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Because Charlie Rourke doesn’t exist

Cain leans back against his desk and folds his ar the defined muscles in his shoulders and biceps "Do you have a preference?"

I keep le to decipher his question Preference hat exactly? The desk? The floor? That couch? Is he seconds away fro pause as confusion or he replayed the question in his head and realized how it could be taken because he adds very clearly, "On the stage When you’re dancing"

I exhale and silently adood on a pole" That isn’t a lie That’s actually a discredit to y and lio, I needed an excuse to visit a specific dance studio in Queens once a week so I enrolled in a pole-dancing class Not undernaturally I just haven’t worked up to the move where I drop , appearing as if in thought He hesitates for a second "Full nude or topless?"

"Topless" I shouldn’t be so eager I’ve heard what these girls wear as bottoms and they may as well be completely naked

Cain’s eyes automatically drop to my chest when I say that, and they seem to settle there His entire form is frozen in place

As if he’s waiting

Of course he is He wants to knohat he’s putting up on his stage

A quiver runs throughthan the last ti before my heart explodes out of hetti straps of my lemon-yellow sundress and pull on them until they pass the balls of my shoulders With a sharp inhale, I let oes with it I intentionally didn’t wear a bra today I figured that would make this unco The last thing I wanted to do was fu in thisthat much more aard than it is already

Cain’s lips part but not a sound comes out of him as his eyes widen for one, two, three, four seconds And then it’s as if he wakes up, because he’s suddenlysteps forward to reachas he crouches down in front of rasps the straps of the dress pooled aroundhot trails against my skin as he affixes the straps If my body weren’t already as stiff as a corpse, his touch probably would haveeyes that look wise beyond his years onhis breath, "You don’t have to do that for ain Ever"

I s and nod, , soropedon his heels, he rimace on his handso or if I have the job

I need this job

Cain speaks up again "Just stage dancing? What about private dances?" I see his gaze on e any stage fees, so what you earn up there, you take home"

The small exhale escapes my lips before I can stop it When I cao, I wasn’t fully aware of the inner workings at these clubs But you can find anything on the internet I found out that irls actually earn theirhard on the floor and in the private rooal, many of the on a stage in front of people is a giant pill to s for me But lap dances