High.

At the beginning, it almost felt like every organ inside me was starting to shut down, most especially my lungs because I felt like I couldn't breathe anymore. I closed my eyes shut, feeling like I was going to die at any given second because it was like all the oxygen in the air was absorbed by some sort of vacuum in the universe deriving me of the oxygen I desperately needed to stay alive.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the world suddenly went quite, and before I even knew it, I could breathe again, inhaling all the life back into my lungs

The euphoria was slowly starting to kick in, and it felt incredible. I genuinely felt good to be in my shoes right now, at peace and deeply relaxed. Everything I felt and desperately wanted to forget vanished completely.

....and then there it was, the sense of indescribable joy. I just knew, I wouldn't trade nothing in exchange for this moment.

My vision started to get a bit blurrier, seeing every other thing and everyone moved slower around me. I felt my limps instantly moving to the song playing from the loudspeakers, each sound resonating deeply into my soul, in motion with my heartbeat while I adjusted my eyes to the sudden bright light appearing in the room out of nowhere.

.....but then it didn't matter, nothing did

“Liv”, I heard Anna's voice disorient

around me and I turned my head to see she was just standing next to me. I felt this extreme urge to burst into laughter...and I did for absolutely no reason as I entwined our fingers together, and we moved to the center of the dance floor. I've never felt this energized in weeks as there was this increased electrical activity in my already burning muscles, I felt like I could do anything I fucking wanted and manage to get away with it because I may not remember anything the next morning.

“I'm going to the restroom”, I think I heard Anna say to me, but I was still lost in the distortion suddenly happening around me and I couldn't really explain in words what was actually happening. I turned to notice she was nowhere near me and I just stood there, not even sure what the heck I'm going to do now without her.

A new song started playing, and I started to move to the rhythm, feeling this sudden appreciation for the music, enjoying the pleasurable sensation of waving my hands in the air like I just didn't care. Just when I was about to retire from the dance floor and go look for Anna so that we can leave, I felt a pair of hands rest firmly on my hips, triggering goosebumps to spread all over my body and the person started dancing with me, reciprocating my moves when I began to move my hips in circular motion against him, moving to the rhythm of the song.

The DJ now added a new song to the mix, a slower beat. The crowd went wild for a second before the sound of the beat resonated loudly around the room. The guy I was dancing with, and I started grinding slower and sexier against each other, accommodating the new beat. I felt him pulling me closer to him before I leaned forward and turned my face to look at him. The LED lights circling around the room reflected his clear amber light brown eyes. We locked eyes for a second before he turned me around to face him. His hands travelled up my body to wrap my arms around his neck, with me almost meeting his height even though I was wearing high heels. His hands rested firmly on my hips again, and we continued dancing.

“You're pretty good at this”, his lips spread into an even brighter smile, what I assumed must have been his signature smile to woo the ladies, revealing his pearly white, and I realized he had quite the remarkable features, finding myself instantly drawn to that and to the sound of his voice

Damn, it was so deep.

“Hi”, I giggled as I trailed my finger on his sharp jawline. “Oh my God, you're so cute”

His chuckle was soft, laced with amusement. “Thank you, I appreciate the compliment”

He spoke in a voice so hoarse and rather tense, it demanded attention to take me somewhere I've never been before. He probably could say the stupidest thing ever but because of that voice, it would turn out to be the sexiest thing I've ever heard in my life.

He reached out for a loose strand on my face and tucked it behind my ear before titling my face up with his other hand, locking eyes with me with great intensity without even blinking

Normally if any random stranger looked at me the way he did right now, I would straight up call him a creep, turn my back on him and walked away, but this particular moment was different cause his eyes were his most prominent feature. I noticed the dark circle at the center of his eyes grew larger, inviting enough to get lost in. I was clearly hypnotized.

“You have beautiful eyes”, he whispered against my ear, his warm minty breath fanning across my cheek, triggering a tingling feeling across my skin. I've read somewhere that if that's the first thing a man said to you when meeting you for the first time, you should like probably run.

But the way I was weakened by him right now, I'm not sure I could even crawl

He withdrew from me, his eyes carrying the same intensity it did a few seconds prior and my cheeks flushed red as I dropped my eyes from his gaze

“Can I get you something to drink?”

Surely one more drink can't hurt

I nodded my head at him and he entwined our hands together before he pushed past the crowd to get to the bar. Once halfway through, he wrapped his arm around me and I grasped silently at how his touch send electrical wave impulses throughout my entire body.

