Crossing Lines
I found them exactly where I knew they’d be: VIP booth, bottle service overflowing, legs draped over laps, the gods of their own private Olympus.
Julian sprawled like a king high on his own ego, bourbon in hand, one arm slung over the back of the couch. Elliot was leaned in close to some barely-legal thing in a dress the size of a napkin, whispering filth in her ear while pretending to listen.
Predictable. Vile. Perfect.
Julian spotted me first. His grin cracked open, too white, too wide. “Well, well. The prince returns.”
“Didn’t think you’d show,” Elliot said, peeling the girl off like gum from his shoe. “We figured you’d be balls-deep in your pet by now.”