Page 62 of Savage

“Not to my face.”

I snorted out a laugh as the doors opened and we entered what seemed to be an entire floor dedicated to?—

“Our business center,” Lachlan confirmed, as if he’d reached into my mind and plucked out the thought. “As you’ve noticed, we don’t permit the use of phones or computers for guests due to the sensitive nature of our business. However, during the rest of your stay, you’re welcome to come here and work.”

“Really?” I scanned over the many different workspace setups across the vast floor, some of which were currently occupied. “You’ll actually set me loose in here without supervision?”

“Surprised?”

“Uh, yeah. Does that mean I can wander any of these floors without you, or just this one?”

“I’m showing you the parameters. You’ll receive a key card that will prohibit you from reaching any floors that are off-limits.” When we entered the elevator and I hit another button, he added, “Plus, there’s always someone watching. Remember that.”

I heard the warning, but didn’t think twice about it, because I didn’t care to fuck up my stay here. Was I curious? Absolutely. Which was why I’d push Lachlan’s buttons to see how far I could go, but I didn’t actually plan to break any of his many rules.

The next few stops covered the restaurants and bars, the ballroom, and a fitness center that I had no doubt Lachlan spent hours in. More amenities on more floors than I could keep track of were available to the members of whatever this organization was. There was no way I’d remember what was where. I’d need a map.

There was, however, one stop we hadn’t made, and if he thought I’d forget about it, he was out of his mind.

I hit the button for the fifth floor before he could stop me, and he shook his head.

“What’s so bad you don’t want me to see it?” I asked.

“I never saidbad.”

“Then why did you say not to go to this floor?”

Lachlan backed me up against the wall and forced my chin up with his finger. “Because I figured you’d gotten enough of sex clubs last night. Was I wrong?”

“So you reallydohave a sex club here?”

Lachlan nodded, and I swallowed against the sudden uptick of my pulse.

How sheltered had I been all these years that sex clubs seemed to be the norm for New York society? Was there one on every corner I didn’t know about?

I was entirely out of my element, and yet I was curious. Intrigued, even.

“I want to see,” I said.

“And participate?”

“I didn’t say that.”But I’m thinking it now…

The elevator doors opened, and Lachlan stepped back. He held my eyes as he gestured for me to step out first.

It wasn’t like stepping out into some big group orgy. There was a small entryway with two doors—one red and one black. No other signage existed.

“What do these mean?”

“What do you think they mean?”

“One’s for men, one’s for women?”

He shook his head.

“Uh…one leads to sex, one leads to eternal damnation?”

“Your mind is an interesting place to be, isn’t it?” Lachlan mused. He strolled forward and waited for me to make a choice. “Do you want it mild…or wild?”

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