Total pages in book: 146
Estimated words: 136425 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 682(@200wpm)___ 546(@250wpm)___ 455(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 136425 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 682(@200wpm)___ 546(@250wpm)___ 455(@300wpm)
Devi waved that off. “When I used to answer the phones on summer break I said some crazy shit and Uncle Ian fist bumped me as he walked by. Said he had enough business as it was, and I was giving him nap time. And yes, I’m thinking about the jobs, but I’m also thinking about the fact that I made a complete idiot of myself in front of Zach.”
Her besties gasped in perfect harmony.
“What happened?” Daisy asked. “Did you fall? I fall a lot. Nate thinks it’s cute. If Zach doesn’t think it’s cute, he’s being a jerk. You know clumsy is totally in these days.”
“I didn’t fall.” It might have been better if she had, but no, she was good in five-inch heels. To her mother’s never-ending dismay, she’d started wearing them at thirteen, and she could jog in those fuckers. But still, if she’d broken a leg, it would have been less embarrassing.
Bri stood, tears in her eyes. “You asked him and he turned you down. You got all of your courage together to ask the man of your dreams to simply play with you in the sex club you both belong to. And he brutally turned you down. He wasn’t even polite about it. He probably laughed.”
Okay, sometimes Bri’s imagination took over and Devi could see she was playing the entire scenario out in her head, and that was bad for Zach. Bri was usually quiet and private, but when she felt like a woman had been dealt an injustice, she could build an army. Prom night had been a real revelation.
She couldn’t have Bri rallying the subs against poor Zach. The man might be in the military and on a CIA team, but somehow she didn’t see him fighting back against that. “He didn’t laugh. He asked me.”
Daisy sat back up. “He asked you what?”
“He asked if I wanted to play,” Devi admitted.
Bri sat back down. “Well, that changes things. Why are you here and not getting your ass happily spanked by the military hottie?”
“You do not look thrilled to get what you’ve wanted for months,” Daisy pointed out. “Was he rude about it?”
“Not at all.” She was starting to calm down, but the lack of flight or fight adrenaline was also making her feel more like a moron. “He was… I don’t know. He was casual about it. I think he wanted to play and I was breathing.”
“And?” Daisy asked.
Bri huffed. “Come on. You know how you would feel if Nate had looked at you and been like sure, you’ll do. She’s crazy about Zach.”
“I don’t know that I would say crazy.” Except she kind of was. It had been lust at first sight, but she didn’t want to be the kid sister who pined for her brother’s friend. Although it wasn’t like they were close. TJ hadn’t been working on the team for long, and he spent most of his free time with a hot dog in one hand and Lou’s boobs in the other. They really should be more circumspect. Uncle Ian might deserve to walk in on them doing it in a conference room, but she’d been a good sister, damn it.
Daisy stood, brushing back her dark hair and pacing as though thinking through the problem. “You have talked about that man since the day he walked into this club. You practically drool when he’s around. I don’t get why you would say anything except Sir, yes, Sir. And Nate kind of did. He didn’t even know it was me. If he’d known it was me, he would have run the other way, so I don’t get why Devi doesn’t want to shoot her shot. I mean at least you would know. And if it doesn’t work, you got some hot sex out of it. I’ve heard rumors. He’s kind of hard core. Is that what you’re afraid of?”
Zach wasn’t a big player, but he had spent some time with several of the subs here at the club. Usually outside of his friend group. He’d played with a couple of the subs Gabriel Lodge had brought in, and some of the hostesses/servers from the restaurant group. They had seemed deeply satisfied with his services.
She didn’t want to be serviced.
Except that was exactly what she’d been planning for the evening. She’d planned to do what he did—go outside her friend group, pick a Dom, ride him to some sweet stress relief.
“I’m not worried that he’s hard core. I like it rough,” she admitted. She was known as one of The Hideouts hard bottoms. It took a lot to make her cry.
Some Doms liked a challenge.
“Then why?” Daisy’s head shook. “Okay. I know why. You’re being cautious. It was okay for the sex to be casual if you didn’t care about the guy.”
“Yes.” Bri nodded vigorously as though happy Daisy had gotten it right. “She’s half in love with him.”