“A beer and a bottle of orange.”
“You don’t think I can drink?” Maddie asked. Near the bar, the music didn’t seem so loud.
“You want a beer?” he asked.
She didn’t drink, but seeing as it was Halloween, and after everything she’d gone through, she was more than ready to rebel just a little bit.
“Sure.”
“My girl is ready to party,” he said. “Be careful. Beer can make you do crazy things.”
A guy wearing a prospect patch handed her a beer, and she thanked him. With Bull watching her, she felt her face start to heat up. Trying to ignore his stare, she took a sip of the beer and couldn’t control her face.
Bull laughed.
“That’s disgusting!” She wrinkled her nose. “How can you drink that?”
“You kind of get used to it.” Bull shrugged, sipping at his drink.
She took another sip, and it wasn’t so bad because she was getting used to the nasty taste.
“Come on, time to dance,” he said.
He took her hand, and she swallowed another drop of beer, putting the bottle on the counter before Bull led her away onto the makeshift dance floor.
The music was fast. Bull wrapped his arms around her, putting his hands on her ass as he pulled her close. The hard length of his erection dug into her stomach. With all the naked women around him, she didn’t know what he saw in her.
“You look beautiful,” he said.
“You don’t have to say that.”
“I know I don’t, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to. You’re beautiful, Maddie, and one day you’re going to see it too. I know you are.” He pressed a kiss to the corner of her mouth, right there in front of the whole club.
Maddie jerked back.
He’d never kissed her in front of people before. They had always been in private. She didn’t know why this mattered to her, but it did.
“You’re mine, Maddie. Everyone here knows it.”
They were still having to yell to be heard over the music.
Bull cupped her cheek, bringing her in close, and she ran her hands up his chest, moving them around his neck to draw him as close as possible. Nothing seemed to do. The hand on her hip moved toward the base of her back, then down toward her ass. She released a gasp as he squeezed.
The music changed, seeming to turn down as a slow song erupted. There was a loud chorus of boos.
“I want to take you into my office, bend you over my desk, and fuck you so hard you can’t think straight. When we’ve had enough fun, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”
He’d turned her into an addict when it came to sex. “Why not do it now?” she asked.
Before he could answer, someone patted on his arm.
“It’s time.” She recognized Pat’s voice.
“Hey, Pat,” she said.
“Maddie.”
Bull looked behind him, and his body tightened. Whatever he saw, he didn’t like.
“What’s the matter?” she asked.
“Oh, it’s nothing.” He grabbed her hand. “Fuck.”
“Bull,” a large man dressed as a pirate said.
“William.”
“Great party,” he said.
“Thanks.”
Maddie looked from one to the other. Bull didn’t even bother with the introductions. She stayed perfectly still at his side.
“Who is this lovely woman?” he asked.
“None of your business, that’s who. Come on, Maddie,” Bull said. His hands were at her shoulders, and she was being moved across the room toward the bar.
“Gaz, keep an eye on her. That’s an order.”
“Got it, Prez.”
Bull turned toward her.
“What’s going on?” she asked.
“I’ve got some business to attend to. You have to stay here.”
“I could just go home.”
“No,” he said. “I’ll take you if you still want to go home, but not yet. We’re going to enjoy this party.”
He stroked her cheek and pressed a breathless kiss to her lips. In the next second, he was gone.
“What can I interest you in?” Gaz asked.
“A beer would be great,” she said.
If she was ordered to stay in this one spot for the remainder of the party, or until Bull came back, then she was drinking beer. The awful taste was soon numbed.
Gaz rarely moved out of her sight. When he wasn’t serving, he stood right in front of her, his gaze latched on to her.
“You know you don’t have to keep on looking at me. I’m not going anywhere.”
“I’m doing what the prez said. He wants me to keep an eye on you.”
“Don’t you want to enjoy this party?”
“No, I want to make sure his woman is okay.”
She rolled her eyes. “I’m fine. Come on,” she said, looking back at the party. “Isn’t there someone here you’d love to dance with?”
There was a flash in his eyes. It was gone as quickly as it appeared, but she saw it and smiled. “There is?”
“No. There are a lot of women here. I don’t like to pick.” He went silent and his gaze stayed perfect still on hers.