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His friends didn’t even bother to pretend like they were there to do anything but gawk. All of them were looking at him and Maria, and grinning, as they approached. Hilary and Liam were sitting beside each other, Liam’s hand under the table, probably on Hilary’s thigh. She waved at Maria. The bright pink PVC corset she was wearing was definitely one of Angel’s creations; she, Jessica, and Lexie had all started buying a lot of their club clothing from Angel. Angel herself was wearing a more daring outfit that looked a little bit like a leather bikini on top and a school girl uniform on the bottom. Surprisingly, she was seated beside Adam, rather than being wedged between his legs or on his lap. Andrew was leaning against the bar, on the wrong side of it for working, but since no one was sitting at the bar it didn’t really matter.

Angel greeted Maria with a hug, Hilary automatically following her example, and Rick knew he’d made the right decision as Maria’s smile became a little brighter and a little more natural. He did raise his eyebrow at Adam though.

The big blond shrugged. “What? You should be grateful it’s just us.” His smile took on a more wicked turn. “Justin, Chris, and Jessica were planning on coming too, but they ah... got held up.”

“Where’s Patrick?” That was the only surprise, that the owner wasn’t out here to personally watch over and ensure Rick didn’t fuck up the way he had last time.

Andrew leaned in and lowered his voice to a stage whisper that was clearly audible. “We think Lexie did something to him, but no one knows what.”

Beside him, Olivia snickered while Angel got a smug expression on her face and Hilary giggled. The Doms all raised their eyebrows, which of course Olivia could ignore. Avoiding Liam’s gaze, Hilary looked at Angel, whose expression was so innocent it screamed treachery. Adam sighed.

“What did you do?”

“Me?” The outrage in Angel’s reaction as she placed a delicate hand on ample cleavage, deliberately drawing attention to her in-drawn breath, was so overdone it was obvious she knew she was caught and didn’t care. Because normally, she was a much better actress. “Why would you think that?”

Crossing his arms over his chest, Adam glared down at his sub. “You know I don’t like being lied to.”

“Lying? Who’s lying?” Angel turned to Hilary, practically bouncing with supposed indignation. “Am I lying? Have you heard one single lie drop from my mouth? All I did was ask a question. You can’t lie by asking a question, right Rick?” Angel spun around to point at him. “You’re the English teacher. Lying by asking a question is impossible, isn’t it?”

“Does she have a snooze button?” Rick asked Adam, feeling the side of his mouth quirk up into a reluctant smile. Even though it was obvious Angel had either done or knew something, and he shouldn’t encourage her, he couldn’t help but find her entertaining.

“Nope, he’s looked,” Angel said brightly, cutting Adam off before he could even respond. The blond frowned down even more fiercely at her, which she ignored. Man, she was just asking for it, wasn’t she? “Besides, you don’t need a snooze button, you just need to tell Mr. Grouchy here that he’s wrong and—EEP!”

Her short shriek was cut off as her stomach bounced against Adam’s shoulder.

“Put me down you Neanderthal!”

“I thought I was a Viking,” Adam said, looking decidedly more cheerful as he swung around and started to maneuver between the tables. “And you, you little brat, are asking to get this fine ass beat.” Angel shrieked again as Adam smacked her upturned ass hard with his free hand.

Beside him, Rick could feel Maria shift, and he pulled her closer, putting his arm around her so he could whisper in her ear. “Don’t interfere... remember, all she has to do is say her safe word and Adam would stop immediately. Besides, Angel likes getting spanked.”

Just as he said that, Angel used one hand to push herself away from Adam’s back and her other hand to give his ass a hefty smack. Adam froze mid-step. His back was to them, so Rick couldn’t see his expression, but he bet it was priceless. Angel laughed smugly.

“Ha! So you can dish it out but you can’t take it, huh?”

“Little terror. Are you feeling neglected sweetheart?” Adam asked, his voice syrupy with false sympathy as he strode away, heading towards the Dungeon. His tone deepened, becoming more darkly threatening. “All you needed to do was tell me you needed a good spanking, I would have been more than happy to oblige.”

Rick saw Angel look up at Maria and send her a wink and he suddenly wondered if Adam and Angel had engineered the entire little scene to help set Maria at ease. In some ways, Adam had gone remarkably easy on his disrespectful little sub. He bet she wasn’t supposed to spank him though; she was going to pay for that.

Seeing Angel wink had definitely made Maria relax even more, underscoring Rick’s reassurance that Angel wasn’t in any kind of real trouble. Although, Angel might not entirely agree with the assessment by the time Adam was done with her. He didn’t know what the troublesome sub had been thinking. She’d definitely pushed Adam more than he’d ever seen Adam put up with from any other woman. Then again, Rick had never seen Adam in love before either.

Hilary was beside herself with giggles, even as Liam shook his head. “You’d better not be getting any ideas, love.”

“If you want to spank his ass, I’ll protect you,” Andrew told her. Liam just laughed.

“Like you could take me.”

“I think that’s our cue,” Rick whispered in Maria’s ear, taking advantage of his friends’ macho posturing to pull her away. She went somewhat reluctantly, obviously just as amused as Hilary was, watching as Andrew insisted he could totally take Liam because he’d fight dirty and Liam had too much pride to stoop to his level.

Hanging out with Rick’s friends was so easy and fun, but she didn’t protest when Rick led her away. Dragging out the inevitable was just making her more and more nervous, even though at first it had been nice to stop by and say hello to them. Watching the interaction between Angel and Adam had been both revealing and amusing. Like the beginning of a little play, at the end of which was hot sexy time. It just so happened that hot sexy time was going to include a spanking. So maybe more like a porno than a play, except she’d never really been interested in watching porn.

She gave Rick a little glance through her eyelashes as he led her up the stairs. The leather pants and tight black shirt he was wearing made him look mouthwateringly good, his skin and hair appearing even more brightly golden against the dark clothes.

Part of her was relieved they weren’t heading for the Dungeon, another part of her was a little disappointed because she would have liked to see what happened between Angel and Adam. The next part in the play (or porno) so to speak. Did that make her perverted? Or just curious?

Moving with firm, sure steps, Rick led her straight down the hall to the last door on the left. As soon as they stepped in, Maria’s cheeks flamed brightly as she remembered Rick had teasingly said he thought she’d like the school room. Apparently he hadn’t been teasing. Heat and hard muscle pressed into her from behind and Maria realized she’d come a halt. Blushing even hotter, she jumped forward and away from him as if scalded, increasingly unnerved by the situation.

Unnerved and excited. As she spun around to face him, Rick closed the door behind him, and her pussy actually clenched at the sound. They were all alone. And he was going to... what? Spank her? Fuck her? She didn’t know if she was ready for any of that, but this was what she wanted.

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