“It’sthree, if you catch my drift.” I winked at her, and her face flushed a deep red.
“Oh. Right. So sorry. Your party is in the back, by the windows.”
“Thank you.”
I spotted him right away, his dark waves pushed back so sexily it made my ovaries lurch. I watched as he smiled at a gorgeous,dark-skinned woman. Yeah, that was jealousy rearing its head right now. I closed the distance between us before I could talk myself out of it, coming to a stop by the table and leaning down to press a kiss to Maverick’s cheek. His breath hitched, his body going rigid beneath me, muscles coiled like he wasn’t sure whether to pull away or pull me closer.
“So sorry I’m late, babe,” I said sweetly, giving him an unhinged, devious grin as I asked the next table over to borrow a chair. They nodded and I scooted the chair next to Maverick, sliding my hand over his thigh. Between the disbelief on his face and the perplexed look on hers, I knew I was going to have fun. My adrenaline was pumping, concealing any reservations I might have had over crashing their date.
“Sorry, I guess I’m confused. Late for what?” The other woman looked between the two of us as Maverick’s left hand slid over mine left and squeezed, urging me to look at him. That subtle squeeze only sent a lick of desire through me.
I feigned innocence as I responded, “For the interview.” She just blinked at me. I gave her an incredulous laugh. “You know… to be a swinger for us whenever we want it.” Maverick choked on his glass of wine. I finally glanced at him before turning my attention back to the other woman, who now appeared horrified. “You are here for that, aren’t you?”
“I was under the impression—”
“You see,” I interrupted her, a smile splitting my face as I took joy in her discomfort. “Mav and I have been discussing this for a while now, but we always get caught up on the same details. I’m not sure I want his tongue on another woman when I’d really prefer him to only taste me, but I’dlovethe feeling of having cocks in two holes at once, ya know?”Lies.Anal scared the fuck out of me, let alone two men at once, but she didn’t need to know that.
The other woman’s dark cheeks flushed as she gaped at me.
“Just to feel the fullness of it,” I continued. “But Mav can’t stand the idea of another man touching me. So we go in circles, and we decided to finally interview people to see what will work for us. And here we are.”
Holy fuck, where did that come from?
Maverick’s hand tightened to the point of pain as Priscilla cleared her throat. “Yeah, I’m sorry, this isn’t—I’m not interested in that. I’m gonna… go. Mavy, nice to see you.” She practically bolted from her chair, and the second she was gone, I went to release Maverick, but he held me firmly, glaring at me with so much intensity I thought I might combust on the spot.
“Sophie,” he growled. “What the actualfuckwas that?”
11
Maverick
Impatience pulsed through me like a second heartbeat as I waited for Sophie to answer my question. I refrained from adjusting my cock in my dress pants. I was so fucking hard after watching her scare Priscilla off with her dirty words and ironclad grip on my thigh.
If I wasn’t mistaken, it was coming from a place of jealousy. As much as I shouldn’t like that, because I was sworn off wanting her, I fucking loved it. She was getting a taste of her own medicine after that stunt she’d pulled, fucking another man after dry-fuckingmein my own goddamn club.
And fuck, I really fucking missed seeing her face and hearing her voice.
She gave me a playful smirk. “What was what, sir?”
I groaned and shifted in my chair. I was close to excusing myself to the bathroom so I could take care of the issue inmy pants. “You come in here dressed like this with that filthy fucking mouth and have the audacity to play dumb?”
Sophie full-on grinned now. “Don’t tell me you didn’t like it.” I glowered at her. “Come on, Maverick, you missed me. Admit it. Now why don’t you tell me why you suddenly stopped stalking me.”
I picked up my wine glass, which she swiped from me. I watched the dark red liquid bead on her lip before she licked it off.Fucking torture.I wanted to lick it off her lips. To taste every inch of her sinful body.
“First of all, I was never stalking you.”Goddamn liar!“Second of all, you made it very clear you wanted me to leave you alone.”
She handed my glass back to me and snorted softly. “Please. You expect me to buy that bullshit? It never stopped you before. So either you got what you wanted out of me, or you found me so repulsive after I accidentally flashed you that you wanted nothing more to do with me.”
Fuck.Is that what she thought?
I hooked my ankle around the bottom of her chair and pulled her closer, cupping the back of her neck. Jesus, our lips were nearly touching.
“You can’t possibly believe that, Sophie. You’re the sexiest woman I’ve ever laid my goddamn eyes on. I left you alone because I can barely control myself around you,” I rasped. “And I’m so fucking close to throwing away the rest of my willpower and fucking you until we both see stars.”
She gasped, and apparently not caring where we were, leaned in to whisper in my ear, “I dare you.”
I smirked and leaned away from her, dizzy from her intoxicating scent. “No. You’re not ready yet.”
