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“Why the hell not?” he asked, and his brows snapped together.

“You guys are busy enough, and I knew I could take care of it myself.”

One of his brows rose. “You getting molested is taking care of it?”

She sighed. “No. I usually have a knife with me. I was going to spray this cleaner in his face and then knee him in the nuts.”

“Oh, man,” Macy smiled. “That would have been great to see. I’m sorry I ruined your fun.”

She snorted. “It’s fine.”

Macy came forward and held his hand out. “It’s nice to meet you. I want you to come to me if you have any more problems.”

She shook his hand. “I will. Thank you.”

“Have a good night,” Macy said.

“You, too.”

He turned and left, and she had no idea how long she stared at the doorway. She was amazed at her body’s response to him. She hadn’t felt desire since the beginning of her time with Maximus. She never thought she’d get it back until then. Cat was both happy and sad about it. She was happy that her body could still feel desire and sad because there was nothing she could do about it. She just needed to concentrate on building a new life there because that was her only choice now.

Chapter Three

Cat slid out of her car the next day and looked around. It really was a pretty area. The birds were chirping, the air was cool and fresh, and a hazy morning fog made the landscape look unreal. The building door was open, and a few trucks were there already. She guessed it was the owners since it was so early, and they always beat her there. She looked at the progress they’d made on the building and was impressed. She liked the fact that all the owners were hands-on and did a lot of the work themselves.

The building was huge, with three stories, and the outside would be stone from the area that a bricklayer was already working on. The front door was a decorative, dark wooden one, with long windows on either side, and it wouldn’t go in until everything else was finished. The glass was smoky so that a person couldn’t see inside, but it let in some light. Every window was like that except for the third story, which was clear glass, and that level was just for the owners. They were building four large condos that would take up the whole third floor. She hadn’t been up to see them, but she heard they were nice. The owners had a basement put in but would wait to do something with it later. They just wanted to get the club open. She’d heard there was a lot more interest in the place than they thought there would be.

The land they’d built on was several acres they’d bought from a friend. A house had been on it, but it was in such bad shape that they tore it down and put the building up over the area. It was far enough out of town that it was private, which most people in the lifestyle appreciated because they didn’t like to advertise the fact that they were into kink. Too many people had a low opinion of them and sometimes caused trouble.

The area was close to several bigger towns, which would help with the business. The men were putting in some bedrooms on the second floor for personal visitors but had talked about building a nice hotel down the street for the people that didn’t want to drive home and wanted a place for the night, but that was after the club had been built and they knew it would be successful. Besides that, they discussed having a store with everything a kink clubber would need or want.

Cat took one more deep breath before walking into the building. She walked toward the room she wanted to finish that morning so she could start another one.

Her body jerked to a stop when she walked into the main area to see all four owners standing over a makeshift table made of plywood and set on sawhorses. She would have tried to backtrack if they all hadn’t instantly looked up.

“Oh. I’m sorry.” The fact that they were all huge males made her stomach tighten even though she was certain they wouldn’t hurt her.

“You’re fine, honey. Come here and meet Macy and Jake, the other two owners that have been slacking while the rest of us work,” Link said and laughed.

She walked over and held out her hand to Jake. “It’s nice to meet you.” She stepped back and looked at Macy.

“We’ve already met,” Macy said. “Good morning.”

She nodded and pulled her eyes off him. It was hard not to look down like a sub had to in front of an alpha male, much less four of them. She was amazed at how much effort it took. “Good morning. Well, I better get to work.”

“Wait a minute,” Caden said. “We’re going over the blueprints. Maybe you can answer a few questions.”

“Oh, all right. I’ll try.”

She walked over, and Macy and Jake moved apart to give her some room. Even though they weren’t crowding her, she still felt a little claustrophobic. She cleared her throat as Link smoothed the papers out.

“We’ve all been in a few kink clubs. Jake and Macy just returned from looking at several around the country and talking to the owners. It seems the kink community likes helping new places go up. There’s even a website we can get on just for club owners to ask questions or show or talk about new ideas or toys,” Caden said.

She nodded. “Yes, I’ve seen that.”

All four looked down at her. She fidgeted under their penetrating stares and couldn’t help but look down. They were all Alpha males—big ones, and they would make good Doms. “I mean, I’ve never been on it myself, but I’ve seen other people on it. It’s very informative.”

“That’s good to know,” Link said. “We’re trying to decide what to do with this area.” He pointed out something. “We like the idea of the bar being up front to the left when you walk in the door. There’s an area by the bar that’s open for something. Do you have any ideas?”

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