Total pages in book: 141
Estimated words: 132657 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 663(@200wpm)___ 531(@250wpm)___ 442(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 132657 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 663(@200wpm)___ 531(@250wpm)___ 442(@300wpm)
And then her horny, curious self could finally play.
Ruby’s eyes widened. “Niall Griffen? The dude you have the worst crush on but you’re too scared to even play with? You want to go undercover with Niall Griffen?”
It sounded…not so bad. This could work. “I don’t know. He’s a solid guy. He passed all the background checks, and Gabe thinks he’s great. I mean we’ve only known him for a couple of months, but I can say the same for anyone Big Tag would assign to us, and he won’t feel the need to tell my father everything. Also, Big Tag would probably assign someone who wouldn’t end up trying to sleep with me, and that means a married dude, and it would be awkward.”
“I agree. If you’re going in, you need to look like you’re really a Dom and his sub. That would be hard if the guy can’t touch you in an intimate way. You would have to get super comfortable with him. Physically.” Ruby nodded. “I like this plan. It feels like a backdoor route to getting what you want. You don’t have to admit you like him. You need him and you’re going undercover as a Dom and sub, and oops, there’s probably only one bed.”
Her friend read way too many romance novels. But then so did she. “Fine. Maybe I want to push myself, and I know if I don’t have an excuse I won’t do it.” She glanced down the aisle and caught a glimpse of Chloe, who was still talking to her sister, but they had been joined by the infamous aforementioned Daisy O’Donnell, who was showing them her engagement ring.
Daisy was happy. A complete wreck, but happy.
Didn’t she deserve some happiness, too?
She caught Chloe’s expression before she smiled. There was a blank look like she was thinking of someone she shouldn’t. Like she was wondering what it would be like to get a ring from Seth.
Or to follow her real dreams.
“I’m going to ask him. I’m going to walk right up to him and ask if he’ll help us.” She stood, unclasping her bra.
She didn’t have to let what happened with Jensen Wiley wreck the rest of her life. She didn’t.
Of course she also didn’t have to go into this very practical “work” relationship with the delicious Niall Griffen wearing her heart on her sleeve either. She could use the mission to see if he was the kind of man she could trust.
“We’re doing this?” Ruby asked with a smile that told Harlow she was on board.
“We’re doing this.” She pulled out her corset and gave her bestie a wince. “But I’m going to need you to get me into this thing.”
Ruby stood. “That I can do.”
Harlow took her last deep breath for a while, but she was suddenly optimistic.
It felt good.
* * * *
Jensen Wiley stared out over the dungeon floor and wondered what Harlow was doing tonight.
Was she sitting at home watching TV and eating her favorite takeout? Or was she at another club much like this one?
He wouldn’t know until he got the report in the morning, and that bugged him.
It was odd to be back in Texas. He spent the last several years of his life undercover, finding the man who killed his brother. Taking down the entire organization only to find out the last man he needed to get revenge on was building a network in Dallas. Where Harlow lived.
He was so fucking close to her and he couldn’t reach out and touch her, couldn’t call her and hear that voice that always got his motor going.
Couldn’t beg her damn forgiveness. See if there was any way she would take him back.
“Hey, Master J.” Lila winked his way as she walked toward the bar.
He gave her a nod. The pretty sub who worked the bar—and did some other things for the organization—had made it clear to him that she wouldn’t mind having him for more than a temporary play partner. They’d run a few teaching scenes in the months he’d been here, but he always explained he didn’t sleep with his coworkers.
He didn’t sleep with anyone. It was one sin he would not have on his soul when he finally made his way back to her.
He took a long breath as the music thumped through the club and the lights fluctuated along to the sexy beat.
He would get her back. He would do this one last thing for his brother and then he would show up on her doorstep when it was safe and he would do whatever it took to get her back.
Because she was the one.
The trouble was he’d found the “one” in the most dangerous place he could have imagined. The woman had two fathers and still ended up walking into a sex club looking for a missing person.