–––––––– “I can’t believe you convinced your friend to deny my membership.” Ellie stopped in front of Adrian, ignoring the way her heart raced at the sight of him. “Ah...Ellie. You shouldn’t be here.” Adrian kept glancing at the stage where a woman was getting paddled by a man in a mask. Ellie flinched. That had to hurt. She wanted to rub her own ass. That woman’s butt was red. She forced her eyes back to Adrian. “Too bad. I am. And you have no right trying to keep me from joining.” “What are you talking about?” He pulled his eyes away from the stage. “You know what? It doesn’t matter. Let’s get out of here.” He stood. “What?” She’d expected him to deny it or to argue with her. “Let’s go. You wanted to talk. Let’s go talk.” He grabbed her arm. “No. Absolutely not. You‘ve ignored me

