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“Hey, Ares.”
I looked over to see a player for the other team staring at Ares like she was a ghost.
“Fuck off, Ryan,” Ares said as she pressed closer to her brother, turning her back on the man.
“You can stay as long as you stay out of trouble,” the security guard that’d lectured Lock said, eyes hitting me and Lock before leaving.
Lock turned to me, his eyes assessing.
“Would you rather be on a deserted island with a stranger or someone you hated but knew?” I blurted.
He wiped the blood off his lip and asked, “Is it you? The stranger?”
I shrugged. “Sure.”
“Then you.” He narrowed his eyes.
I felt things inside my belly tighten.
“I’d choose you, too,” Tad snarled. “So I could have something to eat.”
I looked at him wide-eyed as the security staff hauled his ass away.
Lock turned as Tad was dragged out of the stadium, kicking and screaming, by no less than six security guards.
Then I looked at all the people that were staring wide-eyed around me.
Gathering my things, I looked at the man that had just practically saved my life.
“Thank you,” I said softly.
And before he could say another word, I hauled ass out of there, not once looking back, but also taking the other exit, being sure to stay as far away from Tad being hauled off as I could.
Lucky for me, I knew where Tad parked.
Also lucky for me, I’d known how to hot-wire a car since I was ten.
Another lucky for me, Tad lived fairly close to me, so I could park his truck in his driveway and hoof it the rest of the way to my apartment.
All the while, the sexiest redhead in history stayed on my mind.
***
Lock
“I’m sorry, but with that fight, we won’t be able to use you in public relations.” Luke sighed. “I know it wasn’t intentional. And I realize that you did what you had to do. Unfortunately, life’s a bitch.”
I closed my eyes.
“Does he still have a job?”
That was my dad. Lachlan Downy, Senior.
Always trying to protect me.
I looked over at my father and said, “Why are you here?”
My father turned his head toward me and glared. “Because I didn’t want you to lose your fuckin’ job.”
