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Hanging up the phone, Avery went to answer the door.Nick stood outside, a cocky smirk on his face.Jerk.It wasn’t fair that he looked so damn good when he was arrogant.
His eyes lit up when he saw her, his face brightening, and for that one small change in his expression, she realized she would forgive a lot.
“Hello there.”Stepping in, his hands cupped her face to pull her in for a kiss before she could respond.
Avery grabbed onto the front of his shirt, her lips parting beneath his as she stepped back into her apartment.The door slammed behind him.
ChapterTen
Nick
It had beenone hell of a weekend with Avery.They’d spent one night at her apartment, the other night at his house, and had amazing sex both nights, waking up in the morning next to each other.Eventually, they had to separate to get fresh clothes and go to work.She’d seemed a little nervous the first time Gareth came through the kitchen, but that hadn’t lasted long.
Now, it was Monday and time for his first class on how to be a kinky Dominant.
There was a part of him that wanted to ask if she still thought he needed it.The sex was amazing.Did they really need the kinky stuff?He also knew that was coming from a place of fear, so he kept his mouth shut.Avery would be concerned about his wants over hers, and he didn’t want her to feel like her needs weren’t a priority for him.He would get over his discomfort with the class.
Walking up the stairs and seeing Avery at the top, waiting for him next to the front desk, helped.She was chatting with Freddy, who was also standing in front of the desk rather than behind it.
Both of them saw him at the same time.Freddy grinned at him, but Avery went from looking nervous to even more anxious.She clasped her hands in front of her, pressing them together as though she was trying not to squirm.Going to her, Nick reached out his hand for her to hold instead and noticed she relaxed minutely when he wrapped his fingers around hers.
“Hey, Freddy, are you part of the class?”Gossip from upstairs took a little longer to reach downstairs, and he hadn’t heard that Freddy was seeing someone.
“I am.We have a hetero Domme in this class, so I volunteered as tribute.”Freddy chuckled, then corrected himself.“Well, technically, she’s a switch, but she’s already taken the submissive class, so she’s learning how to be a Domme.”
“Uh-huh,” Nick nodded his head, pretending he knew the terms.Domme was what Olivia called herself, so he knew that meant a female Dominant.He hadn’t heard of a switch before, but from the context, he guessed it meant someone who could go back and forth between being submissive and dominant.He wasn’t sure how that worked, but maybe he’d get a chance to see.
“Freddy was just telling me it’s a pretty small class,” Avery said with a smile, squeezing his fingers, trying to reassure him.
“Yup, three men and one woman.”
“Wait, does the woman mean that Olivia will come in to teach?”Nick asked, his stomach suddenly churning.When he’d asked her, she’d told him she had mostly turned the classes over to others and wouldn’t be there for much more than the first class.Definitely not for any of the experience classes where he’d been learning what certain things felt like for the submissive.That had been before he’d known there would be a woman in the class.
“No.”Freddy chuckled.“Master Law and Mistress Julie will handle the classes.Though I’m sure we’ll see Olivia.She might make herself scarcer since you’re in this class.I know she won’t want to make you uncomfortable.”
He could only hope so because he was pretty sure Olivia delighted in making people uncomfortable sometimes.
Avery
The class comprised some people Avery recognized and some she didn’t.She and Nick went in ahead of Freddy, who would be at the front desk until the last person arrived, so someone was there to welcome them.They found a semi-circle of chairs set around the circular stage in the middle of the room.All the lights were on and bright, very different from when she’d been here to watch the show.
A young woman sat on the far side of the semi-circle, in the very last chair, her head jerking up to look at them as they walked in.Beautiful, probably in her mid-twenties, her tanned skin and dark hair and eyes made Avery think she was probably Latina.That she was looking straight at Avery made her feel weird about sitting away from her, so Avery went to the chair next to her.
“Hi, mind if I sit here?”She gestured at the chair, aware of Nick hovering behind her.Given the choice, he probably would have sat on the other side of the circle, far away from the woman, but Avery felt rewarded when the woman smiled at her, relaxing a little.
“Sure.I’m Iris.”She held out her hand, and Avery took it.
“Avery, and this is Nick.”Avery shook Iris’ hand and sat down next to her, allowing Nick to shake her hand as well before she had a thought.“Are you paired with someone?Should I move over?”
Iris shook her head and sighed, rolling her eyes.It made her look younger than she had a moment ago, more like an unruly teenager than a grown woman, one with a chip on her shoulder and something to prove.
“No, I’m here because Master Patrick thinks I need some more experience being submissive, and assisting with the newbie Doms will help me get a better perspective.”She shrugged a shoulder, her body language screaming ‘casual and indifferent’ so hard, it was obvious she cared a lot more about what Master Patrick thought than she wanted anyone to know.Avery was pretty sure she must be talking about Patrick Murphy, the owner of Stronghold and one of the three owners of Marquis.
From what Avery knew, he was pretty hands-on in the club, but she’d only met him once or twice and had been intimidated as hell by the sheer aura of confidence and power that surrounded him; she’d barely been able to talk.The familiar way Iris spoke of him had her blinking in surprise, especially since she was pretty sure Iris wasn’t the switch Freddy had mentioned.
“Do you know him?”she couldn’t help asking.On her other side, Nick slid his fingers through hers, probably wondering why she was talking to this woman they didn’t know, but Avery couldn’t help it.As soon as their eyes had met, she’d felt how alone Iris was, and she hadn’t wanted her to keep feeling that way.
“Yeah.He’s friends with my brother, Andrew, who is also kinky and belongs to the club.It’s one massively awkward situation,” Iris smirked.Clearly, she was unbothered, but Avery bet it was awkward for both Iris’ sibling and Master Patrick if they were friends.Master Patrick was in his thirties, so she was guessing Iris was a younger sister.
