Chapter 18
Another Saturday night at Peaks, hanging back and casually drinking as I watched Myles get fucked up. Would I rather be doing anything else? Usually. But Paige was working tonight, and while Myles was trying to score some ass on the dance floor, I was watching Paige work.
I hoped Myles would find someone to go home with so I didn’t have to drag his drunk ass into my parents’ house later tonight, so I could have a moment with Paige after she was off the clock.?
I loved watching the way she lit up when talking to the locals hanging around the bar. She was a natural. This was her element. You could tell the people in town have taken to her quickly with how they looked at her with adoration in their eyes. She was the most stunning woman in this bar, and maybe that was a big reason for the attention she received too.
Only a couple beers into the night and it was enough to have me feeling loose. Watching her across the bar, hips swaying back and forth, I couldn’t help but think about how those hips moved over me the other night. I wanted a moment alone with her, but it was busy, and it likely wouldn’t happen.?
Looking around the bar, I noticed Myles seemed to be hitting it off with some chick he’d been hanging around for a while tonight. Good, he was busy. It gave me the opportunity to try and make my move while the perfect song played throughout the bar. The cover band played their rendition of “Dirt On My Boots” by Jon Pardi when I hollered to grab Paige’s attention.?
“Paige!”
She turned around and strutted over to me with that sexy walk she did while she was working and having a good time.
“Think you can step away for a second and dance with me?” She looked back at Sophie, concern swarmed in her eyes, not wanting to leave Sophie hanging.?
“Are you crazy? I’m working, I can’t be seen dancing with the customers when I should be pouring their drinks.”
“I’m not just any customer, baby girl. Just one dance,” I pleaded, “then I’ll return you back to Sophie.” I was dying for any excuse to touch her.?
Sophie called over to Paige, being the best wing woman for the both of us, and hollered, “Go dance with your man! I can handle it back here for a few. You’re good. Go!” I’d have to remember to tip Sophie extra at the end of the night.?
“Well, I guess that's a yes then,” she said with a shy smile.
Meeting her around the side of the bar where she had to duck under to cross to the other side, I held out my hand. “May I have this dance?” I asked with excitement in my voice.
“I’m a terrible dancer. So don’t get mad at me if I step on your feet once or twice,” she responded.
“You can’t be that terrible if you have a leader that knows what he’s doing,” I said with a confident smile. “Come on, let’s go before the song is over.”
I led the way to the dance floor with the sexiest woman in this bar on my arm. The thought of showing her off made me puff up my chest with pride. I wanted to go out for an evening of dancing and spend the whole night spinning her around on the dance floor. The feeling of dancing was always so intimate, two bodies moving so close together in rhythm. But a stolen dance while she was on the clock would have to do for now.
I pulled her in close, with one hand on her lower back and the other holding her left hand.?“Put your hand up here on my shoulder, or around the back of my neck, your choice,” I whispered with a wink.?She was telling the truth when she said she hadn’t done this before. She was stiff as a board, even with her hand splayed around the back of my neck.
“Loosen up, baby. Trust me.” I began leading the way with two quick steps to the right and adding two more steps, but slower this time.?
“Good girl. Keep following my lead.”
Getting the confidence to look up at me instead of staring at her feet, she gave me a small smile as she bit her lower lip; something she did often when she was thinking or concentrating.?“Am I doing it right?” she asked shyly.
“You’re a fucking natural, baby girl.”
Continuing the dance sequence of two quick steps, then two slow steps, we moved directions first going to the right and then the left. She was getting the hang of it. She was the perfect dance partner and didn’t even realize it.?
Maybe she was a fast learner or maybe we just had the perfect chemistry. I chalked it up to this insane pull we had when we were around each other.
The song ended all too quickly, but I was feeling greedy. I didn’t want to be torn away from her, not yet. I took a quick glance at the bar; Sophie was shooting the shit with some customers and didn’t seem overwhelmed at the moment. I decided to take a risk when I pulled Paige back toward the restrooms.
