Anton raised his eyebrows, clearly amused that he had drawn so much information out of her so effortlessly. His lips cracked into a boyish smirk, celebrating that he had been pretty close on most points. “A hospital exec? I knew it.” He jeered, “A luxury car and penthouse apartment bought and paid with blood money from the sick and suffering.” He laughed shamelessly at his own ridicule. The laugh was unreserved and his head tilted back slightly as the husky chortle reverberated deep in his chest. The words may have been interpreted as cruel, but he risked it, wanting to see how far he could push before she hit him back.
When his amusement with himself died down, he narrowed his eyes and pointed an accusing finger at her chest, “You, Isabella, for better or worse, whether you like it or not, fit in here with the rest my depraved clientele, way better than I estimated.” He said her name slow accenting the sound with a certain hiss to the ‘s’ endowing the pronunciation with a show of sensuousness.
As she pushed her glass away, he met the cup with the palm of his hand, slowly encircling the rim with his palm. She hadn’t quite taken her finger from the cup when he made the gesture and he purposefully let his finger brush her knuckle as they curled over the rim. He pulled the cup away from her eyeing her carefully.
“So I’ve heard you’re interested in ‘boyfriends.’ Looking for a ‘him’ then?” Anton tried not be presumptuous about anyone’s sexual preferences. But using her exact language, he intended to draw the conversation back to himself. To give her an opportunity to judge or ridicule him to even out the game a little. “I hate to break it to you, sweet heart, but you’re looking at the cutest, heterosexual bartender who works in this joint. And the weekend bar back, well, he’s a little on the pathetic side, so…”
His voice trailed off as he picked up the glass, “Another?” Without waiting for a response, he rid the empty cup and wetted napkin behind the bar. He placed a fresh napkin before her and turned his back to make the refill.
When his amusement with himself died down, he narrowed his eyes and pointed an accusing finger at her chest, “You, Isabella, for better or worse, whether you like it or not, fit in here with the rest my depraved clientele, way better than I estimated.” He said her name slow accenting the sound with a certain hiss to the ‘s’ endowing the pronunciation with a show of sensuousness.
As she pushed her glass away, he met the cup with the palm of his hand, slowly encircling the rim with his palm. She hadn’t quite taken her finger from the cup when he made the gesture and he purposefully let his finger brush her knuckle as they curled over the rim. He pulled the cup away from her eyeing her carefully.
“So I’ve heard you’re interested in ‘boyfriends.’ Looking for a ‘him’ then?” Anton tried not be presumptuous about anyone’s sexual preferences. But using her exact language, he intended to draw the conversation back to himself. To give her an opportunity to judge or ridicule him to even out the game a little. “I hate to break it to you, sweet heart, but you’re looking at the cutest, heterosexual bartender who works in this joint. And the weekend bar back, well, he’s a little on the pathetic side, so…”
His voice trailed off as he picked up the glass, “Another?” Without waiting for a response, he rid the empty cup and wetted napkin behind the bar. He placed a fresh napkin before her and turned his back to make the refill.
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