Page 27 of Craving Her
“If you want her down, drop her ass on the floor, Joker. Don’t act like you don’t have a choice.” He looks over her shoulder at me.
“What the fuck is your problem?” Debbie-with-more-tits-than-brains snaps.
“My biggest problem is that I don’t want to be here. I had plans, but Joker decided I needed to be here and didn’t give me a choice. My next biggest problem is the asshole probably expects me to share a bed with him tonight?—”
“You will be in my bed, Skylar.”
“See?” I respond, but more to Debbie than Torin. “Drop her, or I swear by all that is holy, Joker, whatever part of her she has touched tonight will not touch me or I’ll chop it off one painful inch at a time.”
Trudy giggles. “I swear to God, I love you, Kyla.”
“Love you, too. So, what’s it going to be, Joker?”
“You don’t call me Joker. I’m not Joker to you and you’re just doing it to make me spank that fucking amazing ass of yours.”
“On that note, I’m going to leave you to play your games with Dumbass-Debbie, and I’m going to bed. Trudy? My room here free tonight?” I ask.
“Who the fuck are you calling a dumbass? I’ll show you how shit is handled here. You don’t disrespect me. I’m Joker’s favorite. He chooses me over any other woman here at the club. You know what that means, don’t you?”
“He’s an idiot?” I deadpan.
“No, it means I’m in line to be his old lady,” she brags, and I ignore how much her words bother me. I don’t know why it should, that had been the gossip around here forever. Everyone said Torin loved getting his dick wet with Debbie. So much so that he never looked at another girl here, unless it was one of Debbie’s friends. I really am starting to realize what an idiot I’ve been over the last three years.
“Trudy?”
“Yeah, honey, you can have your old room,” she answers. “I can take you.”
I take a deep breath of relief. The party here is just heating up. I can already see several club girls taking care of a couple ofthe guys in the back. I’m not a prude. I don’t really care what people do. It’s just not my scene. Even if what Torin did to me in the club was hot, showing my body in a public setting—while being with someone I love—is not what I want. The only reason I didn’t stop what we did together back at Swank is because no one could see my body. They may have known what was happening, but they didn’t see any part of me. I want that to be for my man to see—and him alone.
“Sounds good,” I mutter. I slide off the table and stare at Torin—who still has Debbie clinging to him. I know it’s pissing him off when I call him Joker. He’s made it clear he doesn’t like it, but he’s not mine. That’s becoming more and more clear. I was a stupid dreamer. That’s going to end tonight.
“Peaches—”
I pull his cut from my body. “I don’t need this. You can give it to your old lady there,” I interject.
“Damn it,” he growls.
“Think fast,” I warn and then I toss his cut at him. He reaches out to grab it. I may have thrown it a little wide. Torin’s forced to jump back to catch it. I didn’t plan it, but I will say that it’s kind of satisfying to see Double-D-Debbie fall down on the concrete floor. Unfortunately, I don’t think it hurt her a damn bit. Her ass has to be so full of fillers that it’s a wonder that she didn’t bounce and crash her head into the vaulted ceiling above. Next, I throw Torin’s shirt at him and before the bastard can say one thing, I walk away in my little black dress, with Trudy laughing and wrapping her arm around mine.
“Ow! What the fuck, Joker?” Debbie once again screeches.
“Skylar!” he growls, ignoring her—which is kind of satisfying even if it shouldn’t be.
“Sorry, Joker. I’m going to my room. I’m completely worn out. I’ve dealt with too much bullshit today. Besides, I promised Carlos, that I’d call him tonight. Trudy, did you know Carlos’smiddle name is Javier? It also starts with a J, and it’s hisrealname,” I add, not bothering to turn around. Torin can kiss my ass. I’m done pining over the asshole. He doesn’t deserve me.
Chapter 14
Joker
I let out an annoyed growl and shake my head as I watch Skylar take off down the hall where the bedrooms are. I knew the girl was going to be hard to wrangle. I was prepared for her to be pissed at me. I was actually expecting a lot worse, considering it had been three years since I almost took her virginity against the side of the Wolf’s Den.
“Joker, baby, what’s going on?”
“Freeze told you I had a woman now. What the fuck was all this shit about, Debbie?”
“Joker—”
“You fucking told the woman wearing my motherfucking cut you were in the running to be my old lady. You were never going to be that, and you know it. You forced a discussion about this shit once, and I personally told your ass to get those thoughts out of your head. I made it clear the woman I wanted wasn’t available, and I would never claim another as my old lady.”