Page 80 of Aching for His Discretion

This… is going to be a long night.

We started with one club, and if I calculated right, we were now walking to number four. I only had about three drinks, all with minimum alcohol, but the girls had more than I could count.

It was really late, already past midnight, but I didn’t want to leave Beverly by herself as the other girls were practically wasted. As we approached the next club, my eyebrows furrowed at the familiarity of both the area and the building.

I stopped Beverly. “Bevs, you know this isn’t really the kind of club we’ve been going to tonight, right?” I asked, knowing the nature ofLevi’s clubwas very sophisticated.

“Oh, relax, Teegan. Don’t you wanna see yourboyfriend?”she said suggestively, and I froze. Noticing this, she grabbed myarm, and we walked inside as the guard made direct eye contact with me.

As we entered, the girls went to the bar, and Beverly stayed behind with me.

“We should do some exploring,” she said drunkenly, and I looked over at her.

“Explore what, Beverly? It’s a club. The most he has is an office in the back,” I muttered, and she giggled as a smile came to her face.

“Oh... well, in that case,I think I know something you don’t know.” She smiled, and I had half a mind to tell her to drink some water to sober up, but by the way she was looking, I pressed her on what she said a bit more.

“Beverly... what do you know?” I asked.

She simply grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the back near what looked like the door to the basement. I looked over my shoulder constantly, feeling eyes on me, but I pushed forward as she led me down the steps.

“How do you know what’s in here?” I asked her cautiously, and she shrugged.

“I know a guy… or, to be more precise, some of the students have a weed guy who comes to the house parties and—”

“Wait...” I said, stopping in the middle of the steps, and she looked over her shoulder at me.

“Micah?”I asked as I remembered him miraculously showing up at Alec’s party a few months back.

She nodded as she continued down the steps as I was left feeling confused. Did she know them better than I did? I knew they did a few… shady things, but I wasn’t quite aware that the guys handled drugs.

What’s worse, murder or distributing cannabis or even narcotics to stressed medical students? Take your pick.

“Bevs... let’s go back upstairs,” I urged her as I had a bad feeling, and she rolled her eyes.

“Just come down here.”

I sighed as I descended the steps and followed her a bit inside. It was quiet. We were in a room with steel and wooden doors and file cabinets along the walls as well.

It was dark, dim, and cold… but Beverly didn’t seem to mind. In fact, it looked as though she had been here before and was looking for something.

Then, she asked a simple question—a question that caused my heart rate to quicken and my palms to become sweaty.

“Have you heard from Alec recently?”

Chapter thirty-four

Teegan

“Have you heard from Alec recently?”

I shook my head as I told the partial truth. “No, I haven’t...”

“And Dr. Harrington?” Beverly questioned, and I sighed.

“Beverly. I’m going back upstairs,” I said, growing slightly irate. Turning, I made my way up the stairs when she spoke again, making me stop.

“You really couldn’t just have given Alec a chance?” she asked.

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