Eek! Will was a sadist and tonight he was using a whip on Gina’s hot ass. Literally hot because by its bright pink color, he’d already spanked her to warm her up.

“Ow...” Sharon breathed the word out as she watched him laying down red welts over the pink skin.

It so wasn’t something she ever wanted to be done to her, but she did have a fascination with watching it happen to someone else. Especially because Gina was so obviously enjoying it, her cries filtering through the window holding as much pleasure as they did pain.

Yeah, Sharon did not envy her.

At least, not until Will moved around to the front of the desk that Gina was bent over, leaning down to check in on her, and Sharon saw the expression of complete and total adoration on his face. Then Sharon’s heart clenched in envy. Had anyone ever looked at her like that? Or with an expression even close to that?

Not that she could remember. She’d had a few boyfriends who told her they loved her, and they’d seemed sincere, but they hadn’t looked at her like Will was looking at Gina... like she was his entire world.

Suddenly the scene in front of her was less sexy and more intimate, and Sharon felt more like an intruder than a voyeur.

Moving away, she decided she might as well go back downstairs. Maybe step outside for a moment just to cool herself off. Patrick, the owner of Stronghold, kept the heat on high during the winter since so many people were running around either totally or nearly naked. When she got down to the main floor, she glanced over at the table where Kate and Andrew were talking with Olivia, Luke, Justin, Chris and Jessica. Still no Jake.

Fanning herself, she turned the corner to the hallway leading outside rather than head over to them. With what she was wearing, she’d need less than a minute in the frigid outdoor air of the garden before she’d feel nice and toasty in the club again, rather than overheated.

Plus, it would give her a minute to control her envy, not just of Will and Gina, but of the rest of her friends. She didn’t begrudge them a moment of happiness, she just wished she could find it too. At least banging Jake on the down-low was an extremely enjoyable distraction while it lasted.

Pushing out the backdoor, a shadowy figure off to the right on the edge of the patio caught her eye and she turned to see who else was out here in the freaking freezing cold.

The sight that met her eyes was one of the last things she’d ever expected to see.