Auctioned to Him

by Charlotte Byrd

  “No. It’s because I know I can’t.” He smiled at me when he said it. I felt my heart flutter. Was he beginning to flirt with me again, or was I just getting my hopes up?

  “That’s too bad for you.” I flirted back, inching my way back into his apartment. “Because I wasn’t going to hurt you. I just wanted to have a little piece of you.”

  “Just a little piece, huh?” He walked closer towards me too, moving as slowly as I was. He walked with meaning, but he was very playful when he did it. “How big of a piece is that?”

  “Oh, I don’t know. If you can’t handle it then, I understand. All I really wanted from you was one measly date. That’s all.”

  “That’s all?”

  “Yep.”

  “You aren’t going to tear me apart, or force me to go to another engagement party?”

  I giggled. “Nope. I was just hoping to maybe go get some dinner with you. I have never been to Vegas before. But I see that that might be too much for your little heart.”

  “My heart? So you aren’t using me as an escort Grant? You aren’t just trying to get me to chaperone you around the city?”

  “Nope. Just trying to get you to go one a date, as date Grant and date April.”

  “And there is no business arrangements? You won’t pay me for holding your hand or anything like that?”

  “I won’t pay you a cent. I couldn’t if I wanted to.”

  “Good.” He smiled and we were inches away. “Because you’re awful at business arrangements.”

  “I know.” I was pressed up against his body and I could feel his abs through his shirt. “I’m no businessman like you.”

  He quieted me with his lips. It had been too long since we had last kissed. I felt the butterflies be release more and more in my stomach, being sent out by the thousands. The way he moved his lips in mine made my legs turn to jelly. My heart was weak for him. I couldn’t have pushed him away if I had wanted to, and I knew I never would have.

  He kissed me again and again, moving to my neck. He was beginning to make me gasp. I put my hands around his shoulders. He moved back up to my face and gave me one final kiss.

  “So then how do you feel about sushi?”

  “I love it.”

  “Because,” his eyebrows perked and he looked mischievous, “we could just stay inside tonight, if you really want to.”

  “As tempting as that offer is, I have never been to the city, and as soon as you said the word sushi my mouth began to water.”

  “Sushi it is. But I’m paying this time.” He grabbed his billfold and stuffed it in his pocket.

  “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

  THE END

  Climax

  I'm a cocky and self-indulgent billionaire. I own one of the hottest casinos in Vegas. I love women, but I use them. And I do NOT believe in love. Oh no, and I don't apologize for anything.

  Enter Jane. She's designing our social media campaign. She couldn't be more plain. She's pretty, yes, but not model-hot like I'm used to. And yet, there's something about her. I can't stop thinking about her.

  But Jane doesn't want me. At least, she's acting that way. and I'll do anything to make her beg...

  **WARNING: Steamy scenes, NO Cheating, HEA!

  Chapter 1 - Sebastian

  “Do you work out?” One of the girls asked me. She unashamedly touched my biceps without permission. I liked girls like this. They were easy to figure out and even easier to manipulate. I was not into games or running after women that like to play hard to get. I liked girls that made it easy for me. Because why should I waste any of my time or energy on anyone else but myself?

  “I’d like to tell you that all of this comes naturally to me. But, while some of it does, most of it is from hard work and dedication at the gym. I’ve got to look good so that pretty little girls like you will show some interest in me.” The girl giggled. This was so easy.

  “Well, it’s paying off. You must work real hard to get muscles like this.” She stroked my arm, up and down, up and down. It seemed she also knew what she was doing.

  “Oh I do. I do.” I was sitting at the edge of the pool, my legs dangling in the cool water. She was in the pool, holding onto the ledge and giving me a fantastic view of her cleavage.

  “You’re Sebastian, aren’t you?” Of course, it was obvious that she already knew the answer to this one. Everyone here knew who I was.

  “That’s right. The one and only.”

