Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 34198 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 34198 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
Tam barely stopped herself from clenching her fists at her side. She’d been warned ahead of time that some clients were very loose with their tongues and took comfort in the fact that they could be as politically incorrect at Devil’s Den as they wanted. Tam focused on the potential money she could make tonight.
“How ya doing?” The one called Jason held his hand out to her. He was an average-looking middle-aged man with graying hair, but at least he was younger than his friend. There wasn’t anything offensive about his appearance.
Tam gave him her hand to shake but Jason had other ideas as he placed a kiss on her knuckles. “Pleased to meet you, darling,” he spoke with a slight southern accent.
“How do you do?” The greeting was unnatural on her tongue but it was the way Natalia wished for all the girls to speak.
He gave her a lascivious grin that made Tam’s skin crawl but she silently congratulated herself for remaining passive. “Better since you’re here, sweetie. What are you drinking tonight?”
“How about you suggest something for me.”
“You look like a Long Island Ice Tea kind of gal.”
“Sounds yummy.”
“Okay, I’ll get you a drink. You wait right here for me, darling.” He patted her on the ass. “Mmm. Nice and soft.” Jason chuckled as if he’d told the funniest joke.
Tam barely managed not to roll her eyes when he turned around to order her drink. She had a feeling this was going to be an extremely long night.
Seamus had avoided this place for the past several weeks even though this was his sanctuary. He had his own private apartment and office that no one else had access to, even Natalia. This was his home away from home where he could unwind, conduct some of his more questionable deals in private, and get his dick wet. But he’d avoided it for one reason.
Tamryn Smith.
Somehow she’d managed to get under his skin like no one had in a long time which was a complete mind fuck since they’d had so few encounters. He couldn’t figure out what it was about this woman that constantly made him think of how she tasted, and how she felt beneath him. Not since the one time when he’d foolishly believed himself to be in love when he was younger did he feel this way about a woman. From his experience, women were treacherous and only out for themselves. And when they’d gotten what they wanted out of you, they left you devastated. Seamus had seen how women had been his father’s downfall over and over again despite having built a reputation of being one of the most dangerous gangsters in the country. Patrick Haggerty had had an FBI file at least a foot thick, but they were never able to pin anything on him. So the irony of a little scrap of a woman being the one to do him in wasn’t lost on Seamus.
Seamus was damned if he’d ever let someone do that to him. Seeing his hardcore father basically die from a broken heart was a lesson he’d never soon forget. Hell, he should have learned his lesson after Tamryn stole his money and took off, but he told himself that even she didn’t deserve what Big D probably had in store for her. That should have been the end of that, but the last time he’d been here and selected Jacqueline, his favorite hostess at the time, to spend a few hours with him, he could only picture his Tamryn’s face. He ended up not fucking Jacqueline that night and had left in frustration and he hadn’t returned since. He was thankful that Tamryn was still in training which is why he figured it would be safe to visit that last time. She wouldn’t be working the floor.
But now, he figured Tamryn was ready and it was time for him to get her out of his system once and for all. God, he needed a cigarette, but Tamryn had ruined even that for him. That last few times he’d smoked he could remember her telling him how bad it was for him and he’d lost all pleasure in it. She wasn’t the first person to warn him on the dangers of smoking but somehow she was the one who he couldn’t stop thinking about.
Seamus was certain if he fucked her a few times she’d be forgotten, just like the other ones. As he stepped inside the club, he didn’t get a chance to survey the room before Natalia sidled up to him. She must have gotten word from security at the front door that he’d arrived because she always made it a point to greet him whenever he arrived even though he’d told her that it wasn’t necessary.
“Seamus.” She smiled, seeming to show ever every single one of her teeth. “I didn’t expect you here tonight. You haven’t been by in ages. I was beginning to think that you’d forgotten all about us.”