His Beautiful Addiction

Ari smiled as she approached them, her hips swaying from side to side. 

She looked entirely different from what she looked like every day coming to work. No one would imagine that she had such a hot body hidden under those office clothes. 

Zac forced his eyes from her legs to her face; 

''Hey, '' Ari greeted when she reached where he was standing. Zac took her hand in his for a friendly shake and unintentionally held it a little longer, as he was still mesmerized by her look.

''You look… different,'' he said, a smile spreading across his lips. The female staff whom he was speaking to, all forgotten. 

''Well, '' Ari took a glance at herself and the other ladies. Although they weren't dressed to kill, they weren't as naked as she was. ''the occasion calls for it, doesn't it?'' 

Her words were caught short by Xavier's footsteps. His phone was held to his ear, but he brought it down to his side, the moment he saw her. 

Xavier was lucky he didn't miss his step while staring at her; well, he didn't expect she would come out that unclothed; it was as though she had been looking for an opportunity to go unclad, and that instant, he regretted suggesting that they go clubbing.

The fact that all the men in the club would stare at her dressed like that, and might intentionally want to get a feel of her body… and the fact that she might even go home with one of them… she did it with him, nothing was stopping her from doing it again. 

Xavier blinked as he tried to stop himself from thinking of the worst-case scenario. Jealousy almost eating him whole.

''Everyone's here. Let's go. '' He said when he reached where they stood, totally ignoring Zac and Ari as though he had not just been staring at her right now. 

Xavier didn't intentionally ignore them though. He knew if he spoke to her, his jealousy would show and he did not have any right to be jealous. He did not own her. 

Did she not know how irresistible she was? Or did she not care that she might be touched by the men in the club? 

Well, he was nothing to her, so he didn't have any right to be angry about how she dressed. 

…

When they arrived at the club, the females disappeared into the screaming crowd. They didn't know most of the songs, but everyone was jumping in rhythm, so they joined them.

Ari, who was just standing beside Zac disappeared into the crowd the next second. 

Zac wanted to go after her, but when he saw her dancing, he let her be and sat down to drink, but stayed at a spot where he could see her. 

''She's wild,'' he said as he sat down beside Xavier. 

''And crazy; '' Xavier replied. ''what was she thinking coming out dressed like that?'' 

Zac chuckled softly; ''Almost everyone here is dressed like that, Xavier. It's because you're used to seeing her in her office clothes, but damn, she is beautiful. Now I see why you are interested in her.'' 

Xavier's Adam's Apple moved as his eyes followed Ari's dance steps, her waists moving from side to side. 

''I don't know why I still want her. She's so crazy and incredibly stubborn. '' Xavier said frustratingly; 

''She feels like a puzzle you cannot solve and yet you can't let it be. '' Zac explained, drinking from his cup; 

''Do you feel it too?'' Xavier asked and there was silence between them for a moment; 

''I certainly do, but I've decided not to solve that puzzle; '' he said, turning to his friend; ''We can't be chasing the same woman Xavier, this is not the end of the world. '' Zac concluded with a smirk. 

Just that moment, Ari approached them with a loud giggle; 

The barman had just finished mixing alcohol in a glass and was about to pass it to someone, but Ari grabbed it and pointed at Xavier; 

''Bills on this Mr. '' she said amidst chuckle, taking a gulp of the alcohol, which was instantly followed up by a cough. 

The barman was confused, but Xavier took out some notes and passed them to him, apologizing for Ari's misbehavior. 

''Sheesh! What's mixed in this! Tastes like old vomit!'' She exclaimed, chuckling as she took another gulp, a smaller one this time. Xavier sighed as he watched her. 

She looked like a totally different person. Wild, sexy kind of different. Just that moment, a man was passing by and almost bumped into her. Xavier and Zac stretched out their hands almost at the same time to get her out of the way. 

Ari laughed at their reflex action. ''Thank you,'' she said and came to sit with them.

''Isn't it strange that you asked us to come clubbing and yet you are just sitting down here doing nothing?'' 

Ari asked as she sat in between the two men. 

''This is how I catch my fun, just watching. '' Xavier replied; ''Mm, and what of you Zac, do you also catch fun by sitting idly?'' 

''Well, I do whatever my boss does. I do not dare leave him here all by himself.'' Zac joked; 

''I see, but do you frequent the club back in the states?'' she asked. 

''Mm, rarely, and the times I've been to the club it was with Xavier, most parties are held in the house, we invite strippers and everything, so it's like the same thing, the difference is this time, we know most people in attendance.

''You know, if I didn't get a job, I would have taken a job as a stripper. I heard it pays a lot. '' 

Xavier who had been quiet all the while looked at her, her face was flushed and the glass in front of her was almost empty.

Turning to the bar attendant, he asked in French, ''how much alcohol was in this?'' he said lifting the glass; 

''Enough to knock her out.'' the barman replied and Zac and Xavier turned to Ari almost at the same time; 

Shit!