Page 9 of A Show of Love (The Cowboy Gangster)

“Shit…” Kane whispered with a bit of a shake in his voice. Staring wide-eyed at the Egyptian, his nervousness took a backseat to the same lust that consumed Axel. Cochise didn’t wear any form of “costume”, only his somewhat-skimpy briefs, but that was enough to set Kane ablaze. Axel suspected that theatmosphereamped up the heat for Kane as it did for Axel.

Never in a thousand lifetimes had either of them expected to see their men like this, in such a scenario. Axel had a tough time believing his eyes. Maybe he was dreaming as the sight before him defied all reality.

“All right.” Ricky grinned. “Let’s get this party started.”

Clint avoided direct eye contact with Axel as he paused near the stripper pole. The cowboy felt ridiculous, that much was obvious. Would he feel that way if he knew hot and horny he was making Axel?

“We’ll show you some basic moves,” Ricky said as Levi joined Kane and Cochise. “Thencoachyou guys while you dance together.” He smirked. “Though I suspect you won’t need muchhelp from us once you get going.” He gestured to Clint. “Come here, cowboy.”

Clint stepped forward with little enthusiasm.

“The trick…” Ricky rested his hands on Clint’s hips. “… is to let the music flow through you and let your body go with it.” Ricky gyrated his hips sensually in rhythm with the music, his entire slender frame falling in sync. He smiled at Clint. “Simple,” he murmured. “Now try it with me.”

The cowboy stared at him, body rigid.Resistant.

Maybe this wasn’t a good idea,Axel thought with a sting of regret. What he’d thought would be a fun, sexy activity may be causing his cowboy legitimate stress.

“Get out of your head,” Ricky whispered and sidled closer to Clint, hips swaying against the cowboy. “Stop thinking you look silly… youdon’t.You have a smoking hot body that wouldslayour customers. Take a good look at your man over there—he’s inmeltdown.”

Clint shot a quick look at Axel—and hisfulljock strap. Heat burned in his eyes… shadowed by something else. Axel had always been an open book to Clint, and he was reading him loud and clear now; the young man was seconds from calling this whole thing off—for Clint.

He sees how nervous and uncomfortable you are.

“That guy thinks you hung the moon and stars,” Ricky murmured sensually. “There’snothingyou could do that would make him think less of you. Hewantsthis. But he will stop it if he thinks he’s somehow hurting you.” Ricky trailed his fingertips along Clint’s thick biceps and leaned closer. “Do youwantto stop?”

Clint swallowed as he stared at Axel. “No,” he whispered with a rasp. “No… I don’t.”

Levi mimicked Ricky’s moves and gently gripped Cochise’s hips. The Egyptian stared down at the boy, towering over the stripper by at least a full foot. Again, he wondered how the fuck he got into this predicament. The answer came to him the instant he glanced at his fiancé. Kane looked almost as nervous as Cochise, yet radiated a depth ofhungerfor the Egyptian that he hadn’t witnessed before.

“I know you got seriously sexy moves in the bedroom,” Levi murmured, gazing up at him. His small, svelte body swayed against him in a rather stimulating rhythm. “Exotic dancing is much like having sex… it’s all in thehips.”He demonstrated by rolling his slender hips in a graceful, erotic motion. “Once you get your hips into it… everything else just kind of follows along.”

Cochise kept his focus on Kane, battling the notion to flee. Kane would let him go without argument, without becoming upset with him.

The man has been there for you all the way—even knowing the things you’ve done. He gave you his heart and created a family for you. And all he’s ever asked in return… is your love. You can’t do this one thing for him?

Breathing deeply, Cochise looked down at Levi. “Teachme.”

Nine

End this, now.

Axel stepped forward. “Clint…” he started, then abruptly fell silent when the cowboy began to mimic Ricky’s moves. Slowly and hesitantly, at first, his rhythm somewhat stiff and jilted, but… he wasdoingit. Axel blinked, stunned. He really hadn’t believed Clint would go through with it, when it came right down to the moment of truth.

Oh, my god.

Ricky wasn’t shy and didn’t hesitate to get up close and personal with the cowboy. He pressed their pelvises together and gradually drew Clint into his sexy rhythm.

Holy shit.Axel breathed faster as his erection grew harder. His head suddenly exploded with images of Clint pinning him to the stripper pole andfucking his brains outright there on stage.

Twisting in a slow circle, Ricky gyrated his ass on Clint’s bulging crotch as he caressed his palms along the cowboy’s upper thighs. Ricky craned his head back against Clint’s chest, eyes heavy with lust and desire as soft moans slipped from his parted lips.

Under normal circumstances, the scene before him would ignite deadly jealousy. But tonight—it turned him on like mad. Ricky opened his eyes and sensually beckoned to Axel.

“Take my place, baby,” he cooed, positioning Axel before Clint. He faced Axel and maintained his rhythm, rubbing his hard crotch on Axel’s throbbing package, drawing him into the erotic dance.

Fuck…

Axel shivered as Clint’s massivebulgerocked and rotated against his bare ass cheeks. “Fuck…”he gasped softly and reached back, grasping the cowboy’s hips, his fingers digging into his heated flesh.

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