“Can I get another beer?” The man asked. “In fact, let’s make another round of free beers all around for the customers. My treat.” He handed me his credit card and I gawked at him.
“That’s very generous. Thank you so much!”
I couldn’t wait to tell Trevor. With his credit card in hand, I hurried through the bar, finding Trevor at a table. I had seen the men before and Trevor had often talked to them, so figured that was his friends. He looked up when I approached him. I looked down at the credit card to read the man’s name. “Trevor…Mr. Grayson just offered to buy beers for everyone in the club.”
“Really? That’s great!” Trevor said. For a moment it looked like he wanted to hug me, but kept back. “I’ll get everyone to help me out with tallying up the orders,” I said. I then smiled at the table he was standing next to and hurried off. My heart was still caught every time I saw him. I would have to figure out a cure for that.
I was just reaching the bar, when I spotted Sydney, Mary, and a few other women that I wasn’t quite familiar with.
“This is a great event you have going on, girl,” Sydney said. “I’m so proud of you.”
I blushed and turned around to find that Trevor’s eyes were directed my way. I quickly looked away.
“Thanks! It’s going a lot better than I think anyone expected.” I heaved a sigh. “I have work to do. Enjoy the rest of it!” I smiled and went to grab all the bodies I could find to start taking a list of the beers we needed to pass around. There wasn’t a moment to lose.
12
Trevor
She was moving around so gracefully. It was like she had been doing this job forever. I couldn’t stop watching her and that meant my table of friends giving me a hard time. “Hm…Marcus…did you ever look at your beer belly consultant, like Trevor’s looking at his?”
Marcus laughed. “If my beer belly consultant looked half as good in jeans as she does, then maybe I would have.”
The table erupted in laughter, as I turned back around. “Dry up!” I mumbled.
Daxter laughed. “I have to admit that I didn’t know what to expect when everyone told me about the new woman in your life, but she definitely could fit the bill.”
I looked back at Daxter and he was grinning from ear to ear. I had to stop myself from hitting him. “You don’t know what you’re saying or rambling about. She’s an employee. That’s all.”
“Oh sure!” The others said.
I rolled my eyes and shot them each a long and agonizing look. “Enjoy the rest of your night, gentleman.” I arched an eyebrow at them and then walked away.
The fact was that I actually enjoyed them teasing me about her, but then it reminded me that in no way was anything going to happen between us. She had made herself perfectly clear.
I went about the rest of the night, helping out as I could and the hours just seemed to fly by. Before I knew it, the tables had started
emptying and people had started leaving. I stood at the door and thanked them as they left, one by one, filtering out of the club.
When the last one had left the building, I locked the door and went back in. I spotted Jasmine wiping down a table and I watched her for a few minutes, unbeknownst to her. Several other employees were working away and it was bound to be a late night. So, we all rolled up our sleeves and cleaned up the areas, putting chairs up as each table was done.
An hour later, we had the place back into prime condition. I shot a look at Jasmine and she was pulling her hair out of her ponytail holder. She fluffed her hair and I was enamored by her looks. She looked at me and I saw a passion in her eyes that had me aroused and rearing to go.
“I’m gonna grab my purse. I can get out of here.”
“Don’t you want to see what the earnings were?” I asked. “Sam and Brayton are tallying it up.”
She smiled. “Alright! I’ll just get my purse anyway.”
I nodded and watched her head to the backroom and disappear.
“I’m heading out,” a couple of employees said, leaving just Sam, Brayton, Jasmine, and myself left behind.
“Okay! Thanks for the great teamwork tonight. You all were amazing.”
They nodded and headed through the back door, both looking equally tired. Jasmine came out of the backroom and I moved closer to her, needing to say something, before she walked out my door and my life forever.
“Whatever happens with the total, I just want you to know that you have changed this club for the better. I know that and I will give you a glowing recommendation to your boss.”