The New York Doll by Ellie Midwood Read Free Book Online Page B

listens to me though after I gave her a nice beating for biting me! Since then our relationship changed greatly and now we have a mutual understanding that I’m the boss in the house and she’s just a frigging dog, so she has to listen to everything I say.
    - I guess I don’t have a choice now, - I reach for my phone. – Is he pretty at least?
    - Oh yeah, good looking guy!
    - Who, Michael? – aunt is finally done with the dog feeding. – Oh, such a nice boy! And he’s Jewish too!
    - My grandpa’s name was Michael. Ok, I guess it’s a fate. – I smile and shrug. – Give me his number.
    Later that day I called Michael and we set a date for Monday. I never worked Mondays as those were the dead days in all clubs. And whether he wants it or not, he will have to work with my schedule, not vice versa. I decided to make it clear from the very beginning: my job comes first, because I simply refuse to be miserable, ever again.
     
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    Michael met me at one of the hot sushi spots in Manhattan and looked nothing like I expected him to look. Instead of snobbish, arrogant, rich daddy’s son with the silver spoon up his ass, I met a young, shy Jewish boy with big and sad puppy eyes. He was an absolute gentleman and nothing like a Russian guy (and I can’t stand Russian men for all the gold in the world). At my “sorry, I’m 30 minutes late” he only smiled and politely answered that such a beautiful young lady is worth several hours of waiting. I liked that.
    I felt on the same page with Michael right away: we both liked classic Russian ballet, sushi and New York. We ordered some specials and hot sake, which I tried for the first time in my life trusting my charming date and found it pretty good. We were talking about Moscow and New York and shared the same love for the latter, even though Michael was born here and visited Moscow only from time to time.
    - So what exactly are you studying? – I started to feel that sake and caught myself smiling silly at him. Not a good thing.
    - I’m studying finances. But it’s pretty boring and you said that you didn’t like math, so I’m not going to torture you with stories about my school.
    “Pretty eyes you have…”
    - Do you have pets, Michael?
    - No, unfortunately I don’t. Benjie, my brother, is allergic to cats and dogs hair. That’s actually a sad story, our parents gave us a puppy several years ago for Christmas and when we found out that Benjie’s allergic, we had to give it away…
    - Oh no! I can’t imagine giving my dog away! I would have been heartbroken!
    - I didn’t know you had a dog, - Michael pours more sake to my glass. If he’s trying to get me drunk, than he’s doing a pretty good job.
    - Not here, back in Russia, it’s a little Chihuahua and her name is Ava. Ari has a dog though, her name is Tonya, it’s a mastiff and she’s as stupid as she can be.
    - Why? – Michael smiles.
    “He has such a cute smile… I’m drunk”.
    - Did I tell you how she bit me and I chased her all over the house and then beat the shit out of her with a plunger?
    Michael laughs.
    - A plunger?
    - Yep. Don’t mess with me, it’s my secret weapon!
    “Oh yes, I’m drunk!”
    The rest of the evening I am totally lost in the pretty puppy eyes, forgot all about going back to work tomorrow, and forgot that I used to be in love with Ari… I am drunk, warm and very comfortable with Michael and I’m ready to open my heart again, and I hope I won’t regret it this time. But how can such a sweet boy hurt me? Little did I know back then, little did I know!
     
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    I was making crazy money at work the following weeks; my sparkling eyes, cat walk and the whole aura of a girl in love was driving guys in the club nuts. I had a line of customers asking me to do a dance with them. My feet were killing me, but I didn’t care. Tonight will be all over soon and I’ll leave all these idiots broke and go back to my sweet Michael.
    He had an apartment