Page 15 of Worth the Risk

The bartender doesn’t hide the fact that he’s checking us out. He is cute, but he doesn’t have the appeal Leo has. He can’t hold a candle to the Adonis.

“What will it be, pretty ladies?” he asks, flashing us a flirty smile.

When Sierra gestures for me to order, I shrug because I’m not sure what to order.What is a cool drink?At twenty-two years old, I’m embarrassed that I have only been out a handful of times. While James was away at school, he didn’t want me going out without him, so I only did when he was home on break.

Now, I wonder why I listened to him. Obviously, he was having a great time while I was spending lonely nights at home.

I was so pathetic.

“Tonight’s theme is fun. What would you recommend?” Sierra asks the bartender.

“I know just what you need,” he replies with a wink before he makes us… well, whatever he is making us.

I pull my phone out of my clutch bag to text Sophie.

Kylie:Are you here yet? We’re sitting at the bar.

I reach into my bag again and pull out some money to pay for our first round, and while we wait, Sierra and I peruse the people on the dance floor while The Weeknd sings about being blinded by the lights.

My phone buzzes with an incoming text.

Sophie:Be there in a minute. Amber took a little longer to get ready. Usually, I’m the late one lol Be there soon : )

“They should be here any minute,” I tell Sierra.

A few minutes later, the bartender returns with our drinks. “Two Screaming Orgasms for the pretty ladies wanting to have fun.” He flashes us a flirty smirk.

“Thank you.” I smile and hand him money for our drinks.

“No need. These first ones are on me. Two ladies as pretty as yourselves should not have to pay for their orgasms.”

A hand shoots out from beside me, startling me. “I’ll be paying for her drinks tonight.”

The hand belongs to Leo, and he’s wearing a scowl on his face. Nash, Sophie, and Amber are with him. While Sophie and Amber are a little taken aback by is demeanor, his friend is wearing a curious expression. “We’ll also have two more of the drinks the girls are having and two glasses of your top-shelf bourbon.”

The bartender is obviously a bit put off by Leo. However, he takes the AMEX card and wanders off to make the other drinks.

“Why don’t you girls go with Sophie and Amber and find us a table?” Leo suggests. “Nash and I will be over with the drinks soon.”

Sophie takes my arm, and with Sierra and Amber following, we go in search of a place to sit.

On the other side of the club, we find a half-circle booth available and slide into it.

Sierra leans into me and says, “I don’t think Leo liked the bartender flirting with you. I think maybe he has a little crush on you, Ky.”

Is that why Leo seemed unhappy? Interesting start to the evening. I can’t wait to see how this plays out.

ChapterSix

Leo

“Mind telling me what the hell that was about?” Nash asks.

“I didn’t like him flirting with Kylie. And what the fuck was that shit about not paying for her orgasms?”

Nash chuckles, clearly amused by my odd behavior regarding Kylie.

When I walked up and saw the bartender winking at Kylie, a strong possessiveness boiled up in me. I’d never felt it before and had to hold myself back from grabbing him behind his head and smashing it on the bar top.

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