Page 68 of Mimosa

He barely had time to get on top of the bar with the others, they were so busy making drinks, but the tips poured in like the liquor flowed.

He spun and danced, doing a little dirty dancing with Abs as Cosmo lifted his shirt to show off his chest and six-pack while wetting the crowd with the water sprayer. Haze was on his knees, doing direct shots, and Hippy danced around the front of the bar before heading out to help Murphy.

Hippy came back from grabbing empties and taking orders but went right for Mims. “Hey, can you come back out with us? There are a ton of people back there.”

“There are a ton here, Hip! Or did you not see them?”

“Seriously, just one round through the patio, please. I swear, I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t need you.”

“Okay, yeah, sure.”

As peeved as he was, he’d never deny his friends anything, so the next time Hippy left the bar to head to the back, Mims was with him, holding a tray and collecting bottles and glasses from tables.

In the patio, however, he froze. Sonny was sitting on top of a table, his feet on one of the metal chairs as he sipped a bottle of beer and stared right at Mims.

Mims handed his tray to Hippy, whispering, “Thanks, man.”

“Yeah, no problem. Go have some fun.”

Mims walked to Sonny and hopped on the table next to him. “So, you did come.”

“Told you I would. You were pretty busy, so I came back here.”

“It’s a busy night. I’m glad to see you.”

“I heard you were smiling more. I had to see that for myself.”

Mims leaned over and kissed him tenderly, sucking a little on Sonny’s bottom lip. “You’re most of my new smiles.”

“I hope so. Go work. I’ll be here when you’re done.”

“I…I am really glad to see you.”

Sonny ran a finger down his forehead to the tip of his nose and said, “Yeah. Me too.”

He left him to go back to work and Murphy caught him before he got to the bar. “Go be with your guy.”

“I’m not leaving everyone tonight. We’re really busy, Paps!”

“Dammit, honey, I wanted to be nice.”

Mims got on his tiptoes and kissed Murphy’s cheek. “Paps, you’re always nice to me, and I haven’t thanked you enough forthat. I really love you. Like…like a lot, and Eazy and the kids and everyone.”

“We love you too, Mims.”

Chapter Nineteen

Forsomereason,afterhe’d seen Sonny, the rest of the night was pure fun. He danced like he weighed less than a feather, tossed bottles more and higher than he ever had and even let Goldie place him on his shoulders so he could catch bottles Hippy threw up to him.

When he was finished, instead of being dead tired like usual, he was energized. After gathering his tips, he grabbed Sonny’s hand and yanked him all the way to his room, slamming the door and pushing Sonny against it.

Sonny chuckled darkly, “Oh, it’s like that, huh?”

“It’s like that. I want to fuck all night, and then some more in the morning.”

“I think I can oblige that,” he said before kissing Mims deeply, grabbing his hips and pulling him close.

Mims sunk into him, taking the kiss and kissing back harder. He felt free for the first time in his life and he wanted to celebrate.

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