“So what will it be for you guys?”, the barman asked, and he turned to look at me, motioning with his eyebrows that I be the one speaking up

“Six tequila shots”, I spoke loudly as I pulled my weight up the counter, closer to the barman's face so that he can hear me, the music over here sounded less loud than it was on the dance floor, but it was still very loud. The barman gave a quick thumbs up before he turned to fix the shots for us. I turned to look at the gorgeous specimen sitting next to me before I noticed him lean in again to whisper near my ear.

“I have to warn you, I tend to get starving after taking tequila shots”

I laughed a little before I leaned closer to him, not aware how close he already was to my face, almost bumping our heads together. We locked eyes for a second and laughed to ourselves.

“Seems like you and I have something in common”, I finally got to whisper to his ear and I saw him crack a side smile

“There's a taco caravan just a few feet from here, would you like to join me?”

“Uhm”, It's not like I have anything to lose so, “I don't see why not. I'm actually starving right now”

“Great”, he extended his arm for a handshake. “I'm Anthony by the way, but you can call me Tony”

“I'm Olivia”, I placed my hand in his. “Liv for short”

“Nice to meet you”, he smiled as we shook hands and broke our contact. “So can I call you Liv?”

I gave a lazy shrug. “It depends”

“On what?”

“Are you going to finish those tequila shots with me?”

He laughed. “Of course I am”

My lips spread into a grin. “Then yes Tony, you're allowed to call me Liv”

He seemed amused as he nodded my direction. A tray of shot glasses filled with clear liquid was pushed towards us, accompanied by lime wedges and salt and I thanked the barmen of his generosity of adding the extras. Tony took out some money from his wallet and paid before we both added the salt at the back of our hands and took one shot glass in the other. He looked at me with his eyebrow raised as he watched me take a deep breath.

“Are you ready?”

“On a count of three”, I took another deep breath

“Three”

Deep breath

“Two”

You can do this

“One”

It's just a couple of shots

“Bottoms up”, he screamed as we both licked the salt off the back of our hands and I closed my eyes shut as I threw the tequila at the back of my mouth. The burning sensation started to kick in and my throat protested in response as I forced myself to swallow, the liquid burning all the way until it hit the walls of my stomach.

I opened my eyes to see Tony had shoved the lime wedge into his mouth, the way his lips pucked up when he was sucking on the liquid before he violently shook his head and let out a loud cheer was somehow funny

I sighed a sigh of relief that the first torture was finally over as I also cheered while raising an empty shot glass in the air. I found him looking at me with a smile on his face.

“What?”

“Nothing”, he shrugged as he reached out for yet another glass. “On the count of three?”

I smiled as I took another shot glass in my hand. “Let's do this”

“So what is a girl like you doing in a place like this?”, he fixed his eyes on me as soon as we sat down on a nearby bench a few minutes away from the taco caravan

“What do you mean a girl like me?” I took my first bite of the taco, almost moaning in pleasure from actually eating something, I was beyond starving.

“Excuse me if I'm wrong, but you don't look much of a partier”

“In that case you're excused then”, I smirked. “This is not my first or last rodeo”

“Oh, my bad”, he laughed. “Serves my incorrect judge of character right”

I smiled. “To be honest with you, the reason I'm here tonight is because my friend dragged me here to get over someone”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“I came here because I don't want to think or talk about it”

“Understood”, he nodded in agreement before I felt his hand brush against mine

“You'll be okay though, you'll see”, his words were soothing and kind

“Thank you”

“Sure thing”

“So what about you?”, I did what I do best, which is keeping the conversation flowing by changing the topic

“What about me?”

“What is a guy like you doing in a place like this?”

“It's mostly for pleasure”

“Oh la la”, I wiggled my eyebrows at him, and he laughed. “So far, have you found what you're looking for?”

“I don't know yet”, he shifted closer to me, then used the back of fingers to caress my arm and I jumped a little when his cold fingers made contact with my skin. “But so far, so good”

“That feels really nice”, I giggled as I relaxed under his touch, his eyes never leaving mine.

“You like that?”, he quirked an eyebrow and I nodded my head. He then proceeded to run his hand down my bare arm, trailing his fingertips softly in circular motion on my skin, it felt a bit ticklish but good.

“What would you say”, he trailed as he leaned to closer to my face. “If I asked out for dinner sometime?”

“I don't know”, I tilted my head to the side. “Why don't you give it a shot and find out?”

“Why do I get the feeling you're not going to make things easy for me here?”

“Why do I get the feeling you're hitting on me?”

His lips spread into a sly smile. “What if I am?”

“Then I'd tell you that you'll have to try harder than that”, I smirked, and he chuckled before humming in amusement

“Is that so?”

