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“A few days. You horny already?”

“You know I like to help out where I can but my girl would have my fuckin’ balls,” he smirks. Yeah, she knows he does.

“I don’t know if this one is gonna be so willin’.”

“Nothin’ wrong with watchin’ them fight their needs,” he says. I nod my head. He’s right but she would be the first one who would fight it. None of the other girls have ever fought the drugs.

I slap Pike on the shoulder, walk through the room toward Van, and grab a stool next to him at the bar.

“What’s up, VP?”

“Not much. You good?”

“Yeah, I’m good. Got the new girl settlin’ in. She should be good to go in a few days,” I tell him.

“She gonna be a fun one?”

“Doubt it. She’s a little stubborn.”

“Aren’t they all at some point?” he asks. I shrug.

“Not usually once they calm down. This one doesn’t seem like the others.”

“That a bad thing?”

“I don’t think so. I like the challenge.”

“Then it sounds perfect,” he laughs. I nod my head, agreeing with him. It does sound pretty damn good.

“How’s other shit? We still good with the club and everything?”

“Yeah, it’s all good. Runnin’ smoothly. Your brother keeps poppin’ in, though,” he tells me. I grab the beer placed in front of me and take a long pull.

“He’s becomin’ a problem, yeah?”

“Not yet. He’s poachin’ the girls, though. That’s not what the club’s about, and he has to know that.”

“I’ll talk to him. I know he’s been a little off lately, but we can’t have him fuckin’ up those girls’ lives.” The girls who work for us at the strip club actually want to be there. They were down on their luck and needed a stable place to work. That’s what we give them, as well as the added protection a few of them need. I don’t see letting my brother ruin that either by taking them to his place. He runs his own club of sorts that caters to the darker side of the BDSM lifestyle. Some of the girls he has there aren’t willingly there, although a majority of them are.

“Appreciate that,” Van says as he watches his old lady walk through the room. I can’t help but chuckle at the look on his face.

“I’d think she was on the drugs the way you’re lookin’ at her.”

“She wouldn’t need them, I can tell you that much,” he adds.

“That right? Everything still good with you two?”

“Yeah, brother. Everything’s great with us.” I nod my head and smile. It’s nice to see a few of the guys getting a girl and settling down.

Chapter 5

Addison

I explored the room or what I could with this chain on my ankle. He wasn’t lying when he said there was nothing I could harm him or myself in the room. There was nothing, not even a razor, and trust me, I looked.

Now, I sit on the edge of the bed, looking over his questions. Not that I’m going to answer them, I’m just curious what they are. They aren’t your normal questions, either. There are questions like have you ever tried illegal drugs? Do you drink? Are you on birth control? I don’t understand why that’s any of his business to begin with, so I don’t answer any of them.

I toss the clipboard onto the bed when the door opens, and he walks back in. I straighten my spine, ready for whatever is going to come to me but he doesn’t even look at me. He walks straight into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. I hear him in there, and then the sink turns on. A few minutes later, he walks back out and sits on the edge of the bed next to me. He grabs the clipboard and looks it over before sighing and tossing it back onto the bed.

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