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Happily, I began loading my plate up. I’d missed breakfast thanks to the two witches, and I was starving.
“Love a woman with a healthy appetite.”
“Oh, these hips of mine took a while to sculpt.” I laughed.
“You look beautiful today. You did yesterday, too,” Slick announced.
I blushed again.
He leant forward and ran a finger down my cheek. “Reactions like that, Summer, make me realise how innocent you are. If I was a decent man, I’d pack up and leave before I ruin you. But I’m weak and selfish, and you’ve been on my mind constantly,” Slick said.
That was a statement that needed picking apart.
“I’ve had sex before,” I blurted and turned the colour of a ripe tomato.
Slick blinked in surprise and then chuckled. “I meant innocent, as in darkness hasn’t touched you, but nice to know you’re not a virgin. I’d hate to be the one to hurt you your first time.”
“Oh, there’s going to be a first time?” I asked.
“I am damn well praying there will be,” Slick said, and bit into a chicken leg.
That gave me food for thought.
“I’ve not dated much Slick. There was college and then Dad’s death and the garden centre to run. I may be innocent in the ways of your world, but I need to ask, what do you want from me? I’m attracted to you but not built to be in a causal relationship,” I said.
Slick’s eyes warmed. Clearly, he liked my honestly.
“This is our first date; we do not have to get heavy. Let me tell you this, Summer, I don’t court women. Never have and didn’t think I ever would until I met you yesterday. I understand you are not a throwaway or a barfly. That you’re extraordinary. I’ve been searching for that special someone for a long time, and darlin’, I’m liking what I’ve seen so far. Rage men don’t mess around when claiming women. If we do, one of our brothers might snatch them up.
“However, I’m here with a picnic—an unusual choice for somebody like me. Let’s approach it one day at a time and see where we end up. But know I am serious about seeing you, and I don’t think of you as a casual lay or one-night stand.” Slick sounded earnest.
“I couldn’t be that,” I honestly replied.
“Guessed that, hence the dating.”
“Slick, dating is hard for me. I don’t have many free evenings.”
“So, we’ll work around it until we can settle your nights down.” Slick grinned.
Oh, how I wished I could to that. Mom and Marianne would throw a fit if they had to actually do something instead of sitting on their lazy asses. Both of them were entitled bitches and somehow had got past their bitterness towards each other. Now, their sole aim was to make my life a misery while ruling the roost.
“Summer, you okay?” Slick asked, concerned.
“Sorry, my mind went somewhere unpleasant. It has no bearing on the picnic. So, tell me about yourself. How long have you been Rage MC?”
“Jesus, too many years to count. I joined Rage at sixteen in 1994.”
I quickly did the maths. “Get out of here. You’re forty-four?” I gasped. Slick looked a good decade younger.
“Suppose you are gonna say I’m too old for you?” he asked, looking worried.
“I’m twenty-eight, and no, I don’t believe age makes a difference.”
“Twenty-eight, that’s as long as I’ve been in Rage.” Slick chuckled.
“Do you feel like a perverted, creepy, old dude?” I teased.
“Oh honey, I know I am a dirty old man. But at least you’ve got the stamina to keep up with me!” Slick shot back and yet again made me blush, even as I laughed.
