Page 58 of Seduction

The Christmas lights and cheer are in full force, so the perfect date idea hits me like a speeding train as I’m walking along.

A moonlit walk through the park under the Christmas lights will set the perfect romantic mood.

I’ll have to get the guys to agree to it first though. It will be easier if I have Creed to tag along as a fucking shadow just in case. Motherfucker better stay at a distance though because if he ruins my date? I’m kicking him in his jingle dick and making it hurt.

I reachLayla's Daisies and Daffodilsin no time while I’m lost in thought. Once I step through the door, I’m instantly impressed by the care and beauty of the arrangements here. This chick can do dead plant preservation well.

A tiny little woman enters the storefront from the back with an easy smile.

“How can I help you, sir?” she asks me.

“Ah, yeah, I was wanting to get my girl some red roses. I saw your shop was one of the only ones with some left,” I tell her, hoping to fuck she didn’t sell out in the time it took me to get here.

“I’m so sorry, sir, but we just had an order come in that has wiped me out of my red stock. I have some white if that would do?” she says, wincing a little at the murderous look on my face.

“Who ordered you out of almost two-hundred red roses? You know what? Never mind. I’ll pay you triple the price for a dozen if you can swing that, plus a hefty tip for the trouble,” I reply, laying on the charm thick as ever.

“Oh, that would be wonderful! I’ll do that for you. The order that came in didn’t have a destination for the roses yet, so the order isn’t technically complete,” she says, blushing a little as she winks at me like we’re in on some conspiratorial shit.

I don’t give a fuck, as long as I get Haliee her roses.

“Thank you kindly,” I say, giving her a wink and whipping out my wallet.

She wraps up the roses for me and adds in something called baby’s breath before we exchange goodbyes.

I head back to the car and make the journey home with my three hundred dollar bouquet of roses, singing along with some more upbeat music now that I’ve gotten the perfect flowers.

Once I make it home, I head straight up to Haliee’s room and knock gently. Please, fucking let her say yes.

“Come in,” is muffled through the door.

My nerves suddenly kick into overdrive, and I feel like I’m dying. My chest is pounding rapidly from the beat of my heart, and my head swims as the sound of my blood flows through my ears like a loud drum.

Fuck, this is intense.

Haliee opens the door and I do the most unmanly thing that could ever happen in the fucking history of mankind.

I faint.

I drop like a sack of shit, hearing Haliee’s gasp. I must have only lost consciousness for a second because when I come to, she’s patting my cheek with tears falling from her eyes.

“Are you ok? What happened? Do you need a doctor? Hospital? Please talk to me, Cord. I’ll get help.” As the last of her rant trails off, she goes to stand, and I latch onto her wrist dragging her back down to me.

“Babe, I’m ok. I just fell for you,” I reply cheekily, trying desperately to save my bruised fucking ego here.

“You did not just pull that shit, Corden!” she replies, shaking her head before falling into a fit of giggles.

Good. My manhood is saved for another day. Holy fucking shit, that was bad.

“I got these for you, and I want to know if I could take you on a magical walk tonight?” I ask her out, handing over the bouquet of roses that somehow survived the fainting episode.

“Are you asking me on a date, Cord?” she asks, raising an eyebrow slightly.

“Yes, baby. I am. Would you humble an old beggar and have mercy on me?” I reply, laying on my thick sarcastic as fuck charm that I know she loves.

“Why, I would so love to be your lady tonight!” she says on a dramatic gasp, playing along with a giggle, before leaning down to kiss me. She gets up and walks back into her room, smelling her roses as she goes.

“Until tonight,” she says before closing her door.

I lay on the floor, still trying to figure out how I’m going to explain this to the rest of the guys, and searching for the remainder of my damn manhood. I need to go chop some fucking wood or catch fish with my teeth or something. This pussy ass bitch shit is starting to get embarrassing.

I lift myself up to find a silently laughing Ollie at the end of the hallway.

“How in the fuck is it when I’m at my lowest point, you’re somehow there to catch it, you fucker?” I snap at him.

“Don’t worry, Cord. I know the drill. You were fighting a bear in the woods,” Ollie replies with a wink like the cheeky son of a bitch he is before walking off.

I flop myself back onto the floor and just lay there for a few minutes until Lukas comes up, stepping over me to join Haliee in the bedroom, not even asking me why I’m on the floor to begin with.

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