Defeated By Love

You’re getting out”

at with you in the same taxi. How do I know you

lker to you” His eyes

ne ones n

e window and lo

e a jaw-bre

g

seriously not in the mood! So if you can jus

him gettin

be out and about all of a sudden. I’d rat

s the driver on the shoulde

ll give you an address o

gh when the driver d

security for payment, do you? How many times do you th

into his pocket, he pulls out his wallet then takes

you more as we go if nee

presses the button to start the metre. He st

nd expect the driver to just drive around with no intended destinat

Vanessa. You’re drunk, vulnerable and quite impulsive from what I can see. All the

had to

o you? We've been in each other’s

t I said amusing with

me to some arrangem

exposed thigh and his l

s like removing something nasty that’s landed

. Your good looks and charms may work for other wome

me and whispers low an

ara Mia?” He blows lig

Will tip you twenty per cent of the total fare. Isn’t that right Luca? I mean…… it’s the least you can do for wa

sleep is the last thing you

ement where you’ll join me for dinner and w

ke a cheap ru

hand up and speaks

I think you know that. What will it take for you

is face and accent. He’d be a naughty distraction and that’s a distraction I could do without. As if righ

to decline your offer for dinner. The bottom

elcoming the cool breeze

en anytime soon when I hear his heavy footsteps behind me. I stop mid-stride and take the painful heels off. It’s true what they say ‘Beauty is pain’ and right now my feet were in pain with the company of a niggling headache approaching. If the damn shoes were mine and didn’t cost so much I’d be t

children I need to teach in a few hours. Whatever it is you want or you’re about to s

xhausted and I rea

just isn’

get to your door safely.” He stands

hange your mind about jo

ack at me

me after I’ve been nothing but rude to him?

er for

se I start walking up the st

he point is I’m still not going to agree to have dinner with you. The timings off and I’m not sure

anything about dating. I don’t date due to having a tight schedule. Having a girlfriend just

I’m Twenty Five.”

was at least i

one out of my hand and st

h the phone back. “Th

the side and I miss. He reaches into the front pocket of his j

ontacts likewise with mine.” Lo

about having dinner with me som

eath, Luca, Like I sai

pushing the door open and step inside. I turn to fa

l see C

nd heads towards the waiting taxi. I watch as he steps into the taxi an