After only a few more minutes, Massimo parallel parks into a spot, and when I look to see what store he’s parked in front of, my eyes widen. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” I say under my breath, but Massimo hears it and chuckles.
“You said you’ll be taking care of yourself, so if that’s what you’re going to do until you finally cave and give in to me, then you’ll be doing it with the toysIbuy you.”
I’m too shocked to move. I sit in my seat staring up at the brightly lit sign:Midnight Escapes, and before I know it, Massimo is opening my door and pulling me out of the car.
“I am not going in there.”
“Yes, you are,” he says, a hint of humor to his tone as he drags me toward the double doors.
I dig my heel into the ground, stopping him. “Massimo, I have my own toys. I don’t need to go in there.”
Turning around, he hauls me toward him, holding my elbows with his hands. “We’re going in there because, moving forward, until you’re ready to let me fuck you, I want you thinking of me when you’re getting yourself off.”
I scoff. “Just because you buy me a toy doesn’t mean I’m going to be thinking of you while I use it.”
He chuckles deeply. “I think it’ll be a little difficult not to when you see what they carry.”
I’ve heard about Midnight Escapes. It’s an upscale adult sex toy and lingerie boutique with a sex club located in the basement. I’ve never been to a sex toy store, let alone a sex club, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little interested. But there’s something about going in there with Massimo that has me feeling… vulnerable. It’s intimate.Too intimate.
Nevertheless, I allow him to lead me into the boutique where we’re greeted by a beautiful woman with raven-black hair.
“Hello,” she says, greeting us with a wide smile. “Are you both here to shop or to play?”
I choke on my own spit when I realize she’s referring to the club downstairs.
Massimo’s lip tugs up into a smirk as he side-eyes me. “We’re here to shop,” he says. “For now.”
I clear my throat and rush out, “We’re here to shoponly.” I cast a glare at him, which he laughs off.
“Absolutely,” the woman says, the smile never leaving her face. “Could I get the name of the membership holder, please?”
Membership holder? You need a membership to shop here? That, I did not know.
“Bonetti. Massimo Bonetti.”
The woman types on her iPad, then glances back up at us. “Perfect. I have you right here, Mr. Bonetti. Have you both shopped with us before?”
With all the women Massimo has brought into my store, I’m expecting him to say yes, so imagine my surprise when he says, “No.”
I snap my gaze to his, and he’s still staring at the woman in front of us.
Slowly, I turn my head back to her. She’s staring at me, waiting for my response, so I say, “No.”
“Perfect. You’re more than welcome to take a look around. There’s the main room in the middle which is where you’ll enter after going down this small hallway behind me. The main room leads to two smaller rooms on each side. You’ll find your typical toys such as vibrators and dildos in the main room, lingerie in the room off to the right, and BDSM toys in the room to the left. Any questions?”
My eyes widen at how comfortable she is speaking about this stuff. I have toys—I love my vibrator—but she’s socomfortabletalking about sex with people she doesn’t know.
The girls have talked about their sex lives plenty, but it’s nothing I’ve ever been able to participate in. What would I haveto share? My vibrator got me off for the millionth time last night?
There’s a confidence behind this woman’s words, and it makes me feel kind of… envious?
She hands a small black object to Massimo. “Feel free to look around, and if you find something in one of the cases you’d like, press the clicker I just gave you and an associate will be there to assist you. Do either of you have any questions?”
“Do you have any questions,mia moglie,” Massimo says, and all I can do is shake my head. I’m not sure I’ve wrapped my mind around him bringing me to shop for sex toys yet.
“We’re okay,” he says to the woman.
“Amazing,” she says, her smile still beaming. “You two can head down that hallway behind me. Happy shopping.”
