have sex with you. That’s just horrible.”
He wasn’t that bad looking. Not that he would have sex with her. “I’m not exactly chopped liver.”
“They think I’m a sweet little lesbian. It was easier that way. Until I met a Domme . She was scary and very aggressive, so now I’m a celibate lesbian because my lover died in a car crash and I can’t get over her.”
That didn’t seem fair. “So you don’t have to have sex, but I do? That’s nice for you.”
She shrugged. “Hey, what can I say? I’m saving myself for someone special. Come on. I’ve done my research on you. You’ve been a Dom for over a decade. You can handle it. And you regularly attend a club called Sanctum. Very private. Very selective.”
“Yes, my partner Ian Taggart and I founded the club when we moved here and started our company. We’re serious lifestylers . The idea of a bunch of tourists playing at D/s in a bar scares the shit out of me.”
Kristen seemed tenacious. “This is the best way to get you in and you know it. Chazz doesn’t need a new bouncer. He needs something different. None of the other clubs have tried this. It’s going to get Evans’s attention. Come on, Alex, you know you want to.”
Alex shook his head. “I don’t know that I’ll be willing to do this. I need to take a look at your research.”
“Of course, you’re careful. But in the end you’ll come back to Florida with me.” She sat back, her smile that of a woman who knew the outcome was certain.
“Florida?”
“St. Augustine to be precise. We’re set up in the Old City. You’ll like it. I’ve got a nice-sized condo in Palm Coast that will function as our base. I’ve been staying in a craptastic apartment in order to look like I need a bartending job, but I can sell you as a wealthy man who just enjoys his kink. But you really do need to bring a sub with you, preferably someone trained in both investigative techniques and the lifestyle. There are a lot of people in and out of that club, and they’re a bit on the scary side. I would be happy to have a couple of people watching my back.”
He was not going there. He was not taking her with him. Fuck no. “I’ll see what I can do, but it might be hard to find a sub who meets your demands.”
She frowned and then looked at him as though she was trying to figure him out. “You work with her every day, Alex. I don’t know that this can happen without your ex-wife.”
He stood up. “Then we’re done here. If I can’t come up with someone and I can’t go in alone, then the whole op is off.”
She held up her hands in supplication. “Whoa, there, big guy. Let’s not jump to conclusions. Take a look at the research and my plan and then make a decision.” She reached into her big bag and pulled out a thumb drive. “Here it is. I’ll be in town all weekend. I would love to bring you back to St. Augustine with me. I promised Chazz I would try to fill the empty positions. He trusts me, but if I don’t he’ll do it himself and I’ll lose out on the chance to put my own people into place.”
She picked up her sandwich and dropped what was left in the trash before shoving her book into her bag. “I sincerely hope you’ll reconsider. I think Evans is going to move soon, and I don’t know that I can do it alone.”
“Why not bring the feds in?” It was the only thing that made sense. If she really had all the information she said she had, then they would be all over the case.
She was quiet for a moment, as though trying to decide just how much to say to him. “The minute we bring the feds in, we lose control of everything. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve studied all their case files. I have them back at my place.”
“Those files are confidential.” And wasn’t it interesting that she had them?
Kristen grinned and shrugged a little. “Nothing is confidential if you have the right skills. I need those files. They’re important. I keep studying them because they might tell
He wasn’t that bad looking. Not that he would have sex with her. “I’m not exactly chopped liver.”
“They think I’m a sweet little lesbian. It was easier that way. Until I met a Domme . She was scary and very aggressive, so now I’m a celibate lesbian because my lover died in a car crash and I can’t get over her.”
That didn’t seem fair. “So you don’t have to have sex, but I do? That’s nice for you.”
She shrugged. “Hey, what can I say? I’m saving myself for someone special. Come on. I’ve done my research on you. You’ve been a Dom for over a decade. You can handle it. And you regularly attend a club called Sanctum. Very private. Very selective.”
“Yes, my partner Ian Taggart and I founded the club when we moved here and started our company. We’re serious lifestylers . The idea of a bunch of tourists playing at D/s in a bar scares the shit out of me.”
Kristen seemed tenacious. “This is the best way to get you in and you know it. Chazz doesn’t need a new bouncer. He needs something different. None of the other clubs have tried this. It’s going to get Evans’s attention. Come on, Alex, you know you want to.”
Alex shook his head. “I don’t know that I’ll be willing to do this. I need to take a look at your research.”
“Of course, you’re careful. But in the end you’ll come back to Florida with me.” She sat back, her smile that of a woman who knew the outcome was certain.
“Florida?”
“St. Augustine to be precise. We’re set up in the Old City. You’ll like it. I’ve got a nice-sized condo in Palm Coast that will function as our base. I’ve been staying in a craptastic apartment in order to look like I need a bartending job, but I can sell you as a wealthy man who just enjoys his kink. But you really do need to bring a sub with you, preferably someone trained in both investigative techniques and the lifestyle. There are a lot of people in and out of that club, and they’re a bit on the scary side. I would be happy to have a couple of people watching my back.”
He was not going there. He was not taking her with him. Fuck no. “I’ll see what I can do, but it might be hard to find a sub who meets your demands.”
She frowned and then looked at him as though she was trying to figure him out. “You work with her every day, Alex. I don’t know that this can happen without your ex-wife.”
He stood up. “Then we’re done here. If I can’t come up with someone and I can’t go in alone, then the whole op is off.”
She held up her hands in supplication. “Whoa, there, big guy. Let’s not jump to conclusions. Take a look at the research and my plan and then make a decision.” She reached into her big bag and pulled out a thumb drive. “Here it is. I’ll be in town all weekend. I would love to bring you back to St. Augustine with me. I promised Chazz I would try to fill the empty positions. He trusts me, but if I don’t he’ll do it himself and I’ll lose out on the chance to put my own people into place.”
She picked up her sandwich and dropped what was left in the trash before shoving her book into her bag. “I sincerely hope you’ll reconsider. I think Evans is going to move soon, and I don’t know that I can do it alone.”
“Why not bring the feds in?” It was the only thing that made sense. If she really had all the information she said she had, then they would be all over the case.
She was quiet for a moment, as though trying to decide just how much to say to him. “The minute we bring the feds in, we lose control of everything. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve studied all their case files. I have them back at my place.”
“Those files are confidential.” And wasn’t it interesting that she had them?
Kristen grinned and shrugged a little. “Nothing is confidential if you have the right skills. I need those files. They’re important. I keep studying them because they might tell
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