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Mine, mine, mine.

“I thought you weren’t into strippers,” I said, my voice dark and gravelly as he smirked back at me.

“Awww, is that what has your panties in a twist? Worried I’ll trade you in for some pussy?” he drawled brattily.

The overwhelming desire to turn him around, bend him over the closest bar stool, and make him eat his words was a new feeling for me.

I wanted to erase anyone and everyone else from his mind, just like Grayson suggested.

“Careful,Eric, you’re starting to sound like a petulant little cock tease,” I said the words without thinking, emboldened by his behavior, the shots, and his gorgeous face.

The club music died out, and in it’s place I heard Drew Axel crooning some rock version of Taylor Swift song.

Which one I had no clue, but the words resonated with me nonetheless.

I settled my hand on Eric’s hip, gently tugging him closer. This close, his body against mine was warm, and I could feel the faint twitch of his cock against me.

Did he like this?

My own cock throbbed in response as I breathed him in, like he was oxygen.

As nervous as I was, it feltgood.

Like I was breaking a barrier, jumping off a cliff.

Eric rolled his eyes, a dark chuckle escaping his throat.

“Let’s get one thing straight here, Princess,” he said as he walked his fingers up the buttons on my shirt, stopping as he grabbed me by my collar, yanking medownto his eye level.

His eyes burned like fire, and while a part of me was shocked at the touch, thestrengthand the force...

The rest of me was turned the hellon.

Fucking hell... This man...

“I am no cock tease. When I want something, I take it.” His words were clear, not a slur to be heard in them.

He loosened his grip just the slightest, his fingertips brushing against my skin. At this level, his lips were inches away, ripe for the taking.

I didn’t think twice. I only acted on impulse, on selfish need.

He didn’t startle or jump, or try and push me away.

Instead, his fingers slid up my neck, into the edges of my hair at the nape of my neck, seeking purchase there. He let me take his kiss like a damn robbery, and that was where I realized I was drowning.

Eric wasn’t just a pretty fish.

He was an elusive shark, and I was falling in love with him, hook, line, and sinker.

CHAPTER 20

Riley

I leanedagainst the leather couch inPleasure Dome,the newest club on the block, which I’d heard was a bit more risqué than the others. Though there were at least four conjoined clubs on the strip here, we’d only made it to two.

The room was spinning, but I couldn’t deny I didn’t feelgood.

Drew Axel fell beside me as I blinked, the neon lights blurring my vision.

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