#Flashback to what happened#
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"Look who we have here?" Frank had turned to raise a brow at his friend Kelvin who was squeaking like a little girl at the sight of another girl.
He watched in confusion as his friend hugged and picked the new lady off the floor effortlessly before kissing her across the cheek.
Frank sure as hell hoped Kelvin wasn't catching feeling with some club stripper girl because there was no way he'd be separating any fight tonight and much less over a girl who doesn't give a fuck about.
"Where did you spring out from love"
Kelvin looked excited as he took the new girl by the hand and squeezed gently at it.
Frank couldn't even look at her face. Kelvin was standing in the way and he couldn't look past his broad shoulders.
"I would say same to you Kel but how good it is to see you again after so many years"
Frank wasn't sure but her voice sounded awfully familiar.
"Are you here with someone? Because I need you at our table love"
"I'm catching up with my girl over there and I don't think she will like to switch table with you and your friends that easily"
Kelvin new companion had replied sounding skeptical about she and her friend.
Frank who was feeling overly curious followed the direction of her hand and settled on none other than Aria who was seating at the counter.
Frank knew the lady speaking with Kelvin sounded too familiar. He was pretty sure he has heard it prior to that moment. At least now, he knows who it belonged to.
Frank was sure, the possibility of running into them again that night was pretty high given how much he has been watching their every move all night.
"Of course am sure you can convince her to come over. My friend and I won't mind at all" Kelvin had insisted.
"Alright fine!_I will be back" Frank watched with tight lips as she hurried away_probably to go get Aria before Kelvin turned back to Frank with a smile.
"You won't believe this bro but I just found the girl I told you I have been looking for"
"Yes I can believe it because I saw you drooling all over her"
"Then you won't mind if she and her friend join our table right?"
Frank didnt even get a chance to reply before he noticed both ladies making their way towards their table.
Damn!
"Look like we meet again" Frank had said smiling at Aria and her friend who looked surprised to see him.
"Look like fate has plans for tonight" Lizzy who seemed giddy had replied with a wink at Kelvin.
They later settled down among them with Aria feeling very uncomfortable having to seat that close to Frank who was avoiding every form of eyes contact with her.
Lizzy and Kelvin on the other hand had immediately hit it off and leaving them oblivious to what could be going on between them as they kept catching up on old times.
Kelvin had a crush on Lizzy back when they were both serving in the national youth corps service and had lost contact after their service year ended, they never heard or saw each other again until that night.
After a while, they decided to carry their friends along by playing a game and that was how they found themselves caught in the game of Truth or Dare.
The rules were pretty simple. Whoever fails to go through with a dare or tell the truth get to drink the bottle of whiskey on the table.
Everyone seemed to be in agreement except Lizzy of course who had objected because for one_Aria already had too much and secondly, she wouldn't be comfortable getting her involved in anything crazy but guess who spoke up before her friend could successfully keep her out of the game.
"It's okay_I will play" Aria had objected, sounding rather interested and confident.
Lizzy quickly pulled at her wrist. "What are you doing Ari? Are you sure about this?"
Pulling her friend's hand off, she told Lizzy off with chuckle. "Doing whatever the hell I want mom!_now come on don't be boring and let make this night worth remembering"
"Okay!" Lizzy had replied simply with a shrug.
This should be fun!
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Kelvin was the first to answer a lame ass question in which he was so quick to spill his gut much to the annoyance of Frank who only shook his head at his foolishness.
Was he drunk already?
When it got to Aria turn, he listened with keen interest as she picked the dare option and Kelvin had to dared her to do something right there and then.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes!_hoooohoo" she screamed with excitement.
With a mischievous smile playing at his lips, Kelvin said. "I dare you to take another shot of whiskey or go dance like a stripper at the pole over there in front of everyone for ten minutes"
What the heck!
"No way! You can't dare her to do something like that Kel_that's crazy" Lizzy was the first to speak up, beating Frank to it as she sent a dead glare at Kelvin who clapped back at her.
Everyone knew Aria might seem eager but would never go through with the dance challenge so it was down to drinking the whiskey bottle even though she was already tipsy.
"A dare is a dare! She has to do it because I did mine and so did you and no one stood up for us" Kelvin had insisted feeling offended by Lizzy's protest.
Aria kept looking at Frank for a reaction but he seemed not to care. The abnoxious scowl on his face under the dim light says it all.
"Back out of this miss Davis!_ you don't have to prove anything to anyone. Just listen to your friend and quit the game. No one will laugh at you" His tone was laced with sarcasm when he looked back at her.
