Page 75 of Gloves Off

The fuck? My gaze whips to that fucker, alarm blaring inside me. He sends Georgia a friendly wink.

“Do we have two thousand?”

A few hands go up, including mine.

“Two thousand, from Dr. Greene’s handsome new husband.”

“Volkov.” My wife’s fingers dig into my thigh. My cock jumps. “Do not.”

Dr. Handjob glances from me to Georgia..

“Do we have three thousand?” Dr. Joshi asks.

His hand goes up. My nostrils flare.

“Five thousand?”

Mine goes up. The room starts to buzz.

“Volkov,” she hisses through a smile. “Stop bidding.”

“Ten thousand?” Dr. Joshi lights up. “Ten thousand to Dr. Handley.”

“His family is wealthy and they were going to donate anyway,” she whispers. “I asked him to bid on me. We’re friends. I didn’twant to be humiliated if no one bid on me, and I didn’t want to be stuck with some creep.”

“A friend who calls you beautiful?”

Mywife. Not his.

“Do we have twenty thousand?”

“Twenty thousand,” I call, and the tension in the room thickens.

Dr. Joshi looks like she’s about to detonate. “I guess Dr. Greene’s new husband wants to stake his claim. Do we have thirty?”

“Thirty,” Dr. Nutjob calls.

Wait. I frown at Georgia. “You thought no one would bid on you? Inthatdress? Are you delusional?”

The doctor has a smile that could stop traffic and perfect tits. Her body is a fucking dream.

She looks like she wants to say something, but Dr. Joshi interrupts.

“Do we have forty? Forty to Dr. Handley. We just broke a record, folks. Do we have fifty? Fifty thousand dollars?”

My hand goes up. “Fifty.”

Someone whistles.

A strangled noise slips out of her.“Alexei.”It’s the first time she’s said my first name. I like the way thelandxsound on her lips. “Stop. Bidding. Now.”

The determined look in her eyes makes me feel reckless. Or maybe it’s the way that guy is looking at her like he wants her.

That asshole wants my wife.

“One hundred thousand,” I call, blood beating in my ears, and the room lights up with gasps.

“Dr. Handley?” Dr. Joshi asks, but he gives the room a rueful smile, shaking his head.

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