Page 27 of Masters of Pleasure
“Oooh, yay!Kate owes me five bucks!”
“There is no such thing as magic pussy!”Kate protested.“And he’s not confirming… he’s banging his head on the table.That’s not the same thing.”
“You okay, buddy?”Kincaid patted Mitch’s shoulder with false sympathy, his tone syrupy.“Do you need more time to come to terms with the magic pussy?”
Mitch straightened up.
“I hate all of you.”
“Woo-hoo!”Sharon cheered, and Mitch’s lips twitched.She turned back to Kate, pointing her finger.“You so owe me five bucks.I told you magic pussy is real.You are not an anomaly!”
Next to Kate, Andrew smirked, then winked at Mitch.With his fiancé by his side, he looked more content than ever.Would they be one of the couples who made it?Intellectually, Mitch knew not everyone was like his parents, but the odds were pretty stacked against them.
Sharon and Kate fell to bickering about magic pussy, while Zach turned expectantly back to Mitch, raising his eyebrows.
“Can we talk about something else?Literally anything else?”Mitch practically begged.“What about you, Kincaid, any special playmate?”Kincaid shook his head, eyes dancing with amusement.“Should we try talking about work?”
“My partner thinks his wife is cheating on him, which has been the main thing going on this week,” Kincaid said dryly.“Trust me, it’s not a fun conversation.”
Yeah, didn’t sound like it.
“Brian?Work?Women?”
Brian shook his head and took a sip of his beer, his dark eyes dancing with amusement.
Fine.He’d go for the low blow.Zach was the one who had started this, after all.
“Zach, what about you and Amy?”
Blinking in surprise, Zach stared back at him.Beside him, Kincaid stiffened.Yeah, well, he should have helped change the conversation instead of leaving Mitch out to dry.
“What about me and Amy?”Zach echoed.
Mitch shrugged.
“When was the last time you scened with someone other than Amy?”he asked.Zach scowled at him.
“She’sengaged.”Something in Zach’s tone, the prim way he stated the fact, caught Mitch’s attention.Uh oh.“I’m only scening with her so she can get what she needs since her fiancé isn’t kinky.”
Shit.He’d only meant to poke at Zach and Kincaid, and whatever was going on between them.He hadn’t realized Zach actually had a crush or some kind of feelings for Amy.The man was still scening with her, even though it was purely platonic.Everyone knew Amy didn’t do anything sexual at Stronghold.
“Then I guess we’re back around to Brian.”Mitch grinned easily as if he hadn’t realized Zach’s intensity meant anything.Kincaid was now eyeing Zach with speculation and worry.Good job, Mitch.Brian was going to have to suck it up and share the hot seat instead.“Are you going to find someone to scene with tonight?”
Brian glanced over at the Lounge area.As far as Mitch knew, he hadn’t scened with anyone since Rae at Marquis.
“Yeah,” Brian said slowly, putting his beer down, not looking away from the subs.It was the first one of the night, which meant he was free to play still.“Yeah, I think I will.”Nodding his head, he got to his feet, refocusing on Mitch.“Coming?”
He should.
He really should.
But he didn’t want to.
“Didn’t think so.”
A ghost of a smile crossed Brian’s lips.
Zach clapped Mitch on the shoulder and leaned in.
