The Club Inferno Series 3-Book Bundle by Jamie K. Schmidt

Author:Jamie K. Schmidt [Schmidt, Jamie K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8129-8780-5
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2015-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The last person Clint was expecting to see in Club Inferno that night was Anya, followed by Nefertiti. Both women were dressed to thrill. Anya was wearing a corset dress that showed a hint of her pink areolas. Nefertiti was wearing boots that went up to the tops of her thighs and a man’s shirt, belted with a tie.

Ducking into the corner so they wouldn’t see him, Clint watched them pass with the unshakable feeling that Lucy and Ethel were going to get in trouble. Sure enough, Istvahn followed a few minutes later.

“Hey.” Clint stepped out in front of him.

“Get out of my way,” Istvahn said.

“No trouble in my dungeon.”

“I’m not planning on starting trouble,” Istvahn said.

“Yeah, right,” Clint said. “Look, I need to talk to you. Can we step out of the club for a few minutes?”

“Not right now.”

“They’ll be fine. Do you want me to see if Max will tie them up and keep them safe until we get back?”

Istvahn seemed to consider it. “If Max keeps an eye on Tee until I get back, you have ten minutes.”

“Thanks,” Clint said sarcastically, and texted Max their general direction. “He’s on it,” Clint said when Max confirmed. Max was in the dungeon tonight with Mallory. Hopefully, they’d hang out at the bar until after he finished spilling the beans to Istvahn.

He motioned for Istvahn to follow him into the elevator. Wincing at the noise when the doors opened up into Couture’s nightclub, the Hot Spot, Clint strode through the club.

“I hate techno,” Istvahn said.

“Come on.” He led them past the models and designers dancing to a drum machine surrounded by a strobe flashing at epileptic levels. When the door closed and they were in the carpeted, soundproof hallway, Clint checked to see if his ears were bleeding.

“What was so important you had to interrupt my evening?”

Clint gut-checked himself. Was he doing this to get back at Anya? No. It had never sat well with him that they were going to keep this from Istvahn. If the situation was reversed, he’d want to know.

“I wanted to explain to you what was going on the other day.”

“None of my business,” Istvahn said.

“Actually,” Clint said, “I think it is. Look, there’s no easy way to break this to a guy. So I’m saying it right off. You knocked Tee up.”

Istvahn’s only reaction was to blink twice.

Maybe he didn’t think he was serious. “That’s why we went to Mallory’s shelter. Tee wanted to see a female doctor she knew and trusted.” Clint broke off as Istvahn moved to grab him. He deflected and dodged. Istvahn backed off.

“If this is true, why didn’t she come to me?”

“It’s some girl thing,” Clint said.

“Did she think I’d refuse to take care of the baby?” Istvahn’s voice had a plaintive note that Clint had never heard from him.

“I think she thought it would change how you felt about her.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

Clint shrugged. “Women. I can’t explain them. I figured you didn’t need to be blindsided by whatever they’re cooking up.

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