“And you don’t care that there are customers up front, or Evie here trying to concentrate?”
“No? Again, hazard of the area. It’s not like it’s someone screaming,” he said, picking up a wrench and heading to the toolbox. “That would be a problem, but I already know I’m allowed to rev bikes during the day. Screams at night.” Hero grinned, and his smartass answer only pissed Zack off more.
“You’re not the only one here, you asshole. Have a little respect for Evie.”
“But right this second, it seems I’m the only one working, so unless you want a further problem, get the hell back up front and drop it.” Hero’s tone had changed, the authoritative edge reminding Zack he wasn’t in charge.
The hierarchy here mostly depended on who had been around the longest. Rook got the entire thing going with Aiden right there with him. Then Hero and Mason tagged along. Then Kane and Zack.
Which meant he would be last on the list of people who could scold Hero.
Zack shook his head, but his hand brushed mine for a heartbeat longer than necessary as he turned. His eyes met mine, not leaving, as he moved to head back up front. “Sorry, Evie. I tried to get him to knock it off.”
Hero’s eyes narrowed, watching him walk away. “What the fuck? Are you sending Zack to yell at me? You’d have better luck telling me yourself.”
“I didn’t say anything to him. I was coming out here to throw a disco skull at your head so you would stop,” I said, truly not knowing what made Zack so pissed. It’s not like I had any reason to need him to defend me.
Hero’s eyebrows furrowed, a small smile tugging at his lips, until it vanished when Regan and Harper walked in, deep in conversation. Harper glanced at Hero as they stepped inside, her eyes narrowing when she saw him.
He glared back, his hand twitching as he sat back down on the small stool to focus on the bike.
I resisted my own eye roll knowing that I had no room to judge. I probably annoyed plenty of people with how much I fought with Aiden.
I was pretty sure Harper had ended up in a similar position as me, but for different reasons.
“Break another one?” Harper asked.
“Maybe you got too close to it. You seem to have the insane ability to damage everything around you, Jinx.”
She rolled her eyes, heading toward the couch near my office.
“Are you coming out to Syndicate with us tomorrow?” I asked, sitting across from them.
“Yeah, I’ll be there,” Harper replied, glancing once at Hero one more time before looking back to me. “Might just need to find a ride there.”
Regan knocked against her shoulder with a grin. “Mason can give you a ride.”
Harper groaned in happiness. “Perfect. I would let that man take me for any ride he wants.”
We talked for a while, waiting as the rest of the guys showed up and Rook finally walked in. He headed right to Regan, leaning down and lifting her until he could sit back down with her on top of him.
“Can you two not be gross for like five seconds?” I asked.
Rook rolled his eyes. “Can you figure out how to not be jealous for five seconds?” he mocked.
I glanced at Aiden, already knowing the answer was no.
I couldn’t.
There would be no way for me not to be jealous that Rook and Regan could do this, and I never would.
At least not with the person I would like to be with, especially since Rook would most likely rather die than have to see me kiss Aiden.
My body flamed thinking of Aiden’s hands on me in the woods.
Mason came over and I grabbed his arm, looking for any distraction as I spun him, pushing him down as I stood until I could fall onto his lap.
I grinned as Rook rolled his eyes again. “What do I have to be jealous of?” I asked, smiling over at Mason. He smiled back, lifting his hands in the air to show he wasn’t touching me.