“Declan, where are we going? I have to get back to the bar!” she squealed as her quick steps clicked on the floor behind me.
“Soph said she was good for a few, so just give me a few more,” I begged.
I pulled her back toward the restrooms but took a turn just past them to a door labeled employees only .
I mean, I was with an employee so I couldn’t get in trouble, right? ?
We ended up in a dark closet I’m assuming was the cleaning closet since it smelled a bit like bleach. Shutting the door behind us as I slipped us both inside, I realized how dark it was. Not caring to fumble around for the light, I grabbed her and pulled her in close. I could tell our mouths were centimeters from each other when I smelled the mint on her breath.
“Declan, what are you doing?” she let out in a breathy whisper.
“I needed a moment alone with you. It’s been a week since I’ve been alone with you. Call me greedy, but that's just not enough time for me,” I admitted.
“We got caught up in a moment last week. This was supposed to be just a pretend thing…” Pretend thing, my ass. She didn’t even sound convinced of the words coming out of her mouth.
“Paige, you and I both know there is something here. I know there is a lot we need to talk about. But fuck, I enjoy being around you. And I can’t get my mind off last week. I need another taste of your lips, and a week is too damn long for me,” I bravely admitted in the dark closet.
The moment the words finished escaping my lips, her hands found my neck. Before I knew it, she was lifting herself up to me in search of my lips.?Closing the gap between our mouths, I dived in. I knew this couldn’t go far; I wasn’t trying to get her fired, but I was going to make the most of it.
Her soft lips parted, allowing my tongue to slip inside and meet hers. Her kiss was intoxicating. The way our tongues moved in rhythm was just like our dancing, just like last week when this happened for the first time. Our bodies were so in sync with each other, it was a feeling I couldn’t describe. A feeling I’ve never felt before when I had been physical with anyone else.?
A soft moan escaped her lips when I lifted one of her legs, wrapping it around my waist, hugging me close. The way she was kissing me was like she was eager for more; she needed more, and I needed to be closer to her. I grabbed her other leg so that she was fully wrapped around me as I backed her against the dark wall.?
Reaching for the wall, I made sure it was supportive and there wasn’t anything hanging from it. When I thought back to last week and how she liked it a little rougher, I took the chance to push her firmly up against the wall.?
A loud grunt left my mouth when she tugged on my hair. I fucking loved the fire in her sex drive, it turned me on. Using the wall for leverage to hold her up, her legs wound so tightly around me, I grabbed a palm full of her ass in one hand while I gently wrapped my other hand around her neck. Immersing my tongue into her mouth one last time, I pulled away, out of breath and greedily craving her mouth back on mine.?
“Fuck, Paige, I want you so bad. But we can’t. Not here.”?
“You’re going to make the rest of this shift hell for me now. It’s going to be so hard to focus when you’re sitting on the other side of the bar,” she grumbled.
“I can leave if you want…” Before I could finish, she called my bluff.
“No! Stay. I like that you’re spending your Saturday night with me, even if I am working. Fuck, speaking of work, I hope Sophie doesn’t fire me.” She wiggled free from my arms, slipping down my abdomen. Her body sliding against mine didn’t help the erection in my jeans whatsoever.?
“You’re right. Get back to work. You head out first. I’ll be out in a minute.”
“We came in here together, why can’t we leave together?” she asked, confused.?It was cute that she didn’t think just one kiss with her could make me hard as fuck. She had no idea the way she made me come undone.
“Well, when we walked in here, I didn’t have a raging boner to get rid of,” I said through gritted teeth.
She let out a loud burst of laughter. I didn’t care that she was laughing at the fact I was in a dark cleaning closet with a boner. I could listen to that laugh all day long.?
“Get out of here, trouble.” I smacked her ass before finding the door to help guide her out.
If that was just supposed to be one dance, I’d remember to steal her away to the dance floor more often.