the point? Once he learned who I really was, he’d probably be out the door.
When he’d kept leaning close at dinner last night, I’d thought I finally had him figured out. We were going to have a quick, easy meal, a quick fuck, just getting this attraction out of our systems so we could work together without that getting in the way. That made sense to me. That was the kind of relationship I was used to. So after I’d blown him, I’d fully expected him to kick me out.
Because that was typical, too. Get off and get out. In the post-orgasm clarity, guys always realized they didn’t want anything to do with me. But Brennan had asked me to stay the night.
That wasn’t a thing I did. And as soon as he’d asked me, I’d wanted to. Badly. What did his bedroom look like? Did he sleep on his side? His stomach? Would he want to cuddle close? Would he make breakfast in the morning?
I wanted all the stupid, domestic answers. Wanted it so bad it hurt. And that was exactly why I’d left.
I didn’t need to make things harder for myself when Brennan eventually got sick of me. Or worse, when he realized I was a hack and a liar.
But fucking hell, that blowjob had been something else. I loved sucking cock, and I was really fucking good at it—couldn’t resist showing off a little for Brennan. It always turned me on, doing it, but it’d been even hotter than I expected with Brennan. He was so responsive, and noisy, making all these sexy groans and grunts and huffed exhales as I swallowed his cock. And he’d touched me like he couldn’t stop himself, running his hands through my hair and over my shoulders like he couldn’t get enough.
I hadn’t been able to resist shoving my hands into my own pants and jerking myself off as I blew him. And I’d come so hard I’d seen fucking stars.
“What’s a man gotta do to get another round?” Dawson asked, his slurred voice interrupting my thoughts. I glanced at Coop, and Coop grimaced back at me and shook his head in a ‘not-it’ gesture.
I sighed and poured another beer for Dawson—he was really putting away the cheap shit tonight. A lot of it. And it wasn’t even that late in the evening yet. But what people did on their time off wasn’t any of my business, that much was for sure. I set the glass in front of him.
“Hey,” Dawson said, grabbing my attention before I turned away. “I’ve got a question for you.”
I crossed my arms over my chest. “Yeah?”
“The fuck you doing with Brennan?” he asked.
I started and raised my eyebrows. “You think that’s any of your business?”
“Yeah, I do,” Dawson slurred. “He’s my fuckin’ best friend, and I don’t want to see him get fucked over by some foul-mouthed club asshole.”
Anger cut through me. This fucking dickhead thought he knew me? Thought he knew anything about Brennan and me? I snatched the beer back. “All right, you’re cut off. You’ve obviously had enough.”
“The fuck?” Dawson asked. “I’m a payin’ fuckin’ customer.”
“Yeah, and I’m bartending,” I said. “That’s it.”
“You’re a fuckin’ asshole,” Dawson said. “I knew you were. You better stay the fuck away from Brennan.”
“He’s not your fuckin’ property,” I snapped back. “You think you can just boss me around in my club’s bar?”
“I can see right through you,” Dawson said. “Now give me that fuckin’ beer.”
He stood up a little unsteadily on his feet, eyes blazing and cheeks red from the booze. His shoulders were squared, and his hands twitched at his sides. I’d been in the club long enough to know what that look meant. He was planning on getting that beer, even if he had to launch over the bar to try.
“All right, that’s enough,” Coop said. “Gotta ask you to leave for the night, Dawson.”
“I’m not leaving until I get the beer I ordered from this jackass,” Dawson said.
“Yes, you are,” Nix said. He grabbed Dawson by the shoulder and jerked him away from the bar.
Dawson sputtered and stumbled, but Nix quickly helped him right himself as he walked him toward the door. I half-expected Dawson to throw a punch or something at Nix, but he didn’t. If he was complaining to Nix, I couldn’t hear it over Coop’s grumbled complaints.
I glanced up. “Thanks for stepping in,” I said to Coop. “Thought I was gonna have to do some emergency enforcement there for