Page 31 of Savage Bond

“Oakley doesn’t! Men are too much work,” she practically shouts, making a bunch of the guys chuckle.

I don’t miss the way Jasper’s expression falls slightly. He’s never made a comment, but I’ve seen the way he looks at Oakley. He has a crush on her. Big time.

“Alright, I'm going home.” Oakley stands from her stool and checks her phone.

“Did you walk here?” Jasper asks.

“Yup! I have to get my steps in. Sitting behind a desk all day makes me lazy. I wanted to stretch my legs for a little bit. But now I'm ready to go home and take a nice hot bath. See ya at home, Roxy.” Oakley smirks at her and I don’t miss the wink she gives me when no one else is watching. She’s going to be trouble. I’ll have to keep my eye on her and figure out a way to get her to keep her mouth shut to Porter.

“I’ll walk with you. I don’t want you going alone. It’s already dark out.” Jasper hurries to fall in step with her.

“Ok.” Oakley shrugs her shoulders, not caring in the least.

Times like this, it’s so hard to not notice the differences between the Reeves’ triplets. Roxy goes on the attack every time I try to walk her home. Oakley’s indifferent to Jasper going with her, and Dixie would probably ask someone to go with her if she were alone.

My girl likes to stand on her own two feet though.

“Morris, go with them. I just need to talk to Chopper, then I'm headed back to the clubhouse too.” Storm motions towards the door where Jasper and Oakley just disappeared.

Morris doesn’t say a word, he nods his head before exiting the bar too.

“You just broke little Jasper’s heart, Stormy.” Roxy shakes her head. “He was probably so excited to have a few minutes alone with Oakley and you had to go and ruin it.”

“Well, it was either that or let him overhear the conversation we’re about to have.” Storm grins and I let out a sigh. He’s not going to let this go.

“I'm triple charging you tonight just for being annoying,” Roxy mumbles.

“I don’t care. Still have to discuss this.”

“Oh, look. I have customers to deal with.” She tries to step around me, but I stop her. The longer we put this off, the more annoyed Storm will get.

I really don’t think he’ll make as big of a deal out of this as Roxy thinks he will. After all, him and Dixie were dating behind everyone’s back. He can’t get mad at me when we kissed for the first time a few days ago.

“Are you guys good for a few minutes? We’re discussing something important,” I ask the guys sitting at the end of the bar.

“Yeah, take your time. We’re in no rush.” The older man waves me off and I can see his glassy eyes from here. I wonder how many drinks he’s had tonight.

“You have five minutes,” I say to Storm as I position Roxy between me and the bar.

I place one hand on the wood on either side of her, making sure she can’t make a run for it. I know she’ll try if she thinks she can do it.

“We’re not idiots. You two are dating.” Storm focuses on me, he knows he’ll be able to get the truth out of me easier than Roxy.

“And why do you think that?” Roxy folds her arms over her chest and stares him down.

“Last time I checked, you don’t kiss anyone. You wouldn’t kiss Chopper on a dare and you know it.” He isn’t backing down. He knows her well enough to know she wouldn’t do it.

“Hmm, but maybe after years of him chasing me, I thought it’d be nice to know if the man can kiss,” she smirks.

Storm stares at her for a moment. He isn’t sure if he should believe her or not.

“After all, I would never date someone who sucked at kissing. Duh.”

“She’s lying! She only says duh when she’s lying!” Dixie’s bouncing in her seat as she points at her sister with excitement. “Oh my gosh! I’ve been waiting for you to finally admit you had a crush on Chopper for basically our entire lives! I’m so excited! Chopper, you’ve always been like a brother to me and now you can actually be my brother!”

“Hold up!” Roxy slaps a hand over Dixie’s face and leans in as close as the bar will allow her to. “How did we go from kissing to getting married? I'm not you, Dix. I'm not going to fall into a puddle of heart eyes because Chopper’s showing me attention.”

“A puddle of heart eyes? Really?” Storm looks amused as he quirks a brow. “She didn’t fall into a puddle at my feet because I showed her attention.”