he be regretting their passionate encounter already? Was he mad at her? She frowned and bit her lip. There was no way she could cry now. It would ruin her makeup and make her look like a baby.
“You can sit in the front seat this time Sophie.” Ella called out before she slid into the backseat of the Range Rover. Sophie got into the car and looked over at Max; his hands were on the steering wheel and she saw his gold Rolex shining on his wrist.
“Nice watch Max.” She attempted to talk to him again.
“Huh?” He looked at her annoyed and she shirked back.
“I said nice watch.” She pointed at his wrist. “That’s a Rolex right?”
“Oh yeah.” He looked at his wrist. “Thanks.” He pulled the car out of the driveway and they drove to the pub in silence.
“What a girl wants, what a girl needs. Whatever makes you happy sets me free.” Ella started singing from the backseat and Sophie hummed along with her. “Come on Sophie, you choose the next song.”
Sophie thought for a moment and decided to sing one of feel good songs by Fun. “Tonight, we are young. So let’s set the world on fire, we can burn brighter, then the sun.”
“Oh I love that song.” Ella danced around in the backseat and Sophie noticed Maxwell glaring at them. “Yay, we are here.” Ella opened the door as soon as the car stopped and jumped out. Sophie took that opportunity to turn towards Maxwell and speak to him.
“Is everything okay?” She touched the arm of his shirt and he jumped back. She tried not to show the hurt in her eyes.
“I’m fine.” He sighed. “Look Sophie, what happened earlier was a mistake. I’d appreciate it if you didn’t tell Ella.”
“I wasn’t going to tell Ella.” She couldn’t prevent the whine from her voice.
“Good. You need to find a guy around your own age. Have some fun tonight. Get over the asshole from college.”
“But,” she tried to interrupt him.
“But nothing Sophie.” He looked at her sternly. “I am a professional businessman running a multi-billion dollar corporation. I do not have time for little girl games or dalliances. Do you understand me?”
She glared at him and felt her blood boil hot. She had just about had enough of Maxwell Van Harkel. “Get over yourself Max. You are 30, not 65. I just wanted some fun, and if you can’t provide that, then maybe some else will be able to.” With daggers darting from her eyes, she jumped out of the car and slammed the door. She was done with Maxwell. She had loved him for years and had hoped that perhaps they would have something special, but she wasn’t down for dealing with some bipolar maniac. She ran into the pub after Ella and ordered a scotch on the rocks. It wasn’t a drink she normally got but she knew that she needed some hard liquor to get her drunk as quickly as possible.
“Yay Sophie. Time to get drunk.” Ella laughed as she downed her second Rum & Coke in about ten minutes and she was dancing around the bar. All of the men in the pub were staring at them in interest and Sophie could see several of them were checking her out with lust in their eyes.
“Let’s get skunk and drunk.” Sophie laughed, feeling the alcohol burn away all of her inhibitions. “Another order of shots please. Let’s get blowjobs this time.” She laughed at her joke and walked up to Maxwell. He looked at her with fury in his eyes and she whispered in his ear. “No blowjob for you Maxwell Van Harkel.” And then she turned around and downed another shot.
Ella was busy chatting to a young blond guy at the bar so Sophie decided to dance around the room. She was pleasantly surprised when a young man with light brown hair and green eyes tapped her on the shoulder and asked her for a dance and she soon found herself grinding with him in the middle of the pub to some hip-hop music.
“So what’s your name hon?” The guy whispered in her ear as she backed her