Page 69 of Masters of Pleasure
Her hand reached out, and Mitch crouched down so her fingers could touch his.
“I think… I love you too, Mitch.”
The entire room exploded in applause.Mitch grinned, grabbing her hand and pulling her onto the table with him.She squeaked in surprise but went willingly, then laughed against his lips as he kissed her with all the relief, love, and joy threatening to explode his heart.Kissing him back, she wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him, and he could feel the wetness from the tears on her cheeks, could?—
“Mother fucker!”He jerked away from the kiss, jumping in place, one small spot on his ass burning from a fiery sting that felt exactly like…
Mistress Olivia glared up at him, tapping her crop threateningly against her hand.
“Get.Off.My.Table.Now.”
Whoops.
Cheekily, Mitch saluted her, pretending his ass didn’t have a spot that felt as if it had been stung by a bee, and jumped down before helping Domi down.Olivia watched them with narrowed eyes, looking as though she wanted to hit him with the crop again.
“No standing on tables in my restaurant.”She pointed the crop at him threateningly and dropped it after he and Domi nodded their agreement.Behind Olivia, her boyfriend Luke—and one of the actual owners of the restaurant—was at the bar cracking up.She gave Mitch a terse smile.“Good job on making the right decision, though.”
Resting her crop against her shoulder like it was a bat, Olivia sauntered away, causing quite a few whispers throughout the rest of the restaurant.No one said anything directly to her.Past her and Luke, at the end of the bar, Mitch could see the door to the kitchen was wide open, and people were watching from in there as well.He hoped they’d enjoyed the show.
As Olivia moved away, Rae and Avery came rushing out of the hallway next to the booth where he and Domi were sitting, and Mitch blinked in surprise.Had they been there the whole time?
“Holy shit, that was amazing!”Rae slammed into him, wrapping her arms around him in a massive hug.Mitch did his best to hug her back, although he refused to let go of Domi’s hand, so it was a one-armed effort.“I was cheering for you the whole time.”She suddenly pulled back, glaring up at him.“But don’t you ever hurt Domi again.”
“I’ll do my best not to.”
“Do better than that.”
Chuckling, Mitch squeezed Domi’s fingers as Rae pulled away from him, looking between her and Avery.He should have known Domi wouldn’t show up undefended.Avery grinned at him.She might not be as exuberant as Rae, but she clearly approved.
“Do you two want to join us?”There was plenty of room in the curved booth for all four of them.
“Yes, please, I’m starving,” Rae said, already moving to sit before Domi could protest.
“Hey!This is my date!”
Chuckling, Mitch dropped a kiss to the top of Domi’s head.
“I’ll take you on a real date,” he promised.“Soon.”
“Will you wear the suit?”she asked.
“Absolutely.”
“Fine.”She said, sighing and letting him scoot her into the booth.
Domi
Was she making the right decision?
She had no idea.
But sitting next to Mitch, tucked under his arm, with her friends, felt a hell of a lot better than walking toward the door had.
There were no guarantees, but he was right… that didn’t mean something wasn’t worth trying.
And she was in love with him.
That was no small thing.Maybe it was stupid, but seeing him willing to make a fool out of himself—not in the usual Mitch-way, goofing off to try to make people laugh—literally putting himself out there where everyone could hear him and watch him be rejected… It had made her realize how cowardly she was being.How few risks she was willing to take, even when she’d thought she was giving him a real chance.
