Teased (The VIP Room, #1) by Jamie Begley

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