Page 15 of Filthy Dirty Dom
“The bouncer called the cops. They’ll deal with him.”
“Doesn’t that mean I have to talk to the police?”
“Maybe eventually, if they even press charges, but enough people saw what went down, including the bouncer. He can talk to them. So do you have anything to say to him?” he said, his jaw clenched.
Slowly, Leslie shook her head.
“Then I’ll take you home. Come on.”
He stayed protectively close to her, but she was all too aware that he wasn’t acting like she’d expect him to act in this situation. He wasn’t comforting her. Asking her if she was okay. Was he resentful that he had to intervene? Had she ruined his plans to fuck the blonde?
“Doctor David was wrong.”
She jerked. “What?”
“He was wrong when he said you mean nothing to him. He was wrong when he said I don’t want you. He was wrong in implying you don’t mean something very important to me. You know that, right?”
Even though his words soothed something raw inside her, she shrugged. “It doesn’t really matter, does it?”
He stopped walking and stared down at her. “It does matter. Tell me you know he was wrong. That you know I lied to you in Montana about only wanting to fuck you. Tell me you know I keep distance between us, but not because of lack of desire or affection for you, Leslie. I need to know you know that.”
“Why?” she whispered.
“I just do.”
She swallowed hard then nodded. “Then okay, I know it’s true. But like I said, it doesn’t matter, because you were in that sex club, too, and you were looking to fuck someone, weren’t you?”
“Were you?” he shot back.
She shook her head. “I was just curious, and David said he was curious, too. Only he’d already been to sex clubs before.”
“And you never have? What about that picture you sent me? The one with you restrained, your mouth stuffed with a ball gag?”
She smiled sadly. “That was just me trying to play at being experienced so you’d stop thinking of me as the sweet little sister of your best friend.”
Alex narrowed his eyes. “So you’re not experienced in the lifestyle?”
She shook her head.
He looked contemplative before he continued walking her to the parking lot where they reached his truck. He helped her inside. Then he climbed into the driver’s seat. When he started the ignition and put the truck into gear, Leslie sighed.
“I can’t believe I was so wrong about him.”
Alex stared ahead before slowly turning to face her. “Everyone has a side of themselves they don’t let others see,” he said.
“Even you?”
“Especially me.”
7
As Alex pulled out of the parking lot, Leslie studied him, mulling over his implied admission that there was a side of himself he kept hidden from others. She’d always suspected that simply because Alex was such an enigma—a potent blend of allure and danger, capable of setting her senses on fire with a single look. She loved his duality and how he brought out her own. He was something more than a protector, something more thrilling, more perilous, and as such he called to both sides of her – the one that craved safety but also the one that longed for excitement, adventure, maybe even danger.
In a way, Alex was constantly struggling to be good and to lock down his darker self, whereas Leslie…she was tired of being the consummate good girl and longed to draw out the darker sides of them both—to see how they played off one another. But seeing that side of Alex was rare—she’d been privy to it only a handful of times when he lost control, either because of passion or anger, like when he’d gone after David.
But sitting next to him now, Alex couldn’t quite hide the dangerous quality that called to her. Their proximity allowed her to take in the barely concealed tension coiled in his muscles, the hard set of his jaw, the quiet intensity burning in his eyes. It was an intimate dance of proximity and distance, keeping her both close and on edge.
When Alex braked at a light, Leslie’s gaze momentarily left him to look at where they were. Only about a mile out from her place. The thought of spending the rest of the evening alone depressed her. She was jazzed up and knew she would be for a while before she calmed down.