The Prize E-Book

Yolanda King

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Seitenzahl: 33

Beschreibung

Ben is a father of three young boys and in need of a timeout. And in need of a woman. So he goes away on a "blind date weekend". Will it turn into a disaster or will a fling turn into something more?

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<This is agony, I so want this to end!> Ben thought. He was sitting in a nice restaurnt across from a beautiful woman he could not connect with. The admiring glances she was cast by other men clearly communicated that to Ben, and he was definitely envied by many. <Then why is this so difficult?> he asked himself and nodded at something Brenda had just said, accompanied by her pearly laugh. Brenda was every man's dream: long – legged and athletic with wavy blonde hair framing a lovely face with chocolate brown eyes and full lips. She was funny, witty and smart, even running her own organic restaurant in town. Brenda was strong and independent and, from what it seemed, perfect in every way. They had bumped into each other at a farmer's market a few days previously. His bag had torn and she had helped him pick up his purchases and given him a spare bag of hers. He spontaneously invited her for a cup of coffee to thank her and they agreed to have dinner together soon after.

“I swallowed an entire lobster alive and then it gobbled up my innards. What you're seeing in front of you now is merely a robot,” she said.

“That's really cool,” Ben replied and Brenda continued, “Afterwards the lobster crawled back out, threw me on the table and fucked me real hard.”

“Huh?” Ben blinked. “Who fucked you real hard on a table?” He sounded unbelieving.

“Do I have your attention now?” Brenda sighed. “No one did. Pity. Anyway. Look, what's up?”

Ben just shrugged. “It's nothing I can put my finger on,” he admitted. “You're gorgeous and super smart and absolutely perfect in every way,” he echoed his own thoughts from a second ago, “but I can't connect with you and I don't find you sexually attractive at all either.”

Brenda looked at him, incredulous, then threw back her head and laughed out loud. “Thank God!” she exclaimed. “Because I'm not turned on by you either! You seemed very friendly and somehow in desperate need of female company at the market, that's why I agreed to tonight's dinner date but boy, am I glad that we're on the same page here! Your world is centered around your children and physics and mine around being successful in business – we don`t have anything in common, we simply don't click and I'm incredibly relieved that you feel the same way.” She was still giggling.

“I guess we can get the check?” Ben asked matter-of-factly.

“You bet we can!”

They paid separately and quickly left the restaurant. Parting ways, each knew that their paths would not cross again. Ben walked to his car, reflecting on the evening. It all seemed extremely unreal in hindsight. If he had not asked her out in the first place, neither of them would have had to go through two hours of chit chat that they did not want in the first place. At least not in each other's company.

<Brenda was absolutely right,> Ben reflected as he was unlocking his car. <I must have come across as desperately needy of female company. And who can blame me with three little boys at home and no mom? Or girlfriend.>