Page 54 of Promise Kept

“Have a great shift, girls,” I say.

I exit the room and Ellis stands there, arms folded.

He’s livid at me.

As soon as I pull the door shut, he unfolds his arms and grabs me.

He pins me against the wall and gets really close to me.

“You have no idea what you’re doing here, you brat,” he growls under his breath. “You think you can rub some glitter on a woman’s tits and you fit right in?”

“Maybe you’re just jealous you didn’t get to watch,” I purr back at him.

Ellis lowers his right hand to my hip. He grabs. He grips.

Are you going to spank me now, Ellis?

“Let’s get the rest of this over with,” he says.

He starts to walk away but stops after a few steps.

Without looking back, he offers me his right hand.

I reach for him.

Our hands touch.

We’ve been here for all of ten minutes…

I’ve been hit on by a beautiful lesbian and rubbed glitter on a beautiful woman’s chest…

Now I’m holding hands with Ellis.

At any given second, I can just walk away and work things out so I collect money and never have to see this place or see Ellis ever again.

Then again, at any given second, Ellis is going to lose his edge for good, grab me and not only kiss me but turn me around and fuck me from behind… right?

9

The Whole “Velvet Tour of Voyeurism” Thing…

ELLIS

She looks right at the door and points to it.

“What’s behind that door?”

“Can we finish the tour first?” I ask.

“Isn’t that part of the tour?” Larissa asks.

Up until this point… she’s been a pain in my ass.

Asking a million questions. Wanting to know names and birthdays and throwing out ideas like celebrating birthdays and all that.

She’s wide eyed and bushy tailed.

Almost too sweet and innocence to be in the club.

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