15. Chapter 14 – Knox
Chapter 14 – Knox
I f that woman next to Brody won, I was throwing Hannah over my shoulder and carrying her out of there immediately. Not a fucking chance she was getting her hands on my girl.
There was only one woman at the party that was going to be Hannah’s first. And my hand was warming her thigh underneath of the table. Thank god her Jessica Rabbit look alike dress had a slit on her other leg, otherwise I would have been tempted to let my fingers wander.
When was the last time I wanted to explore anyone aside from Brody or Hannah? Tenth grade? Jesus, the last time I had sex with anyone else, I was still a minor.
Unreal.
Yet, there I was. Silently praying with every single card flip, Lex would win the game. I needed it to be her who won Hannah’s affection, because I couldn’t count on Hannah to make the right choice and choose Lex.
She was trying to be brave and act like she wasn’t all twisted up over the sexy, over the top woman, but Brody and I knew the truth. And if the way Brody’s hand was mashing buttons on that controller was any sign, he was trying like hell to help Lex’s odds.
He wouldn’t admit it out loud, but he didn’t want Sydney anywhere near Hannah either.
He also wouldn’t admit that he was rock hard under the table from being so fucking close to seeing Hannah and Lex together, after all the ups and downs over the last two weeks.
“Another.” Sydney waved for another card and grinned when she read it .
I could see Hannah’s hand, and she had fucking shit for cards. And a shittier poker face, even without the toy, edging her closer to orgasm every minute. But at the moment, she was a lost fucking cause.
She didn’t even have a pair of twos.
I looked Lex’s way, but her cards were face down, as she bent back just the smallest corner to read them as the dealer kept dealing. Her expression was blank as she called for another and then discarded one.
I didn’t know the fate of my girlfriend’s night, and that put me on edge.
“I see your bet for our lovely Hannah here, and I’ll raise you.” Sydney cut in, looking past Hannah, directly at Lex.
“Not interested in anything you have to wager.” Lex said without turning in her direction.
“Oh come one Lexie,” Sydney teased, using a name I was sure no one got away with easily, “You used to love taking chances.”
“What is it?” Hannah questioned, before looking at Lex. “Aren’t you the least bit curious?”
Lex picked up my glass of bourbon and took a sip, staring off into the distance, “I learned a long time ago to take nothing that woman has to say at face value.”
“You two were lovers?” Hannah mused, and Brody raised a brow at me as we both continued to stay silent and let the girls have their fun. We decided before we even told Hannah about the invite tonight that we would be at her side all night long, but she called the shots. And apparently, she was feeling bold in that decision.
“Not a chance.” Lex scoffed, setting my glass down empty. “She’s a user and an abuser, nothing more.”
“We were lovers, alright.” Sydney ignored Lex and talked to Hannah like she was telling a love story from times long forgotten. “But no one can settle Lex down into anything serious. Not even me.”
Hannah didn’t reply, and neither did Lex, both seemed lost in their thoughts as the dealer laid down one last card and then waited for the ladies to reveal their cards .
“I got nothing.” Hannah sighed and blushed as she peeked over at Lex, waiting for her to reveal her hand.
But Sydney cut in, as usual. “Full house.” She laid them down, snapping one card after another as dread filled my stomach. “Tens and eights.”
Hannah swallowed so loudly I could hear the gulp amongst the other rowdy noises in the room. That was a hard hand to beat, but not impossible.
We all turned to Lex, who sat back in her chair, staring at Hannah. I couldn’t tell what she was thinking. Did she lose? Did she win?
“Four of a kind.” She laid her cards down and fanned them out, “Queens.”
“Son of a bitch.” Brody cursed from the end of the table with a telltale grin on his face.
“Wow.” Hannah smiled at Lex almost shyly now that the cards were literally on the table.
“Wow indeed,” Sydney stood up and pushed her chair back. “A worthy opponent,” She winked at Lex who just rolled her eyes and cringed like she was physically sick to be in the other woman’s presence. “Have a most pleasurable evening, Hannah.” She purred, pushing my girl’s hair back over her shoulder. “And reach out if you should ever find yourself curious about what Lex was so obsessed with all those years ago.”
With that, she turned and left the table, leaving the four of us and a very uncomfortable dealer sitting in anticipation.
“Well,” Hannah cleared her throat and finished her glass of champagne before standing up from the table. “You won, fair and square.”
“I did.” Lex stood as well, and Brody and I followed, leaving them to it. The tension was so thick I could cut it with my rock-hard cock. “Why don’t you follow me, and we’ll find somewhere a little quieter.” Lex flicked a glance at me and smirked, “Your bodyguards can stay here, though.”
Brody scoffed, “Not a chance.” He put his hand on Hannah’s waist and pulled her to his side. “But nice try.”
“Can’t blame a girl for trying.” Lex rolled her eyes and then slid her hand around my arm, pressing herself to my side. “Whatever you say, big guy. Even I have an exhibitionism kink now and then. ”
He glared at her, and I grinned, enjoying the hateship that was blooming between them. She led us through the crowd, clearly having been to an event before, which both intrigued me and also irritated me somehow.
