“A good set of earplugs helps if you’re standing next to the bikes.” Trevor finds his voice.
“Got any extras laying around?” he asks the guys.
“Hell, no.” Nick shakes his head. “A revving engine is the sweetest sound ever. Why wouldwe drown it out?”
“I guess I thought you’d want to prevent premature hearing loss.”There’s my little smartass.
“Ignore him, Lennon. He’s still young enough to think he’s invincible.” Jace rolls his eyes in Nick’s direction.
“I’m only like five years younger than you.”
“Feels like a lifetime most days,” Jace mutters under his breath.
“I heard that.” Nick points to his ears. “No premature loss here. And I’m not anywhere near retirement like you two farts.” He points between me and Jace.
“They’ve got years to go,” Trevor gives Nick’s shoulder a shove.
“And I’ve got over a decade,” Nick boasts.
Jace turns to us with a pained expression. “Please tell me you’re coming to dinner with us, so I’m not stuck on my own.”
I wrap an arm around Lennon’s shoulder and pull him to me. “Sorry, brother. I’m going to show Lennon he’s wrong about food trucks, and then we’re gonna crash.”
“That’s code for fuck. Make sure your windows are shut so the rest of us get some sleep.” Nick smirks at us.
I’m tempted to beat his ass for talking about my man like that, until I catch the amused look on Lennon’s face. “I bet we could keep them awake even with the windows shut.” I waggle my eyebrows at him.
“Pig.” He smack my arm, but the gleam in his eye tells me the challenge is on.Fuck, I love this man.
“Catch you guys later.” I spin Lennon towards the food trucks, flicking the guys off as we walk away. Their laughter follows us until the roar of an engine drowns it out.
“You know I don’t have anything against food trucks, right?” He casts me a wry look. “They just aren’t an option for my second location.”
“I know.” I pull him closer and plant a kiss on his forehead. “I just needed a reason to get out of there before Nick really got going. Kid’s a world class mechanic, but I swear he’s got the social skills of a twelve-year-old.”
“Sounds like someone else I know.” He pinches my side, and even though I’m pretty sure it wasn’t meant to be sexual my dick twitches in anticipation.
I stop and spin him into me, cupping his face in my hands. “You know that’s only for you. And when the devil inside you stops coming out to play when I talk dirty, I’ll stop doing it.”
A shiver runs up his spin as a shaky little breath passes through his full lips.
“That made you hard, didn’t it?” He nods as much as he can with his head trapped between my hands. “Screw the food truck,” I growl, steering him toward my trailer.
Chapter twenty-one
Lennon
My heartbeat echoes in my head when I wake alone, returning to normal only after I hear the rattle of dishes in the kitchen. Taking a shaky breath, I turn my head to look at the empty space next to me, wishing the sight didn’t bother me so much.Nice job, Lennon. You’ve fallen in love with him. Now what?
I want to kick and scream and pull my hair out for doing exactly what I swore never to do, but I can’t bring myself to turn off the adrenalin that flows through my veins. Adrenalin I feel because of him.
Axel couldn’t stop touching me yesterday, as if he couldn’t physically stand any distance between us, and I loved every moment. I loved being introduced as his man. And I especially loved the way he made me cry out his name well into the night.
This wasn’t supposed to happen. I was only supposed to enjoy this for a weekend, not envision myself here regularly. Yet here I am, wishing I could share this with him beyond today.
That’s my heart talking rather than my head, and fortunately my head is still in control, so there’s little chance of me uprooting everything I’ve worked for to chase a fantasy. I only wish my heart wasn’t so stuck on the fantasy, since that’s the organ I can’t protect from the pain of the distance that will inevitably separate us.
Get it together, Lennon. This doesn’t have to be the end. He said he’d come back to Katah Vista.
