C38 – SHE'S NOT AVAILABLE.

Shortly after, Eros and Lucy left the room, the fire still burning between them. Without a word, he took her hand and led her to the bar. There was something in his walk—in his effortless confidence—that still made her pulse race.

"Fix her a cocktail," he ordered the bartender, without even glancing at the menu.

Then he turned to Lucy, brushed her jaw with his thumb, and lowered his voice.

"I have to handle some club business, little bunny. But don't move from here."