instead to collect the week’s paperwork
from the office. He still didn’t know how his accountant was stealing from him
but he would find out.
“No please, I’m not interested.” A woman struggled
with a man at the end of the hallway. “No. I’m just here with a friend. Stop. I
don’t want to go in there.”
“You like putting up a fight, huh? I can handle that,”
the man said.
Micah frowned as he moved closer. The woman struggling
now hit the man. “Get away from me! Let me go!”
“Hey,” Micah called out. His jaw set as he clenched
his teeth. It was Joe. “Let her go, Joe.”
He came up to them and nearly choked when he saw
Kristin trapped within Joe’s grasp. Micah reacted. Grabbing the man by the
neck, he jerked Joe away from her, shoving him into the nearby wall. Kristin
stared at him, clutching her wrist. His temper flared. It wasn’t the first time
Joe hadn’t followed the rules, but it sure as hell would be the last.
“Get the hell out of my club.”
Joe frowned as he stared at Micah. “She said she was
here with a friend.”
“It doesn’t matter what she said. She’s with me.”
Micah’s voice held menace. “I’ve told you before that I’m not going to tolerate
this. You break every fucking rule any chance you get and unless you’re in a
scene with consent, no fucking means no.”
Joe brushed him off and Micah saw red. He grabbed the
guy by his shirt and shoved him toward the front of the building. Joe stumbled,
a slight fear crossing his face as he finally understood Micah meant what he
said.
“Get the fuck out of my club.”
The man turned, yelling something obscene as he headed
to the front exit. A few regulars and some newbies witnessed the entire thing
and Micah snapped his fingers at Roxy, who stood at the bar. “Roxy, get these
people some drinks. On the house.”
When Micah turned back to Kristin, he stared into her
eyes.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” he whispered
harshly.
Kristin still shook, stumbling in her damn sexy heels
as he ushered her toward his office and unlocked the door. He waited for her to
sit and closed the door, locking it behind him. One glance at her attire and he
reached for the blanket he kept in his office. After wrapping it around her, he
pulled his office chair around and sat in front of her.
“Look, people like you don’t need to walk around this
place dressed like that without a trusted male escort.”
“People like me?”
Micah folded his hands in his lap. “Yes.
People—women—like you. This is a hardcore fetish club. Part of the rules posted
at the entrance of the building say male escorts are to accompany taken women
at all times. If they aren’t, then the members know you’re free and they will make a move.”
He didn’t want to think about what could have happened
if he hadn’t caught Joe in the act. God, they enforced the rules without
exceptions but sometimes assholes slipped through the cracks. He should have
dealt with it better the first time, but Joe hadn’t been quite that forceful
with a newbie before. He’d picked someone experienced and Micah stupidly hadn’t
taken it as seriously. He regretted that now.
“I didn’t know.” She pressed a hand to her forehead.
“Jamie left me in the front and I was supposed to stay with Roxy but I lost her
in the darkness of the lounge. I was just trying to find my way.”
He licked his lips. “Who is Jamie? Why didn’t you call
me to tell me that you were coming?”
Kristin huffed. “Jamie works with me—for you. She’s an
editor on the fourth floor. We’re best friends. I’m not exactly here to see
you. Jamie invited me.”
He inhaled a deep breath and caught a whiff of her
perfume. He swallowed hard as his cock stirred in his pants. “How did you get
here? Do you need me to take you home?”
She clutched the blanket around her shoulders. “I can
take a cab. It’s not that big of a deal.”
Micah glanced at the clock. “Let me go get