“Hey,” JD interrupts. “Calm down, man. We’ve got time. That last bitch bailed.”

“Yeah,” Deep Dark says. “Which means we need another bitch fast.”

“Well, lookie here,” JD says, gesturing to me. “She’s got potential.” He looks me up and down now, the same way Deep Dark just did. But he smiles. “She’s perfect, actually. Hey, darling, you need to make some money today? Get yourself out of this, ah… situation you find yourself in?”

“Money?” I manage to squeak out.

He moves up close to me again and his hands find the same place on my waist they had a few moments ago. “We’d like to take some pictures of you, darling. Right here,” he says, motioning to the alcove we’re all squished up into.

I shake my head no, but he ignores me and turns to Deep Dark. “Go over there, Ark,” he whispers and points to an empty bus stop across the pedestrian street where only the mall busses run. “Your camera will be dry in there, right? And you got a long lens?”

Ark nods his head, but he’s looking at me, not JD. “This what you want?”

“What kind of pictures?”

Ark opens his mouth to speak, but JD beats him to it. “No nudies, darling. Just like you are is fine. OK?” He reaches up and swipes a strand of wet hair away from my eyes.

“What do I have to do?”

JD smiles. “Depends on how much you wanna make.”

“How much do I get for standing here and doing nothing?”

JD leans in and kisses me. I’m so shocked I don’t even pull away. His lips brush against mine, lingering for a moment. His hot breath caresses my cold face. Then his hand is behind my neck as he slips in some tongue—twisting us together in a way that sends a chill of heat through my entire body. When he pulls away I almost reach for him.

“Stand here looking lost and cold… I’ll pay you a hundred dollars. Let me kiss you like this, and you get two hundred. Get on your knees and suck my cock, and that’s five hundred. So it’s your call, darling. You tell me how much you need.”

I lean back and stare up at him. His head is bent so he’s looking down on me. His smile is easy and those eyes are still mesmerizing. They’re like the water on a tropical beach.

“Where did you get those eyes, darling?”

I huff out a small laugh and my body relaxes a little. “I was just thinking the same thing about yours.”

He traces my lips with his finger, so softly I have to swallow to stop myself from sucking on it. “So you wanna make a deal?”

“Let me see the money.” When I stop talking he takes an opportunity to slip his finger into my mouth. Ark is already inside the bus stop, camera ready.

JD pulls out a wad of cash and starts counting. “We’re gonna kiss, I know that much,” he says with a laugh. “So here’s two hundred right now.”

He holds the money out and waits for me to take it. As soon as I do he thumbs up Ark and the camera shutter starts clicking. And then…

I am kissed like I’ve never been kissed before in my life. His lips are magic. His hands brush against the back of my neck in a way that makes me tremble, and the cold ceases to exist. He presses his knee between my legs and lifts it slightly, rubbing it against the wet v of fabric that defines my pussy. His kiss continues. We’re twisted together again. He’s probing into me, deeper, on so many levels. His knee, his tongue, his hand as it grasps my nape.

I’m losing myself in him. I’ve never had a man affect me this way before in my life. I’ve never swooned over a kiss. I’ve never felt weightless from a hard body pressed against mine. I’ve never wanted something to go on forever quite like this moment I’m having with a complete stranger.

My knees begin to buckle and I find myself sliding down the hard-edged brick wall until I’m sitting down, looking up at his beautiful face as he unbuckles his belt. “Five hundred more, darling. You want it?” He finishes with the buckle and unzips his pants, pulling out his fully erect cock. The head is round and thick, and the length is long. “Just put it in your mouth and let Ark get some shots—”

A shrill whistle cuts off his words and he immediately stashes his dick away and pulls me to my feet. “We’ve got company.” He opens his flannel and pulls me into an embrace. He’s as wet as I am, so we become bonded together by our clinging clothes.

A few seconds later a mall security vehicle passes by.

Ark appears. “He’s on to us. We gotta go.”

JD hugs me tight. “You wanna come back to our place and finish this off, darling?”

I look down at the two hundred dollars still clutched in my fist, then notice my bare feet.

JD notices my predicament at the same time and turns his back to me. “Hop on, baby. I’ll carry you.” He shoots me a wink over his shoulder and I can’t help myself.

I laugh. After everything that happened last night, I can still laugh. And this stranger did that for me. He did that for me and he’s offering to do something else for me. He’s giving me a way out if I want it.

Seven hundred dollars can buy a thrift-store outfit and a bus ticket. I could stop all this. I could leave Denver and forget.

I look over at Ark and he shrugs. “You wanna suck his dick for five bills, that’s your choice. But you can take that two hundred and leave. And if I were you, I’d take that option. Because he’s not as charming as he looks. Neither of us are what we appear to be right now.”