Page 78 of A Dark Duet

“We did.”

“Yeah, but everyone will know.”

“If you want to drop me off. I’m okay with that.”

“No. I want you by my side tonight. No exceptions.”

“Okay,” I say, smoothing my hair and reapplying lipstick without a mirror.

Jaden

“Hold the bench and don’t move.”

“Okay, like this? Do you like it like this, Champ?” she asks.

I’m fucking a ring bunny, trying to get my adrenaline to calm down after a fight. I just won my fight against a fighter named Barrera by TKO and I’m still undefeated.

“Yeah, just like that,” I tell her, making sure I have two condoms on in case the first one breaks. I don’t trust these girls and I have no interest in drama. It’s a quick fuck with no foreplay and no names.

I slam into her, holding her by her hips and she yelps when I take her rough. Pumping into her as sweat drips down my back, she moans. She is not as tight as I like but she will have to do for tonight.

“Yes, you’re so big,” she says after a moan.

I roll my eyes pumping in her, wishing she would shut up. When I think of the one woman that always managed to make me come with her beautiful smile and perfect body, I empty into the condom. My blonde goddess. The one girl that reminds me of a beautiful Barbie doll, Brie.

Pulling out of her, I’m not even sure if she came or not. She straightens and pulls her short skirt down. When she turns around, I already have the condom taken care of and my shorts and bag on my shoulder, ready to head out the door. The guys are outside waiting by the exit for me to head out.

“You want to do this again?” she purrs.

“No,” I say in a hard voice.

She lowers her eyes, wringing her hands.

I sigh, knowing I’m being a dick but if I wasn’t a fighter or undefeated, she would even look at me. She is what my boys call a sack chaser. Another term for gold digger on the street. No, I’m not interested. She doesn’t even know me, and she bent over in a musty locker room in an arena to get fucked by a guy she saw on TV.

“This is a one-time thing, and it will never happen again. I don’t even know your name,” I say, walking out.

“Tiffany. It’s Tiffany,” she calls out as I’m striding down the hallway toward Nick, Nate, Jake, and Kyle.

Nate quirks a brow. “She got attached after twenty minutes?”

“Yeah, let’s get the fuck out of here before she thinks I’m waiting for her to come over.” They all chuckle as we walk out to the blacked-out Escalade.

“Hey, there’s this club we should head out to tonight. To celebrate the win. The VIP is members only but I got an in from a guy I know who is a member. He pays like half a mil a year to just to be on the VIP, but the dancers there are gorgeous. He can get us guest passes since it’s us and you’re the champ,” Jake says, looking at me.

My curiosity is piqued because of the high price tag. “What kind of club is this that you have to fork over half a mil a year to get into VIP?”

“It’s called Equinox and it’s for the super-rich. The ones that don’t want anything to leak out. The type of place that no one can get a peek unless you know someone with deep pockets, or you have deep pockets.”

“You still haven’t answered my question, Jake.”

“It’s a dance club. Like a strip club with the most beautiful women. They are handpicked for their skills in dance and looks. Every girl is clean and must sign an NDA. Whatever happens there stays there. The girls even have a choice not to accept the VIP clients’ requests. It’s consensual and everything is negotiable, if you know what I mean.”

Nate glances at me and then back at Jake. He knows what club this is and so do I. We run with the Mafia and have business with them. I just wanted confirmation it is the same club we heard about. It is how we started the club and got the funding to go pro. Social media is the hype but everyone knows it costs money to make money. We have heard about Equinox from Mafia leaders, but we don’t frequent strip clubs since the Porcelain Dollhouse. I haven’t been to a strip club or that type of club since I met Briana.

Nate speaks up, answering Jake, “Count me out, brother. My girl would kick my ass.”

I nod, expecting as much. My best friend and brother from another mother is crazy in love with Giselle. Making me think back when I could have had that. Well, I did have it and I threw it away. Kicked her out of my life. Then I remind myself it was for the best. If you care for someone you want the best for them, and I knew I wasn’t the best for her. She is better off without me. Even if I still think about her when I’m fuckin’ random girls I don’t give a shit about. My phone vibrates with an incoming text.

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