  She sighed, her bosom bobbing up and down in the water. It took all my might not to reach over and pull her bikini off for a full view of her breasts. The funny thing was that she would probably let me. But while I loved flirting with all the visitors, I preferred to keep my intimate moments a bit more private. It was easy to see that I’d be taking her back to my room later that evening. And it was just as easy to see that she would say yes. “Oh wow. I’ve heard so much about you. All my friends have told me how cute you are. But you’re even cuter in real life. I’m Susie, by the way.”

  “Pleasure to meet you Susie. So tell me Susie the Cutie – what else have your friends been saying about me? Tell me everything. I hope they are good things.” I hoped they weren’t friends that I’d slept with. That had happened to me before and it was always a little bit awkward. On the plus side they generally tried to outdo their friends in bed which always made for a very interesting experience. But I had a sneaking suspicion that this little one wouldn’t need any help in making it interesting.

  Susie was all giggles. “They just told me who you were. That you’re only 27 and you already run Sunrise Casino – one of your family’s casino’s - all by yourself. That you’re a billionaire and that you have two other brothers. But that you’re the best looking of them all. They only told me about the good things but that’s because I think there are only good things to tell.”

  “Oh you flatter me. How about you then? Tell me a little bit about yourself.” I couldn’t care less about her, but I knew the protocol when it came to picking up women. Most of the time they really just wanted someone to listen to them talk about themselves. It worked like a charm each time. I saw her face light up. In her smile read ‘oh my goodness, he wants to talk about me.’

  “Oh wow. Really? You want to know about me? Okay. Well, I’m Susie. But you know that. I’m 21 years old and I’m here on holiday with my family. My parents. They spend all their time in the casino which gives me plenty of time to lounge around in the pool and fill myself with cocktails. This pool is absolutely beautiful by the way.” She was certainly right about that. I had been the one that had the vision for the pool. When I first took over this casino it wasn’t nearly as big and luxurious as it was now. I had to convince my parents that in order to make money we had to spend money. Especially since we actually had the money to spend. They had agreed and allowed me to take over the renovation of the casino – making it the biggest and most lavish casino in the country. The pool ended up becoming one of the main features of the place – it wrapped around the entire casino and sparkled with a deep blue at any time of the day or night. It was my pride and joy, and probably the place I spent the most time at. It was no secret at all that I liked to party hard. And my parents didn’t mind at all. As long as I got my job done. And to be honest, I was doing a better job than even they were doing.

  “You’re right Susie. This pool is wonderful. It is the best part of the hotel in my opinion and the best place to hang out. Especially when I get to meet someone like you. Now listen here, I have to go do a bit of work, unfortunately. But I like you Susie Cutie. I like you a whole lot. Would you like to come visit me say in about an hours’ time? In my apartment? It would be an absolute pleasure to have you all to myself. There are just far too many people around here for us to truly get to know one another.” I loved how her eyes widened at the pure mention of the words my apartment.

  “Yes. I’d love that Sebastian. Please.” I could see that she regretted saying please at the end, but it had just slipp
ed out of her eager little mouth. The very same mouth which I would be kissing in a few hours.

  “Great. Just come right up. I’ll tell reception that I’m expecting you. I shall say Susie the Cutie is coming to see me, let her in.” She liked that.

  “Okay, I’ll be there for sure. Which room must I come to?” I had no doubt that she would be there. This is not a deal a girl would turn down. Especially a girl like Susie.

  “Why, the penthouse of course.”

  “The penthouse?! Oh wow. That’s amazing. See you later Sebastian. Thank you.”

  I got up and dried myself off, thankful that I was able to hold off my excitement in front of the girl for later. On the way out I spotted a few of my friends and I waved to them.

  “Got yourself a hot date I see?” Martin shouted out, thankfully not loud enough for the girl to have heard.

  “Better believe it.” I replied.

  “Ah, what it would be to be like you.”

