When I started coming back to myself, Alex was unlocking the handcuffs. My arms dropped down, and I winced. Ignoring the cheers and catcalls of my brothers, I shook my head at her. “You’re going to get it.”

“Am I?”

“Oh yeah.” Grabbing her by the waist, I hoisted her over my shoulder. She brought out the fucking caveman in me. As I stomped backstage with her, Alex never protested. She merely let me carry her. “Get the fuck out of here,” I growled to a bouncer who was waiting in front of the private rooms. I knew that later some of the guys had planned to audition the girls here. For now I was going to use it to take Alexandra.

Once the bouncer left us, I tossed Alex onto the couch. “You think you’re pretty smart, don’t you?”

“I was just proving a point.”

“That I’m yours?” I demanded as I tore off my shirt.

“Yes.”

“Do you think any man in there doubted that before tonight?”

“No. But I don’t want any of the women who hang around here, especially Cheyenne, having any doubts that you belong to me and they should keep their hands off!” Fuck. She was worried about me and Cheyenne. Just as I was about to tell her that Cheyenne meant nothing to me, she pursed her lips at me. “Of course, it didn’t hurt for you to get brought down a notch in front of your brothers.”

Again, all other coherent thought left my mind except the animalistic urge to fuck the beautiful woman in front of me. I jerked off my jeans and crumpled them into a ball. I had started to use them to wipe up the mess along my thighs and hips when Alex reached out to stop me. Leaning forward on the couch, she brought her tongue to lick the cum off of me. She’d swallowed me before, but there was something so fucking sexy about what she was doing that I couldn’t help shuddering.

Not wanting her to have the upper hand again, I wound some of the strands of her hair around my hand and jerked hard. She gasped in both pain and pleasure. “You deserve to be punished,” I growled.

“Then punish me. Just like you were mine to do with what I wanted out there, I’m yours in here.”

My cock started coming back to life. Visions of bending her over one of the chairs while I spanked her ass got me up and running. But then I really wanted to turn the tables. Just like she had claimed me outside, I wanted to claim something of hers. “Take everything off.”

Obediently, Alex rose to her feet. As she undid her bra, I went over to the cabinet in the corner. Inside was everything you might imagine, from condoms to sex toys. While there was no sex for hire here, it was inevitable that it happened, and the club ensured you were prepared. I took out an unopened bottle of lube. When I turned around, Alex stood naked before me, except for the stripper heels, which she had left on.

For a moment, I could only stare at her. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”

Even in the dimly lit room, I saw her cheeks redden. “Thank you.”

As I crossed the room to her, I said, “I don’t know how you could ever think I would want someone else when I have you.” Tipping her chin up, I forced her to look at me. “You’re a beautiful face with a slamming-hot body, but more than that, you’ve got a fucking heart of gold, babe.”

Her arms encircled my neck, and she drew herself against me. “It’s not just you I’m worried about. Women can be very persuasive. You’re a god around these parts, and every single woman wants a piece of you. Especially the women you’ve been with before.” I winced because I knew she was talking about Cheyenne. Alex leaned her forehead against mine. “I don’t know how to deal with that. I love you so much that I don’t want to ever have to imagine you leaving me.”

For a moment, I could only stare in disbelief at Alex. How in the hell was it possible that she was the one who was afraid of me leaving? Standing in my shoes, I saw it the other way around. I was worried that eventually my world and all my bullshit baggage would be too much for her. Surely Alex would see through me one day and decide that I wasn’t worth sticking around for. Rev was right—she deserved someone better than me. But more than anything, she needed to know just how fucking much she meant to me.

“Babe, besides my mother, I’ve told one woman I loved her, and she left me. I don’t throw that word around lightly.”

“I’m glad to hear that.” While her eyes looked serious and I thought she believed me, I needed to knock her fear of Cheyenne out completely. But I wasn’t going to mention her by name.

“No other woman means anything to me, Alex. No. Other. Woman.” She looked up at me, and I saw the moment she knew who I was talking about. She seemed to get it. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and a small smile graced her beautiful lips.

“Okay?”

She nodded. “Okay.”

Here we were being so fucking open and vulnerable with each other when we were buck naked in the back of a strip club. Reaching between us, Alex took the lube from my hands. Her brows arched in surprise. “Is this what you had in mind for us tonight?”

“I had thought so, but now I’m not so sure.”

“Why?”

Glancing around, I said, “I’m not sure this is the right place to take your ass for the first time.”

She giggled. “I didn’t realize there was ass-taking protocol.”

I leaned down and nipped her lips with my teeth. “You and that smart mouth of yours.”

“You love it as much as you love me.”

Brushing the hair from her face, I smiled. “Yeah, I do.”

Slowly, she started backing away from me. Then she twisted open the bottle. Pouring some into her palm, she reached out to take my cock in her hand. She worked the lube over it, coating it like a second skin. “Is that all we need?” she asked softly.

“Well, I might be prepped, but we need to work on getting you there.”

“We do?”

Dropping down onto my knees in front of her, I said, “Yeah, we do.” I dipped my head to where I could lick and suck her pussy. Alex gasped. As I worked her with my tongue, I nudged her legs farther apart. I continued my assault on her pussy and bought one finger up to tease along her puckered hole. I thought she might tense up or jerk away, but she kept rocking her hips to ride my tongue. I slid my finger through her wetness, then gently pressed the finger back to her hole before sliding it inside. She sucked in a harsh breath, her hips momentarily freezing. “Is that okay?” I asked.