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"The mind does not choose who you fall in love with. That's your heart's job."

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"Well... I came to give you a little something as an appreciation present."

Sharleen snapped out of her daze at the sound of his husky panty dropping voice.

She was very sure he now thought of her as a weirdo or some mental girl.

She looked at the hand he was raising that carried something that looked like a basket.

The unmistakable sweet smell of her favourite chocolate cake hit her nose.

Oh, fuck me!

Fate was playing a dirty game with me right at my ass! How am i to hate this fine specimen of a man if this is how he was going to surprise me?

This is going to be a long day. She thought.

Sharleen was ready to thank him and snatch the basket from him, probably start munching the cake there and then, when they heard a commotion from behind her.

Nicole.

Talk about perfect timing!

Nicole stormed in the room as if she was missing on some free food. She went right towards Devlin and Sharleen knew shit was about to go down.

"Hello there handsome, I am Nicole, how can be of service? You can ask me anything." Nicole offered with a slutty voice.

Oh no... Not my Devlin.

Wait... He is not mine, slow down here Sharleen or you might mess this up. Sharleen warned her jealous self while taking deep breaths.

"Well... Ahh... I came to actually thank your friend here for her help yesterday." Devlin answered awkwardly, a clear indication that he was not at all comfortable with her forward nature.

Sharleen smiled at that. Serves her right.

"Well, Sharleen here is always a sweetheart. She would help anything that moves if she could." Nicole said hugging Sharleen sideways in a friendly manner and offered him a seductive smile.

Hello guys... I am right HERE. Sharleen felt like shouting at them.

The feeling of jealousy was now suffocating Sharleen that she almost felt like chocking.

She wished that the ground would somehow open and swallow her friend for just some minutes and then vomit her back later when she herself was done talking to Devlin. But wishes were not horses so...

"I came here to give you guys this... For the hard work you do around here..." Devlin said pointing to the basket that was still in his left hand.

"Wow, you are so sweet! Thank you. No one has ever done this before." Nicole rambled happily while reaching forward and taking the basket.

She quickly took out what was inside and behold a beautifully decorated chocolate cake was now at the counter.

This was supposed to be MY gift. It was supposed to be  MY SPECIAL GIFT. Sharleen cursed in her head but there was nothing she could do now.

The aroma that now invaded the flower shop almost made her stomach growl. Well, it did make funny sounds...

Sharleen just watched painfully as Nicole used her not so clean fingers to scoop some chocolate cream and started licking her fingers sexually while looking at Devlin.

All this seemed to be happening in slow motion for Sharleen and whether or not Nicole was her friend, at that moment, she wouldn't mind if she chocked on the cream and died on the spot.

"Mmmmh... This is AMAZING! Did you make it yourself?" Nicole asked Devlin, completely forgetting her friend that was now glaring daggers her way.

"Yes I did." Devlin answered her proudly and looked at Sharleen for some praise but got none.

The lady seemed to have her own mission.

"I could marry you right here right now! Where have you been since i started searching for a husband material? I mean you got it all, handsome, hot, sweet and you know how to fucking cook!" Nicole started rambling - again.

Devlin was now very uncomfortable with the discussion. His main mission was already in deep shit and he knew if he didn't get out of here then this lady was going to make the shit deeper.

And Sharleen?

Well, Sharleen was now taking deep breaths. She was trying to count backwards from one hundred, at least to take her mind off from the suicidal thoughts.

"Well, i gotta go, there is a friend am supposed to meet and i would be late if i don't go now." Devlin said all of a sudden.

Thank God!! Finally!! Sharleen was glad that he was leaving, not because she didn't want him there, but because of how her friend had already undressed him and fucked him in every position she knew.

"Ohhh..." Nicole's clearly disappointed voice filled the silence. "Hey, tomorrow i would be rearranging the furniture in my house. Would you please find time to come and help me?" Nicole asked with her puppy eyes that Sharleen knew so well.

FUCKING NO!! Sharleen wanted to scream. This was a trap, a huge trap. Nicole has NEVER, EVER rearranged her room since the first day she rented the place.

