Page 80 of Unforgettable Billionaire (The Hardcore Novels: Special Editions #3)

The waitress returns with our drinks. I pretend to have an incoming text. "Hang on. Let me answer this." But I text Piper.

Aurei doesn't suspect anything, which means Dirk doesn't. LOL! You are so going to get him BIG TIME. Don't give away we've already seen each other.

I've missed you, you naughty little tease.

I laugh at her answer, then put my phone back on the table.

A couple of older ladies approach us, and I smile at them. Aurei nods.

They are both wearing "I've Been Jammin' Have you?" t-shirts. They look to be in their 70's. Maybe older.

"Aren't you the star they are advertising on the banner outside?"

I cut my eyes at Aurei and say under my breath. "Welcome to my world."

The taller of the two asks. "May I have your autograph?"

"Agnes! No one gets autographs anymore!" The shorter one looks horrified at her friend. "You take selfies these days."

"What the hell is a selfie, Sara?"

"You certainly may!" I laugh and rise.

Sara rolls her eyes at her, then smiles sweetly and holds her phone for Aurei to take. "Here, dear, do you mind?" Then she explains to Agnes. "It's a picture of us with her."

"Oh!" Agnes looks surprised at using her phone for this wonderful idea.

I walk around the table, step between them, and put my arms around them. When Aurei stands up and backs away to take the pic, I feel their focus leave me and attach to him. He puts her phone up to his face and says. "One, two, three."

I'm the only one who says, "Cheese."

Aurei chuckles and says. "You ladies might want to smile."

Sara giggles and apologizes, then smiles and poses. She tells me through her smile, "My Gawd, that's the most handsome man I've seen in forever!"

Agnes agrees. "He is very easy on the eyes."

I tell them. "On the count of three, say Sexy Beast."

"One, Two, Three, Sexy Beast." We say in unison.

They thank us profusely, then giggle together as they walk away.

"I think you made them juicy."

He laughs and ignores me. Then he gives a head nod and stands up. I look to see a 'sexy as hell' beast of a man walking toward us.

"Da-yum!" I tell Aurei as I stand up beside him. "Is that Dirk?"

"Yep. That's Sam, I Am."

Sam, I Am, is 6' tall, maybe even an inch taller, and is pushing 240.

His chest is full and expansive, and his arms are huge!

His waist is slim, and depending on how big and beautiful his ass fills out those jeans, he might actually go 250!

He is a beast! He has olive skin and rich black hair.

His eyebrows are thick and straight. His facial features are classic, and his eyes are brown.

He is the opposite of Aurei's Golden God gorgeousness, but I see the brother resemblance in him.

Dirk has the same intensity in his eyes.

The same razor-sharp like a hawk-piercing gaze, but it's the ease of his smile that makes my heart flip flop.

He wears the same teasing' rascal' expression that Aurei wears.

"Sweet Zeus, brothers were right! Gorgeous Gods! "

Aurei laughs as he walks out to meet his friend.

I'm so stunned by the hunk walking towards me, I almost miss Piper's redhead bee-bopping in beside him, and she definitely has missed me. Her eyes are devouring Aurei with the same enthusiasm I was admiring Dirk.

Aurei shakes Dirk's hand and then shakes Piper's. She smiles up and flirts with him. I watch her turn on her Piper charm, and they laugh at something said, then Aurei and Dirk start toward the table, and Piper excuses herself. She walks off toward the restroom.

When they arrive, Aurei introduces us. "Dirk, I'd like you to meet my wife, Siri. Siri, this is Dirk Sam."

"Ah, the infamous Sam, I Am."

He smirks, then narrows his eyes. "Aren't you the beautiful bombshell blonde on all the posters in here?"

I laugh at the charming way he put that. "Yep. That's me."

"Damn, Hardcore! You waited for a real winner, didn't you?"

Aurei grins at him, then winks at me.

My phone starts to vibrate on the table, so I step over and pick it up. It's Piper.

Come here!

I tell them. "Excuse me. I'll be right back."

Aurei touches my arm. "Everything ok?"

"Yes." I roll my eyes. "I'm hydrating and need to visit the ladies' room."

"Oh!" He chuckles and lets me go.

Dirk says. "If you see a redhead in there, tell her to hurry. Her hubby needs her."

"B. R. B," I tell him. "Don't talk about me behind my back."

Aurei jokes and points to the restroom. "Go!"

I giggle and walk off.

In the bathroom, Piper is waiting for me with an "OMFG! Your dude is so hot! Good for you, Siri Wright!" She high-fives me.

