“It’s…interesting, so far,” she said, reaching back to rub her tender butt.
The lines around his mouth crinkled when Conrad chuckled. “Lucky Dom. Now, do you remember what I told you that night? If there is any way I can make that bad experience up to you, you let me know.”
“Oh, well, I’m…” She looked over her shoulder in Joseph’s direction, and Conrad smiled.
“I understand completely. And the offer still stands. And hey, if you ever find yourself here and free to play, you can always come and say hi,” he added, lifting an eyebrow. His meaning was obvious, and she nodded, but she didn’t think she’d ever have a desire to “play’ with anyone besides Joseph. But a girl couldn’t have too many friends either.
“Tell you what, Sir. You’d be helping me out if you could point me in the direction of the ladies’ room,” she said, slight heat filling her cheeks at needing the potty pointed out to her.
“Of course, little red. It’s right over there, down that hallway. If you get to the stairs, you’ve gone too far and need to turn back.”
“Okay. I mean, yes, Sir. Thank you,” she said, bobbing and hurrying off before she made a puddle on the floor. The more she thought about it, the more she needed to go. She heard his laughter as she scampered away but only giggled and kept her lips tightly closed.
Chapter Eight
“Oh, glory hallelujah!” Bunny moaned as she ran barefoot across the tile floor to the nearest stall, thankful for a second that she was clad only in her undies. It made peeling the layers a whole lot easier.
She clammed up when one of the other toilets flushed down the row and the stall door opened. A pair of similarly bare feet passed, and the sounds of someone going about their business came to her over the walls of the cubicle.
When she emerged and saw who was standing at the sinks, she decided to take the bull by the horns. Grown-ass adults admitted their mistakes.
“Hey,” she murmured as she turned on the tap next to the one where Jade was washing her hands. “I need to apologize.”
Jade looked up from where she had been studiously washing her hands and frowned as they made eye contact in the mirror’s reflection. “For what?” She looked down at her hands and kept her gaze there, but her body language spoke pretty clearly.
Bunny soaped up and said, “I popped off when Joseph and Blake were talking to each other, but I didn’t mean to. I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings.”
“You didn’t. I didn’t even hear you.” The flush in her pale cheeks told Bunny she probably had and just wouldn’t admit it.
“I’m not known for being soft-spoken. Anyway, I’m sorry for saying that. It was a knee-jerk reaction. I’m not usually like that.” After drying her hands, she held one out. A truce offering. “I’m Bunny Carrigan.”
Jade kept scrubbing her already pristinely clean hands. “I know who you are.”
Leaning against the marble counter, Bunny said, “You don’t like me much, do you?”
“I don’t appreciate the way you act with Mr. Hazelle. He deserves someone who will serve him with respect. You don’t know the first thing about serving…or submitting.”
“You’re right. But I’m learning. Jeez, haven’t you ever been new at something?”
Jade turned fierce green eyes on her and moved into her space. Bunny found herself taking a step back. “You don’t know anything about this world, and you will only disappoint him.” She glanced at Bunny’s hair and then cast a scourging look at her curves. “You’re not his type at all.”
Man, hit a girl where it hurts. “And you are?”
“Jade,” Mona said from the doorway, her lips set in a hard line. “Master Blake sent me in here to find you. He said you’ve kept him waiting.”
Bunny put a hand out to Jade. “I’m sorry you feel that way. At least I’ve apologized. Live and let live?”
In an insistent voice, Mona said, “Jade.” She firmed her lips and then glanced out the door. “He is right outside in the hallway.”
Jade scowled at Bunny’s hand. “Go back to the trailer park.”
Ouch! That should not have hurt as much as it did.
Mona blocked the doorjamb with her arm when Jade tried to pass and whispered harsh words that Bunny couldn’t hear.
With hands bunched up in fists, Jade turned back to her and, in an even voice, said, “Apology accepted,” before she composed herself and swished out of the door.
With a sigh, Mona joined her at the sinks. “Well, Bunny, I’ll say this much. You sure liven things up around here. Don’t worry about her.”