Chapter 57Steven’s POVFinally, the day came. Luca picked me up just after dark. He looked good enough to make my stomach flip, dark shirt open at the collar. I wore the nicest thing I owned and still felt underdressed when he leaned over and kissed the corner of my mouth like it was already a habit.“Ready?” he asked.I nodded too fast. He drove us out past the edge of campus, past the last of the decent streetlights, until the neon sign of the strip club glowed ahead like something forbidden. The bass hit my chest the second we stepped inside. Dim lights, bodies moving on stage, the air thick with perfume and something sharper.Luca ordered shots before we even sat. One after another we downed tequila that burned all the way down. He kept sliding them in front of me, watching me drink with that focused look I still couldn’t read.“Slow down,” I said once, my mind was already warm and floating.He just smiled and pushed another glass closer. “We’re celebrating. Don’t be boring.”I k
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