Book 2: What Happens Here - Chicago (What Happens Here Series)

Chapter 62 - Caden

The next morning Caden awoke to thoughts of the young woman that he'd met at the club that he and his friends had partied at on Friday night. He and his friends had arrived at the nightclub called Little Sisters, and after Mitch had fist bumped the buff looking bouncer, they walked into the club. The line to get into the club was crazy long, and based on what Dusty had told them, the majority of the clubgoers standing in line would not be admitted inside. Apparently, the club only allowed a "certain type" of clientele to enter their doors, and once inside, Caden scanned the room and saw a room filled with beautiful people. It was clear that either those allowed inside were either wealthy or knew someone inside of the club that aided in their ability to gain entrance.

As Caden followed his friends through the crowd, he caught sight of a gorgeous light brown skinned young woman with a short black pixie haircut. Stopping in his tracks, he stared at her as she laughed with two other women at a table that sat in the corner. She was absolutely stunning, and when he saw her lift her glass to her lips, he couldn't help but watch the way that her slender fingers wrapped around her glass as she brought it to her lips. A pair of lips that he'd ache to taste, and to have wrapped around his... "Hey Cade! You okay man?" Jerked out of his musings, he glanced over at Dusty's concerned face, as he nodded and said, "Yeah...I'm okay. I just..." Glancing back over at the table where he'd seen the beautiful woman, he frowned because she wasn't there. Scanning the space where she'd been only moments before, Caden shook his head, because he must have imagined seeing her, because she seemed to have simply vanished.

"Did you see someone that you know?" Turning to face his friend, Caden said, "No.... but I thought I saw someone that I'd like to get to know." Chuckling, Dustin said, "Yeah, well...the night is still young my friend, and there are tons of beautiful women here." Nodding, Caden smiled, but he couldn't help but glance around the club once more in hopes that he'd spot the young woman once again.

As the night had progressed, Caden and his friends were approached by many beautiful women, but he couldn't get his mind off of the young lady with the pixie cut that he'd noticed earlier. After a gorgeous blonde wearing a red, midthigh sequin dress with heels so high that it was almost as if she were walking on stilts, had damn near sat on his lap, he'd politely lifted up and placed her on the seat next to him, before he'd said, "Hey guys...I'm going to head to the bar for a drink. I'll be right back." Feeling a hand grip his, he glanced down at the blonde as she rose to her feet, staggering slightly as she said, "Hey.... I'll come with!"

Not really wanting her to, but knowing that she'd come regardless, Caden nodded his head and turned to walk towards the bar. Trying to subtly loosen the grip that she had on his hand as they made their way through the crowd, Caden walked up to the bar and stood with his back to her, but not catching his hint, she'd stood so close that she was damn near glued to his side. In that moment, he glanced down the bar and saw the very woman that he'd been searching for all night as she stood waiting for the bartender to notice her.

Not being able to take his eyes off of her, and as if sensing his attention on her, she turned her gaze his way, and locked eyes with him. Caden's heart had stopped beating, and the air was locked up inside of his lungs as he was held trapped by the most beautiful light gray eyes that he'd ever seen in his life.

A slow smile began to spread across her delicate features, and a matching smile spread across his own, but at that exact moment, he felt a body press up against his side. And just when the young woman's head tilted to the side, and her smile turned into a frown, it was in that moment that Caden remembered the blonde that had attached herself to him like a baby monkey, and when the gray eyed pixie smiled at the bartender before turning and walking away, Caden said, "Fuck!" Glancing down at the blonde that was smiling up at him, and that he could not recall the name of, he frowned as he watched the young woman melt into the crowd.

Sometime later, Caden had finally escaped the tentacles of the blonde that seemed to have attached herself to him, and he'd returned to the bar. Rubbing the back of his neck and feeling the effects of the alcohol flow through him, Caden's head jerked up when the very woman that had monopolized his thoughts that entire night stood next to him and leaned against the bar.

Caden's heart began to gallop inside of his chest, and it had nothing to do with the effects of the alcohol. Licking his lips, he said, "Hi." Turning her piercing gray stare on him, she said, "Hi." A smile crossed his lips as he said, "My name is Caden." Nodding she said, "That's nice to know Caden." Chuckling, he turned to face her as he said, "Aren't you going to tell me your name?" Shaking her head, she said, "Nope. I think the only name you need to be concerned with is your girlfriend's." Frowning before the meaning of her words hit him, Caden said, "Girlfriend?" Nodding her head, she said, "Yes...you know...the blonde that you had plastered to your side earlier." Brows raised, Caden said, "Oh...no... she's not my girlfriend. I just met her tonight, and to be honest, I don't even know her name."

Giving him a doubtful stare, she said, "Really?" Nodding his head, Caden said, "Yes. Really. I just met her tonight, and when I decided to grab a drink at the bar, she took it upon herself to join me." Not sure why he'd felt the need to explain himself to her, Caden couldn't help but continue as he said, "I'm here with my friends, and I'm only in town until Sunday." Locking gazes with his, the young woman said, "Well...Caden...enjoy your night, and your time here in NYC." Sensing that she was about to walk away, a panic filled him, and he said, "So... you're really not going to tell me your name?" Turning back to glance at him, her eyes roamed seductively over his body before rising to lock with his, and in a playful tone she said, "Nope." And with that, she turned and walked away.

Chuckling to himself, Caden watched as her petite and slender body moved through the crowd. Caden groaned at the way that her lean legs, and toned calves flexed as she moved. And he thought to himself how much he wanted to have those legs wrapped around his waist, but definitely, around his neck as he buried his face between those gorgeous thighs that her short beige sequined dress was clinging to.

Shifting the bulge that was straining against the material of his briefs, Caden licked his lips as he said to himself... "Okay Pixie...game on."