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“Say no more.” I say, putting my hand up. “Maluma has my heart. I’m in.”
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“Santé!” Six yells over the music as the four of us knock back tequila shots.
“Those never get easier.” I say with a grimace as I bite into the lime wedge Thayer hands me.
“That’s half the fun.” Nera answers with a wink.
“Come on, let’s go dance!” Thayer exclaims, pulling me to my feet.
Thanks to Six’s friend, we were able to get a VIP table at Baroque. It’s situated in a dark and moody corner of the main room just off the dance floor and has plush burgundy velvet couches that we’ve been lounging on since we got here an hour ago.
I follow Thayer onto the dancefloor, swaying my hips to the music as the swell of people swallows me. J Balvin blasts through the club and pulses through me as the vibrations rock my very bones.
I’m in the moment, energy and tequila buzzing through my veins as I close my eyes and give in. My body moves mindlessly to the music as I let it wash over me, erasing every thought I’ve had about Rogue over the last couple of days.
“Fuck, B. You look hot!” Thayer shouts in my ear so I can hear her over the music.
Peeling my eyes open slightly, I look at her through lowered lids. She has her phone out and is filming me. The alcohol has loosened me up and I dance slowly for the camera, swaying my hips and giving it a seductive come hither sign with my finger.
“That’s my best friend! She’s single and up for grabs, gentlemen and gentlemen.” Thayer adds before lowering her phone. She types away for a couple seconds.
“Are you posting that?”
“Duh. Look how hot you are.” She says, tilting her screen in my direction to show me.
I have to admit I look good. My lips are painted blood red and my hair is wild from running my hands through it as I dance. Thayer can be heard screaming that I’m single from behind the camera.
“This is going to make him eat his heart out.”
“You mean Rogue?” I ask. “What happened to ‘who cares what he’s doing’?”
“We don’t.” She says. “But that doesn’t mean we can’t get even.” She’s gleeful as she locks her screen. “Posted.”
“If you ever decide to use your powers for good you could bring about world peace.” I say thoughtfully, huffing out a breath when she jabs me in the ribs.
“Shut up.” She answers playfully.
Laughing, we make our way to the bar and let a couple guys buy us shots, then drinks, eventually waving them away when they try to dance with us.
The music changes as we dance to something slow and sensual and I move my body to match the change in tempo. Time goes by, one song flowing into the next, and I dance along to it. Hands come to grab my waist and I allow myself to imagine that they’re Rogue's. That he and I are dancing together in this club, that he holds me and claims me in front of these people.
I let myself fall into the fantasy for a few seconds, but the hands are all wrong. They do nothing for me, and neither does the voice that drunkenly grunts against my ear, “Do you know where you’re sleeping tonight, baby?”
The syrupy sound of his voice as he calls me that has me bolting out of his arms and stumbling backwards.
“In my bed.” A voice snaps out behind me.
I stumble and my back hits a hard chest.
Strong hands wrap around my arms to stabilize me.
Thisvoice, I know intimately. It’s bullied me and called me names. It’s whispered dirty things in my ear and called my name as it’s owner has come.
And now it snarls in a tone I’ve never heard before. Furious and jealous and possessive as he holds me tight enough to bruise against his body. A shiver shoots down my spine.
The man who I’d been dancing with scampers away in fear. I have half a mind to do the same because Rogue voice promises retribution.
