Teased (The VIP Room, #1) (11 page)

“
I told you that you needed to pull
your own weight. The next time someone wants an extra, you better
jump to it. If you’re such a good friend of Jazz’s, give her the
fucking money. How much do you think she could use the money you’re
throwing away? She’s going to be taking a big hit, losing tonight’s
money. We usually score at least three grand.” Vida’s stricken
expression didn’t stop her from turning on her heel and leaving
Vida in stunned silence.

Vida used the restroom quickly before going
back outside. The men were now playing high card. Vida had seen the
game before; whoever at the table picked the highest card, the
other men at the table would chip in for a lap dance, dick shot or
a body shot. Winner called which one he wanted.

The men each took turns picking cards. The
one who won the first round chose Juliet to take a body shot off
her body.

They cleared their table and Juliet laid
down on it with her hands above her head. The men had each put in a
hundred. Vida could see the gleam in her eyes at earning the eight
hundred dollars. Vida watched one of the men pour a drink on
Juliet’s stomach. Going on his knees beside the table, he licked
the drink from her wherever the liquid went on her body. Juliet
cringed when he used his tongue to lick away the liquid from
between her breasts.

Finally, he moved away with cheers from the
onlookers. The cards were drawn two more times with the pot getting
bigger each time. Conner finally won, his eyes immediately went to
Vida.

“
Body shot.” The pot was at twelve
hundred. Vida saw the threat in Juliet’s eyes if she refused.
Standing up, she laid down on the table, raising her hands above
her head. Feeling the men’s eyes on her, she heard Colton’s voice
at the back of the crowd.

“
I’ll take a piece of that action.”
Everyone turned to face Colton.

“
You’re not part of this party. Get
lost.” Laughing, they turned back to Vida.

“
Let me take a turn drawing a card,
and I’ll double the pot. If I lose,” Colton nodded to Connor, “he
can keep the money or decide to take the shot. What have you got to
lose?”

Vida could see Copper was undecided, the
money and Vida both a temptation.

“
You got a deal.” The cards where
shuffled and Colton pulled a card. He looked at the card in
Connor’s hand, reaching out he then pulled one from the center of
the deck, turning it over he exposed a King beating the high card
of Copper’s eight of spades.

“
You fucking cheated,” one of the men
yelled.

“
How did I cheat when I didn’t touch
the cards?” Colton said calmly. The men backed away from Vida,
leaving a space for Colton to stand beside the table where she laid
waiting.

Vida thought at first he would let her out
of it, but she could see from his angry glare he was determined to
teach her a lesson.

Cooper handed him the shot of liquor pouring
it onto Vida’s taut stomach, the liquor slid across her flesh.
Goosebumps rose and Vida shivered as Colton gazed down on her
sprawled on the table. He sank to his knees beside the low table.
Any second Vida expected him to call it off, it was only when his
tongue began grazing her flesh did she realize he wasn’t going to
stop.

His sensuous tongue rose feelings in Vida
that she had never felt before, warmth pooled between her legs.
Vida flushed in embarrassment as she tried to tear her gaze away
from his, but Colton held her gaze with an iron will, daring her to
turn away. His tongue lapped at the liquor at the band of her skirt
that hung low on her hips, delving slightly beneath the band.
Vida’s fingers grasped the edge of the table at her head.

She tried to wiggle her hips away from his
enticing touch.

“
Lie still,” Colton ordered. Vida
stopped moving her stomach, clenching tighter.

He moved upward, tracing the path of the
liquor, swallowing every drop as he moved between her breasts.
Unable to help herself, Vida arched at the first touch of his
tongue on the side of her breast.

“
I told you to lie still.” His eyes
held hers. His tongue made sure every drop of liquid was found
before he moved his tongue to the other breast where droplets
glistened. His tongue delved underneath the skimpy top. Vida felt
the tip lick her hardened nipple in a brief touch.

