Page 24 of Shifting Gears

She sat in the same seat she had been in the last time I saw her here, like déjà vu. The bartender handed her a drink, and she held it up toward me, nodding.

Well, there’s a face I wasn’t expecting to see tonight.

I finished the last balls I had in my basket and left it on the seat as I made my way over toward her.

I sat in the seat next to her, motioning to the bartender that I didn’t want a drink.

“Not gonna need to fight more guys off for you tonight, am I?” I said as I looked over at her.

She smiled and took another sip of her drink, placing it gently on the countertop.

“I don’t know. The night is still young. I might need a hero eventually. That’s if you think you can handle saving me twice?” she said as she tilted her head in my direction and faced me.

Her fingertip traced around the edge of the glass as she waited for my reply.

“Maybe you should let me show you just how much I could save you,” I said with a smirk growing on my face.

Her eyes went from mine to a door nearby.

I chuckled.

“See you there,” I said.

I went over to the door and opened it. It was a restroom, but it was damn clean and had a lock on the door inside. I checked the two stalls, and both were empty when the door swung open behind me.

I turned and watched as Raven locked the door and then spun slowly in a circle to face me.

“I’m guessing you made sure we wouldn’t get jumped by some bad men hiding in the toilets, hmm?” she said, a hint of sarcasm in her voice as her eyes narrowed playfully.

“Hell yeah, baby girl. Didn’t think you’d want someone to barge in as you were taking my dick down your throat.”

She raised her eyebrow. “Oh? Is that what you think is about to happen, AJ?”

I leaned against the side of the restroom stall, crossing my arms over my chest. “I don’t think. I know.”

I could see her mind working. Trying to figure out if she was about to hook up with the guy she obviously wanted but knew she couldn’t have.

Is she gonna keep up with this act?

She left the door and calmly walked over to the sink. She placed her purse on the countertop. Dragging her fingertips along the lip of it before she glanced in the mirror to meet my gaze.

“How would I earn it? Need me to save you from some big, evil men instead this time?” She was teasing me now.

This was going to be a lot more fun than I had thought. I pushed off the wall and closed the space between us. I pulled her in fast and wrapped my arms around her. One snaked up to her throat, where my fingers gripped her head firmly back against my shoulder. The other went around her waist, where I slipped my hand under the skintight leather pants she wore that left nothing to the imagination.

“Oh!” she gasped as her eyes flew up toward mine.

I smirked as I lowered my lips to her neck, kissing it before I nipped in the same space.

She shuddered against me, but a soft moan left her lips.

“Come on. You know you want to be my good girl. Stop pretending you aren’t wishing I would rip your clothes off.Fucking you so hard that your moans drowned out the sounds of the pachinko machines.”

She shifted and rubbed her legs together. “I don’t know about that,” she muttered under her breath.

I shoved my hand lower, my fingers stroking across her clit. She jerked against me, hissing next to my ear.

“You like that, huh? Unbutton your pants, baby,” I demanded next to her ear as I leisurely flicked my finger back and forth over her sensitive clit.

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