Keegan nodded, studying me as he mulledover something. “A very restrained creativity…chains, maybe…”
Chains?
Hoping he meant them metaphorically orartistically in some way, I waited until his mind was present again. He didn’tseem to realize he’d zoned out, so as he spoke, I kept my questions to myself.
It was one of the reasons that whileartists intrigued me, I didn’t always understand them.
As he tuned back into the present, Keeganwent back to watching me closely. “I assume from the way you were watching meearlier that you’re single and looking for a submissive?”
It was an unexpected shift, but I refusedto look startled and just went with it. “I was mostly here to relax, but yes,I’m single and I was interested in you.”
He was very…direct.
“I’m not interested in having sex tonightor even a scene.” He paused like he was trying to decide how I would react.When I just nodded, he kept going. “I’ve made promises and there is someoneelse I’m interested in, but if you would like to continue to chat and possibly kiss,then I would be curious to see how we react to one another. Normally I wouldjust flirt and see what happened but I’m still stressed and you seem like youwould appreciate someone very straightforward.”
Keegan was the most fascinating man I’d metin a long time.
“I don’t want to interfere with yourrelationship, but yes, I appreciate someone who is straightforward.” However,competing with another Dom wasn’t my idea of fun. “But I would love the companyif you would like to chat and walk around a bit?”
What was I doing?
He was technically single.
He wasn’t even trying to send out mixedsignals.
“That would be lovely.” He leaned back inthe seat and it was like he was visually cataloging everything about me like Iwas a design he’d never seen before. “But I am going to be seeing the other Domlater this week and I plan on submitting to him. I also have every intention ofexplaining our meeting and my reactions to you.”
This was the most interesting evening I’d experiencedin a long time.
He had reactions to me?
“Open communication is always important.”But what did his words mean?
Keegan’s grin peeked out as he leanedforward, glancing around the club. “Would you like to show me around more? Isaw some of the club on my previous visit, but we got distracted talking anddidn’t see all of it.”
If I were the jealous type, the images thatflashed through my mind would’ve made me frustrated, but luckily for thespitfire, I didn’t mind a bit of sharing under the right circumstances. Makingsure he could see I was teasing, I narrowed my gaze at him and gave him a lookthat said I thought he was being naughty. “Are you trying to decide if I’m thejealous type?”
His grin widened, but he did his best togive me anI’m so innocentexpression that didn’t quite work. “Me? No, Iwas just making sure I was honest with you.”
And if he got to tease the new Dom, thatwas a bonus.
“Well, if you were being completely honestyou would explain exactly what the rules are with the Dom you’re interestedin.” And probably what his mother had said, as well.
But asking that sounded odd, so I left thatpart out.
The little spitfire wiggled and his grinturned wicked and bright, changing his whole personality. “Well, I promised notto do anything more than we did on our first night together, which was mostlytalking and the most wonderful teasing. I have no intention of walking awayfrom him. But you’re just as interesting in a very different way.”
I wasn’t sure how I felt about the wholesituation, but he pulled at me, so I couldn’t see myself walking away either.“Interesting can be a good thing.”
His heated gaze and the way his body seemedto have a mind of its own said he liked interesting. I just hoped this didn’tbackfire. It was either going to be a glorious mess or something special…it wasjust impossible to tell which.
Chapter 4
Keegan
I liked interesting…but I also likedJulian.
The small, completely rational part of mybrain that usually stayed quiet at the back of my head said I probablyshould’ve left right after the incident with the idiot Dom. But utterly logicaldecisions had never been my strong suit.