That act of sarcasm was enough to get her blood boiling to prove that she was indeed old enough to do whatever the heck she wanted.
She was thirty after all.
No one thought she was going to do it until she reacted for the bottle of alcohol and poured herself a cup and raised it towards her lips and down every bit of it.
Another round and Frank was placed on the spot and when he was asked about his past relationship, he rather have a drink than talk about it.
Aria's vision was starting to do more than just blur at that point. Her head was spinning really fast and could barely focus her attention on anything.
Lizzy on the other hand was too busy flirting with Kelvin to notice anything.
The game went on for another fifteen more minutes with Frank drinking the rest of the bottle. It didn't take long before Aria began to look for ways to take off her clothes due to how hot the atmosphere had become.
Was it the hotness from within or around her as Frank kept staring at her with those lustful eyes. He was practically eye raping her the whole time she was unconsciously pulling at the hem of her dress.
Damn alcohol!
"Is it just me or this place just became a little bit hotter than normal" Kelvin had said with a tease as his eyes darted between Aria and Frank suspiciously.
"Do you two want to go some place and cool off or seat down here and burn all night"
"I need to get home Liz" Aria had said with a slurp before she staggered back on her feet.
"You are in no condition to drive girl" Lizzy had objected pulling her back down to seat beside her.
"I will take her" Frank had offered, getting up on his feet as well.
"Are you sure?" Lizzy had asked with a raised brow.
"Yeah am sure unless you want to keep her here all night and then do it yourself"
Frank was already leaving before Lizzy called him back.
Aria was half dozing already when she took a second look at her direction and knew it'd be a bad idea to keep her much longer because she on the other hand waa still far from being ready to leave.
"Alright fine! But you have to drive carefully okay?and call me when you get home Ari" Lizzy had turned to her best friend with a stern look.
Aria was still swaying even when they made it outside and into the parking lot.
"I will call someone to come pick your car and have it deliver to your house" he told her before taking out his phone and dialed a number and attached it to his ear.
"Give me your house address" He turned to her after a while.
"My address?_I don't remember it" Aria had replied with a frown.
Frank could only cuss under his breath. He knew she wasn't kidding given her condition. He doubt if she would even remember her name if she were asked .
Aria was that drunk!
Frank ended up getting her address from Lizzy before communicating it to the guy coming to pick her car up.
"Now come on, let get you home"
Frank turned abruptly to take hold of her hand and startled her in the process as well.
Aria fell right on her butt and stayed that way. He pulled her off the floor in one swift move and causing her to fall into his embrace and leaving their faces a couple of inches apart.
Instead of letting go_he just kept holding her in place with his hand resting just a little bit blow her waist line.
Aria took a shaky breath when she inhaled his cologne and Frank noticed the reaction almost immediately.
"Are you scared of me?" He pulled her even closer into his chest. She could feel his breath directly against his face at this point and causing her to flutters internally.
"No_no" she replied with a small voice while trying to steady her breathing that was beginning to get caught in her throat.
He leaned in and whispered against her ear, sending a cold shiver down her already shaky legs.
"Then prove it and look at me"
Aria breath got hitched in her throat even more the moment his lips made contact with her neck.
"No_I can't" Aria had said while trying to break free but his grip was too strong and she couldn't move an inch.
Aria wasn't sure if she has the strength to fight him at that point because she can't seem to resist him either. Being so close to him has sparked up a new kind of feeling within her soul. His body fragrance mixed with his breath that reek of alcohol was intoxicating her even more as her eyes darted to his lips and lingered there for a split second.
Just looking at them reminded her just how it felt earlier.
Willing herself not to dwell on such thought. She let her eyes close for a brief second to catch her breath.
When she finally had the strength to look back at him again. She realized he too was watching her before his tongue darted out unexpectedly and circled around his bottom lips in a really seductive way.
"Why not Aria!_tell me" Frank had asked her, his voice coming out labored.
"Because_because I can't keep my thought straight when I look at you. All I can think of is kissing you again and I don't think that's right"
Aria had replied in a rush.
His grip around her loosen up completely before his hand went up to cup her face in between the palm of his hands.
Tilting her head up to look into his eyes, he asked her with a grin. "How about I kiss you this time hmm?"
Aria could only stared back in shock at him. And at the back of her mind, she knew, she wouldn't be able to hide how she felt much longer and definitely not at that moment when the butterflies in her stomach were screaming at her to say yes or was it the alcohol in her system.
Whatever it was, it was definitely stronger than her sense of reasoning tonight as she finally lured her to give in to her desires.
Frank Okoji her ex boss was about to kiss her and she was totally and completely down for it.