Wicked Games

Angel

~~~ Only partial chapter posted. I wanted to give an update since I've been MIA lately ;)~~~~~

3 weeks later

I received a text from Brandon one day after work. He was going to the gym and asked if I wanted to grab dinner later. I replied back with an 'of course'. Things were going great. We get to work together everyday, which can be distracting, but also really lovely. Another text chimes on my phone: 'wear my favorite dress, will you? ;)'

Oh, he wants me to be fancy, huh?

I arrive at Brandon's place an hour later, in his favorite dress of mine. It is the same one from the work party, but he never seems to get tired of it. I knock on the door, but before I can even finish, he's opening it. My eyes drift over him and my breath catches as I notice he's in a very fancy suit.

"You look beautiful, Iz." Brandon smiles as my as my eyes rake back up to his face.

He steps aside to let me in the door and as I enter his place I smell Chinese food, one of my favorites. I walk in further and notice what he's been grinning about. His living room has been covered in candles and on the floor is Chinese food surrounded by pillows and blankets for us to sit on.

"Did I forget my own birthday or something?" I laugh as I turn to Brandon.

"Ha - no I just wanted to make tonight special" he grins at me.

We go and sit down and I immediately reach for my food and start digging in. Everything tastes delicious and I take a sip of wine that was already poured for me. We chat over our food and I can tell Brandon is getting nervous, but I'm not sure why.

"Do you need a refill?" I ask Brandon.

"Yeah, you may have to open a new bottle though. The opener is in the top cabinet." he replies.

"Okay, be right back" I say as I stand up and then lean down to kiss him on the cheek before heading into the kitchen.

I get into the kitchen, set down the wine glasses on the counter and realize that since I took off my heels, I'm not tall enough to reach the shelf the wine opener is on. Ugh why am I so short? I grab the bottle out of the fridge and then head back to the cabinet stretching to try and reach the top shelf.

I hear a low laugh behind me and turn around to find Brandon smirking in the doorway.

"You just gonna stand there and watch me struggle?!" I laugh.

"I like the view it was giving me" Brandon replies as he stalks towards me.

I look down and realize how far my dress rode up while I was reaching for the shelf. When I lift my eyes back up Brandon is standing in front of me with lust in his eyes. He gives me a half smirk and reaches over and behind me to easily grab the wine opener off the shelf simultaneously making our bodies go flush since the counter is behind me.

"There you go..." Brandon says as he hands me the opener.

"Thanks" I reply but all I can do is stare into his eyes. He still seems nervous, which I have to idea why but he swallows and then puts another object in my hand.

"What's this for?" I ask as he hands me a fortune cookie.

"Just thought you may want one" he whispers and puts his hands on either side of the counter by my hips.

His proximity is making it hard to even focus on what I'm doing. I finally get the cookie open and I break it in half and retrieve the piece of paper.