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Fuck it. I select the contact and send a message, hoping this is not another stupid thing to add to my never-ending list.
Chapter16
Raine
Isent the message four minutes and thirty-two seconds ago. I know this because I’m looking at the timer I placed on my phone. He read it four minutes and twenty-seven seconds ago, leaving it on read and me in limbo.
I can’t move my eyes away from the message, waiting and anticipating his reply. It is borderline obsessive, but fuck it, I’ll still wait.
It wasn’t a suggestive message; however, as I sit and read over the message again and again, my body lighting up from the inside, I’m wondering if I made a mistake by reaching out.
Three little dots appear, and I look at the timer. Six minutes and forty-eight seconds. Anxiety attaches itself to the giddiness I’m feeling and I lean closer to the screen, knowing it’d look fucking weird if someone saw me sitting on my bed like this.
When his message appears, my heart jackhammers in my chest and I swallow harshly over the ball in my throat.
Meet me at Clandestine Moments in an hour. Don’t be late, and wear something red.
My pussy clenches, a whimper leaving my mouth, and I’m blaming the E whizzing through my veins and not the man on the other end. This is what I need — to forget and immobilize these fucked-up feelings.
Glancing at the clock on my bedside table, I realize I only have fifty-seven minutes and sixteen seconds to get ready and get to the club.
“Shit,” I hiss, quickly typing a message out to my driver Dallas to pick me up in twenty.
I haven’t got long to work with but I won’t need it, not when I have the ecstasy thrumming through my veins and the possibility of getting railed on the cards.
I dash to my walk-in closet, siphoning through the contents until I reach the red catsuit that dips low in the front, which I haven’t worn in months. I snatch it off the coat hanger, grab my black stilettos and bracelet cuff with the hidden blade, and rush to the bathroom to have a quick shower.
The shower is nice and quick, and I’ve never been more thankful for the hair laser removal I get. There is very little hair on my body, and that is the way I fucking like it.
Placing baby powder between my legs so I don’t chafe, I shimmy into the catsuit, then apply my makeup. I do a winged eyeliner, mascara, and fire engine red lipstick, then slip into my stilettos. I grab my bag off the end of my bed and take one last look at myself in the mirror.
Pulling the zip up from the bottom of my red catsuit that dips low to my belly button and showcases the Tartarus Mafia tattoo and my massive tits. I feel sexy; hell, I look sexy as sin. I love this piece because there is zipped access right at my pussy for whenever I need it.
Glancing down at my phone in my hand, my heart rate spikes when I notice I only have twenty-three minutes and two seconds to get to the club.
I’m sure the club is at least half an hour away, but my brain is too foggy with the drugs to do the math. I rush out the door and sigh in relief when I see Dallas standing by the black limo with the door open.
His graying black hair is styled back and he’s wearing a black suit without the jacket. He smiles when he sees me, showing off his pearly whites.
“Good evening, Miss Raine.”
“Hi, Dallas. Thanks for coming on such short notice.”
“Any time, you know that.”
I offer him a quick smile and slide in, hearing the door close behind me. Reaching for the premix vodka in the ice bucket, I unscrew the cap and down it, then sit back and put on my seatbelt.
My knee is bumping up and down and I can’t seem to stop it. Dallas snags my attention when he speaks, our eyes meeting in his rear-view mirror.
“Where to, Miss Raine?”
“Clandestine Moments, please, and can you make it quick?” I rush out, anxiety fueling my words as I think of being late.
“As you wish.”
He pulls out the drive and waits for the gate to close while I force my knees to stop bouncing and hold them down with my hand.
Once we hit the open road, I grab another vodka as possible scenarios work my brain until I’m grinding my thighs together to relieve some of the pressure.