Before she could jump away, Colton stood up,
lifting Vida back to her feet with his hands on her waist. She
almost lost her balance on her high heeled shoes, it didn’t help
that her knees felt like jelly.

“
Hell yeah, let’s do that again,”
Conner yelled. The men sat back down as Conner pulled Vida down to
sit on his lap.

“
Have a seat,” one of the drunken
party goers’ offered Colton.

The cards came back out. Colton won the next
hand and with a pot of a grand he chose Juliet to give him a dick
shot. Vida turned her eyes away as the woman knelt between Colton’s
thighs and took a shot of beer from the cup held against his cock.
Vida couldn’t bring herself to watch the erotic woman’s display as
she became even bolder, grazing her teeth over Colton jean covered
cock.

When she finished, the cards were drawn
again. Vida became suspicious when he won for the third time in a
row, but the drunken men had long sense lost what rationale they
had.

Vida tensed, expecting him to take a body
shot off Juliet, but he chose a lap dance from Vida instead.
Colton’s challenging stare and Juliet’s jealous one had Vida rising
from Copper’s lap.

Moving to Colton, she watched as he leaned
back sprawled in his chair waiting for her. Vida began dancing
self-consciously in front of him, feeling stiff. His mocking gaze
had her trying to listen more closely to the music, forcing her
body to relax. The thought of Jazz getting another grand made her
feel slighter better as her hips began to sway and she straddled
Colton’s thighs. Sitting down on his lap she moved her breasts
seductively towards his chest before teasingly moving backwards.
She did this several times before she finally allowed her breasts
to press flat against his chest, rubbing them provocatively against
him. Rising her hips and sinking back down, a bare inch separated
her from his covered cock as she ground down on him, the music
reaching its climax. Rising swiftly, she moved away, but Colton
grabbed her hand, rising to his own feet.

Motioning to the bouncer Colton turned back
to the party of men. As much money as they had wasted tonight, Vida
was sure this wouldn’t be the last divorce party they attended.

“
Party’s over,” Lou, another bouncer
of King’s, brought everyone’s attention to him. “Your driver is
downstairs waiting.” The grumbling started, but was quickly cut off
by Lou as he moved the men towards the doorway.

“
Go get changed. I’ll bring my bike to
the front,” Colton said, leaving her in front of the dressing
room.

Juliet came in as she was about to get
changed with her cut of the night’s money in an envelope. “I tipped
the bartender and Lou.”

“
Thanks, Juliet.” Juliet gave her a
grudging nod before going to her locker to grab her coat, not
bothering to change.

At Vida’s questioning gaze, Juliet shrugged.
“Connor offered to pay me for a private performance. I have to go;
their waiting in the car for me.” Vida watched the woman leave the
room, not wanting to think about how Juliet would be spending the
rest of her night.

Dressing took Vida several minutes. Grabbing
the envelope of cash, she put it in her pocket before going out
into the hallway. Vida noticed the light in the hallway was burned
out. The darkened hallway gave her the creeps. While King had
spared no expense to regularly redecorate the front of the club,
the back was old and still had only one source of light, the one
that was burnt out.

Carefully making her way, she was almost at
the end when she felt someone come up behind her, putting a rough
hand over her mouth, jerking her struggling body backwards. She
felt herself lifted and carried to the back exit and knew if they
got her out the door, that whoever it was would probably have a car
waiting. Terror had her struggling harder. The grip on her
tightened, making it hard to breathe.

“
What the hell!” Vida heard Colton’s
voice, relief making her go limp.

Whoever was holding her turned to face
Colton. The arm around her waist dropped away and Vida saw a flash
of a knife in the dim hallway.

Colton moved forward quickly with King
coming up behind him. His hand snapped out, striking the arm
holding the knife. It dropped to the floor. Colton jerked Vida away
as his fist slammed into the unidentified man behind her.

Freed Vida found herself behind Colton’s
back as King moved forward with the knife in his hand. Her
assailant turned to run, but King reached him before he could open
the door and escape. The man tried to struggle away from King, but
King brought the knife down, plunging it into the man’s chest.
Throwing the now lifeless body down, King opened the back door,
looking outside.

