Chapter 297: Tipsy Dave


    The party continued untilte, and fortunately for Rachel, she did not have senseless guests who did not know when it was time to leave. Jen and Lucas left after most of the other guests had gone since they were considered to be close to Rachel.


    They couldn''t exactly leave her alone with arge group of strangers because, as Jen put it, she would find it very overwhelming. So Lucas stayed behind with Jen until only a few people remained and the couple took their leave afterwards.


    David was in no state to drive since Jason had kept on handing him drinks through the night, so Nancy took the responsibility of driving him back home.


    David had a hand around Nancy''s waist as they walked to his car, and to her amusement, he opened the door to the driver''s seat for her before going to the passenger''s side. Nancy started the car and waited for him to put on his seatbelt before pulling out of the driveway.


    Jen hadn''t even known that Nancy knew how to drive since Leanna was always the one driving them around. It wasn''t that she did not know how to drive, but she didn''t like it. She was one of those people who were determined to get a driver the moment she started earning her own money.


    "Where are your sses?" Nancy asked David after a few minutes of silence.


    "In my pocket," David answered after giving it some thought.


    "Which pocket?" Nancy asked, hoping he wasn''t sitting on them.


    "Jacket pocket," David answered as he leaned his head against the headrest and smiled while looking at Nancy.


    When Nancy stopped at the lights, she saw the silly smile on his face and couldn''t help but smile back.


    "What is it? Is there something on my face?" she asked as she touched her cheeks with the back of her hands. David reached out with his hand and pushed a loose hair behind her ear.


    "You''re so pretty," David said and smiled that boyish smile she had seen once before. Nancy pursed her lips together as a blush spread all over her face and neck. She looked in front to avoid David''s eyes and cleared her throat.


    "Thanks," she said and stepped on the gas once the traffic lights changed. David closed his eyes with a smile still lingering on his lips, and even though his eyes were closed, he hadn''t fallen asleep.


    Nancy carefully drove back to David''s house but stopped outside the garage door she looked at the tightly shut door before looking at David who still had his eyes closed. After some deliberation, she woke him up as she couldn''t just sit in the car and wait for him to wake up. The moment she touched him, David opened his eyes.


    "Um, the garage door," Nancy said and pointed at the garage door in front of her. David took the car keys and pressed a small remote that was part of the multitude of keys in the keyring and the garage doors opened.


    Nancy quickly parked the car and closed the garage door before she got out of the car with David. David took the keys from her hand and opened the door to the house and went inside. He held the door open for Nancy toe in, but she hesitated at his door.


    "What''s wrong?" David asked as he watched her fidget in ce.


    "I thought that maybe it''s better if I just go home first," Nancy said and nervously bit her lips.


    "Spend the night, you''ll go back tomorrow. You won''t be able to get a taxi in this area, especially at this hour," David said matter-of-factly.


    "But-"


    "I can''t let you go back home alone at this hour. I''ll worry" David said as he took her hand in his and caressed the back of it with his thumb.


    "Come on," David said as he gently pulled on her hand. Nancy, who was sessfully convincedto stay over, walked past the threshold into the house.


    David closed the door behind her and went to get himself some water. He was not as drunk as he was before, but he was still quite buzzed.


    He opened the refrigerator and picked out a bottle of water. He then turned around to see Nancy watching him as he opened the water bottle and drank from it.


    "Do you want some?" David asked, but Nancy shook her head to say no. David nodded and finished the water he was drinking before throwing away the bottle in the trash.


    David shrugged off his jacket and ced it on the kitchen counter before he started unbuttoning his shirt. He had removed his tie while he was still at the party since he had been feeling stuffy, so now he just wanted to take off his shirt.


    "You, what are you doing?" Nancy asked when half his shirt was gaping open.


    "It''s hot, I can''t stand it anymore. I''m going to take a shower," David said as he shrugged off his shirt.


    "Oh, okay," Nancy said as she tried not to stare at his muscled abdomen.


    "You want to join me?" David asked as he trapped her between himself and the kitchen counter and leaned forward. Nancy was so surprised that she could only stare at him wide-eyed, her dark brown eyes blinking from surprise.


    "Ah," Nancy said and bit her lip.


    "Well?" David asked, his eyes attracted to her lips before looking back up at her eyes. Nancy felt like someone had just whisked her brain. She was confused at the contrast between the sober and drunk and David. She felt like she waspletely out of her element.


    "Let me think about it," Nancy answered as she needed to think, and it seemed like she had momentarily lost that ability.


    "Well, while you''re thinking" David said and left, his words hanging as he nudged the side of her face with his nose. Nancy pressed her hands against his chest, forgetting that he was not wearing his shirt.


    "Ah, David," Nancy said with her voice filled with hesitation. She didn''t know whether she should remove her hands or let them stay on his chest. The way he was nuzzling her neck was not helping matters at all.


    "What is it?" David said, pulling back a bit to look at her.


    "Ah, I don''t think I should-"Nancy started saying, intending to turn him down on his offer of a shower.


    "Hmm?" David said in a questioning tone as if he did not hear what she had just said. But before she could repeat what she wanted to say, David kissed her lips, his hand slipping under the loose wool sweater she was wearing while his other hand remained on the kitchen counter so he wouldn''t put on too much weight on her body.


    Nancy was expecting the kiss since all the signs were there, and admittedly, she had also wanted to kiss him. It was a situation where she was not even sure whether David was taking advantage of her or if she was the one taking advantage of him since he was the drunk one.


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