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Blade relaxes at my touch, and I want to curl up in his lap. I don’t, of course, but I’ve never had an urge like that before.
“I’m not offended,” I say with a smile. I don’t blame him for thinking I’d be sensitive, especially after I yelled at him yesterday thatI don’t need no man.
“Thank god,” he says with a relieved sigh. “I just want to help. You’ll be set up with a job and a place to stay while your car is being worked on.”
“Why?”
Blade tilts his head again, searching my eyes for something.
“Why, what?”
“Why do you want to help? You don’t even know me. I mean nothing to you. I’m just some random girl you found on the side of the road. I’m sure this isn’t what you had in mind when you pulled over yesterday.”
Blade moves closer on the couch until his knee touches mine. I look at where our legs make contact, then catch Blade’s brown eyes with mine.
“It wasn’t what I had in mind,” he confirms, “but I don’t regret a single thing. Do you?”
I shake my head no, swaying closer to him.
Blade slides his hand over my cheek, then cups the back of my neck. My skin prickles with awareness as his fingertips weave through the hair on the back of my head.
“I think we’re good for each other, don’t you?”
I can’t look away. I’m completely enraptured by his touch, his stare, every breath and beat of his heart. “Yes, sir,” I whisper, my voice barely above a whisper.
“Love when you call me that,” he rasps, dipping his head to ghost his lips over my temple. His voice is harsh, restrained almost, but his kiss is gentle, barely even there.
“Sir?” I question, ensuring I understood him. I’m a little light-headed from being this close to the sexiest man I’ve ever seen.
“Mmhmm,” he grunts before backing away. Blade drops his hand from my neck, and I shiver as a cold breeze blows through me. “Now,” he says, clapping his hands together as he stands. “You’ll start work tomorrow afternoon. First, I need to take you somewhere in the morning.”
“Oh?” I ask curiously, taking his offered hand.
He pulls me up, steadying me with a hand on my hip before stepping away. “You’ll like it. I think. Either way, you need it.”
“Okay, now I’m more confused than ever.”
Blade gives me a mischievous look, and God help me, he’s somehow even more lethal with that little spark in his eyes. “Do you trust me?”
I stare at him, holding his gaze for a moment before nodding. “I do.”
“Good. Now that we have that settled, I need to get to work. Grab lunch at the clubhouse and ask around for Tessa. She’s Hawk’s old lady. Nice girl, I’m sure you two will get along.”
I only understood half of what he said, but I nod, getting the gist. With a devious grin, I reply, “Yes, sir.”
Spinning on my heel, I scurry out the door in time to hear Blade groan. I have no idea what that’s about, but it makes my stomach dance and flip. I can’t wait to see what else Blade likes.
CHAPTERFOUR
BLADE
“Is it true?” Rider asks as soon as I call church into session.
“How the fuck did this happen?” another man asks.
“We’re not going to stand for this, right, Prez?”
“Silence!” I demand from my position at the front of the room. Every member seated in church shuts their mouth and turns their attention to me. “Yes, that fuck-wit of a sheriff, Darren, is out of prison.”
