Divine Artifact in a Scientific World-Chapter 88: Club Velvet (5)

As soon as Miranda and Rina left to go to the ladies’ room, Vincent leaned over and said, "How do you do it? Is it some new pheromone that hasn’t hit the market yet?" freewёbnoνel.com

Jack shook his head and said, "No, I wish. Then I could turn it off. Did you see those two girls earlier? The one in the halter top was literally humping my leg!"

"Oh, I saw alright," said Vincent. "I’m even more surprised that Madam Morelock didn’t kick you out. She is very strict with what behavior is and is not allowed from the girls. And what those two were doing was well out of bounds. I have never seen them act like that. Are you sure you can’t tell me your secret?"

"Dude, seriously?! If I had a way to just magically make girls want me, I could make billions selling it. Just think about it. How much would you pay for something that would make girls behave like that?"

"Millions," said Vincent with a sigh. "Millions."

Just then Rina appeared in Jack’s soul space, this time using parallel self. And just like Nora, she immediately got a cross-eyed look, wobbled, then shook her head and said, "Trippy."

Then she walked over and hugged Jack again. He could tell that she just craved the physical contact, finally being able to hug someone without feeling overwhelmed. He caressed her hair for a few moments, then she pulled back and asked where Madison was.

He led her to Madison’s office, then returned to his lab. As he walked away, he heard Madison begin excitedly explaining her setup.

Back in the club, he saw Wendy and Vivian approach, stopping just outside the invisible cordon formed by the VIP bouncers. The dance floor was almost full, the bar was busy, and he could see many of the tables on the mezzanine were occupied.

The two girls waved at Jack. One of the bouncers looked at Vincent, who nodded. The two girls approached and stopped in front of Jack. They both gave a little bow and said, "We apologize for our earlier behavior. Will you forgive us?"

Jack beckoned them closer. They stopped right in front of his knees and leaned down.

He placed a hand on each of their shoulders and said, "I’m a little annoyed to learn I could have been thrown out for allowing it to happen. But, I enjoyed our little encounter, so I’ll forgive you. However, in the future, please make sure to stay within the club rules. I like it here and don’t want to get banned."

They both nodded and said, "Thank you!" Then Vivian asked, "Will you dance with us? We promise to be good. We need to prove to Madam Morelock that we can behave."

Jack noticed Vincent looking at him with just a touch of awe. Jack gave him a "what can I do?" shrug then lead the two ladies out to the dance floor. In his soul space, he let Miranda and Rina know where he was.

Wendy and Vivian returned to showing him dance moves, and soon the three of them lost themselves to the beat of the music.

At some point Miranda and Rina joined them, though Rina was random and jerky with her movements. He could tell that she was having trouble just relaxing and letting the rhythm move her.

He leaned in and told her to just relax and let her body do whatever it wanted. She seemed to relax a bit, then she started looking at what he was doing and returned to trying to imitate, but with jerky arrhythmic results.

He decided to look into taking her to dance lessons. Maybe she would enjoy something more structured, like ballroom dancing or swing dancing. He thought it might be a good idea for him as well, especially if he wound up rubbing elbows with rich and powerful people in the future.

He remembered Fran trying to explain to him that, instead of thinking about fitting in as giving in or capitulating to social pressure, he could think of it as learning to speak a different language, one you spoke with clothes and behaviors.

If you spoke another person’s language, they would be more willing to listen to you and view you positively. "Or," she had added, "you can treat it like a wolf wearing a sheep suit. If you want to catch some tasty sheep, what better way than to trick them into thinking you are one of them?"

Like four glowing moons pulled into orbit by the strong gravity of a planet, the four girls orbited around Jack as they danced.

The music would occasionally transition to a something a little more down tempo and each time, one of the girls would move in for a more intimate dance with him. Each taking turns, even Rina.

Occasionally, another woman would enter Jack’s orbit, circle him a few times, then depart. And each time, he’d earn a frustrated glare from one or more of the nearby men. Jack just shrugged at them when this happened, then continued dancing.

Eventually, he grew tired and decided he wanted to sit down for a while.

When he told the girls, Wendy asked him if he would join them at a table on the mezzanine. He didn’t mind, so he, Miranda, and Rina followed the two dancers to a set of stairs he hadn’t noticed before and followed them up to the mezzanine.

When he got to the top of the stairs, he saw that besides the tables lining the edge of the mezzanine, there were also booths lining the walls, and along the same wall as the downstairs bar was another bar.

Wendy led them to an empty U-shaped booth in a corner.

When they sat, Rina climbed into Jack’s lap, and Miranda snuggled next to him on one side, but when Wendy tried to sit next to him on the other side, Vivian cleared her throat loudly.

Wendy and Vivian glared at each other in a silent argument for a few seconds, before Wendy bowed her head and moved to sit opposite them, letting Vivian snuggle up next to Jack.

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