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Chapter Thirty-Three

Luna

My entire body goes warm when I see the look on Elliott’s face. It says so many things at once. Things I never imagined a man like him would feel for a woman like me. But there’s no doubt about it as he watches me approach.

How much he likes my dress.

How badly he wants me.

How he feels about me.

It’s right there, written all over his handsome face as he drinks me in.

He once casually mentioned he loves me in pink, so I bought a new dress specifically for him. For tonight. It was expensive, so I hope he doesn’t just rip it off of me the moment we get back to the hotel, but I also kind of hope he does.

I can’t help but smile as I approach him.

He immediately snakes out an arm and yanks me against his chest.

“Are you trying to kill me?” he demands, lips close to my mouth.

“In the best possible way,” I tease.

“Don’t tempt me, woman.”

“Oh, I plan to tempt you all night,” I whisper solemnly.

Our eyes lock, and I can almost see the wheels turning as he tries to decide if there’s any place we can go where he can lift my dress and fuck me soundly.

“Patience,” I say softly, pressing my lips to his. “It will be worth the wait.”

Little does he know, I bought nipple clamps for tonight. He’s mentioned them a few times but we’ve been busy, and I think he’s been trying to work up to all the things he wants to do slowly. Like he might scare me away or something.

That’s not even possible, which is why I took the initiative.

“Come look at this,” I say, tugging him by the hand toward one of the auction items. “Is this something you’d want to do? You can say no, and I’ll go with my girlfriends.”

I look down and see it’s some kind of zoo experience—with baby fucking tigers. You’d actually get to play with tiger cubs. And I’m a cat man, so this would be incredible.

“Uh, have we talked about how much I love cats?”

She laughs. “You’ve mentioned it but I wasn’t sure. So, yes? I should try to win it?”

“Fuck yeah. And it looks like it’s for four people, so you can still bring two of your friends.”

“You think Grim and Allora would want to go?”

“Allora yes. Grim? Maybe. He tolerates Cleo, but he’s more a dog guy.” Cleo is Allora’s cat.

“I think Courtney would love this.”

We walk around discussing different items and I make sure to steer her clear of the spa experience so she doesn’t see my name on it.

“Luna!” Candy’s voice is low hiss behind us. “Where’s the puck signed by Gretzky?”

I glance at her with a frown. “Right over there.” I point. “With the season ticket package for the Phantoms.”

Candy’s step falters and she lets out a sigh, closing her eyes. “Right. Okay. Sorry. I’m a little stressed.”