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Chapter 9
Cash
Itshouldbothermethat the only person I could get to hang out with me tonight is my best friend who I happen to have on my payroll. I’m pretty sure if I asked him, and he wasn’t my employee, he would have said no. But since he has to drive me to the club for the grand re-opening night under our new ownership, he has no choice but to do as I say and join me inside.
“You could at least smile when I’m buying you a drink,” I mutter under my breath as the very good-looking waitress delivers our drinks.
Frank shows his teeth in a failed attempt at a fake smile. “I didn’t want a drink because I’m supposed to be driving.”
I toss my hand in the air. “I’ll have Chase‘s driver pick us up. It’s not like he’s around to use him anyway.”
Frank rolls his eyes. “You realize it’s pathetic that you are paying me to hang out with you, right?”
“Would you have come if I didn’t?”
Frank stretches out his legs as he takes a sip of his scotch. It’s been so long since the two of us have been out like this. Sometimes I wonder if it was a mistake to hire him. Not because I don’t want him in the position, but he’s more distant now.
“Of course I would.” He puts his drink down and stares at me. “Just because I think you’ve been a dick lately doesn’t mean I don’t have your back.”
I blow out a breath. I didn’t realize how badly I needed to hear that. My brothers are both MIA, and Cat is too busy playing fake bachelorette with my ex. It’s like overnight I lost everyone in my life. Actually, come to think of it, I really did.
“I can’t believe I bought a club.” I look around the space and laugh.
Frank shakes his head. “Me either. Can you imagine how much we would have loved this place a few years ago?”
Drawing my eyes to the dance floor, I watch scantily clad women dancing. I’m sure we could point to any of them and they’d be in our laps in seconds. “Who says we can’t love it now?”
Frank picks up his drink and sips it again. He’s always scanning the room; his eyes never stop moving. It must be his military training. Or maybe cautiousness left over from his time overseas. He never quite relaxes. There was a time when Frank would have been the life of the party, dancing in the center of everyone here. Now he sits quietly and watches.
A bouncer looks at us over the rope that separates us from the rest of the crowd and motions behind him. “There’s a few pretty girls who would like to join you, boss. You interested?”
When Frank shrugs, I nod, and the man lets four women by. They look young. Probably in their early twenties. But they’re all knockouts and they know it. A tall brunette who seems to be the ringleader walks up without any hesitation and plops her ass down on my lap, putting her arm around my neck. “Buy me a drink, handsome?”
I laugh at her audacity and call the waitress over. “So, what’s your name?”
“What do you want it to be?” her pink pout coos.
Internally groaning at her response, Grace’s words echo in my head.You like a challenge.
The biggest challenge is getting over Grace, but I dive in headfirst. “We’ll go with honey tonight.”
She smiles. “That works. Do you come here often?”
It’s as if she’s come from a singles anonymous class with all her horrible one-liners. Is this what I have to look forward to? I look to Frank who appears equally bored, despite the fact that he has three women vying for his attention.
Why did I tell the bouncer to let them up? I much preferred watching from afar and talking to my best friend. Even my dick seems uninterested in the way this woman is moving in circles on my lap to the music. She’s clearly had some practice.
But this is what I need. I’m going to take this woman who clearly wants only one thing back to my apartment and cleanse the space of Grace by fucking her in every room. I think she’d be down. I’d certainly make it worth her while. I never get off before a woman.
“I actually just bought this club,” I admit.
Bingo. That does the trick. Her tongue wets her lips as she rubs her body even harder against my own. “Want to dance, Bossman?”
And just like that, any thought of taking her home drains from my body. My dick settles in my pants, and I have to hold myself back from throwing her off me. Grace’s teasing voice plays in my ear, and I curse her for destroying everything in my life.
Even meaningless sex.
Frank looks at me with a smirk, and I flick him the middle finger. I’ll prove him wrong. I’ll prove Cat, Frank, and everyone else wrong. I will take this girl home and fuck her even if I have to force myself.
