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When he turned to leave, he noticed Grady’s intent stare on the helmet and a sly grin on his face.
“What?”
“You know what.” His laugh was loud and throaty as a result of a two pack-a-day habit. “Ain’t no one fitting in that one.” He pointed to the helmet. “Except for one person, and it ain’t Trev.”
Caden sighed and continued to the stairs, ignoring the cackle from the old man. He was halfway down the steps when Grady shouted out, “Tell Rissa I said hi.”
Caden didn’t even acknowledge him. Having a woman on the back of his bike wasn’t something sacred for Caden, unlike it was for Kase or some of his guys. It was usually just a method of transportation. It meant nothing. But the helmet did. He carried a spare, which was in his room. It was the one he used for other women. Something about Marissa using it didn’t sit right with him.
He walked across the gravel lot and up the two steps before knocking on her door. He could hear her rummaging around from the other side, and then the door opened. She stood with her hand on the knob, opened halfway. A loose tank with the collar dipping down to expose a good amount of cleavage. Her tiny spandex shorts cuffed around her thighs.
“Hi.” She was smiling, of course. He’d never met someone who smiled as much as she did, but in the past few days, he noticed it was different. Genuine and real, lighting up her face. Before it was almost a plastered mask.
He lifted his chin. “Get dressed and meet me at the house in ten.” Asking would have been more gentlemanly. But asking gave her the option to say no.
Her eyes widened, taking up half her face. It was a slight exaggeration, but she had huge eyes.
“For what? You need me to stay with Jack again?”
“No, we’re going for a ride.”
It was the first time since she opened the door that her gaze fell to his hand holding the helmet. He handed it to her and watched as her smile grew wider.
“On the motorcycle?”
“Yeah, ten minutes. Put jeans on.” He turned to walk down the steps, but her hand wrapped around his wrist. Her grip was soft.
“Where are we going?” There was a hitch of excitement in her voice.
He twisted his hand away from her grip and slid his fingers through hers, palm to palm. He tugged her closer and leaned into her space. He tried to lose his smile, but her face was too damn cute and eager. His nose skimmed hers, and he whispered in a deep low tone, “Down by the river.”
She squinted her eyes and twitched her nose, smiling.
He reached in, sneaking a quick kiss, and whispered again, “Where they hide the bodies.”
She giggled, and he turned away. This was new to him. He never had much use with teasing a woman, but with her it came naturally. He glanced back to see her standing in the door with the helmet hugged against her chest, pulling her collar down lower. She was the perfect vision of the woman he wanted on the back of his bike.
“Go, we leave in ten minutes.” He walked through the back door and up the stairs, grabbing his helmet and shoving his wallet in his back pocket. Jack would be hanging in the garage with Drake all day, and with Trevor at school, it left plenty of time for an overdue ride.
He was on his way out the door when his phone rang. The call he’d been waiting on. He answered on the second ring.
“Yeah.”
“Just finished our first run. Cages worked. Just wanna let ya know,” Kase said with little emotion.
“Good.” Caden was still harboring some resentment from Kase’s last visit. It might not have been warranted, but Caden couldn’t let it go.
“Need you guys on Sunday, still coming down?”
“Yeah.”
“See ya then, brother.”
Caden pulled the phone from his ear as he made his way to his bike. He missed a step when he saw Marissa standing next to it, dressed in jeans and a gray, skintight top. The helmet hooked under one arm. He smirked.
“Cade.”
He brought the phone back to his ear. “Yeah.”