“
I don’t see anyone else. Get her out
of here.”

Colton took Vida’s hand, leading her away
from the man lying in the hallway in a pool of blood. Henri came in
the hallway then, his quick glance taking in the situation. Vida
was sure it wasn’t the first time he had to clean up King’s
mess.

“
Find out who it is then get rid of
it,” King ordered.

“
Okay, boss.” Henri moved past
them.

Colton didn’t give her time to ask
questions. “Are you all right?” he questioned once they were
outside.

“
I think so, just a little shaken. Who
do you think it was?”

“
Probably one of Digger’s men,” King
said, coming to stand beside Vida.

“
What made you come back?” Vida asked
Colton.

“
Juliet warned me when she came
outside the light was off back there. She thought she saw someone,
but wasn’t sure.”

Vida reached into her pocket and pulled out
the envelope of money. “Will you give this to Jazz for me?”

“
Yes. Vida, you can’t talk about what
happened,” King said, taking the envelope.

“
I know. I’ll keep my mouth shut,” she
promised before climbing onto Colton’s bike.

Juliet might not like her, but she had saved
Vida.

Vida grasped Colton around his waist,
thankful that both King and him had been there to help. She felt a
jolt of fear knowing that Digger wouldn’t stop. Colton owed her
nothing, barely knew her, and yet, he hadn’t hesitated to protect
her. She acknowledged to herself there was more to the sexy tattoo
artist than she had thought possible. He just might be her saving
grace.

Chapter 9

Vida came out of the classroom looking for
Henry, surprised when she didn’t see him. Colton had dropped her
off before class and Henry should have been here to pick her up.
Feeling nervous at the strange occurrence, Vida stayed close to the
classroom building where there were several students milling
around.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Henry
sitting on a bench not too far away. Relieved, Vida walked towards
him, but stopped at the look on his face, something was definitely
wrong. His eyes, which were usually filled with warmth, were filled
with fear for her. He was practically screaming at her to run
silently. In a glance, she understood why. The pretty young girl
sitting next to him with her purse in her hand had a gun pointed at
him. She could see the girl’s hand buried in the purse and the
outline of the gun through the material pointed at Henry.

Vida started to turn and run, but stopped.
She couldn’t leave Henry to their mercy when it was her they
wanted. If there was a chance for Henry to walk away, she had to
give it to him and take a chance that King would save her.

She saw the anger in Henry’s face directed
at her as she walked towards them, angry that she hadn’t taken the
opportunity to run.

When she drew close enough to hear her, the
woman spoke.

“
That black car over there, get in the
backseat.” The woman nodded to an inconspicuous dark car just a few
feet away.

Vida nodded and started walking towards the
car. As she came closer, the door opened from within and she
hesitantly slid into the car. As soon as she shut the door, the car
started and drove out into the busy street to be swallowed up in
traffic.

“
Is she going to let Henry go?” Vida
asked, terrified for Henry.

The driver didn’t respond to her question.
Vida was frightened and couldn’t stop her legs from trembling. She
had no choice other than to lean back into the leather seats as she
waited for the ride to end. When the car came to a stop, she became
even more frightened when the driver got out and came around to her
door. Opening it, he motioned for her to get out of the car.

The driver’s cold expression left no doubt
that she was in trouble. When the word trouble hit her mind, she
was able to get herself back under control and hide the emotional
turmoil that she was going through her. Stripping had taught her to
hide her emotions, she needed that skill desperately now or the
driver would be packing her into the house kicking and
screaming.

Vida stepped out of the car, finding herself
looking at a large home in an isolated area. Surrounded by a stone
and metal fence, it was clear the owner wanted his privacy. She
followed the silent driver into the house as he led her to a large
room. As she walked into the room that held an expensive desk, a
tall man rose from his chair and walked forward.