The Touch Series: Initiation by Cecilia Lonski Read Free Book Online

nothing ever worked. It was even hard to do homework without thinking about him. And after reading his suggested Victorian erotica, my thoughts had become even more unhealthy.
                  Thankfully, after these past few days, tonight was going to be the first night out officially with the rest of the Club and Josef. It will be held in a club at a fancy five-star hotel in Pine Glen so I decided to step up my look for tonight. I opted for a knee-length fitted black lace dress with a corset top. I straightened my hair for once, instead of letting it go wild with its usual random waves and curls. I topped the outfit and hair off with a drastic change of make up as well: Smokey-eye, a hint of bronzer and crimson red lip stick. Might as well fit in with the rest of the Club and not stick out awkwardly.
                  Artie came over yesterday to compel my parents to not ask questions about where I was heading and such. So me walking out like this was not going to reward me with the you-are-dressed-like-a-prostitute talk from mom. Then again, I also hoped that I wouldn't run into anybody that my parents knew at the club because that would certainly be difficult to handle.
                  I glanced at the clock. Shit! I was running late. I quickly put my heels on, grabbed my purse and coat, and darted out my room. I headed downstairs and kissed Nicholas goodnight before I walked out the house. Not only did my parents not say anything but they didn't even notice me leaving; there eyes were glued firmly to the TV.
                  Walking out and heading towards the bus stop a few blocks away turned out to be more awkward than I imagined. Some of the neighbors gave my slightly inappropriate attire a run down with their eyes and some of the housewives did not look pleased. And standing at the bus stop made me pace from side to side out of apprehension.
                  I checked the online bus tracker to see when it would arrive – Delayed. Crap! That's not good! The party was going to start in half an hour and Gwen expected us all to arrive on time. I really didn't want to stay on her bad side and being late was surely going to keep me there.
                  For a while, I continued to paced around the bus stop sign until I started to feel my feet ache. I glanced at the time; I needed to be there in the next fifteen minutes. There was no way that that was going to happen, certainly not with the unreliable Richmond bus service.  I had no choice but to text Artie to let him know that I was going to come late and to let Gwen know.
                  The bus arrived six minutes after the party had started. So I was already screwed. And it was going to take another ten minutes just to get there. I could already see Gwen's green eyes drilling holes into mine. I wondered what she would be capable of doing to me if I continued to piss her off...
                  After several horrific images flashed in my head, my phone buzzed with a text from Artie:
                               
                                Okay. But you need to get here ASAP. It's not Gwen you should worry about. Josef hates                             tardiness :(
                                But I'll try to calm him.
                 
                  Nice. Both Gwen and Josef were going to be pissed at me. That's all I needed to round off the night which was going to be hell anyway since I was most likely going to be ignored or scorned by the rest of the Club. The only good thing that will come out of this was me getting to set foot into one of the most exclusive clubs in Richmond. The only other way I would have ever gotten in was by being an employee.
                  After a slow and frequently bumpy bus ride, I finally arrived at the hotel