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"Spit it out Use your words"

"Gorgeous"

Kingsley raised an eyebrow He didn’t mind the flattery or the adulation, but he’d wanted the boy the second he’d walked into the club Ti

"What else have you heard?"

The boy glanced around He dropped his voice

"I heard that there’s another room--"

"It’s more than one rooh his hair Kingsley envied his fingers

"So it’s true? You all do kink here? Andother stuff?"

"You knohy this club is called the M&ousley asked

"No Weird name"

"A Möbius strip is an optical illusion It looks like it has two sides, but it has only one"

Kingsley picked the napkin off the table Embossed on the white paper was a sht it was an elegant rendition of a vagina The ie conveniently worked on two levels

"I don’t understand," the blond said

"Do you want to understand?"

"It’s why I’h hell"

Kingsley grabbed the bottle off the table, and the boy followed hiht of the bar was a door bearing an eh The blond hesitated, but Kingsley grasped him by the wrist and pulled hi to get into trouble?" Kingsley asked

"Yeah," the blond said

"If you’re with me, you’re already in trouble"

They walked down a short hall to another door Kingsley paused to pull out his keys

"I should go," the blond said "I--"

Without even looking at hiainst the wall and held him there with one hand

He found the key but didn’t put it in the lock Instead, he dangled it in front of the boy’s face In the brighter light of the hallway Kingsley could see the blond had light brown eyes Not the steel-gray color he’d hoped for, but still he would do