It was wild walking with her and watching how people reacted to her. I had tattoos on both arms, across my chest and back, and even down one leg, but none of it showed around the cut of my suit. But Lex’s dress called for everyone’s attention to notice the ink and sex appeal that she dripped with every step through the place.
Men and women alike stopped mid-sentence to stare at her, enchanted by it all. One man was mid thrust into a woman tied down on all fours on a sex bench, and he faltered and then stopped to gape at her. It was bizarre and mesmerizing all in one.
“Told you.” Hannah called from behind us, and I looked over my shoulder to see her eyes travel up and down Lex’s body, “There’s just something there.”
Lex smirked but didn’t give away any other indication that she heard Hannah’s admiration of her appeal as we climbed the stairs. The hallways split off at the top, and Lex walked down the dark corridor until she reached an open door. She let go of my arm and stood next to the opening, staring at Hannah.
Lex warned, “Don’t cross that threshold unless you’re one hundred percent ready to give yourself up to me.” She looked to me, and then to Brody “I have rules for you two as well.”
I grinned, “Of course you do. What are they?”
“We set boundaries beforehand, and I won’t tolerate any interruptions after the door closes,” she said firmly, raising her finger to prevent him from objecting. “And don’t you dare touch without an invitation.”
“I’m always fucking invited.” Brody sneered at Lex before sauntering over the threshold into the dimly lit bedroom. “Hannah is free to do whatever she wants.”
“Only because Daddy said so,” Lex rolled her eyes and turned back to Hannah, completely missing the look on Brody’s face as he nearly swallowed his tongue at her comment.
Did he have a daddy kink? Or just a Lex kink ?
Lex zeroed back in on Hannah, who stood frozen in the hallway next to me. “What do you want, Hannah?” She asked.
I watched the girl I’d known since we were kids, and loved for nearly as long, square her shoulders and stare down the very thing I knew she wanted most. Would she be brave enough to indulge?
“I want you.” Hannah replied firmly and my cock twitched, hearing her say it out loud. “And I want the men I love to be at my side the first time I have you.”
Lex licked her lips, overcome with the same thing I was in that moment, and then nodded to the bedroom where Brody waited, “After you, then.”
Hannah walked in and I followed her, stopping in front of Lex as she took a deep breath, like she was fighting for control over her own reaction to the situation. “Do you have any idea how lucky you are right now?” I asked, not that I expected her to reply honestly.
“More than you think I do.” She stepped forward until her chest brushed against my suit jacket and looked up at me. Her brown eyes were bottomless, full of warmth and excitement and I kicked myself for judging the woman so harshly the first time I met her, because even without her affirming what I already knew, her eyes said it all.
Hannah was a gift we were all unworthy of, and Lex knew it.
“Good.” I fought every urge inside of me that ached to know what her lips tasted like because it wasn’t about me. The entire reason we were at the party was because of Hannah, but I couldn’t deny my attraction to the leggy brunette, especially when she vocalized how important the woman I loved was. What fucking paradox had I landed in that I had the woman I loved more than anything, trying to get me to want another woman with her? “Then let’s teach our girl everything she wants to learn.”
Lex’s pupils dilated when I called Hannah ours, but in that moment, if only for that moment, she was.
Hannah was giving herself to Lex. And I couldn’t wait to watch.
The dimly lit room was a fancy bedroom, with a large king sized bed and a couple of other seating options circled around it for spectators .
“Have you been in this room before?” Hannah asked where she stood at the end of the bed, running her dainty fingers across the silky bed sheets.
I took my mask off, tossing it on top of Brody’s on one of the end tables before lowering myself down into a chair directly at the end of the bed.
“Do you really want the answer to that?” Lex replied, standing at the end of the bed in front of Hannah before reaching up and pushing a lock of her strawberry hair back behind her ear.
“Yes.” Hannah whispered as her eyelids fluttered closed as Lex drifted her fingers over the shell of her ear. “I think I do.”
“No.” Lex replied, reaching behind Hannah’s neck and untying her mask, removing it so there were no barriers between them. Seeing the two of them standing so close, intent on exploring each other, had me more excited sexually than I could remember being since the first time I slid deep into Hannah’s body. “I don’t normally come upstairs at these parties.”
Hannah’s chest rose and fell, pressing the limits of her skimpy dress as she stared into Lex’s eyes. They were perfect opposites. Hannah, with her glowing angelic white dress even as sexy as it was, she was a goddess of pure gold. And then there was Lex, with her dark hair and tattoos, draped in red and black, and she resembled a sexy devil of temptation and risk.
And they were fucking perfect for each other, because of their differences.
“But you fuck.” Hannah moaned and her head tilted back as she grabbed onto the post of the bed. “Brody.” She moaned with her eyes closed. “I can’t think straight.”
“Exactly.” He growled from his seat on the side of the bed with that fucking controller in his hand. One look at him and I could tell how close to losing control over his lust he was. He looked unhinged and feral as he stared at the girls. And they hadn’t even touched yet. “Here.” He tossed the controller down on the bed at Lex’s side before sitting back in his chair and palming his erection as Lex stared directly at him. “You’re in control right now.”