and decided to see if Alex was bluffing. “You’re probably right. I’ll try my luck elsewhere.”
“Then again,” Alex said, a bit too quickly, “sometimes opposites attract.”
Emma walked back into the room, but as she let the door swing closed behind her, she looked back at it wistfully, as if she was considering heading right out again. Diego decided he’d do best without Alex’s attempts at matchmaking. “Excuse me,” he said.
“Good luck,” said Alex.
Emma saw him coming and stood aside, apparently thinking he was headed for the door. Instead he came to a halt in front of her.
“Hello, beautiful,” he said. “Are you here with anyone?”
She hesitated, then shook her head.
Her hesitation wasn’t a good sign. He didn’t intend to let things go as far as they had with Laurie without being sure. “Someone back home?”
“Oh, no. I’m here with a friend, a girlfriend, a friend friend. I’m babbling.”
He grinned at her. “It’s lovely babble. Would you like to play?”
Chapter Two
He probably called all the women beautiful, but Emma still enjoyed hearing it. He was dark-skinned, obviously Latino, with wavy jet-black hair, and muscles that stretched the arms of the tight T-shirt he wore. She did a quick glance to make sure he wasn’t talking to someone behind her, but there was only the wall there. Simple as that, he barely knew her, and he asked her to play. Play might mean all sorts of things, anything from a spanking to sex to— Well, she was here for the adventure. She opened her mouth to say yes.
And then thought better of it. “What did you have in mind?” she asked.
“That depends on what we can find that we both like.” He stuck out his hand. “Hi. I’m Diego.”
“Emma,” she said.
“First time?”
“Second.” And yes, I’m just that memorable . Although she was pretty sure she’d remember him. “Yours?”
“No, I’m a regular. But I was only at the last one briefly, so maybe our paths didn’t cross. Was that when you were here?”
“Yes.”
“I was sure I would have remembered you.”
Emma didn’t believe a word of it. After all, she’d been trying to be invisible. But still, she gave him credit for being smooth. He had a hint of a New York accent, possibly over something else more foreign. His voice was pleasant. He even smelled nice, clean and slightly musky. She waited, wondering what he’d propose. Would he want to flog her? She wouldn’t mind trying that once. Ropes, maybe? She wasn’t sure about the hot wax she’d seen dripped on people. That looked too scary. And would he let her keep her clothes on? But as Valerie had pointed out, she could always yell for help if she got in over her head, as long as she stuck to the main room. The thoughts were making her tingle.
“What sort of thing do you like?” he asked.
“I don’t…” she hesitated. Would he still be interested in her if he knew she was completely inexperienced? But it didn’t matter. There was no point in lying or being wanted for anything except what she was. “I don’t know. I’ve never.”
He raised his eyebrows. “You’re a virgin?”
She laughed, although the sound seemed high-pitched to her ears. “Um, no! Not that never. Just never anything, well, kinky.” Her last relationship had been physically satisfying but emotionally draining. There had been plenty of sex, even if it wasn’t very good sex, and that had been enough for a while until she found out Ed had been having twice as much as her.
“That surprises me,” Diego said. “Especially if you’ve come here before. Surely someone offered?”
“No.”
“That really surprises me. But you have fantasies or you wouldn’t be here.”
“Yes.” She knew she was giving him short answers. Was that awkward?
“You know about safe words?”
“Yes. Valerie taught me. Do you know Valerie?” She shifted her gaze to where Valerie was playing with Sue. The two were kissing each other in front of the
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