Just a Christmas Kiss

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Chapter 8

Daniel couldn't let Betty go in this place by herself! He quickly went in and immediately regretted it as he saw tons of girls throwing money at the men on the stage. There were several nearly naked men on stage dancing for the girls, one of them being Hunter, Sofia's ex-fiance!

"What the hell?" he said, not knowing what to make of this. He saw Betty get out several bills to give him. He smirked as he saw her. Damn, she was adorable! He loved her!

He felt his heart suddenly skip a beat. He loved her. He knew no matter what they found out about Sofia he was going to end things with her. He was IN LOVE with BETTY not Sofia!

He came over and said "Betty! What the hell are you doing?"

Betty rolled her eyes "Daniel! He won't come over here unless I give him money" she sighed, suddenly someone called out their names "Bet-ty? Daniel?"

"Christina?! What?" they both looked equally surprised to see each other.

She looked at them strangely "What on bloody earth are you two doin' 'ere?! Are you on a date? At this place? Daniel! For heaven's sake, I thought you had more class!"

Betty and Daniel looked at each other making a face at her thinking they were on some kind of date at this place. "Christina! Why the hell would I take Betty on a date at some disgusting place like this?! What the hell are you doing here anyway?" Daniel stated feeling annoyed that he was in this place himself.

She smirked "Havin' a little fun!"

Betty made a face this time "Christina!"

"What are you two doin here then?" she shot back. They pointed up at the stage to where Hunter was 'dancing' in front of some soon to be bride.

"It's Hunter, Christina! Sofia's ex!" Betty

Christina raised her eyebrow as she looked at him. Betty and Daniel rolled their eyes "Come on and figure out what's going on, Betty, so we can get the hell out of this place! I hate strip clubs!" Daniel exclaimed causing both Betty and Christina to look at him in surprise and then each other and burst into laughter.

He looked at them offended. "What?"

Betty laughed "yeah right, Daniel. You love women stripping for you" Christina laughed in agreement.

"Exactly! WOMEN! For ME! Not a million other guys! Most of the time they're creeps! Not to mention how gross a place like this is!" he freaked out when Hunter came over to them and started shaking his junk in their faces.

Christina was much too eager to touch him, and Betty was trying to talk to him "Hunter! Are you still seeing Sofia?"

He grinned "Sofia? Did she refer you guys? Awesome!"

"What the hell, Hunter?"

Before any of them could ask Hunter any more questions he was called over by the bride and her party with more money.

Daniel rolled his eyes "This is ridiculous."

Betty looked to Daniel "You know you can stand outside."

Daniel shook his head "No way I'm leaving you here by yourself"

Betty rolled her eyes again "Daniel! I'm not a little girl! I can take care of myself. Besides I have Christina." She pulled Christina close to her. "We are more than capable of getting the information we need without you."

Daniel felt hurt that Betty was dismissing him. He sighed "I'm going over to the bar. I'll wait for you there" he said feeling annoyed at the fact that he was still in this place.

When Daniel got to the bar, he ordered himself a scotch, but was quickly told they were out and that they had a drink that had whisky. "Fine" he ordered the drink and glanced to where Betty and Christina were.

"Bet-ty! Dish, love, I want to know why you and Daniel are here together? Are you on date?" She asked with excitement.

Betty sighed "Christina! I really don't feel like talking about this right now. Can you just help me with Hunter! I want to get out of here. Maybe I'll tell you if you help."

"Oh alright! There he is! Do you have any cash?"

Betty took a few dollars "uh just this?"

Christina rolled her eyes "Bet-ty, you amatuer! We're not gonna get him to come over -ere with that!" Christina pulled out much more cash causing Betty to look at her friend in surprise seeming to be much too prepared for this.

Christina shrugged "Oh what, I like this, so sew me!"

Betty laughed "I love you, Christina!"

Christina grinned "yes, yes, I love you too, but right now, I want some love from that Hunter!" she said taking the few bills Betty had and combined their efforts. Betty shook her head at her crazy friend, but called for him "Hunter!"

He came over shortly 'dancing' for them "Hey ladies!"

Christina put the money into his 'shorts'

He tipped his hat, "You can take a feel if you like just don't let management see" as he said that Christina almost placed her hand on him, when Betty stopped her "Christina!"

"Oh what Bet-ty, I'm just havin' a little fun!"

"Hunter, do you have a girlfriend?!" Betty asked trying to avoid looking to the lower half of his body as he was twisting his body back and forth.

"I have girl-friends, boy-friends, all sorts of friends!" he said as he thrust his hips.

Daniel was sitting at the bar watching Betty and Christina, sighing too many times to count. How the hell did his night turn out like this? He wanted to have a nice dinner with Betty.

