Page 48 of Q: Satan's Fury MC

And she did.

She eased the pool stick back and hit the cue ball just right. Hell, those balls broke like I’d been the one who’d made the shot. When one of the solids went into a side pocket, I gave her a nod and said, “Well, done.”

“Thanks, but I’m pretty sure I just got lucky.” She sauntered to the end of the table to make her next play and missed. “See?”

“You’ll get it next time.”

I walked over to make my shot, and as soon as I’d leaned in and tried to focus on the play, she’d slipped up behind me and brushed her hip against my ass. “Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Hm-hmm.” I knew she’d purposefully bumped into me, but played it off until she did again, forcing me to miss my shot. “Hey, now. You’re playing with fire.”

“Fire, huh?” She batted her eyelashes and sashayed over to the other end of the pool table. She leaned in to take her shot as she teased, “Well, you know what they say... if you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.”

When she made the shot, I smiled and said, “I can take the heat, baby. You don’t have to worry about that.”

“Well, that’s good...” She gave me a playful wink, then skirted behind me with her breast lightly grazing my back. I could feel the warmth of her breath on my neck as she whispered, “Because things are really starting to warm up in here.”

“Yeah, they are.”

I watched a sexy little smirk sweep across her beautiful face as she leaned down to make her next play, and that’s when I decided it was time for me to turn the tables on her. I took a couple of steps back and positioned myself right behind her. When she realized I was staring at her ass, she whipped around and asked, “Can I help you with something?”

“Nope.” I continued looking at her ass as I added, “I’m good.”

Seeming completely unfazed, she made the shot, only this time, the ball didn’t go into the pocket. “I think that’s my cue to hit the lady’s room.”

“It’s through the door and down on the right.”

“Great. I’ll be right back.”

She was practically beaming as she slipped out of the room and headed down the hall. She’d only been gone for a minute when Tenzleigh walked in wearing a short black dress and high heels. Her eyes lit up when she spotted me across the room. “Well, hey there, handsome.”

I didn’t respond, but sadly, that didn’t stop her from sashaying over to me. “What are you up to?”

“Playing a round of pool.” She looked like she was dressed for a night on the town, so I asked, “Where you headed off to?”

“Abbi and I are going into the city.” She stopped in front of me with a sexy smile as she asked, “You wanna come join us?”

“Afraid not, doll. I’ve got other plans.”

“Are you sure?” She slipped her arms around my neck as she purred, “I bet we’d have a real good time.”

Just as I was about to turn her down for a second time, I spotted Jules standing in the doorway staring at Tenzleigh and me with a blank expression. She stood there for a moment, then muttered, “I think it’s time for me to go.”

“What?” And just like that, our great night had gone to shit. The second Jules turned to leave, I nudged Tenzleigh out of the way and rushed after her. “Hey, Jules! Hold up!”

She was halfway down the hall when I finally managed to catch up with her. She was still charging ahead, so I called out to her again, “Jules! Stop!”

“Thanks for the lessons and all, but I have to go.” Jules stopped and turned to face me. Her bottom lip quivered like she was trying not to cry as she told me, “I shouldn’t have come. I have things I need to do.”

“Why didn’t you mention that before?”

She shrugged. “I forgot.”

“And you just now remembered?”

“Um-hmm.”

“So, you leaving has nothing to do with Tenzleigh?”

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