He rushed toward the back door, and ran around the front in time to see her getting into her car.
“Avery, wait,” he said.
She paused, and he saw her eyes widening. “Dominic?”
Stopping in front of her, he took a few deep breaths. “Hello, beautiful.” He found it really charming when she looked behind her as if he was looking at anyone else.
“What’s the matter?”
“You know my name,” he said, smiling, repeating the same words she’d spoken to him.
Her cheeks heated. Even in the lighting from the street lamp, he saw it.
“I don’t mean to embarrass you.”
“It just seems a little surreal right now. I mean, you’ve never spoken two words to me before, and yet you know my name, and now you’re stopping me from getting into my car. I didn’t even think I existed to you an hour ago.”
“You existed in a lot of ways you’ll never understand.”
She laughed. “You see this is where the whole scary, cryptic thing comes in. I don’t know what to expect.”
“Have you ever been told to expect the unexpected?”
“I’ve been told it, but you see, I live my life normally. Nothing unexpected ever happens. It’s always predictable, even down to the littlest of details.” She slapped her hand over her mouth. “I didn’t mean to say that.”
“The truth?”
“How boring I am.”
He reached out, tucking some hair behind her ear. “You’re not boring. In fact, I have a little proposition for you.”
“You do?”
“Yes. I’ve seen you, Avery, sitting in the background, watching, always watching, and I was wondering how you’d feel about a little private playing.”
“Private playing?” she asked, frowning.
“You, me, alone, no one watching us, waiting to see what would happen.”
“Like a date?”
“Yes, like a date, only you come to my place, and I will show you a whole world of loving.”
She bit her lip, looking toward the club. To the outside world, it didn’t look like anything extravagant. Just an ordinary house to the outside. It was only when you got inside that you saw the truth.
“I don’t know. Isn’t that against the rules?”
“There are no rules. We only ask for submissives to be careful, and if need be, we can check on the men claiming to be Doms. This world is exhilarating, exciting, and like all worlds, it is subject to being exploited.”
She nodded. “I get that. I’ve heard some scary tales.”
“Which is why we ask for everyone to be careful. You know how a first responder is supposed to respond to someone in the street no matter what?”
“Yeah.”
“We encourage fellow Doms, and even submissives, to help those that could be in an abusive relationship.”
“Sounds very dedicated.”