Page 31 of Ravish

“Sierra, I do consider you a friend. You came into the café shortly after I opened it. And later, you brought your friends.”

“That makes me happy.”

“Oh good, Lara can join our group,” Tessa said, walking into the room.

“Group?”

“Yes,” Sierra said. “For years, it’s just been the three of us. Tessa, Crystal, and me. But since we’ve now all started coming to the club, we’re open to expanding our girl group.”

“That sounds like fun.” Lara had never had a lot of girlfriends. She looked forward to spending time with the women.

“Great,” Tessa said, stripping off the long coat she wore. “You need to join us for book club night as well.”

Lara blinked. Why hadn’t she heard of any of this stuff before? Maybe because she’d been concentrating on her business. But the idea of a women’s book club sounded very intriguing. “When do you meet?”

“First Wednesday of the month, usually,” Tessa said, turning around.

Lara’s eyes grew wide. While Sierra was dressed in boy shorts and a baby doll top, Tessa wore a skirt that barely covered her butt and a pretty purple bra. Lara almost felt overdressed.

“Where do you meet?”

“Kleinman’s.”

“Isn’t that the adult store?” Lara remembered hearing something about it over a month ago.

“Yep.” Tessa smiled. “Damon owns it.”

Lara blinked. Oh yeah, that had been mentioned in the article she’d read after the press conference.

“We better get going,” Sierra said. “You know the guys get impatient, and they might storm the bathroom to find us.”

“One of these days,” Tessa said, rolling her eyes before linking her arm through Lara’s.

Sierra linked her arm through Lara’s other arm. “Let’s go surprise our men.”

Arm in arm, the three of them walked out of the ladies’ room. Lara’s confidence soared.

Chapter 7

Colby paced the small hallway while Max and Damon watched him. Both men had big grins on their faces.

“You haven’t even played with her and already you’ve fallen,” Max said.

Colby stopped and stared at Max. “I’m not sure I’ve fallen or anything like that yet.” He was attracted to Lara, and he’d like nothing more than to have her in his bed. But fallen?

Movement caught his attention, and he turned toward the ladies’ room. Three women walked out. His gut clenched when he saw Lara.

He never envisioned how she would look in the clothing he’d made. The halter top cupped her breasts and lifted them, making his mouth water with all her exposed creamy skin.

The just-above-the-knee length leather skirt clung lovingly to her hips, and he was sure to her ass as well. The red slippers she wore gave the outfit a splash of color and made him think that there was fire—hot, hot fire—beneath the calm, cool exterior Lara showed everyone.

The next thing he knew, he was standing in front of her, not even realizing he’d moved. Sierra and Tessa had stepped aside. Colby stared at her. “I may have said this before or maybe not. But you take my breath away. You are so fucking beautiful.”

Her skin flushed, and she ducked her head. “Thank you, Sir.”

Thesirhad his dick pulsing and pushing against khakis. If this kept up, he wouldn’t be able to hide his erection. Not that it mattered in the club, but he didn’t want to make Lara uncomfortable. He was vaguely aware of their friends striding away. “I’m going to have you sit in the green area while I work.”

“That’s fine, Sir. Sierra said she would keep me company and answer any questions I have.”

---