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Maddie looked down at herself Yeah, okay, so she was dressed as a four, tops, but she wasn’t invisible

A cab pulled into the lot, and Blondie sing his hand "You cohed in joint disappointht

"You could have gone," Maddie said after a minute "Wouldn’t want to hold you back"

"From…?"

"A threesome"

He arched a brow "Is that what you think I want?"

"Well, it does seem to be the top male fantasy"

"Maybe I’m content with my current company"

She felt herself soften in spite of herself and decided it was all the e hard now, but Jax’s jacket was protecting her, and she was content to just stand there "Are you cold?" she asked, really hoping he wasn’t

"I’estured toward a red Jeep

"What about your bike?"

"Both mine But the Jeep’ll keep you waraze evenly, his eyes dark and warreed "But taking a ride fro one"

"I can provide references if you’d like"

"Frohing, and the sound sent heat slashing through her Sliding his hand to the small of her back, he walked her to the Jeep "I think I can provide better than that for you" He opened the passenger door and waited while she hesitated Gallant superhero, she wondered, or sed to talk her into his lair?

Hard to tell

She buckled herself in The interior of the vehicle was dark, and he wasn’t giving any hints as to his thoughts while he put the Jeep into gear and headed out of the lot

She stared out the windshield, thinking that so far, superhero and s neck and neck Not that it mattered, not when deep down, she secretly wanted both

Chapter 5

"Just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom,

someone will hand you a shovel"

PHOEBE TRAEGER

Jax pulled up to the resort, and they both eyed the dark buildings "Proble the Jeep

She hoped not "I don’t know"

"Your sisters are here?"

"I don’t know that, either"

Jax thrust the Jeep into gear again and drove around to the back of the inn Maddie held on to the dash and gulped "This isn’t the part where the big bad wolf eats lance "What is it with you and things eating you?"

A nervous laugh burst froh to boost her pulse and scare her at the saet the chance to eat you, I promise you’ll like it"

Her stomach quivered Her body had other reactions, too, but she kept thee, where the ere lit

"How did you know to come back here?"

"I spent time out here as a kid Once, with Ford and Sawyer, I TP’d the entire place"

It didn’t surprise her that he’d had a wild youth She suspected he’d had a wild everything "You did?"

"Yeah, and Sawyer’s father beat the shit out of us when he found out, and then turned us over to your grandpa Instead of handing out our second ass-kicking of the night, he made us clean up our handiwork and paint the entire inn He was a good guy" He flicked his gaze to the cottage, and she followed his line of sight to where both Chloe and Tara stood inside, staring out the

"They don’t look very happy," he noted

"Yes, I tend to have that effect on people"

His callused hand slowly slid up her back When she started because she was looking out the Jeepand not expecting the touch, he very gently touched the back of her neck Warulfed her

"I don’t know," he ht" His thu her to look at him

One of them leaned in, she wasn’t sure who, but suddenly her hands were on his chest and his hands were sliding up her aret with the console between them "My sisters--"

"Can’t see inside the Jeep" He kissed her once, and then again--sh, not even close, but when she heard a soft moan and realized it was hers, she pulled back

"Yeah," Jax said, studying her intently "I like this look on you a lot better"

"What look?"

"Heat Desire Not fear"

It took her a second for the words to register When they did, she turned to open the door to get out, but he gently pulled her back and kissed her again, deep and hot Her eyes drifted shut as she gave herself over to it, to hiood kisser, and his taste, his touch, his scent, the heat off his body--it all coether so that she couldn’t talk herself out of having this moiving herself permission to enjoy it, she slid her hands over every part of hiroan of approval that rumbled fro tiravelly

"Me either" In fact, she wasn’t sure she’d ever made out in a car She looked around "We steamed up the s"

He slid a hand over her shoulder, up her throat, his thus"

Yes Her body was huaze down his body, past his broad chest, the flat abs she wanted to lick, and the button fly of his Levi’s, which were strained over an intriguingly large bulge Her gaze flew to his, which was both scorching hot and just a tad bit ao in" But she didn’t ive his e of, his lips rubbing slowly back and forth over her skin "B-before they… Oh, God," she whispered "Before they coate"

He had a hand at her waist, beneath his jacket and her sweatshirt, his fingers gliding over the bare skin of her belly, and she let out a shaking breath "You’re going to have to take your hands off aze, his eyes dark and heated "Or?"

Or she was going to crawl over the console and straddle him "You don’t play fair"

"I don’t You should re her body to behave, she extricated herself from both his hands and the Jeep "Thanks for the ride"