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Mercedes liked the idea of a girl’s night out without men She hadn’t been able to spend a lot of time with Clarissa, her closest friend, because Clarissa’s schedule was even ht, she certainly didn’t have anything to do because Xander would be gone, and she feared if she sat at ho that had happened over the course of the last two days

“Sure, I’d love to go,” she told Sam now

“Perfect,” Sam said enthusiastically, just short of a squeal

Mercedes listened while Sa before in case she wanted to join them for drinks When Saood-byes just as Mercedes was pulling into the parking lot of her destination

A group of girls at a sex shop

Why the hell not It could be fun

And it would be her chance to set the other woht After all, they were probably still under the impression that she was a sub

Chapter Twenty Two

“That is not what happened, and you know it,” Shane argued with a choked laugh “She was… Shit I don’t even knohat she was after I could see it in her eyes, she wantedshe wanted to feast on hed The stories Shane told about the subs he encountered never ceased to entertain hi on to every single word Shane spoke, like he was so

“Did she? Lay you out like aMurphy asked frolass of Hennessy in his hand

“Not a chance,” Shane bolstered “I didn’t run,” he said, glaring at Xander before turning back to Tag, “no ht tell you However, I did walk fast That wohter echoed in the sathered at X-hale as was their ritual on the third Thursday of every ar bar, but he didn’t run it He left that to John Rhinehart And he didn’t regret it either

He’d much rather enjoy his ti run the way it should In turn, he paid John well to e the place

John was adah class, which meant their membership fees were astronomical to ensure they kept it that way And in turn, they stayed relatively busy with the upper crust ht just a few hours of tiht was closed to the public because Xander reserved the place The entire bar didn’t hold iven time And that was if the poker roo poker Instead, the entire group, including a new face Xander hadn’t seen before had gathered just to chat Luke and Logan McCoy had arrived, along with Cole Ackerley, Alex McDer Murphy, Trent Ramsey, Shane Gibson, and the newcoathered every ars and a little top shelf liquor Because Xander had wanted to discuss souests The ether, and he was bringing soht, Trent had introduced Elijah Penn, Senior Vice President of Global Sales for a coe and server virtualization Logan McCoy’s ears had perked up at the title; that was for da at a Fortune 500 company The people Trent kneere usually at the top of their industry, whatever that ht be

After the initial introductions were an and Elijah had sparked up a conversation Apparently they knew of one another because of their close business ties They’d never officially met, or so Xander had overheard Up until Shane started telling his latest tale, the two rossed in a rather ani hit it off

At thethe chairs that for, and they were propped near the wall closest to the group There were a couple of side conversations, but for the most part, the discussion had eased back as a whole

“So, are you a mely directed at Elijah It had to be since Alex would know that the rest of them were members, if not financial backers

“I ao, they accepted ht I was not, however, able to htest hint of a British accent