Page 23 of Risk It All

The last comedian’s name is called and I sit back down to watch his set.He’s nervous and his set doesn’t go as well as mine or the guy who went before me.

I study my main competition but now that the audition is done, it’s too late to change anything.I’ll just have to hope that they liked my set more than his.

I head backstage after the last comedian’s set and we all face Ari, the club manager as she tells us that we all did a good job.

“Good job tonight.All of you.We’ll discuss it and let you know our decision tomorrow,” she says, clearly dismissing all of us.

We file out of her cramped office and back to the main room.I head straight for Emerson, wanting to see her face, wanting to go somewhere quiet and get lost in her.

She’s still at the bar and I head over to her.She jumps to her feet, a big grin on her face as I approach her.

“You did great!”she says and I grin, wrapping my arms around her waist and drawing her to me as my lips crash down on hers.

We’re wrapped around each other in an instant.The sounds of The Comedy Vault fade into the background as I get lost in Emerson.

How is it always like this with her?

She makes all of the static in my head quiet as soon as she’s near me.She made me forget about bombing and usually I’m in a funk for days after that happens.

She makes everything better.

“Where did Eden and Alexander go?”I ask.

“They left to head home.”

“That’s a great idea.Let’s get out of here,” I whisper against her lips and she nods, both of us breathless.

I drag her the three blocks back to Alexander’s apartment and as soon as we’re ensconced in the elevator, I have her pinned to the wall, my hips holding her in place as I claim her lips once again.

The ride up is over way too fast and I groan, backing out of the elevator and dragging Emerson with me as I go.We bump into the entryway table and a doorway before we break apart and make a run for it up the stairs and down the hallway to our room.We’re giggling like kids as I slam the bedroom door closed and reach for her.

She meets me halfway, her hands and mouth just as greedy for me as I am for her.

Emerson is pulling at my clothes before our lips even connect and I let go of her waist, helping her pull them all off.We work on hers together, shoving her jeans down and pulling her shirt over her head.

Her small, perky breasts are revealed, the cherry red nipples begging for my mouth already.I groan, unable to keep my hands and mouth off of them.

“Anthony,” Emerson moans, her head rolling back as her eyes fall to half-mast.

I roll her stiff nipples between my fingers, teasing the sweet peaks for another minute before I back Emerson up another step and push her down onto the bed.

“Spread those pretty thighs for me, baby,” I order her as I brace myself on my palms and capture one of her nipples in my mouth.

She opens her mouth, sucking in a breath as I roll my tongue over one sensitive point and then the other.By the time I’ve released her breasts, we’re both balancing on the edge.Her whole body is a rosy shade of pink and it has me ready to come already.

She reaches for me but I dodge her hands and lick a path between her breasts, over her stomach, and straight down to her delicious pussy.

Her hips rock against my mouth and I have to use my hands to pin her down to the bed.The bulge in my pants grows as my fingers inch higher and higher up her thighs.I can feel how hot and wet she is for me and I groan low in my throat as I slip my finger inside of her.

Emerson gasps, her body tensing as she sucks in a deep breath of air.She’s coming already, I realize and I grin.

“Desperate for me, huh?”I ask when she’s come back down to earth.

My tone is cocky but it can’t quite disguise the lust that I’m feeling.

“I need you,” she begs and I nod, grabbing a condom out of my wallet on the nightstand and rolling it on as I fall down over her.

I thrust inside of her in one movement, sheathing myself to the hilt.

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