Page 67 of The Scars of Us

I played with her hair, twirling it around my fingers. “Yeah?” I replied in surprise. We hadn’t been out to a club since the night that she’d been attacked.

“Can we go tonight?” She asked hopefully as she looked up at me.

I didn’t really see the point in going to a club when the main reason that I had gone to them before was to pick up girls. I didn’t need to do that anymore now that we were together. But I knew that Kaiya loved to dance, so I gave in. “Sure, baby. Where?”

“How about that new one that just opened up? I think it’s called,” she paused, looking up to the side and pursing her lips as she thought. “Tunnel.”

“Yeah, I’ve heard of it. We can go if you want.”

“Yay!” She hopped up off the couch excitedly. “I’ll call Nori. Maybe you should text Drew to meet us—they seemed to have fun together the last time.” She giggled as she tromped toward my bedroom.

I loved seeing her laugh—her smiles and laughs had become regular occurrences, replacing the scowls and sorrow that I had thought were permanently etched on her face. Some of the sadness still lingered at times when she thought I wasn’t looking, but I was able to chase it away for a while. My goal was to totally eradicate it one day. That would be my biggest challenge yet.

I got off the couch to get my phone from the counter. I sent a text to Drew, who was down with the idea since he had fun with Nori the last time. He hadn’t been able to close the deal with her, so I knew he’d be planning to tonight. If she was anything like Kaiya, he’d need all the luck he could get.

Kaiya came back into the room before grabbing her purse. A smile lit up her face. “Nori’s in. I need to go home and get ready, then we’ll meet you there, okay?”

“Yeah. Text me when you’re on your way.”

She stood on her toes to kiss me. “Okay, baby. See you later.”

Once she left, I decided to head over to Drew’s to wait until they were ready. We drank some beers to pass the time and when Kaiya finally text me, it was quarter till midnight. I didn’t know what took women so long to get ready, but the end result was usually worth it.

This time was no exception. When Kaiya walked up to us outside the club, my pulse raced as the blood rushed to my cock.

She was wearing a tight, black one-shoulder dress that stopped right above her mid-thigh. She bit her lip as our eyes locked, her cheeks flooding with color as I admired her. I doubted I would ever get tired of looking at her; everything else paled in comparison to her stunning beauty.

Peering up at me with those captivating eyes, she smiled shyly. “Hey.”

I leaned down to kiss her. “Can I just take you home now? I don’t think I can wait with you looking like that.”

Her grin spread as she laughed. “Then, all my hard work to look this way would be wasted.”

“Oh, it won’t go to waste. I’ll make sure of it.”

She rolled her eyes playfully then slid her hand into mine. As we walked to the entrance, Drew draped his arm around Nori, who was already giggling flirtatiously.Yeah, he should be getting some tonight.

We had to wait a few minutes in line before we were let into the club—the place was packed wall to wall, and the heavy bass of the music vibrated the air as we squeezed through the throng of people to get to the bar.

Decorated in various shades of gray with splashes of reds, the club was long and narrow, like its namesake. Rows of lights ran overhead, and they pulsed to the music as the colors fluctuated, taking on every hue of the rainbow. Couches lined the walls of the VIP area, but there was only standing room everywhere else, so we chose a spot close to the dance floor after taking a shot and ordering our drinks.

Kaiya sipped her cocktail as her eyes scanned through the crowd before settling on mine. A shy, yet seductive smile came over her lips as she glanced away.

Nori started pulling Drew towards the dance floor, but he resisted. “I’m not drunk enough for that yet.” He chuckled.

Nori pouted. “Please. I promise I’ll make it up to you later.”

Drew conceded, letting Nori pull him out to the floor. They soon were lost in the sea of bodies as I directed my attention back to Kaiya. “You wanna dance, baby?”

Eagerly nodding, she threaded her free hand with mine and pulled me into the dancing crowd. Swaying to the beat, Kaiya pressed her ass into my cock, and my hands automatically went to her lithe hips as she moved against me.

Leaning into me, her body undulated rhythmically against mine, making me want to take her home early even more. My dick began to stiffen from her sensual movements as my mouth found her neck. Tilting it, she allowed me better access to taste her as my tongue traced along the slender flesh.

Pushing my erection against her, I caused her to bite back a moan as she turned her head to connect her lips with mine. Our tongues tangled along with our bodies, the sensual movements making our skin heat from a combination of body heat and arousal. I was on the verge of hiking up that dress and slipping inside her right in the middle of everyone—that’s how crazy she made me, making me want her unlike anything before.

“Kaiya?” someone shouted over the music, interrupting us.

Kaiya broke away from me, her fair skin flushed and those full lips slightly swollen. My head followed hers as it turned in the direction of the voice, and anger began to simmer under my skin once I saw the source—Bryce.

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