There it was again, that possessiveness he couldn’t seem to fight. It had only been three days and he wanted everyone to know that she belonged to Zee and him.
“I don’t think that dress was a good idea,” Zee said.
Rory sighed. “Not much we can do about it now.”
“I want it noted I told you the dress wasn’t a good idea.”
“Hey, don’t tell me that you don’t enjoy seeing her dressed like that. A woman with a set of legs like that should always wear short dresses. And you have to admit she looks fantastic.” They walked through the club and stopped when they came to a demonstration floor. “They must make a fortune here.”
“As a matter of fact, we do,” Micah said from behind them. Damn, he was losing it if a six-foot plus man could sneak up behind him.
When he turned Micah smiled. “Welcome to Rough ‘n Ready. And don’t feel too badly, McAllister, I used to be a bounty hunter. I know how to sneak up on people. Want me to show you around?”
“Maura will be right back.”
He glanced past them. “Lord, give that idea up for right now. May’s here and they are all over there gossiping.”
Rory followed his line of vision and saw Maura talking to Dee and another woman. Even through the darkened club he could see she was stunning. Hawaiian from what he could discern, and with hair as long as Micah’s. She said something that had Maura throwing her head back and laughing. Something tickled the back of his throat and his chest suddenly felt tight. Damn, what the hell was happening to him?
Another man joined the group, almost as tall as Micah, dressed in a pair of jeans that looked like they had seen better days.
“Evan, this is Rory McAllister and you know Zeke.”
He shook both their hands, and said. “I think we met at the wedding. Does that mean Maura is here?”
Rory had to bite back a growl—although Ross gave him an amused glance. Rory realized he hadn’t kept the sound as quiet as he thought. Bloody hell, this was getting embarrassing.
“Don’t worry about it, McAllister. May is Evan’s wife.”
It still didn’t make him feel any better. The jealousy he kept feeling in regards to Maura was troubling. He had never dealt with it before when it came to a woman.
“Want to take a look at our store?” Chambers asked interrupting his thoughts.
He had been so focused on watching Maura—and watching the assholes who were watching her—he hadn’t realized they had a store. He nodded and followed the owners and Zee into it. He had to fight the urge to look back and check on Maura. It was getting pathetic that he would feel that need. As a Dom, he’d never had a problem with it before. Not just the possessive feelings, but also the worry that she wouldn’t obey him. He didn’t like the fact he wasn’t sure he had complete control over her.
“We have everything you would need here,” Ross said.
“Or we can special order anything you want,” Chambers added.
“And you take in a hefty profit?” Rory asked.
Ross shook his head. “A bit, but we use a lot of locals for our leather work. In fact, we’re working on a deal with Maui Kink about having a few special pieces made up just for Rough ‘n Ready. They do some wonderful work. We believe in supporting the Hawaiian economy and what better way to do that than use folks here?”
“Because of that, we lose the hefty profit we would get with a mainland outlet, but for Micah and myself, it’s more important to support our adopted home,” Chambers said.
Rory walked around the small area. It was well lit but not overly bright. The design was deceptive because you thought you were heading into something dark and dim, but when you approached the shelves, you could see everything easily. The small lights behind every shelf gave them enough illumination to shop.
“It’s my design.”
He looked over at Evan. “Yeah?”
“I’m a contractor. I wanted to make sure it was easy to shop but people aren’t going to walk into a store for sexual toys if it’s lit up like a freaking Walmart.”
He chuckled. “I have to agree with that.”
“We do have an outside entrance for shopping during the day. We just started that. There weren’t a lot of places to shop here on the islands, so we decided to test it out.”
“And?” Rory asked.
Chambers shrugged. “Business has been steady. We only do a few days a week.”
Rory headed over and picked up a nice black leather crop. He had a feeling that Maura would like to play a little like this. Her reaction to the nipple clamps had been a little more than he had expected. He wanted to push it up a notch. He held onto it, turned and then he saw the collars. There was a wall of them, from floor to ceiling. They had everything from the heavy duty to the pink fuzz. In the center there was a bright red collar, smooth leather, with some rhinestones on either side. There was a spot for a name.