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Lyla
“Want me to carry some of those bags?” Thane offers.
“No. And I really don’t need you following me around store to store,” I tell my shadow. It’s been a week since I moved back home, and yet I’m still not allowed to leave the house without an escort.
“Too bad. President’s orders,” Thane says as he hovers over me, chomping his gum loudly. “How much longer is this going to take?”
“It takes as long as it takes,” I tell him. “You can leave if you want.”
He grumbles something but shuts up.
The shopping trip is a necessary one, but going back to the scene of the crime, the same place where I ran into Barrett just a few weeks ago, wasn’t required. It’s stupid of me to want to “accidentally” run into him when he made it clear that it’s over.
What happened between us was nothing but two hot sexual encounters. It was stupid to think he would want more with me. Or that my father wouldn’t ruin it.
“What are you shopping for next?” Thane asks.
“I need a power suit, one that makes me look smart and capableof assisting the CEO of one of the largest animal rescue charities in the country.”
“Animal rescue? Like cats and dogs?”
“Yes. Any pet you can think of that people have and surrender, but mostly cats and dogs.”
“Then you should find a suit or a shirt with like little puppies or kitties on it,” he says.
“Thanks, I’ll try to keep that in mind,” I reply with a puff of laughter. Although, I guess I could wear my sneakers with the doggies on them…
“Have you told your dad about the interview?”
“Have I told my father I have an interview for a job in Atlanta? Nope,” I say as I sift through the hangers on a suit rack.
“Are you going to tell him, or do I have to be the one to break the bad news?”
I turn around to face the pain-in-the-ass biker boy. “He doesn’t need to know about my interview.”
“Right. He wants to know your every move day and night, but he won’t care that you’re driving states away for an interview. You know I have to come with you, right?”
“Fine,” I huff. “I’ll try and tell him tonight. And I’ll try to get you out of it.”
“Good luck. Isaac has been on edge when it comes to you lately. We think he doesn’t want to lose you so soon after having Laurel get married and move out.”
“We?”
“Some of the guys in the club.”
“So all the bikers are talking about how nuts my dad is behind his back? Glad it’s not just me.”
“We would never call Isaac nuts. We’ve just noticed that he’s being a little…overprotective of you lately and nearly dragged us into a war with the Savage Kings because of it.”
“No kidding.”
“So, where to next?” Thane asks.
“Ah.” I glance around the outdoor shopping center to see what other stores are left for me to peruse when a figure in the crowd catches my eye, one wearing a dark gray hoodie.
Could it be the same guy I thought I saw when I was leaving the fairgrounds? No, of course not. That’s ridiculous.
Still, I do a quick double-take, certain he’ll be gone.
