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“She’s good at that.” Vickie swallowed the last of her drink and lifted the empty glass. “Time for another. You good since you’re just starting?” she asked Lily.
“Yes, thanks.”
As soon as Vickie left, Allie turned serious. “Reed’s a good guy. If you’re at all interested, you should give him a chance.”
While she appreciated the honesty, Lily wasn’t sure what she wanted from Reed, if anything. No, that wasn’t true. No sense in denying the obvious. She seemed to desire what he could do to her that she’d never experienced with anyone else. When she thought of the risks she’d taken last week – engaging in a tryst with a stranger in such a public place while still on the job – instead of her actions causing worry, she quivered with an unexplained need. Before that night, sex was straight vanilla, and enjoyable, or so she’d thought.
“I’m well aware he is seen as a good catch, but I’m not long out of a bad marriage and don’t want to make another mistake. My husband told me all about their private parties, and I’m not into all that. He’s a friend.”
“Friends don’t dance like that, and how do you know until you explore the possibilities? I once believed that, too. Want to see the upstairs where they get together?”
“Oooh, I do.” Vickie arrived in time to hear the offer. “Come on, Lil, let’s get adventurous. We’ll look around, fantasize, and that’ll be the end of it. It will give me something to tease Levi about when he goads me.”
Temptation tugged at Lily, surprising her. Was it her interest in Reed or what goes on up there pushing her to say yes?
“You’re hesitating, thinking too much. I started by touring the space. Brett convinced me to give it a try.” Allie stood. “Grab your drinks, ladies, and let’s go. We’ll stop at the bar and get permission and my drink from Brett.”
What the heck,Lily mused, following the other women. What did she have to lose? If nothing else, maybe it would pique her imagination enough to replace her fearful dreams about the attack with erotic fantasies she’d never contemplated before. Funny how the two unexpected encounters after the charity fundraiser last week were the best and worst happenings that had occurred in her life the past few years.
Reed was nowhere around when they stopped at the bar, but Brett agreed to let Allie give them a tour upstairs since the space wasn’t in use. That made taking the outside stairs up to the second floor much easier, but the first thing Lily did upon eyeing the apparatus along one wall was take a big gulp of her drink. Tremors rippled through her body as Allie described three different benches, one designed to prop a woman on elbows and knees doggie style.
Nope, no way, no how, she thought until she pictured Reed standing behind her, his rough hands on her bared body. A surge of volcanic heat chased away the tremors, leaving her to question her sanity.
“I’m pretty adventurous, but not this daring,” Vickie commented when they walked down the short hall and peeked in a window to view what looked like a gynecologist’s table.
“Brett and I have played in here, but with the shades closed. There are a few members who don’t mind that much exposure in public. Over here is an office, and I’m still amazed at the Doms’ creativity. It’s always entertaining if you’re not the one in a punishment scene.”
Lily laughed at Allie’s wince. “Spoken with experience?”
“Just once,” she muttered then pointed to the last door. “A private bedroom.” She drew them back toward the main area that resembled a lodge gathering space with its large seating areas around a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and corner bar if you could ignore the bondage equipment. “Putting the kink aside, the parties are fun, the members a great bunch of people I’ve enjoyed getting to know. Ready?”
They nodded and started toward the door when it opened and Reed entered with Brett, his laser gaze pinning Lily in place as images of the two of them alone up here flitted through her head. She shivered, a burning awareness of some deep, previously unknown need coursing through her, lit last week by his mere presence then his touch, now stoked into a crackling heat. He must have read something of her confusion and yearning on her face because he didn’t pause long before striding forward with a determined glint in those sometimes too observant gray-green eyes.
“Allie, Vickie, if you don’t mind giving me a few minutes alone with Lily.” His commanding tone made it clear he wasn’t requesting.
That didn’t stop Vickie from glancing at Lily, asking, “Shall I wait downstairs for you?”
“Yes, thanks. This won’t take long.” She figured Reed wanted to clear the air between them. That worked for her. Then she could get past this consistent wondering if her response to him was a one-time thing she would eventually get over or a stronger pull toward something brewing that was both exciting and a touch scary.
“If that’s the case, too bad,” Allie quipped with a teasing grin.
“Allie,” Brett growled.
“Coming.”
Lily got a kick out of those two, but her humor fled as soon as the door closed behind them, leaving her alone in this room filled with decadent fantasies and Reed’s large presence.
