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Fuck.
On my way.
He fired the text back to Jinx.
He placed his palm on the door and started to speak, but the sound of the running shower would have drowned him out. Instead, he bowed his head and took a breath.
“When I get back, we’re hashing this out,” he muttered to no one. Either they’d talk, or he’d exhaust her with orgasms until she no longer had the energy to stress. Regardless, by dinner, she’d be feeling better; he’d make damn sure of it.
With every step he took, his shoulders knotted tighter and tighter. Every instinct he had screamed at him to go back and fuck her until she released all the tension and guilt she was no doubt experiencing. He tried to shove his feelings aside, but it was damn hard.
As he reached his bike, his phone chimed again. This time, the text came from Curly.
I just watched the news. We did it, brother. Take good care of your woman.
She won’t fucking let me.
With a disgruntled grunt, he stuck his phone in his back pocket and fired up his bike.
The first person he saw when he pulled up to his shop was Jinx, standing in one of the open garage bays with a wide grin. “Hey, VP,” he shouted. “Good fucking news today, huh?”
He strode toward his brother and employee. “Yeah. Great.”
“Uh-oh. Trouble in paradise?” Jinx raised a nosy eyebrow.
“Fuck off.” Ty started past him toward his office, but Jinx snagged his arm.
“Hey, I’m just fucking with you. Everything okay?”
Ty sighed and stared up at the ceiling. “I think everything happening is starting to fuck with Kelsie’s head.”
“Uh, yeah. I can imagine it would be a mind fuck. Something happen between you two?”
“Not really. She’s just shutting me out. Said she needed time alone and locked the bathroom door when she went in for a shower.”
“Ahh.” Jinx folded his massive arms across his even more massive barrel chest. “Been there.”
“So what do I do?”
Shrugging, Jinx said, “You give her the space she’s asking for. Sucks, brother, believe me, I know, but it’s what you gotta do. Hearts fly outta Kels’s eyes every time she looks at you. Don’t worry, she ain’t going anywhere. Let her process at her pace. Remember, that girl is used to being alone. Having people who care and want to manage shit for her is going to take some getting used to.”
Huh. He scratched his chin as he thought about Jinx’s words. He’d purposely not shaved because Kelsie loved the way his stubble felt on her skin, but the new growth was beginning to itch.
“When the fuck did you get so mature about this shit? I was the one who was married.”
Jinx tilted his head as he let out a loud laugh. “Yeah, and how’d that work out for you? I don’t know, brother. It’s common sense.”
“Thanks, I feel so much better now,” Ty quipped in a droll tone. Jinx, as always, with the snark.
“Nah, I’m kidding, man.” He slapped Ty on the back so hard that he nearly stumbled, and he wasn’t exactly small. “Just easier to see the right thing to do when it’s not you in the hot seat.”
“True. He returned the pat on the back. Thanks, J. Hey, do you mind getting started on the inventory? I’m gonna make a quick call.”
Jinx hoisted a ruined tire over his shoulder. “No prob. Just gonna dump this one out back, and I’ll get on it with AJ,” he said of another employee.
“Thanks.”
