BEWARE The Cowboy [BWWM]

Chapter 2 - The Bet

•GERARD's POV••

What the hell just happened?

She turned me down. I was so sure that she would give into me. All women did. I never misjudged a woman before. Ever. What the heck was so different about her?

That sun kissed honey eyed black haired gorgeous waitress had turned me down. The thought made my blood boil. Am I be losing my touch?

She was quite fiery, that waitress. Not quite what I'd expected and might I add that it intrigued me to no end. Just as her eyes seemed to.

Shortly after asking her to dinner she quickly took my drink, emptying its contents in my face in full view of the other customers who paused to look at the scene.

"Not in your wildest dreams Mister!" She had yelled retracting her hand from mine before storming off into the back of the diner.

All I could do was chuckle bitterly at the realization of what had just occurred, wiping my face as I peered after her then at the curious onlookers. I delved my hand into my pockets fishing for my wallet before tossing the some cash idly on the table. After taking a deep self-soothing breathe, I stood from my booth before storming out of Ruby's Inn.

I made my way to my truck which was over the road from the diner. I sat in the driver's seat brooding over the incident and recalculating the outcome. Where had I gone wrong? No one had ever been so frank with me before. It threw me off balance to say the least but no ... that was not the end of it.

Not a second later, I saw the door open spotting the same honey eyed waitress from my pickup truck. It was no surprised that I recognized her but it was not only because of her lasting impression of me. No. It was because she was by far the most gorgeous woman I'd ever seen not to mention she wasn't like the others.

Acting on impulse I quickly stepped out of the truck hastening in her direction. She did not notice me approaching but I waited until she turned the corner following closely behind before I abruptly held her soft arm stopping her in her tracks.

Immediately, she turned to meet my gaze, her honey eyes fell on mine with a look of fear in them. She began to move away, stepping backwards while I urged forward twice as fast until there no more space for her to cover. Now I had her right where I wanted her, backed up against the wall my hands pressing against it on either side of her pretty little head.

The name tag on her uniform the lilac uniform which she somehow managed to make look sexy read Reilly. I closed what little distance there still was between us pressing my solid form as her soft body. I fiddled with one of the few curls that had escaped her otherwise neat ponytail to adorn her the sides of her face.

"So Reilly... you done humiliating me?" I growled, seeing her flinch as I did so.

"You deserve it ... you jerk!" Reilly bit back pushing her soft palms against my chest to relieve some of the weight. Her move was bold though her breathing became shallow conveying to me how my proximity affected her.

Brave girl, I thought to myself. I must admit I was impressed. No one had the guts to talk to me the way she did. Either that or she had not idea who I was but that couldn't be it. Everyone knew me.

"So are you always this curt with customers?" I leaned in, closing the gap even further bringing my lips to a halt just mere inches from hers. By her sharp intake of breathe, I could tell that I was affecting her as I did other women. So I haven't lost my touch? She was just stubborn ... in need of ... taming.

"Only to self-righteous jerks like you," she hissed, her captivating eyes narrowing to thin slits.

I studied her for a moment. She's like some firecracker, I couldn't help but think. This was actually quite interesting. Teasing her like this. It actually gave me some sort of challenge for a change.