Since the Lounge was the official-unofficial area for submissives looking to be picked up for a scene, and none of the class was supposed to be scening outside of the class yet even if they could visit the club, that made sense.

Luke smiled. “I’d be here all alone if you hadn’t, so thanks for keeping me from looking pathetic.”

Both of the girls laughed. A club sub named Traci came around to take their drink orders; Domi got a beer and Rae a Dirty Shirley Temple. They amused themselves talking about the class, the Baby Doms (although Luke didn’t tell them the guys were called that), and the people on the dance floor. About half an hour later they were joined by Kincaid and Zach, then Michael and Ellie finally showed up, followed by Leigh and Sharon. Luke amused himself watching all the group dynamics flowing.

Kincaid was eyeing Sharon, but there was some weird tension going on between him and Zach as well. Domi kept looking at Kincaid, but it was hard to tell if there was any real interest there on her part—she was a hard read. Sharon, who wasn’t very submissive, ignored both Kincaid and Zach for the most part, keeping her attention on Leigh while the other woman waited for Jared to finish his door shift. Rae, for all she paid attention to Domi, was constantly distracted as she kept looking around the room, almost like she was expecting—or hoping—to see someone. Luke sympathized, since his eyes kept going to the stairwell of the Dungeon hoping to see Olivia return. He wasn’t sure who Rae might be looking for.

Unsurprisingly, Michael and Ellie were wrapped up in each other and not really paying attention to anyone else.

When Patrick came upstairs, done observing the new couples’ scene, and asked Michael and Luke if they wanted to come to his office to talk about Marquis’ upcoming opening, he figured why not. He hadn’t seen head or tail of Olivia since she’d gone downstairs to monitor; might as well do something useful.

Olivia poked her head into Patrick’s office before leaving, having been informed by Sharon that Luke had gone in there with Michael and Ellie. After being reassured they weren’t talking about anything she needed to be updated on, she gave Luke an apologetic smile before leaving. When he started to make a move to follow her, she shook her head at him.