comment. Besides, why would we want to ogle them? It’s not like they have a queer section. I highly doubt any of those men would find it funny if I put in a bid for a date with them. You know, since I have cooties.”
Madison stifled a giggle. “And I’m not interested in the auction. I can just give to the Children’s Hospital via my laptop from home. No need to get dressed up or anything.”
Easy peasy. At least that’s what Madison told herself. Somehow, she already knew that Lea would get her to go, even if she was stuck in the hospital with appendicitis. The cougar shifter was eager to play matchmaker, no matter how much a person protested, and was not above resorting to blackmail to get her way.
Lea wouldn’t be deterred. With a few taps of the keys and a click of the mouse, she turned the laptop around and showed Alec a new page. “There you go. All the yummy gay man flesh you can handle and all up for auction.” She waggled her eyebrows for emphasis before she leaned back with a cat-that-ate-the-canary smile. “They wanted to be fair to everyone and do a gay section. This way everyone gets to be involved and there won’t be protests.”
“Uh-huh? Come to Alec, sexy gay bachelors!” Alec grabbed the laptop and pulled it toward him with a whistle. “Well butter my biscuits, they have Torsten up here. The big T is putting himself up on the auction block? I may have to go to this one after all.” His gaze wandered over the screen as he read aloud all of Torsten’s likes and dislikes, including what he found attractive in a mate. “Is it getting hot in here or is just me?” Alec grinned lasciviously. “Long walks on the beach? Ha! I’d love to see if I can get sand in his shorts.”
“Traitor!” Madison took another bite of her sandwich, ate some more fries, and sipped her vanilla-bean mocha milkshake.
Alec rolled his eyes. “I’ve had waking wet dreams of this man doing filthy things to me after a championship. Things porn stars wouldn’t do.” He leered. “Yes, indeed. I’ll have to check my savings and make sure that there will be enough in there. He’ll be a popular one.” Alec scrolled through the rest of the candidates, each one more delicious than the last. “Hot damn, they have a lot of choices. I love it. Can they do this every month? No wait, not every month, otherwise I’ll starve.”
Madison bristled. She’d be the only one left out of auction fever. Now that Alec was involved they’d double-team her. She shuddered at the thought of all the things they’d use to get her to show up.
Alec looked up and grinned. “I know why you’re not happy. The big, bad Brit isn’t on this list. I mean, there are plenty of sexy options here but not him.”
Madison glowered him into silence. “You know, for a horse shifter I think all your intelligence was given to your cock and not your brain. I’m not upset in the least. In fact, I don’t care.”
Alec typed in something and turned the laptop around again. The image of Pierce McKinney stared at her, bright blue eyes gazing back at her with a fierce, determined look that made her heart rate pick up, her stomach muscles clench, her pussy fill with liquid heat, and her brain short circuit. The man wasn’t conventionally handsome, what with his crooked nose and rugged features, but to her the tiger shifter was everything she could want.
And yet, Madison refused even to dip her toe in that pond for fear of getting her heart ripped out. Pierce had a reputation with the ladies. He’d been a football star over in England, with a different woman in every city. The wild antics he’d indulged in were reported by a breathless press and poured out by women desperate for their fifteen minutes. Madison wasn’t about to be another notch in his belt. So what if he had started acting like a priest since moving to town? Tigers didn’t change their stripes. He was probably just after her for her inheritance.
“Not even my type,” she said