Mitch gave him another look, like he knewthe sub was just pushing back because he thought he had to. “Baby—”
“I am not your baby.” The sub scoffed. “AndI am not required to appear half-naked just to appease your sense of entitlement.I am in control of who sees me in any state of undress just as I am in controlof who I submit to.”
Mitch still thought he was slick enough to talkthe spitfire down, but he was very wrong.
“The fact that I have to explain that toyou says you are not someone I will ever be willing to submit to.” Then heshook his head, mumbling something about his mother finally being very wrongand not being as easily distracted as everyone thought.
That was curious, but I had more importantthings to worry about.
Like the fact that Mitch hadn’t left.
The sub could clearly hold his own, butsince he wasn’t going to call over Ben or Conner, I decided to help just a bit.Catching the eye of one of the servers at the bar, I mouthed Ben’s name andpointedly nodded toward Mitch.
In seconds he’d figured out there was a problemand hurried toward the back of the club. I wasn’t sure who would be around on aSunday evening but after a few moments and one more slimy come-on from Mitch,Ben came around the corner heading straight for them.
Perfect.
Sitting back, I kept an eye on things butpretended to stay out of it as Ben walked over, focusing on the sub. “Hey, Ididn’t realize you were here. How’s everything going?”
He didn’t use the sub’s name, but thatcould’ve been because of Mitch or any number of reasons. The sub huffed andshifted to focus on Ben. “Originally it was fine, but this man won’t leave mealone. I’ve explained I didn’t want to get to know him and I’ve used mysafeword very clearly.”
Then he leaned forward and pointed towardme. “That gentleman there who made sure you were called overheard me as well.”
Caught.
Ben looked over, and I nodded. “Yes, he’sright. He used his safeword and Mitch refused to walk away. Mitch made it clearthat he firmly believed that since he hadn’t touched the sub, his safeworddidn’t mean anything.”
“I was just talking to him.” Mitch stood,doing a terrible impression of someone innocent as he looked at Ben. “Everyoneagrees I never touched him and never even asked him to do anything sexual.”
Technically he was right, but he hadn’tread the rules as closely as the spitfire had.
Ben snorted. “His safeword or the club’s isall that’s needed to stop anything. You should already know that because it’sin the fucking rules. It’s posted on the goddamned door in the locker rooms.It’s also a conversation we’ve had at least once. You’re done.”
Looking over his shoulder, Ben noddedtoward one of the room monitors who was built like a fucking tank and doubledas security on the off chance it was necessary.
Mitch seemed to be unwilling to force ascene in the middle of the lounge, but as the three men walked away, I couldsee he was trying to talk his way out of it. Thankfully, his frustration wasfocused on Ben and me, not the sub.
When they’d walked away toward the officesat the far side of the building and everyone around us had gone back to theirconversations, I looked over at the sub. He was giving me a little smirk, so Iplayed innocent. “Hi. I don’t think I’ve seen you around before.”
He shook his head, still giving me the samelook.
“Please don’t play innocent.” He shifted sohe could see me better and rested one arm against the back of the couch. “I sawyou gesturing to the server. I had it handled, but thank you for yourassistance. He was…persistent.”
Oh yeah.
“Yes, I was watching out for you, buthonestly, Ben’s been waiting for him to step over the line for a while. Mitchhadn’t done anything technically against the rules, but he’s pushy and there’sbeen some drama. So I was doing everyone a favor since you seemed to be newenough that you didn’t know about the dickhead Dom over there.”
My response had the sub’s lips wideninginto a genuine smile and he relaxed a bit.
“I would never have gone anywhere with himand I was getting ready to go find someone to handle the situation moreforcefully, but thank you.” He looked around the room and I could see his smilefading. “I think that probably qualifies as meeting another Dom, so I’m goingto make an executive decision and say I’ve fulfilled the terms of our agreement.”
He seemed to think that made sense, but Iwasn’t so sure I followed.
“You were supposed to talk to someone?”Since it seemed like something Asa would’ve said, it didn’t sound as odd as itonce might have.
He nodded, still looking a bit frustrated.“My mother is a Dominant in the lifestyle and we had an agreement that I wouldget to know several Doms before I became seriously involved with one. This wassupposed to be my night to fulfill the terms of our agreement so I could focuson the Dom I met the last time I was here, but it has not been a relaxingevening.”
“Someone nice, I hope?” Who had he met?