"Guurrrllll!" I drag the word out for emphasis. "Your man is a handsome beast! I cannot wait to hear your story! I want the long version too."

She laughs and says. "Good because there is no way to shorten it! Now, here's the plan." She tells me how she wants to play this 'surprise' encounter in the bathroom and then the surprise at tonight's performance.

"Are you sure?" I ask her.

"I'm sure." She laughs, then gives me that Piper look that says, 'I've been bad, and I enjoyed the hell out of it.'

I hug her. "Let's do this!"

She takes off for the table. I wait a few minutes, then return too. When I walk up, I pretend to be shocked that she is sitting at our table. "Piper?"

She jumps up out of her seat. "Siri? Bloody hell, I've been looking for you everywhere!"

We hug like the long-lost friends we are, then talk at the same time, die laughing, and finally give the official introductions.

She tells Aurei and Dirk how we met at FSU at orientation, hit it off, only to discover we were actually assigned as roomies.

I tell them the real story that there was a comedian speaker, and he asked for volunteers to come up on stage with him.

Piper and I both climbed up, and she ended up stealing all the laughs.

She says. "We had some good times there."

"Yes, we did."

"But, enough about us. Aurei, I'm dying to hear some stories on Dirk."

"Yeah, Aurei. Let's hear some stories from your army days. I want to hear the ones that involved pushing people's buttons."

Aurei takes the bait beautifully, and the rest of the dinner is spent laughing at the trouble those two got in and out of.

I hear Dirk's first-hand account of the night he tagged Aurei with Hardcore.

He tells it much more enthusiastically than Aurei, and I'm laughing so hard I snort a couple of times, which makes Aurei reach over and hug me, chuckling harder at me than the tale.

When Aurei gives an account of a seed spitting contest involving vodka-filled watermelons, I laugh so hard I'm crying.

I ask why Aurei calls Dirk, Sam, I Am, assuming it's a reference to Dr. Seuss that is a funny story.

Dirk grins, and his eyes are full of mischief. He cuts them at Piper, and she answers. "It's a reference to his tool, love."

"Oh!" I laugh.

During the dinner, I watch the relationship dynamic between Piper and Dirk. It's clear they love each other, but it's equally clear that something big happened between them, and they haven't worked out the kinks yet.

My eyes twinkle. Don't worry, Piper. We'll get your love life back on track. That's what I do.

When we've finished eating, and we begin walking back to the club, I'm impressed by the fact that she managed to keep the conversation off the fact that we danced together on the stage of Coyote Ugly and Aurei to his credit, didn't mention it either.

I wonder if Dirk even knows she's danced at a club before. If he hasn't, he's really going to be shocked!

* * *

Aurei

* * *

Outside the entrance to the secret side door, I hold my Wild Thang in a loose embrace.

Our hips rub each other, and my dick is hard and needy.

I know from the look in her eyes. She is juicy.

She traces little hearts on my abs as she prepares me for tonight's performance.

"If you can't take it, just come back in here and wait for me. "

"I'm not missing your last performance and Steve's bachelor party!"

"Ok." She sounds doubtful. "But promise me, you won't lose your cool tonight."

"I promise," I tell her.

"Remember Rule #1: No Touching!"

I smile at her. "It will be the only thing that gets me through it!"

She smirks, and I see that twinkle in her eyes.

"But it is a bachelor party after all."

"What does that mean?"

"I won't be wearing much."

I frown. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means my little blue heart got waxed."

"Oh fuck!" I close my eyes. "I'm going to need a shot."

She giggles. "It's time for me to go in."

"I know. Give me a kiss to hold me over." I lean down, and she slides her hands up my abs, over my shoulders, and around my neck. My lips lay gently on hers, and I whisper. "I love the way you taste." Then I slip my tongue past her teeth, and she sucks it until I moan and have to push her away.

She backs to the door and says. "Remember. You promised."

"Rule #1! Got it!"

She giggles and disappears.

I watch the door close, take a deep breath and turn to see Piper and Dirk's smirks. I shake my head as I walk over. "This may be the toughest assignment I've ever had."

Dirk pats me on the back and says. "I don't envy you, brother."

I lift my eyes and say honestly. "I need a drink."

We laugh and head to the bar. I step up, hand the bartender my card and tell him. "A round of drinks for everyone on me."

He grins, swipes my card, makes the announcement, then hands it back to me. "You're Seary's man. I get it. It's gonna be a tough night."

"Thanks for that." I laugh. "Make mine a triple. Crown Royal neat."