Club Wonderland

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Authors: Christine d'Abo
for months now. Rolling around on the sheets as he licked and pinched various parts of her body.
    Dropping to her knees in the shower.
    Getting on all fours to let him take her from behind.
    Crap, she really needed to get out and find someone for herself.
    “Do you think you’re going to see him again?”
    “I’ll have to. He’s another nominee.”
    “Do you know what category?”
    “We didn’t talk about it. I’ll check online when I get home.”
    When Alice hung up, she was even more determined to hit the town. Petra would be tied up with the awards for the next few weeks, leaving Alice with more than a little free time. She could get her head sorted, scratch the itch that had started ever since Gael arrived at the office. With luck, she’d kill two birds with one stone.
    Starting tomorrow, she would have her own adventure.

Chapter Four
    The evening air was humid. She’d found the sexiest sundress she had in her closet, making sure that it hugged her curves in all the right spots. With the temperature the way it was, doing her hair would be next to impossible. Instead of fighting with it, Alice pulled it up into a loose bun, letting several tendrils drop to kiss the tops of her shoulders and the back of her neck. It was a look that had always worked for her in the past.
    Getting ready had taken her mind off of Petra and the strange phone call she’d received that morning. Alice hated that Petra had brushed off her offer to help. Typical Petra, wanting to handle everything on her own. Though Alice appreciated the need to be an independent woman, sometimes it was important to ask for help. And Petra would laugh her fool head off if Alice ever said that to her. Pot , kettle and all that jazz.
    Her friend used her PC identity online to ensure a certain measure of privacy. Sex blogs didn’t always attract people who were supportive. Or sometimes the fans were a little too supportive. If someone had gotten hold of Petra’s phone number and matched it up with her real identity, she might need help. If Petra were home tonight, Alice would have abandoned her preparations and gone to her friend’s instead. But Petra had other events to see to with the Toronto Web Awards, leaving Alice free to continue on with her plan of a wild night.
    She didn’t need to look in the mirror to know she looked good. The way the taxi driver kept staring at her in the rearview at every stoplight was the first indication that the effect she was hoping to pull off had been successful. Stepping out onto the street in front of Frequency was the second. A group of men, standing in the line waiting to get in, all stopped to look at her as she shut the taxi door. At least two of them smiled and nodded her way, a silent invitation to join them. Tempting, given her goal tonight.
    No, it was early and Alice wanted to give herself time to enjoy the evening. It wasn’t cockiness, but the benefit of her personal experience that gave her the confidence to pick up the average man with little difficulty. Her mother had taught her how to work a crowd at the age of four. She’d learned the tricks to win over another person—well-placed smiles, giggles, when to let her gaze drop—and used them on instinct, efficiently.
    The heavy bass came from the club in front of her and mingled with the laughter and conversation from the groups both inside and out. This was the first time she’d been clubbing alone in quite some time. Hell, it had been over a year since she’d been to a club, period. Petra wasn’t into the partying scene, and Alice found herself wanting to be the club girl less and less as she got older. The group of women she’d once gone out with had all gotten married in the past few years. Some of them even had babies now. Time had marched on, leaving Alice behind.
    Everyone standing in line looked to be between nineteen and twenty-two, a much younger crowd than she was hoping for. If she was going to do this, then she wanted to at least

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