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They left earlythe next morning for Tennessee and Cat felt about ready to collapse. Repo didn’t give her the chance to sleep very much and she had to admit—being in a man’s bed was new and exciting to her. Sure, she had shared a bed with men before but when their time was up, she got dressed, collected her money, and left. She had never spent the entire night with someone before—another first like her orgasm with Repo. Of course, he was thrilled to be two of her firsts and she was wondering if she’d ever end up being any of his firsts.
“We have about another two hours if you want to get some sleep, Baby,” he said. Cat was used to him calling her Honey but she had to admit that every time he called her “Baby,” her heart felt like it did a little flip flop in her chest.
“What happens when we get back to Tennessee?” she asked. It had been bothering her all night and into the morning. Would he want to send her back to the bedroom she slept in before their little trip or was he going to allow her in his bed? Would he want that from her? God, she felt so unsure of herself and the whole situation, she worried that she was going to do or say the wrong thing and fuck everything up between them.
“What do you mean?” he asked.
“Well, are you going to want me in your bed, for instance?” she asked.
“Yes,” he almost growled.
Cat giggled, “All right then,” she teased. I’ll unpack my meager belongings into your room.
“Speaking of belongings,” he said, not so subtly changing the subject. He seemed just as shy to talk about what was happening between the two of them as she felt. “You’re going to need some new things if you’re going out on a few jobs with me. I got a call just before we left Huntsville today. I’m thinking about relocating to Gatlinburg,” he paused at her gasp. If he moved to Tennessee would that mean that once her court appearance was over, he’d toss her out?
“You’re not going back to Huntsville?” she asked. Repo didn’t look at her, just stared out the windshield of his truck.
“I’ll have to go back to pack up my shit and grab my bike but I’m thinking about starting new. I bought this cabin to use as a home base and the only thing that was keeping me in Huntsville was my club. Savage Hell is a part of a bigger organization called the Royal Bastards and well, I can patch into one of their clubs in Gatlinburg once I get settled.” Cat’s heart sank at hearing him use the word, “I”. She had her answer, he wasn’t going to be including her in his move and where did that leave her?
“You mind if I crash at your place until I can afford one of my own?” she asked. Repo finally turned to look at her and she almost wished he hadn’t. He looked pissed off enough to tear her apart. “What?” she questioned defensively.
“Don’t go and get any crazy ideas that me moving to Tennessee puts an expiration date on us, Baby,” he said. “I’m not telling you this because I’m planning on moving you out. I’m trying to fish for a way to get you to agree to move in with me, Cat.”
“Wait—you want me to move into your place in Gatlinburg?” she asked.
Repo shrugged like it wasn’t a big deal but to her, it was. It was a fucking huge deal. “But we’ve only known each other for a couple of weeks now, Repo. You can’t mean that you want me to permanently move into your place.”
“I can and I do,” Repo said. “Don’t make this into something more than it is, Baby. I want to live in my cabin full time and I’d like for you to be there with me. Hell, if it makes you feel any better, don’t use the word permanent. Call what’s happening between us a day by day thing,” he offered. The problem wasn’t the word choice but the fact that he was asking at all. If she was being completely honest with herself, she wanted what he was asking for. Hell, she’d be fine with the whole “permanent” situation if he asked her for that—but he hadn’t. He wanted her for now and that would have to be enough for Cat because she wasn’t ready to walk away from him, not yet.
“So, how bout it?” Repo asked. “You want to shack up with me?” He sounded like he was teasing but Cat could hear the anticipation in his tone. This was something Repo wanted and that made her a little giddy.
“Well,” she taunted. “Let me think about this.” She tapped her finger to her chin and couldn’t hide her smile. “I mean, I have so many other options for where I could live.” Repo reached across the seat and grabbed her thigh, giving it a playful squeeze. “You think this is a good idea?”
“Yeah,” he breathed. “But, if this isn’t something you want I can help you figure out an alternative.” Cat didn’t miss the undercurrents of disappointment in his voice.
“No,” she quickly said. “I’d like to move into your cabin with you Repo. Your home is beautiful and honestly, I’d love to see where this goes between us—if that’s okay with you.”
“More than okay,” he agreed. “I’d like that, Cat.” She smiled and wrapped her hand around his where it still sat on her leg.
“You hear that?” he asked. She listened for a minute and shook her head.
“Hear what?” she questioned.
“It sounds like music coming from my glove compartment,” he said. Cat reached forward and pulled it open, recognizing the muffled music from her cell phone’s ring tone.
“It’s my phone,” she whispered as if the person on the other end might be able to hear her. She quickly handed it to Repo as if it offended her in some way. “You answer it,” she insisted.
“You sure?” he asked. Cat quickly nodded her agreement.
“Yeah,” she said. “I already told you that I don’t want that life anymore.” She was pretty sure that the unknown number that popped up on the screen was one of her clients. They never used their real cell phones when they called her; most of the time calling her on a burner phone they bought for just such an occasion so that their significant others didn’t catch on.
“Hello,” Repo answered putting the call on speaker. He looked over at her giving her a flirtatious smile and wink.
“I’m trying to reach Catrina Linz,” a distorted voice said. The strange voice almost sounded robotic-like something from a science fiction movie.
“Who the fuck is this?” Repo growled into the phone.
