Page 11 of Crave: A Reverse Harem Romance

Hot as hell.

And absolutely right about one thing. There was nothing about this place—or about him—that was anything like what I had imagined.

Chapter 4 - Axel

I looked around at the club, soaking up the scene.

My twin brother already had his lips locked around some tight little blonde. Leave it to Diesel to have some chick on him before 10pm.

Not that I had any trouble in that department, either. If I wanted to go after some girl, there was no way I wouldn’t have her eating out of the palm of my hand.

But I was a lot more selective than my brother. For me, it wasn’t about having a new girl every single night. No, I liked the thrill of a good chase. I only went after women that I found irresistible, ones who I was completely enthralled with. Those women only showed up in the club every once in a while.

Tonight was one of those nights.

I had been watching her since she’d come in. Dark-haired and stunning with sexy hazel eyes that I had only caught a glimpse of as she was walking in with her friend. I knew in that moment I absolutely had to have her. She had this sexy librarian vibe going that I couldn’t get enough of. She was in usual club clothes—a tight dress and high heels—but she seemed out of place in them. She even stumbled a bit, which I found kind of adorable.

It was the ones who looked like they were out of place here that were the most intriguing. It was just part of my obsession with the chase. Most women who come here, you can’t chase. They come here looking for hookups, and when they find an attractive guy, they did just that. Not to sound conceited, but I—like my twin who was currently getting it on in the corner—was a good-looking guy, so it was all too easy.

The women who didn’t come here dead set on a hookup were the ones I was attracted to, the ones I liked to chase.

Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t a jerk about it. I didn’t want a woman who didn’t want me, and I wasn’t here to divide and conquer or anything. I just liked to impress a girl. I wanted her to know how sexy I thought she was. I wanted her to enjoy the chase as much as I did, so that when the inevitable hookup finally happened, we were both past the point of denying it.

The brunette was drinking with her redheaded friend, who was also cute but didn’t seem out of place at all. I suspected going to clubs was routine for her, the way she was leading my sexy brunette around.

That was fine, though. I wasn’t ready to start chasing yet. Let them have a little fun and enjoy their night out. I’d come down a little later and check in once they’d had a chance to see the sights.

Besides, I had some work to finish up in my office. Some financial forms I had to get sent off, and I knew damn well Diesel wasn’t going to get it done tonight. Diesel and I split up our responsibilities pretty evenly. We were close, as twins, and it just felt easier that way.

Ryker had his own set of usual responsibilities, and I could always trust they’d be handled. Ryker was the most responsible of us, the most business-oriented.

I wasn’t like my brother, looking for a fuck every night of the week… but I didn’t hesitate to go after a sexy, intriguing girl when I saw her. Ryker, on the other hand, never fucked around in the club. He had the big, bad boss-man vibe. I didn’t mind, though. It was that kind of attitude, that kind of dedication that gave the club a lot of validity. Crave wouldn’t run the same without him.

I took my rum and Coke up the elevator and into my office. Walking in, I set it down on a coaster on my walnut desk, and began to pull out the papers I needed to go over.

My mind immediately started to wander, though. I should have known that after I started drinking I wasn’t going to be able to get a thing done. Especially when that fine-ass brunette was out there waiting for me, tempting me with those long legs, those sweet-but-not-innocent eyes, those lips…

Dammit, I just couldn’t get her out of my mind.

I finished the rest of my drink and walked down the hall and into the security room where I expected Ryker to be. That was where he spent most of his time, so I was surprised to find the room was empty.

Even our head security guy, Tony, was nowhere to be seen.

I immediately started scanning the surveillance cameras and looking for the hot brunette, hoping that I wouldn’t find that she was already making out with some other guy. I doubted it, though. I was damn good at reading people, and I would’ve sworn she was not coming here for a wild night.

I looked in the bar area where I last saw her before I headed upstairs to my office, but she wasn’t there. She wasn’t anywhere that I could see. I caught a glimpse of her redheaded friend on the dancefloor without her, and Tony huddled with a couple of our other security guys nearby.

Dammit, that made me worry a little bit.

Where was she? And what was going on with Tony and the other guys?

There had obviously been some sort of incident—or at least the threat of one—for them to be huddled up like that. Was my sexy brunette somehow involved?

We tried to keep Crave as safe as possible, but it was hard to keep creepers out completely. Some women were okay coming in solo, but those were the regulars that knew what they were here for. They usually stayed fairly sober and found the man they wanted. It wasn’t that some women couldn’t hold their own, plenty of our regulars did.

But this girl was no regular, and I couldn’t get over the red flags that were going off in my head.

Maybe she was fine. Maybe she just decided to leave early.

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