All of the Dominants within the group chuckled. Beth’s pressure appeared to be ebbing. She was not holding herself inflexible. Drew rested his left arm alongside the again of the love seat, and positioned his proper hand on hers the place it lay on her leg. Beth flipped her palm over and grasped his fingers. She leaned again towards his chest, and he inhaled the scent of her shampoo.

He was so caught up in Beth that he virtually missed the swap in dialog. “There haven’t been any extra sightings of who, have there?”

Beth shook her head. “No.”

“Do you suppose he’ll present up once more?” Daniel requested.

Nicole jumped in earlier than Beth might reply. “You may just about depend on it. Ben isn’t one to surrender.”

Drew’s head was spinning with this new info. Beth’s ex had contacted her—or tried to, a minimum of? Why hadn’t she mentioned something?

Ultimately, the dialog shifted once more however he misplaced monitor of what they have been saying. He was too busy mulling over the belief that his girlfriend’s mendacity ex had made contact along with her. Drew wasn’t positive if he was damage or offended that she hadn’t informed him—possibly just a little of each. Positive, that they had solely began courting within the final week, however they have been speculated to be mates. Her different mates knew about it. Why hadn’t he?

It was arduous to inform how a lot time had handed when he felt Beth elbow him. Drew discovered her watching him with a wierd expression. “What? One thing fallacious?”

“I used to be going to ask you an identical query.”

He frowned. “You didn’t inform me about your ex coming to see you.”

Beth shifted to face him. She cradled his hand in her lap, caressing the ridge the place his palm and wrist met. It was distracting, however he couldn’t deliver himself to ask her to cease.

“I didn’t imply to maintain it from you. It simply by no means got here up.”

“When did he come to see you?” he requested.

“It was virtually a month in the past. After which I used to be informed that he confirmed up right here on the membership two months earlier than that. Katrina kicked him out.”

He blew out a breath. “Good.”

“I don’t know what he desires. But when he’s already tried twice, he’s prone to do it once more.”

“I don’t prefer it.” That was the understatement of the 12 months. Drew hated it. Though he hadn’t identified Beth again then, he knew that if he had, he would have wished to rearrange Ben’s face for him. Even pondering the person’s identify made him see purple. He wasn’t positive he might be held liable for his actions if he ever noticed him face-to-face.

“I don’t prefer it both. Belief me, I’d a lot fairly go the remainder of my life with out ever having to see or discuss to him once more. Sadly, I doubt that’s going to occur. The primary time he caught me off guard. That received’t occur subsequent time.”

Drew noticed motion out of the nook of his eye and realized that their little group had damaged away to provide them privateness. He glanced down at their arms. “How did this evening change into about your ex?”

“As a result of my finest buddy doesn’t have a filter.”

Regardless of the seriousness of their dialog, he chuckled. All the things he knew about Nicole supported Beth’s assertion. “She’s frightened about you. So am I.”

She kissed him. It was a kind of barely there kisses, however it nonetheless had his coronary heart kicking up a notch.

“You don’t have to fret about me,” she whispered towards his lips. “I can deal with Ben.”

Their eyes locked, and he was reminded of the evening earlier than when she’d been wanting up at him as he’d stuffed her. “I don’t suppose it’s doable to not fear about you, Beth.”

Neither of them moved till the music modified from the gradual sultry quantity to one thing with a driving beat that reminded Drew of intercourse. The air round them started to alter, and ideas of Ben took a backseat to his want to get his arms on the lady proper in entrance of him.

Beth stood, and Drew adopted.

With no phrase, she led him by the hand as much as the second flooring. Had she modified her thoughts about taking part in?

They stopped briefly for Beth to speak to Cooper, one of many Dungeon Displays. It didn’t encompass rather more than her checking to see if a room was out there. He nodded, instructed them to provide him ten minutes, after which disappeared by way of a aspect door that Drew hadn’t observed earlier than. Lower than two minutes later, he reappeared with a big bag and entered one of many playrooms. When he returned to the corridor a number of minutes later, he gave Beth one other nod, and she or he led Drew into the room Cooper had vacated.

He felt he wanted to ask. “Did you alter your thoughts?”

She launched his hand and strolled over to peruse the implements hanging on the wall. “I assumed we wanted a distraction. Tonight was speculated to be about you and me.”

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