Chapter 104
KNOX
I watch from behind the one–way glass as the new recruits take turns being interviewed for the private exotic dance sessions. Most of them try too hard. A few don’t try at all. And then there are the ones who know exactly what they’re selling–and exactly who they’re selling it to.
The girl on the pole now is one of those. Sparkling lingerie. Legs toned. She’s upside down, her thighs gripping the metal with skill. Her head is angled like she’s weightless, and her hair brushes the stage floor. The judges nod, pens scratching on clipboards.
I don’t know why I’m even here. The judges are more than capable of handling this process without me breathing down their necks. I haven’t sat in on a recruitment in months, maybe years. Yet here I am, arms crossed, jaw tight, watching the stage from behind the one–way mirror. I could say it’s just a quality control check.
But that’d be bullshit.
I know why I’m here.
Sloane.
The woman with short hair and blunt bangs who promised to meet me two hours after work. I check my watch again. Maybe for the millionth time. An hour more.
That stubborn woman won’t just move in and put me out of my damn misery.
And maybe it’s got something to do with Jade still camping out in my house. Wouldn’t blame her. He’s been pissed off at the world lately, throwing punches around. Hell, he’s clocked more defaulters in the past two weeks than his regular monthly quota. And that’s saying something, considering how
fast those fists of his move.
“Going somewhere, boss?” my number two club manager, Levi, asks from where he’s standing beside me.
I glance at him. “Why?”
“You’ve been staring at your watch like you’ve got somewhere to be.”
“I have a date.”
His eyebrows lift. “With your girl?”
“Yeah.”
“That same one?”
“Really?”
He holds up his hands, grinning. “I’m just saying…you screwing Jade’s wife’s daughter seems kinda incesty. You and Jade are like brothers.”
“I don’t think you understand the concept of incest, Levi. It would be incest if I were screwing Jade. That’s if we’re going with your statement about him being my brother.”
“So what should I call it then? Keeping it in the family?”
“It’s called a relationship.”
“Ha! Who would have thought.” He nudges my elbow. “When are you gonna bring her over here, boss? Show her around, Scard her a little, fugte thos cute bangs of hers“.
“Not happening.”
“I don’t think that’s a wise idea,” he says, shaking his head. “See how it turned out for J7 Man’s in shambles.”
“Unlike Jade’s wife, Sloane knows what this club is.”
“It’s one thing to know. It’s another to see and still accept you. All my first dates were here.”
“It’s no wonder you can’t keep them past the first date.”
He grins. “Why would I want to keep a girl who doesn’t like what I do for a living? I bet you haven’t told her about the times you used to indulge, fight? How you got the old man to sell this place to you?”
“We’re not having this conversation, Levi.”
“You’re gonna regret it.”
I turn to leave. “I’ll be in my office.”
As I walk, I can still feel Levi’s words circling my head like flies around a carcass. And the worst part? Some of them buzz louder than I want them to.
Sloane hasn’t freaked out about the club. Not once. Whenever it’s mentioned, she stays neutral. Calm. Unbothered.
But what if she just doesn’t know what she’s supposed to be bothered by?
When people hear sex club, they picture dim red lights, sweaty orgies, backroom sleaze. Leather and chains and creepy dudes in masks.
This has Hunter’s name all over it. That smug bastard. He probably wasn’t kidding about that apology letter after all. At this rate, I might just scribete: some half–assed sorry just to make him stop. Or better yet, find him at that cigar club of his and settle it the old–fashioned way–no paper, no signature Just two men, a room, and fists.
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