Chapter 14
Free
She agreed to eat with me after Nails ruined her breakfast. I know why she did it, too. She’s always had a thing for me, and I’ve never made a move on her. She isn’t my type and never will be. Of course, I’ve fucked a few girls who weren’t my type before just to get off, but that’s it. I don’t make it a point to fuck every one of the club girls just because they’re there. That’s not the kind of guy I am.
Addison though? She shocked me last night, begging for me. None of the others have done that. None of them even looked my way when the drugs were running through their systems. And yet she did. And now that’s changed things. At least for me, it has.
Ignoring the urge to ask her about it, I pass her a helmet and help her get it settled on her head.
“You ever been on a bike?” I ask her. She shakes her head.
“No. This will be the first time,” she replies. I nod my head and climb on before reaching for her and helping her on. I know I shouldn’t be on the bike with my bad arm, but there’s no other way I’d want to take her out.
Addison climbs on and settles in behind me, her arms wrapping around my waist without me having to tell her. I smile to myself at that before revving the bike.
I take off with her holding tightly to me and round the corner to head to the main road. Once we’re riding for a few minutes, she relaxes into me a little more. I take it easy on her, not taking the curves too fast, as I head to the local diner. When we arrive, I pull in and kill the engine. Addison climbs off and whines a little when she takes the helmet off.
“That’s it?” she asks me as I smile at her.
“We’re here.”
“I thought it would take longer. I was just getting used to it.”
“I’ll take you the long way back home. You like it?”
“I was starting to,” she says.
“Good. I’ll take you out on the bike more often.”
“Thought you said the sensor would go off if I left?”
“I shut it off before we left. I’ll turn it back on when we get back,” I tell her. She nods her head as if she understands, and it makes me wonder if she does. I lead her inside and to a back table before taking our seats and ordering.
She’s quiet, too quiet. And I want her to talk. I want to hear what she has to say.
“There’s a party at my brother’s establishment this weekend. I want you to come with me,” I tell her.
“Why me? Don’t you have other girls who are willing to go?”
“I’m sure there are, but I’m askin’ you.” Straight to the point always works best. Don’t ask me why I want it to be her. Maybe I’m being a little selfish with her. Maybe I like her. Maybe I want her to see what my brother has to offer her when this is all over with. I don’t fucking know what the answer is anymore.
“I’d like that. Thank you.”
“I don’t want to keep you prisoner, Addison. In fact, this weekend is about more than that. It could be your future if that’s what you choose.”
“What does that mean? My future?”
“My brother operates a club of sorts. Some of the girls I get have nothin’ to go back to, or they choose not to go back to what they had. They need a place, and he offers it.”
“What kind of place?”
“You’ll see this weekend. I don’t want to spoil it for you,” I tell her as our food is delivered to our table. I grab my fork and take a bite as she does the same.
“What do you get out of this?”
“Which part?”
“All of it. If I chose to go to your brothers, what do you get?”
“My money back. He basically buys you from me.”
“Then he owns me the way you do now?”
“I don’t really like that term,” I tell her.
“It’s the truth. You own me.”
“I don’t own you, Addison. I acquired you. That doesn’t mean I’m keepin’ you.” Something in her eyes flashes, a flicker of sadness. Does she not want her freedom? Does she not want to go back to her life?
“What if I don’t want to go to your brother’s place?”
“Then you’re free to leave and go back to your life.”
“What life?”
“Exactly. If you didn’t have one before, we’re offerin’ one later.”
“But wouldn’t you lose your money?” I shrug and nod my head.
“I would, but it’s still worth it to me. I don’t buy girls to keep them, Addison.” I sound like a douche right now. I buy girls and use them to my advantage but not to keep them.
“I don’t understand. You’re willing to lose all that money?”
“If you choose to go home, yeah.”
“And if I choose something else?”
“Like what?”
“What if I like it at the clubhouse? What if I want to stay?” Then I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off her or my cock out of her. I know what would happen. She would be mine. There’s no other way around that.
“Then I’d keep you, Addison.”
“What does that mean?”
“Do you honestly think that after seein’ you take my cock, I could let one of the others have you?” She looks shocked, and even I’m a little shocked myself. I didn’t think I would say that out loud, but there are so many things about this girl I like. I already knew I couldn’t let one of the others fuck her. There’s just no way.
“You would keep me?”
“Yeah, I would. You might be a club girl, but I’d be the only one gettin’ inside of you.” Her cheeks flush, and it looks so good on her. In fact, I need to make her blush more often to see her like this.
“I don’t know what to say,” she says softly.
“You don’t have to say anything. This is just the way it is. No one is gonna force you to leave, least of all me.”
“The others don’t like me much.” As if I needed the reminder, those scratches on her face were reminder enough.
“They’ll learn to like you, or they can go. Nails is a jealous bitch. She wants what she wants and doesn’t care how she has to get it. Although she’d never get me.” I don’t know why I’m telling her this. Why I’m over here spilling my goddamn guts to this girl, but I am.
“I like that I have options,” she says softly.
“You always have options, Addison. Just like with the drugs. You can opt out of usin’ anyone when you take them, or you can do what you did last night.”
“And use you?”
“I can’t keep breakin’ my own rules, darlin’. I make the drugs; I don’t use the girls.”
“But you said it’s my choice. And as much as I’d love to say I’m not attracted to you, I’d be lying. And the sex? That was some of the best sex I’ve ever had, Free.”
“I don’t know,” I tell her, running my hand over my face.
“I want to keep using you.”
“You do?”
“Yeah. I couldn’t even think about another guy when I was with you, Free. I don’t know what it is about you, but my body craved you.” I love she’s so open and honest with me about this stuff. That’s exactly what I need for my research.
“I’ll think about it, yeah?” She nods her head and goes back to her food as I let her words linger in my mind. She wants me. She wanted me the whole time.