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“If any of us ever do that...”
“Well, except for Olivia, that’s the norm for her.”
“Ok, Olivia, if you ever have a sub and—“
“None of them would dare.” The way Olivia drew herself up, regally disapproving, had all of them sucking in their breath for a moment, worried they’d gone too far. Then her eyes sparkled, and she burst out laughing again. “Oh my God, your faces...”
By the time Angel drunkenly slid into sleep, her head pillowed on Jessica’s arm, she realized that for the first time she’d had a ladies’ night with a group of girls where she truly liked every single one of them. It was a novel experience. She was sad Leigh hadn’t been there to share it.
26
Adam
A week later, Adam was sitting at the Stronghold bar, chatting with some of the Doms who were there while he waited impatiently for Angel. Not that she was late, he was feeling impatient because she’d spent the evening before and all of today with her friend Leigh. He’d gotten a lot done around his house but he’d missed her presence. It had only taken a couple of weeks for him to get used to having her with him all weekend.
They’d had another good week together. And he was still trying to convince himself all the smooth sailing wasn’t a bad thing. Just because it reminded him of his parents and the way his dad had thought everything was fine when it wasn’t, that didn’t necessarily mean something was wrong. Maybe this was why he hadn’t had a real relationship in a while, the risk to his heart was high. The more invested he became in her, the more worried he became something was going to go wrong.
“Hey Adam, can I talk to you for a second?”
Adam swiveled around on his stool to face Patrick. Excusing himself from the other Doms, he and Patrick moved away towards the less populated side of the bar, closer to the entrance. Since Andrew was running late, everyone was down on Mistress Lisa’s side of the bar.
Just then, Angel came in through the entrance, her face lighting up when she saw him, followed by Liam, Hilary, and Michael. The latter hadn’t been to Stronghold in a couple of weeks, Adam realized. Angel had mentioned he was busy most evenings.
He was pleased to realize it didn’t bother him at all that Angel and Michael had shown up at the same time. Smiling back at Angel, he waved a hand at the others as his pretty little sub came and snuggled up under his arm. She was wearing a soft dark green velvet bustier, rather than one of her corsets, and a short black skirt. While he liked her corsets, if they were going to play then the bustier was a lot easier for him to get into. Last week when he’d chosen her outfit he’d known she was surprised he’d picked something almost modest. Not that he didn’t like the blatantly sexy as well, but he knew she would choose that on her own, which made him want to see her in something slightly different. Today’s outfit was almost a mix between the extremes.
“Hey sweetheart,” he said, brushing his lips over her forehead before turning his attention back to Patrick. “So, what’s up?”
The big man’s dark eyes flickered over Angel and then back to Adam. He raised his eyebrow, pulling at the scar across his cheek. “This was the last week of you being out of the Introduction Scene rotation; I wanted to know if you needed to be taken off permanently.”
Underneath Adam’s arm, Angel stiffened. Adam inwardly cursed. He’d completely forgotten about the rotation.
“Give me a second,” he said to Patrick, stepping away and pulling Angel around to face him. Her eyes were practically glowing with anger as she glared up at him. Dammit. “Look, I wanted to talk to you about this...”
“Oh really?”
“I’m sorry this is getting sprung on you like this—“
“Oh yeah, cuz that’s the problem.”
“I wanted to talk to you about how my friends are going to view this.”
“I don’t know what exclusive means to you…”
“When the other guys said they weren’t doing Introduction Scenes anymore…” Adam continued
“But to me it means you aren’t getting down with anyone else, period.”
“Everyone knew it was because they were in serious relationships,” Adam finished.
“Oh, so now our relationship isn’t serious?”
Angel had pulled away completely, hands on her hips, eyes flashing, and her voice was getting louder. Grabbing her by her arm, Adam started to pull her in closer, but she wrenched them around, pulling her neatly out of his grasp. Dammit. He’d forgotten she’d know how to break a hold, not that he wanted to hurt her or anything, he wanted to touch her to reassure both of them this was not what she obviously thought it was. She was such a tactile person, it made him feel almost panicky that she didn’t want him touching her.
“That’s not what I meant!”
Crossing her arms, Angel’s finger tapped against her bicep as her lips tightened. Behind him, he could see Liam, Patrick, and Michael all watching in amusement. Hilary was safely tucked into Liam’s lap, her big eyes wide and incredulous. Frustrated, Adam focused on Angel dragging his fingers through his hair as he tried to order his thoughts.
“Maybe you should explain what you meant then.”