  “Well, you don’t look like you’re doing too bad yourself.” It seemed as if just being associated to the Taylor name could get a guy many women. Martin was not the most attractive guy and yet here he was with beautiful girls hanging onto his every word.

  He winked at me. It was his silent way of saying thank you.

  Inside I went straight to one of the many customer computers in the foyer. It was just easier than going up to the penthouse and it was a great way of watching all the women go past. I’m always amazed at how confident some of the women are – walking right by me in bikinis that do very little to cover their bodies. I grinned as one of the girls ruffled my hair as she walked past.

  My inbox was full. My parents had been begging me to hire someone to deal with my emails but I didn’t like the idea. I preferred being the only one at all times to know what was happening in the casino. Afterwards I was happy to delegate the work to others, but I always had to be the first to know. Also, I received quite a few dirty emails that I would prefer others not to see. The first email was from Tom, the Design Director who was helping me with a big new project. He wanted to meet up with me to discuss everything that was going on. He was never a big email person and so I quickly replied and set a date. The other meetings I ended up setting up were with the Food and Beverage Senior Director regarding my proposal for new food and drink options at the casino as well as the Manager of Planning and Analysis to discuss the possibility of expansion. I had big plans to make this hotel the biggest and most talked about casino in the world, and in order to do that I had to make sure that we grew exponentially in size and implemented state of the art furniture and concepts. I also wanted people from all over the world to visit us for our food and I had a few chefs on board all collaborating to make this happen. It was costing me a small fortune but I knew that the returns would be worth it. Halfway through one of my emails, a girl came to sit on my lap. I bounced her up and down and watched her breasts jiggle. I leaned forward and took a little nibble on each one and growled at her hungrily.

  “Busy man.” She said, pointing to the email. I continued to type – it was important for her to see me as the business man that I was as well as the fun young man that I was too. I needed to be both. At all times. I didn’t create this business just to have money. I created it so that I could have fun and live my best life. There was nothing worse than seeing someone with a lot of money who didn’t use it to their advantage.

  “Oh yes. I’m a very busy man. So much to do all the time. I wish this place could just run by itself so that I could spend more time with gorgeous girls like you but alas, someone has to do it. I am always busy making this place amazing.”

  “It’s already amazing.” She said to me, looking up at me with big eyes.

  “Well, it’s going to become even more so. But thank you for saying so. It’s always good to hear that I’m doing my job right. Sadly though, it’s time for me to kiss you goodbye. I’ve got to go, I have million meetings to prepare for. But I’ll definitely see you later.” I smacked her bottom and laughed as she ran off giggling. I made a mental note of what she looked like so that I would remember if I ran into her tonight. I was going to start getting into trouble if I didn’t pay more attention to all the girls that kept flirting with me. So far I had gotten away with it but I didn’t want to become that guy – even though I really am that guy. I turned off the computer and got up. I really did have a lot of meetings to attend to. But first, I needed to get back up to the penthouse. I had a hot date waiting for me.

  Chapter 2 - Sebastian

  Thankfully one of the cleaners had been in which meant that my apartment was immaculate. I couldn’t believe sometimes how much mess that I managed to make and I often wondered what the cleaners thought of me. But I paid them far too much for them to even think of complaining about it so it didn’t worry me too much. I looked around the apartment and smiled. This was my happy place. At first I had considered getting a house nearby but in the end it just made so much more sense to live at the casino. Also, the penthouse was almost as big as a house itself. And not only was it huge, but it also offered the most spectacular view of both the casino and the city. It was hard not to be impressed by it. Just then I heard a tentative knock on the door and I smiled. I knew that the girl was trying not to seem too eager. When I opened the door I saw Susie standing in front of me wearing a sweet little flowing dress that stopped just above her knees. I had already seen her in a bikini so I knew what to expect later and I smiled at the prospect.

  “Susie the cutie. Come in. Champagne?”

  “Oh, yes please. I love champagne.” She simply couldn’t hide her eagerness. I poured her a glass of champagne and gave her a tour of the penthouse. She oohed and aahed in every room. She seemed tipsy on the champagne already even though she’d only had a few sips.

