“No, dude. You’re done. I’m not going to be responsible for you cleaning yourself out. And Roman wants you anyway.”
My eyes rolled skyward. “Yeah, to act like my fucking dad.” I groaned.
“I don’t care. This is my casino and you’re not playing anymore.” I turned and faced off with him. He was a decent sized guy but that didn’t matter. Just then his security towered over him from behind. I looked to the left and saw Karen looking worried. Nikki stood next to her, looking more than fucking disgusted with me as her head shook.
“Just one more game. I can win!”
“No.” Alex’s voice was firm. I pushed them back. I needed a win. A win would make it all good again. “I warned you, Gav. This is for your own good.” With the words fuck you on the tip of my tongue, I looked past Alex and saw his brother and Rhys.Fuck, fuck, fuck.Rhys’s face was hard as he glared at me. He moved through the throng of people and straight up to me, getting in my face.
“Walk the fuck away, Gav. Not here, not tonight.”
“Come on Rhys, man, help me out.” I begged my friend to let me carry on. If Roman could be down here, I knew he would be, but he was with Paisley. I looked up at the VIP room and saw Roman standing just a little way away from the window, “Please.” I begged again. I was fucking desperate.
“Out.” Rhys swung his arm in the direction of the door. “Lucky for you, we’re friends, otherwise I’d be fucking throwing you out of here myself.”
“Alex.” I turned and tried to plead to his better side. “Just one more game. I’ll get on my knees and fucking beg if I have to…please?” My knees buckled and I hit the ground, “Please.” I couldn’t even begin to wonder how much I’d lost tonight, I just needed to get back on there and make up for it.
“Get fucking up, Gav.” Rhys said but I ignored him.
“Go home, Gav.” Alex answered, his face stern. My hands brushed my face and I rubbed my eyes before Rhys helped me from the ground. I shrugged his hand from me and nodded at Alex. As I looked between them, I could see the looks of disgust aimed at me… the problem was though, they couldn’t be more disgusted than I felt with myself right now. I whirled away from them and strode out of there.
The warm air hit my face as soon as I stepped out of the main doors and pushed my body up against the wall outside, I needed a minute to calm down. My body bent at the waist, my elbows dug into the tops of my knees and I dropped my face into my hands.
Ten minutes had passed when I decided it was time to get the fuck out of there. What the fuck was I thinking anyway, going up against Alex like that? He owned the place. He’d warned me.
“Hey,” I heard her gentle voice, but I didn’t look her way, I couldn't. “Gav?” I lifted my head and tilted back to the wall and let my eyes close. I heard her heels, a dull click on the tarmac and opened my eyes again.
What the hell must she think of me now?
“Are you okay.” She stood a little away from me, her hands wrung tightly in front of her.
“Not really.”
“Do you want to talk?”She asked, I could hear the tinge of nervousness in her voice.
“Nope.” I replied, popping the P. But I needed to touch her. I needed everything that was good about her to help me. I needed help.
I needed her. I stood back up to my full height and focused on her, prowling towards her and lifting her chin with my fingers. She backed up until she was against the wall and I placed my hands either side of her head, caging her in. “No, right now, I want to swap one vice for another, and fuck you.”
“Nice, thanks.” Her hands planted against my chest and shoved me away. I stumbled but not enough to put any real distance between us, though. I sniggered and closed the gap.
“What? It’d make me feel so much better.”
Her eyes narrowed and her jaw tensed as I was concentrating on her face, I didn’t see the hand coming towards me. The slap echoed in the deserted air outside as she stepped away from me, her arms fell to her sides and her hands balled tightly. My hand moved to my face and brushed my fingers over it as I smirked.
“Why do you do that? Why the hell are you pushing me away, Gav? I’ve come out here to see if you’re okay and that’s what I get.”
“Oh, come on…” I blew out a tired breath.
“No, Gav. I’m a person. And right now, from what I can see, I’m the only one you’ve got.” She chewed her lip frantically as her chin wobbled.What a wanker. Fuck.I gazed down at the ground for a second before I lifted my chin and watched her. She glared right back at me, until her head shook and she spun around and marched back towards the door.What the fuck had I done? She didn’t deserve that.My feet moved swiftly until I had my hand on her and stopped her from going any further. “K. Don’t go.”
“What do you want from me, Gav? I try so hard…”
My hands cradled her face. As soon as she let me touch her, I felt a sense of ease. I had no idea how to deal with that, and it was something I wouldn’t question tonight, my head was too fucked as it was. I just wanted to kiss her. I swept my thumbs roughly across her cheekbones… understated beauty, I thought as my lips crushed to hers, the feel of her, soft against me and the taste of her, set off that need in me. I kissed her like I’d never had my lips on hers before. Yeah, I’d had a few drinks, but I was nowhere near intoxicated; that made a change.There was nothing gentle about me right now. This was where her fight or flight instinct could come in. “Please, don’t go.”
She pulled her lips from mine and pushed lightly at my chest. She nodded quickly, “Not here.”She added breathlessly.
The door closed again, but I didn’t care who was watching. I brushed my now solid cock against her leg, showing her just how much I wanted her. No, needed to be inside her, then smashed my lips back to hers in another explosive kiss. “Come home with me.” I gasped as I slowed it down. Her incoherent answer mumbled against my lips that were still on hers, and just as I began to pick the kiss back up, I couldn’t have anticipated the next voice I heard.
