Just because he had a cute butt, a nicely sized dick, and a cocky smile that made her want to tie him down and ride him into oblivion didn’t mean anything in the long run. Eventually her friends would get tired of being nosy and trying to push them together.

They’d quit it a lot sooner if you actually told them to stop.

Olivia ignored the little voice inside of her head, just like she ignored the part of her which liked Luke’s pursuit. Equal opportunity ignoring of both sides.

Stronghold was full of people but it felt empty without Olivia’s presence. Especially since he was surrounded by couples.

Although, at least Jake was there too.

In the group of friends Luke had begun making at Stronghold, Jake was the only other single guy—he seemed to have some kind of weird angry love-hate chemistry going on with the only single girl, Sharon, but since they weren’t actually together Luke counted Jake as single. Besides, Luke had his own weird chemistry not-actually-together thing going on with Olivia.

At least, he hoped he did.

Gathered around the bar table Luke and Jake were sitting at were Sharon, Andrew and his fiancé Kate, Michael and Ellie, and one of the two married couples in the group, Liam and Hilary. Patrick was in his office with Lexie, as usual. Adam, Angel, Jared, and Leigh were apparently out on a double date, and Rick and Maria weren’t coming in tonight. Out of the whole group, Luke knew them the least as they hadn’t been around much—not entirely unusual according to the rest of the group since they rarely played at the club and Maria had a large family she was also very close with. The most unusual relationship in the group—Justin, Chris, and their shared fiancé, Jessica—were down in the Dungeon making use of one of the St. Andrew’s Crosses.

Luke was still getting used to the whole occasionally seeing his new friends naked or having sex, but he had to admit—it was not a turn off. It wasn’t always a turn on either, but he’d never been repulsed, even if he might feel a little awkward later talking to one of the ladies after having stared at her breasts. Or lower.

He was always the most amused by Jake and Lexie. Being brother and sister, things were even more awkward for them than anyone else, even though Jake never ventured away from Stronghold’s main floor and Lexie always wore one of Patrick’s large shirts to cover her body when Jake came in. They both pretended they weren’t at a sex club and Lexie wasn’t naked underneath the shirt.

“Luke?”