A shiver danced up my spine at the promise in his voice. “But you work Fridays.”
“Not next Friday. I took it off so we can discover each other from top to bottom.”
I wrapped my arms around his neck. I was falling hard and fast for this man. “Okay, I’ll ask Toni. You’re amazing, Nik Tevez.”
“You’re the first person to say that.”
I drew back. Intense black eyes were on me. The cocky smirk I adored was absent.
I didn’t know Nik’s story, his life story. I had a feeling it wasn’t pleasant. I hoped he would trust me with his secrets, the things that made him sad and hurt. It might not be what he wanted, but I wanted to know everything about him. Because once I gave my body to him, he’d own my heart.
And I wanted to own his, too.
9
Nik
I WENT INTO the employees’ lounge for my fifteen-minute break. I had four hours until my shift was over, and I couldn’t wait to leave this place. Before Rita, I loved coming to work. The music and the scantily clad women offering themselves to me all night long were fucking awesome. Being a bouncer had been a dream job for a horny son of a bitch like me.
Now I was hating it.
Dropping onto the sofa, I gulped water from my sports bottle and soaked up the quiet.
Wolf had asked if I wanted to party after work. He had a pair of twins lined up… redheads. No one at work knew about Rita except Derek. At some point, the Club R crew needed to know I was off the market.
Fuck. Was I off the market?
The door opened and Julie walked in.Shit.
“Hey, Nik.”
“Julie.”
She plopped down next to me. Her hand went on my thigh. “Want to hook up tonight?” Her hand traveled up.
“No.” I plucked her hand off me and moved it away.
“I heard you’ve been turning down women left and right. Even having a bit of trouble getting an erection. I’m sure I can help you with that.” She got on her knees between my legs.
Any other time, I would have sat back and let her take me into her small mouth. My cock fit all snuggly and shit in it. Julia liked to deep throat, choking and gagging on my dick. I’d never fucked her pussy. She didn’t do it for me, with her straight-as-a-rail body and bony hips. She was too thin for my liking, but her mouth had made up for the rest.
The sound of my zipper jerked me back to reality.
I covered her hand, stopping her. “No, Julie.”
She huffed and stared at me. “What’s your deal these days?”
“None of your damn business.”
“You’ve met someone. Haven’t you? That’s what people are saying around here. That the only thing to stop you from fucking anything with a pair of tits and a pussy is if you were dead or you fell in love. But I find it hard to believe a man like you would fall in love. That would require trust and transparency, and you can’t do either.”
Fucking bitch. She didn’t know shit about me.
I stood in front of her. She was still on her knees and glaring.
“A man can change his mind just as quickly as women do. If I don’t want you or any other woman in Club R, that’s my prerogative. I don’t owe you or anyone else an explanation.”
“So you have fallen in love.” She crossed her hands over her chest. “It won’t last, you know. You’ll get bored. And what happens when she finds out what a manwhore you are?”