“I said what I said”, I shrugged, and he fixed his eyes on me, a smile starting to reappear on his face

“Do you seduce every guy like this?”, he teased, causing me to laugh

“Not every guy, just the charming one's”, I smiled, and he quirked an eyebrow before a mischievous smile grew on his face. This was a clear indication that I was still a little high, I was never this confident when I was sober.

“Unfortunately your tricks won't work on me, Bella”, he purred out the nickname he made for me and I giggled. He probably calls a lot of girls but that nickname.....buut it's my turn to hear it now so hey....

I lightly brushed my fingers on his exposed bare arms as he had rolled his shirt to his sleeves

I'll regret this tomorrow morning

“If you're a bit adventurous, you would have kissed me by now”, I titled my head to the side and the side of his lips raised a little

“If you wanted me to kiss you so bad, all you had to do was ask”

I was about to formulate a protest, but he had leaned in and claimed his lips with mine. In that minty moment it felt like we're frozen in a moment of time, the world slowly falling away around us. All my senses seemed to have been intoxicated, not being able to think straight as his lips worked their way against mine. They were very much soft and warm, applying just the right amount of pressure. He smiled against my lips and rested his forehead against mine before we locked eyes again. The blend of lust and desire I saw in his eyes were enough to make me want him even more.

“Just so you know, this is just a friendly advice to strike the iron while it's hot, before I change my mind”

“We wouldn't want that now,”, he brushed his thumb on my bottom lip. “Would we?”, his eyes seemed to have some kind of hold over me and I couldn't move. He slightly angled his face closer and closer to mine and I closed my eyes. His lips cover mine again, the only difference now is the urgency of the kiss as it grew more needy and demanding. His hand roamed my back, the soft caressed that send chills down my spine and I locked my arms around his neck for support. My whole body was trembling, clearly overwhelmed by the combined feeling of my emotions running wild like an exploration of fireworks erupted in every fiber of my body.

.... kindly note that twenty-three years of existence, I have never been kissed like this

“Phew”, I breathed exaggeratedly, barely able to catch my breath when I finally found the courage to withdrew from him,

“I think now it's time to take this somewhere else”, he pecked me on the lips again. “More private?”

“I thought you would never ask”

He smiled a little before pausing, seeming to recall something. “What about your friend though?”

“I'll text her later”, the both of us were now standing at the side of the road, hailing for a cab and barely able to keep our hands off each other the whole way

The moment the cab stopped in front of the most prominent hotel in the city, well known for its five-star treatment and impeccable cuisine, he grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the cab as quickly as he possibly could, hurrying towards the entrance of the spotless glass doors with the doorman willingly accepting by holding the door for us

“Oh my God”, I was taken aback by the sight and I grasped. “So fancy”

The walk to his suite seemed like an endless marathon as we had to keep up a constant pace, walking and jogging in between to finally reach our desired destination. We were beginning to earn a couple of stares from some guests and the hotels stuff members from behaving like little misbehaving, out of control kids.

When we reached his floor, I was pushed against the door, our lips meeting again as he swiped his access card, and we were granted permission inside. Wasting no time as in seconds my zipper was undone and my dress fell into the floor. He picked me up and wrapped my legs around him after I kicked my heels off.

It wasn't long until I felt the softness of the bed underneath me, I was still lost in the kiss to even study my surroundings. He pulled away to pull his shirt over his head and my hands traveled to his belt to assist in taking his trousers off.

“Steady now bella”, he chuckled as he placed his hands over mine, stopping me and I groaned in frustration

“Why are you taking so long?”, I pouted my lip, and he cocked his head to the side, seeing me being sexually frustrated bringing some sort of amusement on his face. He then took both my hands and pinned them above my head, bringing his face closer to mine in the process.

“Are you sure about this?”, his dark, lustful eyes pierced into mine and I nodded my head eagerly

“Yes, I'm sure”, I pulled him to kiss his soft lips again. “Are you?”

“Yeah, I'm sure”, his grip loosened on my hands, and he grabbed my face in his hands

“I want to make you feel so good that you don't have time to think about anything else other than me tonight”, his voice was low and seductive. The way he spoke managed to arouse me even further, and I couldn't even close my thighs shut from the throbbing sensation between my legs because he was hovering on top of me.

“Tell me if there's anything you're uncomfortable with, okay?”

“Okay”, I gave a little nod and he smiled, leaning to peck me on the lips lightly before burying his face on the side of my neck, leaving a trail of kisses everywhere his lips touched, travelling down my body. Slowly but surely he was nearing my most sensitive part. He looked up, his eyes piercing through mine before he opened his mouth to speak,

“Let me pleasure you”