Page 42 of Jacqueline's Quest

Jaqueline nodded. “I do.”

"Dinner's ready," Luca said, entering the space. Behind him, a woman pushed a cart loaded down with food. "I hope you're all hungry because we have plenty more where this came from."

Murray’s mouth watered. The scents wafting from the cart ladened with food were to die for. There was a little bit of everything there. Fish, chicken, beef, and seafood. There were also traditional Spanish dishes along with tortillas and bread. The spread had to have taken hours to prepare. A second cart joined the first and instead of main courses, it had desserts. Jesus, it was like Luca had put together their last meal. In a way, Murray supposed it could be. After tonight, they began the intense prep for infiltrating the club. One or more of them might not make it out alive. He grabbed a beer out of the bucket behind him and twisted off the cap.So much for not having such morose fucking feelings. He couldn’t help it though. It would always come back to the mission.

“Nothing has strawberries on it, does it?”

Murray glanced at Luca then AJ.Strawberries?

“Uh,” Luca glanced at the cart. “The Deluca de Leche does.”

“Can we put it back in the kitchen?” She glanced up at Luca. “It’s not my place to say—”

“Your fine, AJ,” Thomas said, beaming at her. “Finish your statement.”

“Thomas has a strawberry allergy. Don’t want to kill him with cake.”

Luca laughed. “Was the downfall of Marie Antionette too.” He grabbed the tray off the cart. “I’ll be right back.”

When Luca returned, he sat at the head of the table. “There. No one will be dying on my watch.”

"Much appreciated," Thomas replied. "The only death I want is by chocolate."

Jaqueline hummed. “Tan bueno. Have you tried, chocolate turrón?”

"Can't say I have." Thomas opened the bottle of wine Luca placed in the middle of the table. He poured some into a glass for AJ then for Jaqueline. "Is it good?"

She nodded. “Gracias. It is spectacular. I have mi madre’s recipe. She only made it for special occasions, usually for Christmas and Christian’s birthday. The minute my brother and I smelled it, we’d spend the rest of the day in the kitchen waiting for it to come out of the oven.” She smiled as she raised her glass to her lips. He supposed he should have been jealous, Jaqueline telling all of them a little bit about her childhood, but while she talked about the cake, he could imagine her with her brother waiting impatiently. The eager looks on their faces. The simple decadence of having cake for a birthday.

“I’ll have to try it then.” Thomas glanced at Murray. “Would you like some of the wine?”

Murray pointed to the bucket of beers on a second cart. “I’m good. AJ, you want one?”

“I think I’m going to try the wine.” The cute little girlish way she stared up at Thomas had him chuckling on the inside. Yep, she was done for with the man.

“Suit yourself, kid.” Murray winked at her.

AJ took a tentative sip from her glass and moaned. “What is this?”

“A special blend I’ve been working on while I’ve been stuck down here,” Luca said. “Do you like it?”

“It’s really good.” She took another sip. “So, who’s going first?” She hooked her finger at the trolley.

“I’ll get ours,” Thomas said.

Murray jerked beside her and she glanced at him. Jaqueline narrowed her eyes before she stood.What the fuck?Jaqueline’s stocking covered foot rubbed across the crotch of his jeans, before pressing her heel to the bulge growing bigger by the second.Fucking hell, Jaq, we're doing this here? She made another pass before abruptly standing to fix her dinner plate.

“Enjoy your dinner, baby girl,” Thomas murmured.

“Uh,” she licked her lips, “thank you, Daddy?”

A hum of satisfaction passed Thomas’ lips. “Your welcome.”

Murray adjusted himself before he stood and went to the cart. Saying anything right then would alert everyone to what was going on under the table. He glanced at Jaqueline who wore a perfectly pleased grin on her face. She sighed wistfully while taking a spoon full of just about everything offered to them. Her gaze slid to him as she placed her finger in her mouth to lick it clean and Murray swore, he felt it in his balls.Dear God, this woman.The teasing twinkle in her eyes, shouldn’t have had a sinking feeling attached to it, but he feared, he created a monster. One session had been all it took for Jaqueline to figure out how much power she had over him and now, she meant to use.

Once he had his plate filled, he sat back down next to AJ and dug in. Beside him, AJ tried one bite of everything on her plate. With each taste, her moans of delight grew louder. He could appreciate her love of food. Plus, it seemed even Thomas got off on her style of eating. Poor girl didn’t even know what she was doing to her Dom at the moment, but if the looks Thomas was throwing in her direction were any indication, she’d figure it sooner rather than later.

“Good?” Thomas glanced at her with heavy-lidded eyes.

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