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The theme for most bachelor parties offered by Partiez Plus hat Claire would iolfers would offer Expensive furniture, including luxurious wing back chairs, andareas There were crystal decanters at each sitting area offering an array of liquors A box of iars was also offered for thoseto every need
Of course, no nified, since this was after all a bachelor party A few hours into the evening, a large cake was rolled into the center of the roo side seat, or in this case a cake side seat and the ht ht flashed to the cake and ‘Wala’! Out pops a girl with her arirl was Claire She would then suest of honor as well as to the others in the bachelor party After a few moments, she would be assisted down fro, a bottle of Cristal and wish him a very happy life
Generally, she would then exit the area and change into the traditional unifor with the party Claire couldn’t believe she’d gotten so coave theenerally very well-behaved, and her enerous and were split between the party staff Some tips were left specifically for Claire, but she always insisted that these be divided a everyone as well
She hurriedly finished drying her hair and went into the bedroom to pull on a tan pair of slacks and a soft purple sweater Claire took out the s she usually carried to the parties and checked toshe needed, then went back to the bathroo the parties required it to be heavier than she would usually wear it The spotlight tended to make her face seem very pale, and her eyes seemed to disappear She applied a heavy base liberally to her face along with a pink blusher, black eyeliner andby the ti soh she didn’t like the feel of the ave her a somewhat exotic look that she norathered her bag and her purse and stepped out into the hall She looked down to open her purse and locate her car keys while she started to walk towards the stairway Suddenly, the air left her body in a whoosh as she ran into a hard wall Hands reached out to steady her as Claire looked up into Jason’s amused blue eyes
"I believe this is your third hed Jason He continued to hold onto her ar Claire was frozen as she watched his intent gaze sweep from the top of her head to pause at her lips and then continue on to her breasts She pulled herself fro to flame He slowly, almost reluctantly, released her "Is there some special-occasion today with your family? You seem really dressed up" asked Jason
Claire nervously replied, "Um no, not really I haven't seen them in a while and wanted to look my best" Are the words 'I’m a complete liar' plastered on my forehead?
"Well you should certainly have no problem with that, you look like you’re ready for a date," Jason replied tightly
Oh yeah, I’uys in a few hours "I, u like that," Claire replied as she turned away to continue down the hall
"I’ll walk you down," said Jason falling into step behind her
As she hurriedly made her way to the stairs, she heard Jason say with amusement, "Claire let’s slon before mishap number four occurs before you make it out of the house" She forced herself to slow her pace lest she end up at the bottoive Jason nothing further to laugh about today
Harold and Liz walked out of the family rooreat," said a sht this evening, Claire"
"Thank you for offering Liz; however, I have fa et home early Claire, roup of ladies, and I know they’d enjoy your company"
Claire smiled at Liz warmly and thanked her She was really surprised at how comfortable she ith Liz and Harold They seemed the exact opposite of Jason, and Claire was curious as to how the friendship had continued over all these years Liz and Harold were the type of people to settle down and promptly have two children ere as well-mannered and lovable as they were
Jason, however, was the type to spend his whole life driven for the next er with his eye always on the bottom line When and if Jason did marry, Claire could picture hi and redesigning their penthouse or country hoht, Claire couldn’t picture Jason with children, although she could see that being an only child, there must be pressure to provide the next Danvers heir It was suddenly quiet and Claire realized that Jason had asked her a question
"I’ over the directions to my aunt’s home can you repeat that please?"
Jason’s blue eyes twinkled as if to say, ‘I know you’re lying, but I’ll let it pass’ "I asked what area you’ll be traveling to Harold and I could give you a lift and pick you up later tonight if we’re going to be near your family"
"No, that’s ok; my aunt lives off the beaten path so to speak, and it would be too far out of the way," stammered a flustered Claire
In his quiet voice, Harold said, "Claire it would be no probleo"
Hey, great, could you drop entlemen’s club an hour away? My aunt really likes to party She could feel herself starting to panic as she said, "that’s very thoughtful of you both, however, I promised my aunt that I would take her to dinner and I’ll need h for offering"
This thankfully appeared to satisfy them both and the topic was dropped Claire looked down at her watch and announced that her aunt would be waiting for her and after saying goodbye to everyone, Claire walked towards the front door Jason stepped in front of the door and opened it for her asking, "What ti Claire?"
Wow, she thought when Jason had assuue answer, "I’ve not seen my aunt in quite a while, so I plan to spend several hours with her"
Claire made her way to her car She risked a quick look over her shoulder and saw Jason leaned against his black Mercedes watching her with an unreadable expression on his handsome face She hurriedly cli to control the urge to speed away