some of the
attention I was drowning beneath shifted. Todd’s hand stayed cupped over my
thigh and once he lost his head and slid it up just high enough to expose the
straps of my garter belt and the whole of Damian changed, momentarily
possessed, he slammed his drink like it was a tequila shot and excused himself
from the table.
“Come back to my hotel room,” Todd begged into my ear and I
shivered when he nipped my earlobe.
“I don’t know if that would be appropriate, Mr. McKinley,” I
answered sincerely, because I wasn’t sure I was willing to go that far. Maybe.
Todd McKinley was a very handsome man and I found him to be especially honest
in a way I didn’t find most wealthy, powerful men to be. And yet, something
held me back from going all the way.
He sighed and nodded and while he seemed disappointed, it
wasn’t in any way angry. “Of course, I know. I know how it must look. You’re
just so beautiful.”
“He’s right, you are very beautiful, Mia,” Anna confided,
much to the delight of the three men that surrounded us. I searched the crowd
for Damian, but smiled appreciatively despite not finding him in the dark club
beyond our hidden corner. “I noticed you right away. You’ve got the most
amazing body. Do you work out?”
“Yes. I hate it, but if I didn’t I wouldn’t get to wear
these awesome dresses.”
Anna gave a little giggle and scooted closer to Todd and me.
She was shameless, this girl who liked the attention of these wealthy men maybe
even more than I did. She put her hand on my waist and made a show of stroking
my dress as if the dress was what she liked best about me. I’ve never been sexual
with a woman before, though I’d kissed a few times, especially in college, and
once spent a somewhat drunk but delicious evening learning to love breasts with
a college roommate and her hot boyfriend. I was not at all turned off by Anna’s
touch and my relaxed stillness seemed to thrill her.
“This is a great dress. I would love to have one for
myself. Do you mind?” she asked and I shook my head.
“Not at all.”
Damian decided that was the time to return as Anna climbed
to her knees in the booth and explored my dress with her soft, small hands. She
had red nails and a one shouldered red cocktail dress that looked great with
her fair skin and light hair.
If Damian was upset by what he saw, he didn’t show it. They
all watched Anna discover me with eyes as big as the moon. Henry physically
adjusted himself and Todd…I’d felt his erection since being pulled into his
lap, but he gripped my hips and ground gently up into me so as not to let
anyone know he was doing it and I’ve never, not ever felt so attractive as I
did just then. I wished I could have bottled it up and kept it for a rainy day.
“Mia,” Anna said quietly. “Would it be very bad if I kissed
you? Just a little? Just once?”
I looked to Damian then. I don’t know why, but it was his
permission I knew I needed. He was breathing like a runner, his eyes heavy and
drugged and deliberately slowly, he nodded his wish.
“You flatter me, Anna. Yes. Please. A kiss.”
Anna settled her hand in the crook of my neck and leaned in.
She didn’t make me work for it at all, and her mouth was wonderfully soft, soft
in a way only girl’s mouths can be. She tasted like the sangria drinks they’d
been intoxicating us with, and a little bit like her lip gloss. I opened my
mouth first and she leaned up straighter on her knees and reached for me. Her
tongue was gorgeous and tiny and not like a man’s at all. I licked her tongue
and felt like some kind of predator the way I controlled her panting, begging
mouth. I wrapped my fingers around the back of her thigh and gave her skin a
gentle stroke and tugged her closer. She moaned prettily and around us the men
made their lusts known audibly.
When we broke apart Edward captured Anna around the waist and
she squealed and flung herself into his arms. He said something about