Page 84 of Poison and Wine
“They do,” Dare replied, as he shot Callum a crooked grin. Callum scowled back at him.
“Then why can’t I?”
Callum cocked a brow at me. “With your background, I didn’t think it would be something you would enjoy.”
“Now you care about my background? It certainly didn’t seem to bother you when you were kidnapping me from the Sacred Heart.”
“You’re never going to let me forget that, are you?”
“Because you kidnapped me!”
“It was a necessary detainment,” he grumbled.
“Fine. You can let me come to the club to make up for kidnapping me.”
“I won’t be guilted or bribed into letting you come, Kitten.”
“Come on, Cal. Let the girl come with us,” Dare said. After waggling his brows, he added, “Get her a hot little number to wear, and she’ll be some killer arm candy for you.”
While I blushed at his words, Callum grunted. “She’s not a piece of meat for me to parade around.”
“No, I’m your prisoner,” I replied more to my plate than him.
“Since we arrived, have I kept you under lock and key?”
“You might as well have considering you’ve only let me go shopping or for a walk under armed guard.”
“I’ve also let you volunteer everyday at St. Francis’s.”
“The operative word is let. People let prisoners do things.”
“There’s too many vices at a club for an innocent like you,” Callum replied around the mouth of his coffee cup.
“Our reception had alcohol and dancing. What’s so different about this?”
Dare snorted. “At the reception, there was no risk of people fucking out in the open or someone grabbing your tits or arse.”
At my gasp of horror, Callum slammed his hand down on the table. “Never speak that way in front of Caterina!”
With a roll of his blue eyes, Dare replied, “My apologies.”
“It’s okay,” I replied. Turning to Callum, I added, “In spite of what Dare said could happen, I still want to go.”
Callum slowly shook his head. “You’ll be the death of me, woman.”
“Let her go, Cal,” Quinn urged.
Glowering at him, Callum replied, “Not you, too. I expect as much from Dare, but you’re supposed to be the fucking voice of reason.”
“How much trouble can she possibly get into with the four of us there along with our men?”
Callum turned his red-hot stare to me. “Don’t ever underestimate this one. Remember?”
As I rolled my eyes, Quinn chuckled. “She really has been cooped up here like a prisoner. She deserves to cut loose and have some fun.”
With a beaming smile, I replied, “Thank you.” Quinn winked at me before going back to his eggs.
Callum pinched the bridge of his nose. Leaning forward in my chair, I peered imploringly at him. “Please let me go. You can consider it a belated 21st birthday gift since I just celebrated it the day before you kidnapped me. Well, it was sorta the day of since it had just turned midnight.”