Total pages in book: 77
Estimated words: 72647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 291(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 291(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
Because all he fucking wanted in the world was Dee.
In the course of a few short hours, he’d become obsessed with a woman for the first time in his life.
Aidan sat up. He was in sweats and a T-shirt, his hair still damp from a morning shower, and his gym bag was slung over his chair. “Dee? We have a couple of members with first names that start with D.”
“She said her name was Dee.”
Carys walked in from the kitchen. She was dressed far more formally than her fiancé. She was in slacks and a pretty shirt, her hair up in a neat bun. “Who said her name was Dee? We don’t have a Dee. We have a Daisy and a Devon and Denise. But honestly, it was masquerade night so we had some newbies, and almost no one goes by real names.”
“It’s kind of a free-for-all,” Aidan admitted. “The only rule is what happens at masquerade stays at masquerade. It’s a decadent, make-bad-choices kind of night.”
“It’s supposed to be fun.” Carys placed a plate of toast down on the table. “I wouldn’t know. I’ve never been because I’ve pretty much been engaged since I was five.”
Aidan’s lips kicked up in a grin. “She’s right. Tris and I made this ring in art class…” He sobered as though remembering his partner wasn’t here and wouldn’t be coming home any time soon. “Well, I’ve never understood the appeal. I did hear Chloe dumped a beer on Seth’s head when he tried to hit on her. I kind of wished I’d seen that.”
Carys sat down beside her fiancé and put a hand over his. “You were far too busy playing doctor.”
“Damn straight I was.” Aidan gave her hand a squeeze before turning back to Nate. “So you got lucky last night? Good for you, man.”
Had he listened to a word he’d said? “That’s where you’re wrong. I’m not lucky because I’m the arsehole who fell asleep on the hottest woman I’ve ever seen, and now I don’t know how to get in touch with her.”
Aidan chuckled. “Dude, you fell asleep on her? Seriously? So you want to find her again because you didn’t get a chance to play with her?”
“Oh, we played. We played for hours, and when we were done she went to clean up, and I was out like a bloody light,” he admitted. “When the monitor woke me up, she was gone. Everyone was, actually. I managed to sleep until the club closed.”
“Damn, man. I wish I could help you. What did she look like?” Aidan asked.
“She was fucking gorgeous. I mean that woman was sex walking on two legs. Long, dark hair, gorgeous eyes.” The sight of her spread out for his pleasure would haunt him until the day he died. Dee was… She was everything he wanted in a woman, in a sub. “I took one look at her and no one else mattered.”
Aidan glanced Carys’s way. “There are a lot of pretty subs, and a whole bunch who don’t usually attend. I know Chloe brought some friends with her last night. They usually play at The Club. It could be one of them.”
Carys was suddenly very interested in her phone. “Yeah, it really could be anyone. She could have been wearing a wig and going by a fake name. A lot of the subs do.”
He didn’t think Dee had been lying to him, and there was zero way all that silk hadn’t been her real hair. “She was in all white. She looked like a fucking angel. And her mask had feathers around the eyes. She was in these super-high heels, and her corset had all these rhinestones on them.”
“Sounds like Kenz,” Aidan said with a chuckle. “Now that would be funny. It’s not. I’m talking about Kenzie Taggart. She’s somewhere classified. I’m sure she was pissed to miss the party. Chaos is Kenzie’s idea of a good time. Also Kenz has pink hair, though she does have a lot of wigs. I always wonder how she gets all her hair under there. You okay, baby?”
Carys had a hand to her mouth. She’d gone a bright pink. “Yep. Yes. Went down the wrong pipe. I need some water.”
Carys stood and strode back to the kitchen.
All of Nate’s instincts kicked in. She hadn’t taken a drink or eaten anything, so there was nothing to get stuck in any of her pipes, and was that the way a doctor should refer to pieces of human anatomy she’d been regularly tested on?
Carys knew something, and she didn’t want to tell him.
“I’m intrigued,” Aidan was saying. “I can’t think of a single sub I would say is super hot. Now I did grow up with most of them, and I’m the weirdo who hasn’t taken his eyes off one woman for years, but I can appreciate other women on a purely aesthetic level.” He snapped his fingers as though remembering something. “Daphne O’Malley. She’s got dark hair. Green eyes. Pretty girl. She might have come in with Chloe. Hey, Car, do you think it could be Daphne?”