Total pages in book: 26
Estimated words: 24870 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 124(@200wpm)___ 99(@250wpm)___ 83(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 24870 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 124(@200wpm)___ 99(@250wpm)___ 83(@300wpm)
He reaches up and runs his hand through his beard. “I thought you were broke down.”
“And you were just driving by?”
He nods, and I wait for more, but when he doesn’t say anything, I take a step back. “Well, my car is fine, so you can go.”
He doesn’t make a move off my car, though. I wait for him to say something, heck anything, and he just stares back at me. I gesture to him. “Can you get off my car so I can leave?”
He leans up and puts his hands on his knees. For a second, I think he’s going to do what I ask, but he doesn't get up.
I stomp my foot. “Come on. This is getting ridiculous. What do you want?”
He leans forward, and even though he’s not touching me, it’s like I can feel the heat coming off him. He makes a point of looking down my body and back up again. “You don’t want to know what I want.”
I point at him and shake my finger. “You don’t get to do that, Ben. That is not how this works. You can’t tell me that I’m not your type and you don’t want me and then start showing up everywhere I am. We’re not friends. Can you stop showing up where I am?”
He stands up and moves closer to me. I think he’s going to touch me, and I brace for it, but he surprises me by walking past me. I let out a breath, and then his deep, troubled voice has me turning around. “I can’t.”
“What do you mean, you can’t?”
He comes toward me and puts his hands on my shoulders. “Don’t you think if I could walk away from you, I would? You don’t fit in my world. My world is dark, dirty, and ugly. It will destroy you, and I can’t let that happen.”
His breathing has picked up, and his hands on my shoulders have tightened. I search his face, and it’s then I see it. Yeah, he’s attracted to me but he doesn’t want to be. He pulls his hands off me, spins on his heels, and starts stomping back to his bike.
My mouth drops as I come to the realization. He doesn’t just want to fuck me; he actually likes me. I run to catch up with him and stand in front of his bike. “Oh hell no, you’re not just walking away after that, Ben Dalton.”
He growls. The man literally growls at me, but I don’t back down. “You lied to me. You do want me.”
His jaw tightens, but he doesn’t say anything else. He just stares at me, his face guarded and grim.
“Admit it, Boss. You want me.”
His nostrils flare. “Yes, I fuckin’ want you.”
He’s not happy about it, but at least he admits it, so I pressure him for more. “So you want me but you didn’t try to fuck me.”
I wait for his response, being more patient than I feel like being.
5
BOSS
It takes everything inside me not to reach for her. I fist my hands at my sides and just look at her. I need to get the hell out of here before I say fuck my good intentions.
She leans forward and pokes her finger in my chest. “Tell me, Boss. What’s up with that?”
I grab her hand and realize my mistake as soon as I do it. Once I touch her, my need to hold her gets even stronger, and I can’t do that. Once I do, I won’t want to let her go. “Back up, princess. I need to go.”
She doesn’t try to pull away, and so we stand here with me holding her hand in mine. I force myself to release her, but I can’t back up while I’m on my bike, so I sit down. I should start up my bike and pull out, but she’s too close, and I won’t risk it with her practically straddling my front tire.
I grip the bars, and my knuckles turn white. She’s looking at me in awe, like she’s figured out the secret to world peace or something. “Boss, tell me if I’m wrong. You’re the type of man that if you want something, you take it.”
I grit my teeth and don’t respond, trying to figure out where she’s going with this.
“And you want me, but you turned me away.”
My scowl deepens. She’s smirking at me like she has it all figured out. “You don’t just want to fuck me… because if that was the case, you would do it.”
Finally, I’ve had enough. “Quit saying that. Quit saying I want to fuck you.”
She’s blinking at me wide-eyed and innocent, but I see right through it. She knows she’s got me by the balls now, and she’s not going to let it go until I tell her what she wants to hear.