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“Oh, um, no.” I could feel her gaze on me, and hell, it made me want to puff up like a peacock.
“Reckon you’ll get any?” Chris asked.
She hummed under her breath, and I glanced up to see her watching me. She blinked and straightened.
The blush was back.
Fucking cute.
“You mentioned you might,” I said before changing the colour over in my gun.
“I’m still thinking about it. I wouldn’t have a clue what to get if I did.”
“Then it isn’t the right time. I got this one, my first, after my pops passed away. Then I became addicted.”
“I’m guessing there’s a meaning behind the headless horseman?”
Chris snorted. “Yeah, when I was younger, we used to love reading about different folklores and decided that one was our favourite.”
I caught Maya’s warm smile before I got back to finishing the final touches.
“That’s really sweet.”
“That’s me. Sweet.”
I scoffed. “Don’t let him fool you, babe. He’s an arsehole.”
Chris snorted again. “He’s just a sore loser, sweetheart. Can’t handle that I won a bet on drinking more than he could.”
“Wait, seriously?”
“He cheated, babe. I would have won if he hadn’t thrown that shot behind his damn head when I wasn’t lookin’.”
Maya laughed. “So, you’ve known each other a while?”
Chris nodded. “He did my first tattoo when he was an apprentice.”
“You did the headless horseman?” Maya asked, voice high, like she couldn’t believe it.
“Yeah.” I nodded.
“When you were an apprentice?”
“Yep.”
“Texas, you were that good even from the start, that’s… amazing.”
Fuck me, did it suddenly get hot in here?
I knew I was good. I knew I had a gift, but getting praises from Maya had me reacting like a schoolboy. My gut fluttered, my heart tripped, and heat flooded my cheeks.
“Aw, look, he’s blushing,” Chris teased.
Glaring, I finished the last bit while muttering, “I said before, Chris. Eat shit and die.”
Both of them thought that was hilarious.
“So,” Chris drew out. “How do you two know each other?”