He watched Betty and smirked, she was too damn adorable! He hoped they could talk. He knew he needed to come up with a game plan to dump Sofia without it backfiring on Betty. He didn't want her to lose her new job because of him.

He rolled his eyes when he saw Hunter make obscene gestures for Christina and Betty. He wanted to thrash that guy, but knew Betty would be furious and he knew that would solve nothing.

He looked to his drink, feeling even more annoyed since it wasn't a scotch. He drank some and was surprised that it tasted rather good.

Christina and Betty gathered some more money and rushed over to where Hunter was busy dancing for that crazy bride. Christina grabbed her around the waist and pulled her away from Hunter while Betty held out the money "Hunter, here!" she placed the money in his shorts again.

"You get one minute!"

Betty nodded and said "I just want to know quickly have you ever pretended to be someone's boyfriend?!"

"It happens all the time."

"Did you do that for Sofia Reyes?"

He smiled brightly "Is she already giving me recommendations? NICE!" he laughed and walked away, leaving Christina and Betty to look at each other shock. "Oh my gosh, Christina! Can you believe that?"

"Yes! That was shorter than a minute!" she stated in annoyance. Betty rolled her eyes "Christina! I'm serious! Daniel is going to be devastated!"

Daniel was getting anxious. He had enough of this ridiculous waiting! He got up and was heading over to Betty and Christina. Just as he got close, a few ladies from the bride's party surrounded him "Hey Mr. Hot business man! Where have you been all night?!" one of the ladies said, clearly incredibly wasted.

"Uh...I'm not a uh…" he stammered and his eyes grew wide when she placed her hands on his chest "Come on! Dance a little!" she had some bills in her hand and when she reached his belt she placed them in.

He pushed her back and said "I'm sorry this is a misunderstanding! I don't work here!" he gave her back the money, "That's too bad, hottie!"

"Oh, please!" some other girl pulled him to her and as he was going to get her hand off him, she got pulled by the sash she was wearing, and he was surprised to see that it was Betty that pulled her away "Hey! Go find someone else. He's taken!" she said as she pulled him to her for a deep kiss.

Daniel's eyes grew wide for a second, but quickly melted into her kiss and wrapped his arms around her tightly, feeling like there was a electric current coursing through his veins. He knew without a doubt that what he and Betty had was special. He loved her!

Betty didn't know what came over her! She saw all those girls surrounding Daniel and wanted to rip their hair out. As she kissed him and he kissed her back, she felt a chemistry she never felt before with anyone. He was devastatingly delicious. His lips tasted sweet, perhaps from some drink he had earlier.

The ladies looked at those two in annoyance, rolling their eyes and making faces "Ugh! What a bitch!"

"Oh go on then!" Christina shooed them away, but looked to Betty and Daniel who were still kissing. She smirked, "I knew she was obsessed with the man!"

When they finally broke apart, Betty looked away shyly, clearly embarrassed by her little display of obvious jealousy. Daniel was looking at her with this bright grin on his face. Christina made a sound, her hands on her hips "Ehm, care to explain yirselves?!"

Betty bit her lip, looking down, and Daniel pulled Betty close to him, causing her eyes to grow wide. Betty's heart was pounding as she looked at Daniel. She couldn't believe she acted so crazy!

He smiled "hopefully, Betty realizes that there is something special between us and won't run away from me." he stated, Betty's eyes softened as she looked at him, but pulled herself away from him "Daniel...things are...complicated. I think we…"

"Betty! I'm so done with Sofia! I don't love her. I love you!"

Both Christina and Betty looked at him in surprise. "You, you love me?" she had tears fill her eyes.

He smiled and pulled her close to him "Yes, that's what I was trying to tell you before. Betty, what you and I have is a million times more special than anything I could ever have with Sofia. Besides, she is a total-"

"BITCH!" Betty and Christina exclaimed, causing Daniel to look at them in surprise. He smirked.

"Daniel, Sofia paid Hunter to pretend to be her boyfriend!" Betty said, but was surprised when Daniel didn't seem angry.

He rolled his eyes "Yah, I figured that much after we saw her pay him and then him dancing in here. I doubt she would actually date a stripper."

Betty and Christina stared at him, he placed his hands in his pants pockets "How about we all grab some dinner and actually eat it?" he suggested, looking to Betty with a smirk, who blushed.

She nodded, looking to his eyes, shyly "I am really hungry" she said, causing him to smile and nod "Me too, I'm starving. How about you, Christina, want to have some dinner, on me?" he asked.

She looked between the two of them and nodded "Yes! I need to know what happened!" she stated in excitement.

Betty giggled, and Daniel took Betty's hand in his and placed a kiss. She melted from his kiss. The look in his eyes made her feel butterflies, it was so light and sweet. She still had flutters from Daniel telling her he loved her.