Read Online Club X-Dare (Siren Publishing Allure) by Kat Barrett - Free Book Online

his hand and grabbed for her as she kissed him. “Did you miss me?” he asked with a grin.
    “Of course. Why are you here now?”
    “Should I go away?”
    “No! I just didn’t expect you until the weekend. It is only Wednesday.”
    “We did a little rearranging of shifts so I could come down and check out the club. When was the last time you ate? I swear when I’m not around, you starve yourself.”
    “I had a salad at lunch and picked up a burrito on the way home. I’m not starving.”
    “You feel lighter,” he said, releasing her from his grasp.
    “Well, then take me out to dinner.”
    “I don’t have to.” Condor leaned over and lifted the bag from the front stoop, walking her backward into the condo with his body. “What are you doing, and where is the furniture?” he asked, gazing past her into the living room.
    “There was a snafu at the warehouse, and they sent my blue set to somewhere else. I put up such a stink that they are giving me a free set of tables to match the sofas. It should be here tomorrow or the next day. Come see what I was doing,” she said in a bubbly tone as she bounced across the room and sat down on the floor in front of the lone coffee table.
    Condor stepped over the pile of wallpaper books and sat down behind her. “What is this?”
    “Well, you know I can’t draw as you can, so I made a showroom out of a box. I have been setting up combinations of wallpaper, paint, beds, colors for things, and accessories in the box. When I get the look I want, I put everything in a single folder so I know what goes together. The decorator loves it.”
    “Let me see what you have come up with,” he said, moving up behind her to put his arms around her waist.
    Aino turned her head and kissed him again, moaning at the glorious heat of his mouth. “You taste so good.”
    “I taste like cinnamon-fire gum and caramel coffee. Show me.”
    She puffed her bottom lip out into a pout, and Condor pulled her closer, kissing her neck. “Aino, don’t look at me like that. I came here directly from work, and it’s a long drive down here. I just want to relax and have something to eat. I have not grown tired of you. If you can stand me until Monday, I am going to stay.”
    “Really?”
    “Yes, really. I miss having you around. You make me insane, but without you things seem too calm. My bed feels really empty.”
    “Me, too. I felt confined when we were living together, but I was really disappointed when you called Friday night and said you wouldn’t be able to come down for the weekend.”
    “If we are apart too long, I won’t be upset if you don’t honor the charm.”
    She stared at him, her mouth falling open as her eyes took on a pleading, hurt quality. “Why would you say that?”
    “Oh shit, I’m trying to be understanding, and you took that wrong. I know that it is hard for you to be inactive, and well, I don’t want you to be with anyone else, but if we’re apart for two or three weeks I wouldn’t mind if you took someone else.”
    She lowered her eyes, growling as she punched him in the shoulder. “I made a promise to you, and I will keep it. Are you backing out by trying to get me to find someone else?”
    “No! Never mind. If you fuck anybody else I will kick your ass. Happy?”
    “Promise?”
    Condor laughed. “I have to be careful what I say around you. I’m not backing out. I honestly wish you would move back up north with me. I’m crazy without you. Merika is really on a quest to get me into bed with her. She drools over me during the entire shift. I have to be around, but every time she is with someone, she asks me to supervise. I can’t turn her down, she’s a newling. It gets so tedious watching her, and she refuses to choose charms. Without them, anyone can call her in for a session.”
    “Should I come up and straighten her out? I can kick her ass and have it be legal. Reserve the dungeon for me, and I will show her who is boss.”
    He leaned his head into