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leather, strong per

t by the window, watching the city blur past, her brows furrowed like she was debating if th

aste of lashes," I mutt

won't be. You know who han

eyes toward her

r the internet. "I heard Nic Maddox is in town.

ed. "In

fine and dangerous. Rich as hell, quiet, scary.

just break up with that model?

y. "She was all over that

ped her right before thei

ng on my lips. "That's why the m

d a brow. "T

ted. "He takes them, spoi

e-eye. "Sounds lik

he ever looked at me twice...

outside Infinity, our w

omething out of a movie. Expensive cars lined the curb. Doormen in black suits stood like statues. Insid

red, "This pl

hot, act richer than you are, an

I wanted out of the life I was

hed over velvet walls. Everyone smelled like wealth - cologn

sin - tall, tan, with tattoos climbing up one a

gged in," he said, eyes

"This is Deja.

smile. "You want some

lied, locking

k and bubbling. I took mine with a soft

e. But I n

ne who could c

cher's body odor when a man in all black approached - ta

ed in fr

peak. Ju

ou?" I asked,

g upstairs - to a roped-off bal

ts to s

tighten

didn't

ed his finge

here

00 bills, a few slow-dancing strippers, and two we

cked on

Ma

distance, he

rms lived inside them. His shirt - black, vintage, and partially unbuttoned - teased his chest, sm

ath hitche

that

," Serena

ed me. "G

sita

again, "This

pushed my shoulders back, a

verything f

ips. A couple of strippers giggled near the pole in the corner. A bottl

a flirtatious smirk. The other, Stone, barely looked my way. His arms were crossed, face hard like co

hort when I

mous man

d his hea

es locked on

dat

ice smooth and deep,se

ard, and reached for th

sit, he pulled me st

lips, and his hand ti

led like spice and

?" he asked, eyes

ej

your

ght

ct. No shock.

said quietly. "You're eve

, lips brush

h pressed aga

sessive.

ly, my body bet

iends up here

ed. "Of

was gone and back within moments,

re wide. Terr

he poured me a glass of something strong and

hen the girls approached. "Lo

cas says to the strippers linge

at me like I'd just stolen her thro

him. Stone just nodded at Serena, but I saw

slid down m

me with me?" h

o hesitatio

es

e up with him. His

he told h

s sa

na and Tara. "I'

ed, still

I walked o

in my life, I ste

zz. The smell of mone

man be

't say

rested firmly