Nicole personally told her that she loved the arrangement and she would never change it.

"Ummmm... Sure, i would be glad to help." Devlin answered politely.

Of fucking course you would be glad to help. You are too sweet to see that she is playing you!! Sharleen inwardly groaned in annoyance.

"She will be there right?" Devlin asked, pointing at Sharleen.

Thank you Devlin! I would be there to save you from the trap you are blindly going to enter. I would be your knight in shining armor.

"Of course she will be," Nicole answered in an overexcited voice which Sharleen knew that her friend was not at all excited with the idea.

"You will come to my place tomorrow Sharleen, right?" Nicole surprisingly asked her friend.

Whether it was to assure her friend or to assure the gorgeous man right next to them, Sharleen did not know.

"I will be there for sure." Sharleen answered after clearing her throat. Her answer did not come out genuine, but they seemed to buy it.

Devlin smiled as though he was waiting for her confirmation, something which warmed Sharleen's heart.

"Good. Take this," Nicole said,  handing Devlin a piece of paper where she had inscribed her contacts while Sharleen and Devlin were busy with a staring contest. "That's my number, call or text me tomorrow before noon." She explained.

Sharleen stayed silent. She was sure if she could talk right now, whatever she was going to say would probably land her in jail and another person in the mortuary because of a heart attack.

"Oh, sure." Devlin said and bid them goodbye before quickly walking out of the shop.

"We should be closing by now. It's getting late." Sharleen said after Devlin walked out, trying to avoid the subject of him that she very well knew Nicole was about to start.

"What a fine ass! I would give anything to spank that!" Nicole exclaimed still looking at the door Devlin had been through some seconds ago.

Here she goes. "What? Nicole, snap out of it, i don't know about you but i want to be home right now." Sharleen again tried to avoid the subject.

"Sharleen? Don't tell me you didn't see that fine ass! Damn! God was in a really fine mood while creating this specimen." Nicole was now looking at her friend with a are-you-kidding-me look.

I have no time for this. "Nicole, let me refresh your memory, I AM ENGAGED. I don't think looking at other men's asses and discussing about them should be in my plate right now." Sharleen retorted.

"Well, lucky me! I will so do him until he can't walk straight." Nicole said dreamingly.

Of course she just wants to fuck him! "Nicole, remember what i told you, he might have a girlfriend." Sharleen reminded her friend, jealous vivid in her voice.

"Girlfriend or not, i want him and tomorrow am gonna milk him dry." Nicole revealed her plans, still stuck in her fantasy world.

Oh no... This is not good. Not fucking good. "What? I thought tomorrow we are going to come over to help you rearrange the house?" Sharleen asked innocently.

"Your head is not just a hanging line for your ears! Use it to think Sharleen! I don't want him to rearrange my room, i want him to rearrange my ovaries with his long thick..." Nicole was surely in a world of her own.

"Okay, okay." Sharleen cut in, quickly inserting a finger in each ear, which was a clear indication she did not want to hear Nicole's next words.

"You are such a prude sometimes." Nicole swore.

"You are a pervert all the time, but do you see me complain?" Sharleen retorted back.

"Tomorrow i will just tell Devlin you are sick, you are not supposed to come. Do me this favour and i will give you juicy details on Monday. Pleaseeeee?" Nicole begged.

I told you. "Fine. Do whatever you want with him. He is not mine." Sharleen agreed after Nicole played the puppy eye trick again.

"Yes! You are the best friend ever!" Nicole shouted excitedly and hugged her friend.

"FYI, i am the only friend you have and if you continue chocking me like this you will have none." Sharleen said, trying to remove herself from Nicole's tight embrace.

"Sorry." Nicole apologised but she was still happy with Sharleen's approval of her plan.

"Shove that sorry down your ass and help me put everything back in order and call it a day." Sharleen said, trying to make herself busy.

Devlin is not mine and the sooner i get over it the better. Sharleen thought to herself while parking her things.

She did not know how she was going to go through the next day, knowing that Nicole and Devlin will be together. She just knew that it was going to be another long day.

I am sooo unlucky.

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