  “Oh Sebastian. You are so lucky to live here. What a beautiful place. It is like a dream place. Do you live here alone?”

  “Oh you know I do.” I winked at her.

  “I know,” she laughed, “but I’m just checking.”

  “I’m glad you’re here though. It can get quite lonely here by myself. And yes, it is a dream place now that you’re here with me.”

  She smiled. “I’ll be honest with you. Although I think it’s the champagne that’s giving me courage. I cannot believe that you asked me up here tonight. I could never have imagined that something like this would happen. Of course, I wanted it to happen – but I didn’t think it would. I cannot wait to tell my friends that you asked me to your room. YOU! Sebastian! I mean, the casino is filled with hundreds of gorgeous girls.”

  “Yeah, but you’re the cutest.” She wasn’t. She was gorgeous but so were half the other girls. She was just easy. But I wasn’t about to tell her that.

  The sex was good, but not great. As soon as we were done, I couldn’t think of anything except the easiest way to get her to leave.

  “That was amazing. You’re amazing.” She said. I wanted to tell her that I agreed with her but of course, I couldn’t say that. Instead, I just kissed the top of her head and said, “And so are you my cutie.” She giggled with delight and then started to pull the covers over her. She looked just about ready to pass out. I didn’t want her to stay. That was certainly not part of my rules.

  “Where are your parents?” I asked.

  “Oh they’re still at the casino. Probably losing more money than they’re winning. As it goes. Who knows – they’re always doing their own thing anyway. We’re not really a family, even though they like to pretend that we are.” I knew all about what she was saying. I could definitely relate to that. I felt a pang of guilt for wanting to get her out of my room but I tried to brush it aside.

  “But won’t they worry where you are? Sometimes parents act like they don’t worry but they do.”

  “Nah, not my parents. They don’t worry about me at all. I am supposed to meet them for drinks later but I don’t think it would make a difference whether I’m there or not.” Again she looked like she was
making herself comfortable on the bed.

  “I’m sorry to hear that. But if it’s any consolation it was an absolute pleasure having you here with me tonight. How long are you staying at the casino for?”

  “We leave tomorrow. Will I see you again?”

  “Of course. Here’s my card. Pop me an email at any time. Susie the Cutie. I won’t forget you.” But of course, I would forget her. Just as I had forgotten all the others. I wasn’t here for a serious relationship and I’m sure deep down she realized that. “But listen, I’m so sorry to do this to you, but I have a few meetings to get to today and I can’t be late. I don’t mean to push you out, especially since we had so much fun together, but work is work.” I kissed her again quickly so that she wouldn’t be angry at me. Of course, it worked like a charm, like I knew it would.

  “I can wait here for you. This bed is so comfortable and I really don’t mind.”

  I inwardly groaned. Her eagerness was suddenly not so cute anymore. “Lovely idea, but I have work to do and you’ll be too much of a distraction.”

  She giggled. “Okay. I’ll go. But I’ll definitely see you again?”

  “Of course! You know where to find me, and you have my email address. I’m sorry about tonight. Tonight is a busy one for me. But having you here definitely made it all a lot better.”

  She blushed. “So, you’ll think of me during your meetings tonight?”

  I handed her the little flowing dress to put back on as a hint that she now had to go. But I did it with a smile. “Of course I will.”

  But, of course, I wouldn’t.

  Chapter 3 - Jane

  Breakups must’ve been a lot easier before social media, I thought while scrolling through my Instagram account. Back then, if you broke up with someone you probably didn’t hear from them again, unless you so happened to bump into them. Even better, you could move to another city and never have to worry about that either. But now, everything was thrown in your face. And even if you weren’t following that person’s account online you know that someone, somewhere, would somehow like or comment on a photo and it would make its way back to you. Because that’s just how social media worked. It was constantly in your face – every day and every night.