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With my hand still on her back, I caught her shiver. That meant she was reacting to me, right? Was it my touch? Or talking close to her ear?

Shit, had my breath stunk and she shivered in revulsion?

I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to remove my hand or not now. How did I become so indecisive when it came to a woman?

Usually, I’d know what to do. I’d know what women wanted. But I was second-guessing myself with everything when it came to Maya.

Coyote and Channa stood, since his woman was shoving at him to get out of their side of the booth. Channa wrapped her arms around Maya and hugged her close. The beaming smile on Maya’s lips lit up her entire face. I was sure even her damn eyes glowed.

Fuck me.

I did know why I was scared I’d mess up. It was because she meant a fuckload more than any of the women in my past.

Maya was my future. The woman who’d stand at my side for the rest of our lives.

So yeah, I’d worry over shit because she was the most important person in my life.

Not that she knew it yet.

Thinking about telling her had my gut in a tight grip of nerves.

Coyote shook my hand, and we hugged one armed. “Your girl tanked?” I asked when I shifted back to see Channa gripping Maya’s shoulders and shaking her a little while she talked a mile a minute.

Coyote chuckled. “Yeah, a little.” He watched her likeshewashisforever. Though, I could have called it from the start. Even though I’d done a little harmless flirting with Channa to begin with, it’d been all in fun and so I could see Coyote get riled by it. Which was proof enough that subconsciously he’d known she was his also.

She was good for him and he for her.

Only, she was also shaking Maya a little too much for my liking. Chuckling, I stepped close and pulled Maya back against my chest. “You’ll rattle her brain.”

Channa straightened and grinned up at me. Coyote managed to curl his arm around her shoulders before she gave me two thumbs up and then raised her hands in the air. “Shots.”

Maya laughed. “I’ll start with a vodka first.” I wasn’t sure if she even realised that she’d rested against my chest more.

Channa spun to her man. “Cody, honey, let’s get drinks.”

Coyote smirked. “How about you take a seat, and I’ll grab some drinks?”

“I’ll help,” I said.

The band’s song changed. Channa gasped. “I love this song.” She moved fast, grabbed Maya’s hand, and dragged her out onto the dance floor.

“How many drinks has she had in the hour you’ve been here?”

“Two.”

I jerked my head back in shock and looked at him. “Two?”

Chuckling, he nodded. “She’s a bit of a lightweight.”

Shaking my head, I glanced back to the women in time to see a couple of guys approaching them.

Fuck.

Coyote and I started forward. When we reached them, Coyote quickly stepped around the guy close to Channa and wrapped his arms around his woman’s waist, pulling her tightly to him.

I tapped the other guy on his shoulder, and when he turned, I shook my head. “Don’t even fuckin’ think about it.”

The sneer on his face told me he was going to press the matter, meaning my woman, but then his gaze flicked down to the vest I wore.

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