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“You can’t hit me!” Eric protested. He started looking around, presumably for a dungeon monitor, but he was the newbie here. He didn’t realize who I was or what my relationship was to the people here. I’d saved the asses of many club members, and that wasn’t the kind of loyalty that would be forgotten.

“What’s going on here?” One of the monitors arrived and looked from me to Eric and back again.

“He slapped me!” Eric pointed at me, waving his finger. “Kick him out! He assaulted me! I want to press charges.”

The dungeon monitor, Kyle, looked at me nervously.

“Sir?”

“I slapped him because he verbally degraded a non-consenting member of the club who did not agree to that type of humiliation. Furthermore, he shamed her for a scene she just performed with me.” I lowered my voice and whispered what Eric had said. Kyle’s eyes got wide. Then they narrowed.

“I’m going to need you to come with me,” he said to Eric.

“What? Me? I didn’t do anything wrong!”

“Sir, I’m not going to ask again. Come with me now. We’ll talk in the office.”

“Are you fucking serious?” Anna snapped. She shook her head, and then her gaze swung to Zoey. “This is all your fault! You always ruin everything!”

Zoey stood still. She was almost in a daze as she reached for her chest, as if to ask, “Me?” Was this really happening to her? It was like the nightmare dream that nobody wanted to ever actually experience. Her high school best friend and her high school ex-boyfriend had both come back to haunt her, apparently, and in the stupidest way possible.

“What’s going on?” Theresa appeared next to me, and she took in everything that was happening. Again, I told her, and she gestured for Kyle to grab Eric. “Get him out of the club,” she said. Then, to Eric, she spoke again. “You’re not welcome here again. Your membership is being revoked. No refunds will be given. If you come to the club again, I’ll have you removed for trespassing.”

“Who the fuck do you think you are?” Anna was the one who snapped this time.

“Your membership is revoked, as well,” Theresa said coolly.

“You can’t do that!”

“As the owner of Classified, I assure you that I can, and I am,” Theresa said. “Now leave.” She pointed to the door, and Kyle grabbed Eric and tugged him in that general direction. Another monitor appeared to escort Anna out of the club, and Theresa turned back to me and Zoey. Her eyes softened when she looked at Zoey.

“I’m guessing there’s a long story about what just happened,” she said, lowering her voice so only I could hear.

“I’ll fill you in later,” I promised.

“No need. Just get her home and take care of her.”

“I will.”

“David?”

“Yes?”

“If you hurt her, I’ll cut your balls off myself.” Theresa turned back to the crowd that had gathered. “Nothing to see here, folks. Get back to playing or get the fuck out.”

That seemed to be enough for most people, and they quickly started fanning back out, filling the dungeon again. Within minutes, the sounds of orgasms and kissing filled the space. Someone started flogging someone else, and that drew even more attention. I turned back to Zoey. She had wrapped her arms around herself in a sad little gesture. She was trying to protect herself, I knew.

“Come on, Zoey. Let’s get you home.”

“I’m sorry,” she whispered, looking up at me.

“For what?”

“I didn’t know they were going to be here,” she said. “I didn’t even know they were a couple.”

“It wasn’t your fault.”

“What he said...”

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