Alice could hear his desire in his heartbeat. Slowly, she slipped the dress down her shoulders; baring her breasts, and then pulled her dress up, exposing the fact she was not wearing underwear. “Your bonus for the pictures.”
Jim reached out, grabbing one of her breasts with one hand, then pulling her closer with the other one. “Honey, I can’t wait to see what my bonus is when I bring the Warriors to their knees.”
Looking out the window as Jim nipped down her neck, Alice’s eyes turned black as night. “You do that, Detective, and you may become my head of security with daily bonuses.”
Moaning, Jim made quick work of dropping his pants and plunging into her. Alice bared her fangs, sinking her teeth deep into his neck, sucking until he was spent inside her. She didn’t know what excited her most; his cock deep inside her or the fact that the Warriors were about to get their due.
******
Caroline walked up to Jax as everyone got ready to leave the bar. She had really enjoyed helping Jill who, thank God, knew how to dance. The poor girl was a mess of nerves, but did really well.
“So, teach, why didn’t you dance?” Jax smiled, but his eyes were intense.
Self-consciously, she brushed her hair toward her bruised cheek. “No one wants to see me dance,” she laughed, rolling her eyes.
“I wouldn’t have minded seeing you dance. Was actually looking forward to it.” Jax winked. He reached out, gently brushing her hair back. “And don’t hide your face.”
“It’s gross.” Caroline blushed with a frown. Realizing she used one of her kids’ words, she smiled. “Like totally,” she added with a laugh.
Jax grinned, cocking his eyebrow. “Hanging around kids too much?”
“You don’t even know,” Caroline snorted, shaking her head. Looking at the clock on the wall, she wondered if she should ask. Ah, what the hell, she thought. “So you want to do that dinner? It seems you’ve been holding up to your side of the bargain.” She glanced back at Jill who was talking with Jared.
“I have Jill with me.” He frowned. “I helped her with her driving and parking today. She takes her test Monday for her license. I promised her she could drive back to the compound.”
“Oh, well, that’s okay.” Caroline looked away a little embarrassed, but did grin. “You really are holding up to your end of the bargain. Even going above and beyond just being nice.”
“Yeah, well, who knows how long it will last.” Jax rolled his shoulders, looking uncomfortable. “It’s totally against my nature.”
“So how do you think Jill did with her dance?” Caroline took pity on him and changed the subject of how nice he was being, since it obviously made him uncomfortable.
“Don’t know.” Jax stood, towering over Caroline. “Didn’t watch her.”
“But why not?” Her eyes widened. “She did really well.”
“Watching Jill use a stripper pole would be like watching my…” Jax caught what he was about to say and cursed.
“Your sister. I knew that’s why you were treating her like you have been.” Caroline finished for him, putting her hand on his arm when she saw the hurt those words caused him. “Jax…”
Jax jerked his arm away without even looking down at her. “Jill, let’s go,” he yelled out, heading toward the door.
“Jax.” Caroline followed him outside. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said—”
“You’re damn right, you shouldn’t have.” Jax turned so fast he startled Caroline, making her stumble back. “I told you not to mention her to me again!” His control snapped, making him bellow at her.
They stood staring at each other for a second until Jax growled, turned and walked off. Caroline watched him walk away. “I know,” she whispered to no one, at least no one anyone else could see. “Dammit, I’m going.”
Caroline marched across the parking lot. “You have got to deal with this.” Caroline stopped right behind Jax. “It’s eating you alive and you have to deal with it. Talk to your sister.”
His head fell back as if trying to control himself; it didn’t work. “She is fucking DEAD!” He turned on her. “What the fuck do you not understand about that? You and your so-called gift is a bunch of bullshit. You are a fake! She is dead!”
“I am not a fake, you stubborn son of a bitch,” Caroline yelled back. “Just because you are too closed-minded to listen to me and your sister, who yes, is dead, but right here talking to me and now looking like a nervous mess because you are acting like a lunatic, doesn’t make it not true.”
“Get the fuck out of my face now, before I do something I’ll regret!” His fists closed tightly as he stared down at her.
Caroline’s eyes shot to his hands, and then back to his face. “What are you going to do, hit me?” Caroline snorted. “You are the one who is a liar and a fake. Feeling all sorry for me was a lie.”