“Ok. I’ll see you downstairs.” She picked up her dance duffel and left. Leaving the door open behind her.
He listened to see if Enzo was waiting outside or if anyone else lurked around, but it seemed like the coast was clear. Madison was a good girl. Hell, it had been very recent that she had been a virgin. He didn’t want rumors to upset her or ruin her reputation.
Dante would choose to have people know they were dating and had kept it quiet, than that they were in a casual relationship and think that she had slept with him to get favors. Then he could wait until he had cleaned up everything and didn’t have jail over his head, and then he would tell her how he had feelings for her.
Dante headed downstairs to be ready for Madison’s sets.
Chapter 10
It was the end of the night, and Madison and Zoe cleaned up. Things had been different in the back room. No one talked to her, although they hadn’t been tried to befriend her before, so it shouldn’t have been a big difference.
But it was different. She had a feeling that people were going to find out soon that she was sleeping with Dante. How could they not? She would leave with him tonight and he would be bringing her over the weekend to work. It didn’t make sense for them to try and come on their own when they would spend the whole weekend together.
“Feels like something is going on right?” Zoe said.
“Yeah, I was feeling the same thing.”
“It’s the good old rumor mill at work. I figure we will find out soon enough.”
“Yeah.”
“Do you want a ride?”
“No, I’m going to go later. I need to go get my money too. Besides, it’s in the complete opposite direction for you.”
“No worries, I don’t mind, but I understand. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Madison climbed the stairs to Dante’s office. The door was ajar, so she knocked on it in case he was meeting with someone. She didn’t know where she would wait if he was busy. She had planned on waiting in his office, but now she knew that that would for sure get the rumor mill going.
Maybe she should go back to her place and wait for him to pick her up.
“Come in.”
Madison pushed open that door and went inside. She was relieved not to see Enzo. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to see Gabe or Lucca. Her face still heated when she remembered that they knew she had slept with Dante at least once.
She was grateful when she got there that Dante was alone. He looked up when she entered and he gave her a huge smile. It caused tingles to travel inside her body. She was positive, that if she wasn’t on her period, Dante would have bent her over the desk or fucked her on the desk. Imagining it made her nipples bead against the lace of her bra. Maybe another time.
“I was just thinking that it might make more sense for me to go back to my place and wait for you there.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know how it will look with me sitting here when the other girls come up to get their money.”
“No worries. I gave their money to Ed to take down and hand out.”
“Oh, but I better go down for mine. If I’m not there, that will cause suspicions and rumors.
“No worries. They will think you are still cleaning up the bar and when you’re not there, they will either assume you came up to get it or you left for the night.”
“Ok.”
“Come. Sit on my lap.”
“Dante. We better not.” She wanted to sit on his lap and kiss him without a care in the world. Not having to wonder if people were going to come in and catch them together and what their coworkers were going to think or say.
She longed for it to be real which was weird. She knew Dante was as anti-relationship as her. Why else would he have agreed to her deal? But she was tired of sneaking around like she was a bad person doing something she shouldn’t be doing. They were two consenting adults and it shouldn’t matter, but it was the whole workplace romance that was the issue.
“Come on.” He held out a hand for her.
