He wanted to make love to her with her wearing his ring and maybe those sexy heels she was wearing. Oh, yeah.
“Pay attention, big brother.” Rabb elbowed him as he walked by.
“Oh, I’m paying plenty of attention all right.”
Rabb snorted and went back to work mixing drinks and filling orders. Hatter’s was hopping tonight. Some of the corporate crowd was a lot rowdier than the normal patrons were. But they had several extra waiters who also doubled as bouncers working tonight and didn’t anticipate any problems.
Nevar handed off the drinks to the waitress who was waiting patiently for them. Once that was done, he leaned over the bar, caught Allison’s hand in his and pulled her close so he could kiss her.
She laughed and kissed him back.
“Only a few more hours,” he assured her.
“I don’t mine waiting.”
“I do,” he growled and she laughed again. Damn, she was pretty with her blue eyes sparkling and her cheeks flushed. He’d caught her several times tonight studying her hand, or more specifically the ring he’d put on her finger. He was one lucky, happy man.
And speaking of lucky. He hoped to get lucky sooner rather than later. Maybe he could manage a ten-minute break in his office a little later. The more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea.
Allison’s smile curved into a frown and he turned to see what she was looking at. His brother stood still as a statue, his eyes locked on a woman who’d just entered the club. Nevar wondered who she was and why Rabb was staring at her so intently.
The moment was broken when one of his bartenders sidled up next to him. “Congratulations, Boss.” All the staff knew about his engagement to Allison and all of them were happy for him.
“Thanks, Dan.”
“Listen, if you want to take a short break at any time, we can cover for you.”
Nevar laughed and slapped the other man on the back. “You were reading my mind. I think I may need a little break.”
“No problem.” Dan smiled and started dealing with customers.
Nevar wasted no time grabbing Allison’s hand and dragging her toward the office. “Where are we going?”
“I need to check on something.”
Her laughter made him smile, but he didn’t pause, getting her in the office in record time. He shut the door, muting the voices, music and laughter from the bar area. He pushed her against the door and ran his finger across her delicate jawline. “I have ten minutes and I want to make the most of them.”
“Only ten?” She raised her eyebrow. “That’s not very long.”
“Oh, it’s more than enough time,” he reassured her. “Just to take the edge off until I can get you naked upstairs later.” She shivered and he knew she wanted him just as much as he wanted her.
“Ten minutes,” he promised. And then he set out to prove exactly how much he could accomplish in such a short time.
About N.J. Walters
Once upon a time N.J. had the idea that she would like to quit her job at the bookstore, sell everything she owned, leave her hometown, and write romance novels in a place where no one knew her. And she did. Two years later, she went back to the bookstore and her hometown and settled in for another seven years.
One day she gave notice at her job on a Friday morning. On Sunday afternoon, she received a tentative acceptance for her first erotic romance novel, Annabelle Lee, and life would never be the same.
N.J. has always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks—all vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.
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