Embarrassment tinged her voice.

‘Oh, darlin it can’t be that bad?’  Richie and Jon looked at each other grinning.

‘Not bad, just well……. Ah hell………embarrassing!  With that she turned and both men’s eyes zeroed in on her chest, and they both sat down with a thud, laughing and snickering.

‘Baby, it ain’t all bad.’  Richie grinned, ‘This mean I get to touch?’  He waggled his eyebrows leering at her chest, ‘I am cute after all!’

‘Me too angel, me too?’  Jon was laughing along with his brother.

The t-shirt read: -

‘If You Touch These, You’d Better Be Damn Cute!’

Gail calmly walked around the table stood behind each of the laughing men, then cuffed them both about the head, ‘Oh for fuck’s sake grow up!’  She turned on her heel and headed to the toilet, head held high as other customers read her shirt then laughed too