Oleander wanted things between her and Sebastian to work. Despite the kind of man, she knew he was and the age difference, there was something that told her they might actually be good together. It was the way things were so simple between them in this moment. Things for her had never been simple, not even with Leo. No matter how much she adored and loved Leona, things hand never and would never be simple between them because of the lifestyle they lived. Still as appealing as Sebastian was to her in this moment and as appealing as the lifestyle he lived was, she was still a murder. She as still a prostitute and a lowlife. She was someone that he couldnāt be caught dead with in the long run, because of his family name. It was the way the world worked and sheād be sure to leave him, before he left her. She was good at breaking hearts, at this point it might as well be a hobby.
"Well..." He breathed pulling her from her cynical thoughts. The waitress cleared the table for them, her eyes falling on Seb giving him her full attention as he relaxed back into his seat and she wasnāt sure sheād ever seen him wear such a calm demeanor and she had to admit the coolness the engulfed him in that moment was attractive. āI usually work too much for fun." He sighed and she matched his sigh with one of her own, knowing he was married to his work and that was something that would never change. "But I like going out for a run when I can, and I know some people through work that throw some pretty kick ass parties occasionally." He breathed with a wicked grin. She raised a brow wondering briefly what those parties were like.
Sheād been to a countless amount of parties in her life. They werenāt the kind of parties, men like Sebastian attended though. They were parties where she went with the sole intent of making money for her pimp. They were the kind of parties where girls were bought and sold. Where there were endless supplies of cheap drugs. The kind of drugs that you were taking a chance on, because you couldnāt be sure what they were cut with. She didnāt have much time to dwell on the difference between the parties she went to and the parties he went to as he stood up offering her his hand and she took it willingly. He pulled her into his lips to his, kissing her lightly, before he laced his fingers with hers.
"I like the beach too." He said with a smirk and she giggled lightly. She hated that he made her feel like a school girl with a crush on her teacher. It was everything about him and she had to remind herself of the way heād treated her in his office or the in his car a couple hours ago to keep herself ground and keep herself from falling too hard for him, although she was pretty sure it was already too late for that.
Her eyes wondered down the boardwalk a bit until her eyes caught what she was sure had to be an illusion. Then Leonaās eyes met her and she knew she wasnāt seeing things she was really there, with Orson. Her jaw clenched at the thought that Sebastian knew and just didnāt bother mentioning it. It frustrated her, but she kept her mouth shut for the moment. She had to fight the urge to pull her hand away from his. She forced herself to look away from Leo as they slipped down the stairs and onto the beach. They sunk down into the sand a little way away from the shoreline. Out of the corner of her eyes she kept her sights on Leo. She listened to Seb, but she wasnāt really hearing him. She lend in pressing her lips to his, when he paused in the conversation.
āI have to use the bathroom really quick.ā She said simply, getting up and heading back up the stairs of to the boardwalk, before he could stop her. She lost sight of Leo. āFuck.ā She cursed under her breath. It wasnāt horribly packed on the boardwalk, but it was busy enough.
She caught sight of her just as she was passing the entrance of the bathroom and there was a break in the crowd. She smirked, pushing through bodies to get to Leo. Andie gabbed Leoās wrist right before she entered the ice cream shop and tugged her into the bathroom. She didnāt say a word to her as she drug her behind her to one of the bathroom stales slipping inside the bigger of the bathroom stalls. She wasted no time locking the door and pushing her up against the wall. She pressed her lips to Leonaās lips. Her body burning for her, Leo still had the same effect on her. The way she made heat ignite in her chest. She couldnāt help the moan that escaped her lips and she knew it was dangerous to be alone with Leo for both their sakes. It wasnāt like the guys were exactly okay with their relationship. However, her and Leo hadnāt left off on the best of terms and she missed her, not that she was willing to admit that with anything but her lips.
Orson knew there was a bit of apprehension in Leona, mostly because they were both aware of how wild she was. Orson liked her because she was wild, but he also liked control which he wasnāt entirely sure how much control she was willing to give him. Sheād given him a lot as of now, but he knew she was still holding back. There were other facets of her life that would always have more control then Orson ever could. The drugs and Oleander were the main two things in Leonaās life that had the kind of control of her that Orson wanted. However, it wasnāt like he could get rid of Andi, because his brother was infatuated with her and the drugs were too good a bargaining tool to completely cut her off. Still, Orson wanted to try. He wanted her, like heād never wanted anything in his life and he was willing to sacrifice having all of the control, if it meant he got to have her. Not that he was going to let her know that.
He watched her sit on a bench as she faced the beach and he hesitated for a long moment before he joined her.
"I can't promise I won't fuck up." She started and he listened as she smoked and he debated lighting his own cigarette. "But I need a little more freedom and I really like what we've got going on." She said glancing to him. He nodded lightly like he understood what she was saying and he did. He just wasnāt sure if he was capable of giving her much more freedom. Control was his obsession, his most dangerous vice. Freedom was the exact opposite of that. She lend in giving him a small kiss on the cheek and he sighed.
He watched her as she glanced down the boardwalk, before looking away and out at the water. He was debating a lot of things. Whether keeping Leona around was a good idea at all or if he was just in over his head and she was more trouble then she was worth. He wondered if it was worth his reputation when shit about them finally got out. It wasnāt a matter of whether it would get out or not, because it would. It was a matter of when his infidelities with a much younger women and former client would get out. His father would be furious and there was a good chance heād be reprimanded severally by the public, still even so after mulling it all over in his head like heād been doing for sometime Leo oddly enough still seemed more then worth all of that.
"I'm going to go get us something to eat." She breathed causing him to raised a brow, she lend in then kissing his lips. However, there was something about the kiss that seemed off, he could taste that much in her rushed kiss. "Wait here, we need ice cream." She smirked as she kissed him once more. She slipped away before he could stop her without making a scene so he let her go. He gestured to one of his men who was near by to follow her and he complied moving quickly through the crowed to keep up with Leo, but staying far enough behind that he would draw attention to himself.
Orson pulled out his phone then text his brother. Andieās with you right? He texted wanting to make sure there was no chance of the two girls running into each other on the small amusement park island. There was no telling what Leona and Andie were capable of with a few minuets alone. Orson had spent enough time alone with Andie to know just how horribly manipulative she could be. Her being intelligent, on op of her mental health issues was a recipe for disaster. It didnāt help that Leona and had been inseparable. He lit himself a cigarette as he waited impatiently for Leoās return despite her not even being gone a couple minuets. He tried to keep his cool, but he couldnāt shake the way her lips had tasted or the fact that he knew his brother and Andie were somewhere on Coney Island with them.