Chapter 70 - Give me your attention

"Alec." Whispered a voice in his ear, like a silky breeze it muttered his name. Seductively slow. Suddenly there was this intimacy. He kept looking at the cards in his hand. He ignored the woman and laid another card on the table. Alexandre had not even noticed how he was pressing his mouth into a hard line for seconds.

Surprised, Claudio raised his eyebrow and then began to knead the girl's ass who had been on his lap. The glare Alexandre gave him was murderous. He laughed before he went on with the game. Claudio smiled mockingly. Has it happened again?

"Babe, you have to caress his chest. Slowly! With your nails. He likes that." He said to the buxom redhead. Without hesitation, she followed his instructions and moved with her red fingernails seductively slowly over Alexandre's chest. Her cherry-red lips lay against Alexandre's ear. Moving them, as if in slow motion, while her fingers continued to slide down. Suddenly, Alexandre grabbed her hand. Shocked, she tried to take a step back. But Alexandre's grip was hard, unyielding.

"We're not that close Mademoiselle!" The words were just a snarl. Claudio saw the redhead tremble. But still she dared to play. Although the shock had seized her for a moment. Claudio could understand her. He would do it too if he were a woman. Being Alexandre's lover promised much more than just wealth. It was worth bargaining for his attention. Even a moment of his interest was enough to encourage others. Or, as in this case, no open hostility.

But at the same time Claudio saw something else, hidden under the smooth masquerade of Alexandre. He emitted a barking laugh.

"You don't like it when I do that?" Asked the girl Alexandre sweet as sugar and pressed her soft curves against his back. Alexandre's gaze only grew harder. He was totally disagreeing with her touches. But the girl used all her might to push herself onto him. Like her life was depending on it.

"Let go!" Hard and cold, hissed Alexandre. He could barely contain his dark rage, which was creeping higher and higher inside of him.

Claudio laughed. He knew, just like that redhead knew. Only once in her little life would she get that chance. When she let go, it was all over.

But her intimate touch only seemed to disturb him even more. He didn't know why he reacted the way he did. But Claudio recognized this expression on his friend's face and it only amused him even more. To play with Alexandre's confusion.

He put his hand in his trouser pocket, considered Alexandre with a fine smile on his lips and looked forward to the later overnight party. It had only been a few months since Alexandre had asked him for this favor. Of course Claudio did not refuse any wishes of his old childhood friend. After all, Alexandre paid him well. Their families had maintained business relations for generations and with success. Therefore, Claudio was probably one of the closest brothers of Alexandre. He knew Alexandre's darkest secrets and therefore also the circumstances how Alexandre suddenly became a loving husband and suddenly father of a son.

The very idea amused Claudio to imagine his friend as a loving husband and father. With pleasure, he had devoured the gossip magazines. Alexandre was truly a man of staging.