Page 55 of Hushed

He leaned in and kissed her tenderly. “I’m positive, little imp. I’ll be back to see you in New York in just a few days. Do your best not to worry. If it helps, I’ll be in meetings most of the time.”

She reluctantly nodded, and he pulled her against his chest. “I need to make flight arrangements,” he murmured a minute later. “Order us some drinks and then come sit with me over there.” He pointed to a quiet corner of the bar with several empty tables. She nodded again and turned back to the bar to order their drinks.

“You must be Kenzie,” the tattooed woman behind the bar said. “I wasn’t here last night, but I heard about you.”

She laughed. “Seems everyone is shocked that Gage brought a girl with him.”

“I’m Amalia. We had to work an event in Vegas last night, so we just got in this morning. My husband, Mitch, is the hottie at the other end of the bar.”

She let her eyes wander in the direction Amalia pointed and smiled at the equally tattooed man with the large beard and long ponytail. He was definitely handsome, and the two seemed like a perfect match.

“Nice to meet you, Amalia. Gage told me he wanted to introduce me to both of you.”

“What’ll you have to drink? Let’s catch up later tonight when things slow down.”

“I would love that. Can I get a hard cider, and a Sam Adams?”

Amalia poured the beers and slid them her way, then Kenzie crossed the room to where Gage sat in the corner scrolling through his phone.

She put the beer down in front of him, and he squeezed her hand. “Thank you.”

She sat across from him and took a long drink of her cider. “Did you find a flight?” she asked after an awkward silence passed between them.

“I did. It leaves in three hours, so I need to leave here in about thirty minutes.”

“Whatever will we do with our time?” she asked with a wink.

He chuckled and picked up his beer. “Actually, I thought we could talk.”

“Talk?”

He nodded. “Yeah. We still have a lot to learn about each other, and there are so many things I want to teach you about my style of power exchange.”

She chewed on her lip. “OK. I’m listening.”

“Not that it needs to be said, but no playing with anyone else tonight. You do, however, have an assignment.”

She frowned. “I thought we talked about not giving me homework.”

He grinned. “Relax, little imp. No paperwork this time. I’ll have the Internet on the plane, so we’ll be able to text. But I’ll also be able to control this.”

He pulled a pink object out of his pocket and slid it her way. “I was planning to put this inside you later tonight.”

She picked it up and stared at it. It was bulbous on one end and had a thin pink tail at the other.

“What is it?”

“It’s a Bluetooth controlled vibrator. We’ll hook it up to your phone’s Bluetooth, and then, via an app, I’ll be able to control it.”

Her mouth fell open. “How did I not even know that was a thing?”

He chuckled and shrugged. “No clue. They’re pretty popular among the cam girls.”

She frowned. “Do you see a lot of cam girls?”

He winked. “I’ve spent a fair amount of money on them. They’re fun. We can go on one of my favorite sites together sometime.”

“We… can?”

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