Page 127 of Fakers with Benefits

“Good one.” I held up my fist for River to bump.

“Whore,” Gray teased. “I thought I was gonna be your big bi experiment? Now you’re offering the goods to Blaze? You wound me.”

“You can have firsts.” River slung his arm over Gray’s shoulder. “Blaze can have sloppy seconds.”

“I’m honored,” Blaze drawled.

“As you should be.”

“Can we get star—”

“Okay, enough chatter,” River cut off Blaze with a grin. “Time to get to work.”

Blaze threw up his hands. “It’s like dealing with overgrown toddlers.”

“Don’t be mad, Daddy.” River blew him a kiss.

“I’m going to laugh my ass off if you end up having a mommy kink.” Kai came to stand next to River. “Ever give that a whirl?”

“Been there, done that.” River shrugged. “Not terrible but not my thing.”

“Hey, Nick.”

“Yeah?” I turned to Zane.

“You said you were going to show us that new combo and dismount you’ve been working on.” Zane pointed to the stage.

“Oh yeah.” I bounded over to the stage and jumped up on it. “It’s basically floater to ninja to shoulder-mount roll to floor splits, but with extra transitions so it looks like a drop combo.”

Gripping the pole in my hand, I pushed off the floor and jumped, starting the momentum I needed to get into my first spin.

“HOLY JEEPERS!”

The room exploded with laughter as I nearly flew right off the pole from the unexpected speed.

Most poles had two modes—static and spinning. In static mode, the pole stayed stationary and you spun around it, but in spin mode, it spun with you.

Last week the stage pole had gotten stuck in static mode, so that’s what I’d been expecting. Spinning poles were easier to work with, but they were a flying hazard if you tried to use them like a static one.

I managed to get my feet under me and stay upright as the pole twirled me around like a top, but it wasn’t pretty.

“Did you know it was on spin?” I asked the twins, my heart racing from adrenaline. That was one way to get the blood pumping.

“Maybe.” River bit his lip.

“Yes,” Zane answered at the same time.

“And you didn’t think to warn me that Biggs fixed it?” I tried to glare at them, but it was half assed. That had been funny as hell, and I’d have done the same thing to them if I’d thought of it.

“I did, but this way was far more amusing,” Zane deadpanned.

“Sorry not sorry.” River cackled.

“How about you show us what you’ve been working on.” I waved at the pole and smiled sweetly. “At least it’ll be easier for you now that it’s fixed. You won’t get as tired hauling your dump trucks around it if it’s doing all the work.”

“You saying we have big asses?” River jumped up on the stage and sauntered toward me.

“If the extra-large granny panties fit…”

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