Page 35 of Play Room Actor

I peered at both of them, surprised. God! Even Jacob was grinning knowingly.

“You’re not exactly someone who handles these things discreetly,” Jacob said. “Besides, I was at the bachelor party. I saw you hitting on the guy.”

“I didn’t …” I started, cracking my fingers. “I’m very discreet.”

“We’ve had lunch together twice this week,” Jacob said.

“You eat together?” I asked, puzzled. “How did that happen?”

“It just worked out,” answered the red-haired carpenter. “The weather was nice, and we were all out on the terrace. He was there with Eliah and Vanja.”

“And what’s he been saying?”

“Not much. He’s more of a quiet type.”

“Totally,” Sebastian confirmed, exhaling smoke into the cool night air. “I’ve never met such a composed actor. I’m not surprised he works in a strip club. The quiet ones usually have a lot more going on underneath.”

“The way you’re saying it, it sounds like he’s dancing on the pole,” I teased.

“I’m sure he could,” Jacob said. “He’s such a good actor. I bet he could easily play a stripper.”

While the two of them continued to joke about the actors and praise the troupe, my thoughts drifted back to the control room, where Dominic had given me a blowjob yesterday.

Fuck, I could hardly believe it myself.

Something had taken over him. A ghost, maybe. Or a demon. But the guy who’d knelt in front of me wasn’t Dominic.

Not at all!

When I tried to reciprocate, that was Dominic.

The sorrow in his eyes nearly broke my heart, but I was sure he didn’t notice as he’d hurried past me, panicking, and fled the control room.

And I blamed myself for not comforting him, for not holding him.

It was high time we had a man-to-man conversation. There was no way he could almost cry after giving me an amazing blowjob.

I needed to know what was going on.

While I didn’t assume I was the cause of his sudden emotional shift, if that was the case, I at least had the right to know what the problem was.

When we arrived at Red, only Vasily was at the entrance. He checked our IDs and waved us through.

“Isn’t Dominic working tonight?” I asked straightforwardly.

The brown-haired giant squinted at me and then examined us more carefully. “I know you,” he said, eyeing Sebastian and Jacob. “The bachelor party from two weeks ago.”

“Yeah, yeah,” I replied with a shrug. “Dominic. We’re his coworkers. Is he here?”

“He’s downstairs. Should be back soon.”

So we went in, sat at a lounge table in the corner, and ordered drinks from the stunning waitress. While Jacob and Sebastian went for gin and tonics, I stuck with beer and made sure to sit where I could keep an eye on the entrance.

In front of us, a woman with long blonde hair was dancing on the pole, twisting and bending in ways you’d expect to see in a circus. She was good, but she couldn’t hold my attention once I saw Dominic. In blue jeans and a black jacket, he strolled past the smoking area toward the exit.

I immediately got up from my seat, told my friends I’d be right back, and followed Dominic outside.

He was standing in the covered entrance, laughing at something Vasily had said. Without hesitation, I grabbed his upper arm and dragged him outside with me.