“What do you think?” I asked, giving him a bow. “Would I make agood fairy for you?”
“You’re perfect.”
My heart began to pound. I don’t know if he even realized he said some of the sweetest things to me.
“So, where are we going?” I asked.
“We’re going to a party.” He held out his hand for me, and I took it. He locked our fingers together, and we left the bedroom to find Hubert waiting by the main door. We traveled toward the elevator and stepped inside. I watched it descend, taking us down to the main floor.
We stepped off and were close to the main doors when my sister’s voice stopped us. I noticed Hubert and Ive tensed up. Did they see her as a potential threat?
“I wanted to get a picture,” she said.
Hubert stepped away and Ive wrapped his arm around me, pulling me in close. I didn’t even need to be asked to smile. It just came naturally as she looked through her camera and took the shot.
“Got it.”
I smiled at her.
“Go and have fun.” She rushed toward me and kissed my cheek. She came away looking all glittery, which made us both laugh.
Ive turned me back to thedoor, and Hubert was once again there, as we headed to the car. I don’t know why it wasn’t parked in the underground parking lot, but I wasn’t going to argue about the car being parked in a completely different place.
It was an unnecessary waste of breath. Ive helped me into the back of the car, and Hubert took the wheel.
I had no idea where we were going, but I looked around the city. There were some groups of people dressed up, wandering up and down the street, but most of them were not.
Was it silly to want to dress up? To have some fun? I wasn’t a child.
I didn’t geta chance to ask Ive to turn us around as we arrived at his nightclub. We’d never gone to one before and I heard the noise the moment we stepped out of the car. There was a long queue and I expected us to join it, but Ive took my hand, and once again we were heading inside.
My heart raced as we stepped into the nightclub. The music was loud, almost too much, but then, I looked around and saw everyone was in fancy dress. Vampires, police officers, some people were dressed up as celebrities. I loved it. Ive said something to Hubert and my guard left. As for Ive, he took me through tothe VIP section.
“How about a drink?” he asked.
“Would you like to dance with me?”
“After a drink.”
I pouted but it didn’t exactly last long since I was distracted by the dance floor. So many people were dancing. Some were couples, others were single people, and I watched as men and women came together.
There was a lot of happiness on the dancefloor.
Our drinks were delivered by a female pirate and I was pretty sure she had one breast hanging out, but I didn’t say anything. Ive didn’t show her any attention at all.
He took the whiskey from her and handed me a drink. It looked fruity and refreshing.
“Be careful,” he said. “It’s a lot more alcoholic than it looks.”
Taking the drink, I had a sip, and it was so nice and fruity. I was pretty sure I could taste oranges, mangoes, pineapple, and a lot of other fruits. It made my mouth zing. I went in for another drink and Ive took the drink from me.”It tastes good,” I said.
Ive’s cell phone went off and I used his distraction to pick my drink up and have a few more sips.
I didn’t see what the problem was. He’d given me a fruit drink.
I wanted to go and dance.
“Come on,” Ive said.
I didn’t arguewith him as he moved us toward the dance floor. People moved out of his way. I didn’t know if they knew he was one of the brigadiers in the Volkov Bratva, but I wasn’t about to tell them.
There was a space for us, andIve pulled me into his arms, pressing his knee between my thighs as he banded a hand around my waist. That felt good.
The music for me faded away. I wasn’t paying attention to it. My one and only focus was on Ive. He took the lead and I loved how closely he danced with me. I didn’t want it to stop. His hands on my body felt so good.
When the song changed, he did too. He spun me away and then drew me back. I honestly didn’t have a clue who this man was, but he knew how to dance. After several dances, he pulled me back against him, twirled me, and then allowed me to tilt backward at the end.
I was so thirsty.
We arrived back at our VIP section. The waitress with the one boob brought us out a drink. I had a sip and just as Ive was about to take the glass from me, Hubert came to our table. He whispered something to Ive, and he had no choice but to tell me to stay as he left. Hubert was ordered to stay with me.
Sipping at my drink, I was surprised to find that I finished it very quickly. “Can I have a second?”
Hubert nodded, but he was distracted. The waitress brought me a second drink. She looked mightily disappointedas I was the only one available to see. I wanted to tell her that she could keep her hands off my husband, but I wasn’t the confrontational type, and the truth was, I didn’t know if she had a shot with my husband.
By the time Ive came back, I’d had threeof the fruity drinks and as he pulled me to my feet, the world had begun to spin.
“What the fuck has she had?” Ive asked.