Page 25 of More Bite than Bark

Elizabeth nodded.“I’ll make a second list, just for you.It’s not much but there are somethings that are private.”

“Do that.When you’re done with the list, I’ll take you back to the house before we leave.I’ll post someone outside again, just to be safe.Don’t feel like you need to invite them in or entertain them.That’s not what they’re there for.”

“Won’t they think I’m rude?”she asked, frowning.

“No, sugar.They’ll think you’re mine and they’re doing a job.Things are different than you’re used to around here.We know how to behave when we need to, or at least most of us do, but we don’t stick to the rules of polite society, especially not polite southern society, when it’s just us.It will take a little getting used to, but I think you’ll like it here.”Kevin wrapped an arm around her shoulders and held her for a moment.

After the moment passed, Kevin kissed the top of her head and stood.“Want something to drink?”

“I could use some water if you don’t mind.”

“Sure.Let me know when you get hungry.We’ll figure out what sounds good and I’ll send someone to get it.”He handed her a bottle of water from a small fridge in the corner then went back to his desk and sat, shuffling papers for a moment then went back to whatever he was doing.

Elizabeth opened the water and took a sip before going back to her list

Chapter Fifteen

“Howarethingsgoing?”Hex asked as he stepped into the living room of Elle’s apartment where four of the club’s five prospects were busy packing up the things on Elle’s lists.

The things she wanted to take to his house, no, their house now, he reminded himself, were going in a pickup they’d brought from the compound.While the stuff she wanted in storage was going into a U-Haul, since there was so much more of it.They’d take that to the storage unit he’d given them a key to.

“So far so good.”

“Any trouble with anything?”

Chase shook his head.“Nope.”He looked around.“At the rate we’re going, it shouldn’t take us more than a couple hours.Then we’ll split up and take things where they’re going.”

“Good,” Hex said, glancing around.“Let me know if you have any trouble.Her ex has a key to the place, but who knows if he’ll show up.If he does, call me.And don’t tell him where she is or anything else.Got it?”He looked from face to face, waiting until each one nodded their understanding before moving to the next.

He grabbed one of the boxes the prospects had brought for the job, assembled it, and carried it into her bedroom before pulling out the list she’d given him of things she didn’t want the others to see or touch.

He read through it, since there were only few things there, it didn’t take long.

Top two drawers in dresser.

All nightstand drawers on both sides of bed.

Bottom two drawers in master bath.

This shouldn’t take more than ten or fifteen minutes.He took his box to the dresser and opened the top drawer, expecting to everything neatly folded.He was shocked to find it was full of her panties, and they were thrown in haphazardly.Curious, he closed that drawer and opened the second.This one was full of her bras, in much the same condition.

That would make things easier.He debated pulling things out by the handful but decided it would be easier to just pull out the drawer and dump it into the box, so that was what he did.When he’d finished with both drawers the box was full, so he closed it, taped it up, labeled it, and added it to the stack the guys were making to take to the house.After grabbing a second box, smaller this time, he went to her nightstand and opened the top drawer.There he found a couple of books.One looked like a diary or journal.No, he didn’t read it or even open it.He added it to the box as well as the romance novel with what looked like an octopus tentacle on the cover.He wasn’t sure he wanted to see what was in that one.

It was the contents of the second drawer that made him lift his brows.There were several toys in there.From standard vibrators to more realistic dildos.Those didn’t surprise him, but the set of anal plugs in various sizes did.They gave him ideas.He could easily imagine using some of these with her and seeing how she reacted to each of them.

He pushed his lascivious thoughts from his head as he finished packing up both nightstands, though he didn’t encounter anything else that might raise eyebrows.