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She sauntered along and I drifted behind her. The others were already out the front door. I followed Madeleine and we all gathered around to check out the bike. It was all black and bronze and kinda retro-looking but obviously brand new. It saidHarley-Davidsonon the gas tank.
“What a beauty!” Marie shouted over the throaty rumble. “Is it yours?”
It was loud. And somehow… just as sexy as it was loud.
Maybe it was the man straddling it.
Shane turned it off. “Yup. I just bought it.” He didn’t look at me, and I hugged myself nervously. This was the first time I’d seen him alongside my family since he’d “claimed” me.
“What do you think, Mom?” he said—to my mom.
“Oh my god,” I muttered and pinched the bridge of my nose. He was calling herMomnow. To fuck with me.
“You wanna go for a little spin around the neighborhood?” he asked her, still ignoring me.
Mom looked scandalized. “Oh no, I couldn’t possibly.”
“I could,” said Marie. “What fun!”
“Yeah?” Shane scanned Marie’s ankle-length hippie tent dress with surprise. “You wanna hop on?”
“Oh, notnow,” Marie said. “I used to love riding on the back of a bike in my younger days, with a powerful man cradled between my thighs.” Shane’s eyebrows crept up as she spoke, and I slid a hand over my face. “But the moon entered Gemini this morning and my horoscope says I am not to participate in any thrill seeking activities. I’m not even having sex this week.”
The thing about Marie was that she was serious.
When I peeked between my fingers, Shane was glancing at my remaining aunts.
“Don’t ask me,” Mireille said preemptively. “It’s a very nice-looking bike, Shane. But motorcycles scare me.”
“I would love to, but in this skirt, it really wouldn’t work,” Madeleine put in, smoothing her pencil skirt. Then she looked helpfully at my jeans.
Theyalllooked at me.
Shane finally looked at me, like he’d just noticed me standing there.
“What do you say, Jolie?” His voice lowered a little when he added, “You wanna go for a ride?”
My eyes widened. I glanced quickly at my mom and my aunts. Did no one catch the innuendo on that?
Yup. Madeleine did. Of course.
“Hop on,” he said. When I met his wolfish eyes, it felt like a command.
Mom was already shaking her head at me likeDon’t even think about it.
I struggled. Shane was watching me and I could feel heat collecting at the back of my neck. It was like he had his hand wrapped around it… the way he liked to hold my neck and slightly squeeze to command my attention—and bend every cell of my body to his will.
How the hell did he do that, right in front of my family? He wasn’t even touching me.
Was he my Dom right now?
Or just Mom’s fiancé’s son? A guy I’d never shown any friendliness towards in front of my family? If so, I should really sayNo, thanksand just walk away.
But if he was my Dom… I was probably earning myself a spanking right now. And for every moment I hesitated to follow his order, probably a couple of hours of sweet torment in handcuffs.
Madeleine gazed at me, obviously trying to keep a straight face.
“Um, sure,” I said quickly. “I’ve always wanted to go for a ride on a motorcycle.”
