Page 27 of Triplet Tease

I looked at the money that Finn held out. Iwanted that sort of money; that was what I was here for.

And I looked back at his face. He wasdevilishly handsome. And this was what I wanted. I wanted to performmy sexiest, dirtiest dancing in private for Finn and his brother,perhaps for both his brothers if the third one was as hot as the twoI’d met.

“I’ve never done this before,” Iconfessed, thereby breaking every intention I had of staying incontrol of the situation.

“I know,” he said in a tone that wasfriendlier and sounded more like the man from the afternoon. “We’resitting out there with a guy called Liam. He says he knows you.”

I didn’t know any guys called Liam, but itmight have been one of the regulars who drank in here every night andI’d served many times even though I’d only been here a week.

“He said some stuff about you.” Finnclenched his fists, and his knuckles turned white. “And he insistedwe all watch because it was your first night.”

“Is Eton with you?”

“Yes.”

“I didn’t think he’d come back after lastnight.”

“Last night? Eton wasn’t here last night.”

“He was. I saw him.”

Finn smiled and shook his head. “You sawHarry, our brother. It happens all the time, people getting themmixed up.”

The full implication of what Finn was sayinghit me. “So when I came out and danced, you and Eton watchedeverything, but you had no idea I worked here.”

Finn nodded. “That’s about it. We didn’ttell Liam we knew you. He and Eton are discussing business. That’swhy we came here, to do a business deal. I was surprised to see you,but then I enjoyed the performance. You’re very sexy; you shouldmake a lot of money if you stick at it.”

“So, you told Eton and Liam that you werecoming back here?”

“Yeah. I think Eton would have preferred tocome first, but he needs to talk to this dude Liam.”

I shook my head. “I’m sorry. I don’tthink I can do this.” And I turned to leave.

Finn stood up, and I thought he would reach outand stop me, which would have violated all the rules. He didn’tattempt to grab me.

“Stop. Wait.”

I turned my head to listen and tried to holdback my tears. I was making a fool of myself.

“I don’t want to spoil things right now.You’ve come here to earn money, and I respect that. We only camehere to do some business. Five or ten minutes, and we’ll be done. Idon’t want to spoil your first night. Here, have the money becauseI’ve wasted your time, and now I want to make it up to you.”

He thrust the cash in my hand, and I took it. Ihad little choice.

“I don’t know what you’d expect to earndancing here for a night, but is there any way I can tempt you tocome back with Eton and me instead? Does the club let you do outcallsto dance at private parties? There’d be just the three of us,meaning Harry and us two. And we’ll pay you for the whole night.”

My mouth gaped open.

“Ofcourse, I’d love to see you dance like thatsomemore,but we won’t expect you to dance.”

I closed my mouth, but it fell open again.

“Oh, god. Siena, I’m not offering you moneyfor sex, either. Let’s just get that clear. The money is to coveryour bills so you can have the night off. And the reason I’msuggesting it is because we like you. Eton and I really like you alot. And we don’t have long before we have to leave, so we’d liketo spend time with you. We can’t do that if you’re at work.”

I wasn’t sure I understood what he was askingof me. “Instead of me getting paid to dance here, you want to payme to have the night off?”

“Yes. And come back with us and meet Harry.You can dance for us. We’d like that. Or we could dance for you andshow you all our moves.” He flung his arms in the air in a way thatdidn’t fit with our conversation.

I couldn’t help but smile.

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