Page 31 of Plunge into Obsession

It still didn’t lessen the sting of his rejection two days before when he drove me home, or the fact that I hadn’t seen him since.

I didn’t know how I could have read him wrong.

It seemed like he was interested…

The way he had held me close in that hallway, I was sure had Corey not interrupted us, he would have deepened the kiss. He would have pulled me closer…

But he didn’t want to come inside with me.

It was made worse because that was the first time I hadalmostpropositioned a man.

What made it worse was that the man was my boss.

I shook my head, looked down, and felt my cheeks flame from the thought alone.

How was I going to react once I saw Gabriel again?

I tried to push that thought out of my mind and focus on the task at hand, counting my tips.

It was three in the morning.

I was dead on my feet and couldn’t wait to get home, but today had turned out better than expected.

We were busy, and I had been serving.

I doubted I would be asked to dance anymore, but Cami, Allie, and the other girls were still here. I wondered if I asked him if Gabriel would ensure they remained in their position unless they decided they wanted to dance.

It wasn’t that I was against dancing.

I was against doing it in a situation where you felt like you were left with no other choice. Corey hadn’t given me a choice when he threatened to put Cami on if I refused.

I shoved my cash tips into my purse and walked over to Kaia.

She grinned at me and stood. “Ready?”

I nodded.

We hooked arms and walked out of there together. We learned early on that it was best to stay close when we left work because all the monsters liked to come out at this time of night, and they liked to target strip clubs.

Albuquerque wasn’t exactly known for being the safest city in the world.

I had driven my car today and unlocked the small dark-blue Corolla.

We hopped in, and I locked the door and started it. I was about to drive off when I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.

I paused and looked around, but the light was dim, and I didn’t see any human-shaped shadows.

“You okay?” Kaia asked me.

I turned to her and smiled a little. “Yeah.”

I pulled the car out of the lot and made the short drive home, trying hard but unable to shake off the feeling that I was being watched.

* * *

It wasone of those unusual Fridays that Kaia and I both had off. We had planned on going out to celebrate that the long week was over and that we no longer had Corey as our boss.

I usually felt pretty conflicted about getting Fridays or Saturdays off, mostly because those were our busiest days of the week. On the other hand, I was pretty happy I didn’t have to work and serve horny men.

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