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I ordered her a vodka gi her to a small table in the corner I stared at her as she took it all in She sipped her drink and took ti around her I wondered if she realized how much attention she’d attracted from the clientele

In her neck, I could see her pulse thru to lean over and suck ain ined what it would be like to make her come with my hand while the entire room watched

Fuck, Max You’re in deep

"What are you thinking?" I asked her

She lifted her chin, indicating the dancers who kissed, oing to have sex out here?"

"Most likely, of one form or another"

"So why do they have the rooms, too?"

"Variety If I remember correctly, the scenarios in the rooms tend to be wilder And they’re smaller, more intimate"

She nodded, lifting her drink and taking a sip, studyinga wig and a , I pointed out, "Historically you have been the one ants to remain hidden"

"You would do this for ether?"

"I suspect I would do al for you," I admitted And then, unable to see in the dark corner hoords affected her, I added, "The thought is probably just as much a rush for me as it seeh under the table "But people here know you They know your face"

"There are people all over this room who are far more famous That man in the corner is an A on about And that woman?" I motioned subtly to a table near the bar "Television"

Sara’s eyes widened slightly as she recognized the E hag sx in Roo No one will judgehere with you And more important, everyone knows you don’t fk with Johnny French’s confidentiality requirement He has dirt on everyone here, or can find it"

"Oh"

"It stays in this rooer to er," she re leaves this rooht club?" she asked, grinning

"Exactly" Lifting my drink to my lips, I took a sip, sed "Tell "

She leaned in to kiss me but I pulled away

"Can I touch you out here?"

I shook my head "Unfortunately, that’s another rule No sexual contact by anyone but the performers"

"What about in Room Six?"

"Yes You can there"

"Da the dancers for a bit They’d shed their clothes by now, and theso his partner could step into it Once inside, her legs were spread wide and an invisible pulley lifted her so her hps were level with her partner’s head He began to spin her in ti in wide circles as she whipped around, head thrown back

"What ti away fro, and pressed his open hed, and I couldn’t tell if she was as antsy as I was The torture of the club was knowing that if I wanted to touch her, I could do it only where others could see us Use us for their need asthe to do to her what the , teasing, fking her with his fingers

As the ain, a waiter approached our table

"Good evening, sir" He poured water fro it above his head without altering the water’s flow even a little "The owner has uest is new Would you like me to tell you a bit about what you can expect?"

"That would be ses the roooal is to keep things fresh for our clientele You’ll find a variety of scenes going on as you walk down to the roolanced to Sara and wondered how, beneath theall of this in

The host continued, "Shows begin at ten, and go until ht I’m told your room is Six Given that this is your first event, you should feel welco whether you would like to participate" He smiled "I’ a bit ular rotation We’ve never had an exhibiting couple who looks at each other the way you do"

I felt o wide, and beside h againstwith htly "But please do not feel any pressure"

At ten, the lights in the hallway illuold Other patrons around the main roorabbed my hand and jerked me out of my chair

The hall was at least twenty feet wide, with seats and tables near the s looking in on the roo,jeans and no shirt On the floor, on all fours, was another dark-hairedThein the corner lifted a whip and cracked it loudly in the air

Sara’s hand flew to her , "Pony play, darling Not for everyone"

Room Two had a beautiful wo toprojected across the expansive wall opposite her

Rooic Melpoed worow uely to the strangely fascinating scene

"Adventurous?" I suggested "You have to understand that people pay a lot of s they can see on the telly"

I put my hand to the s you can’t see on the telly is real intimacy"

She looked up at me and then her attention dropped to my mouth "Do you think we’re really intimate?"

"Do you?"

She nodded "When did that happen?"