the empty bottles and tossing them into a large trash can.
A curvy blonde looks my way as she slithers over shaking everything extra God had given her. She hands Leo a beer and then caresses his arm with her finger, ‘hey baby, I thought you were coming alone?”
His gruff snort, ‘what gave you that idea?” He turns to me effectively dismissing her, getting the hint Leo was done talking to her but before she walks away, I get a death stare from her. I am now officially freaked out. Who are these people and why would Leo want me here.
I check the crowd for Piper but see no sign of her; Leo shoves a bottle in my hand, ‘take these only from me for the time being.” He furrows his eyebrows making the silver brow ring glisten under the florescent lights lining the ceiling, ‘or Beeker over there okay.” Leo slings his hand to a skinny kid leaning against the far wall. I take this time to examine the decorations on the walls, it is your typical man cave. Metal Harley signs hang from every free area on the wall, neon beer lights flash, and the atypical naked girl draped over the seat of a bike posters fill the space with a tasteless decorum.
“Avery tell me you understand.” Leo takes my arm giving it a slight jerk turning me into him. My stomach flutters at his touch and my skin goes all goose fleshy. I am going to have to get these damn emotions under control if I am going to survive the Leo tsunami crashing into my life.
“Avery.” This time he squeezes my arm to pull me out of my inner monologue.
I nod, ‘okay , be a little weird about it why don’t you.” I take my arm and rub where his vice grip was, hoping it will not leave a small bruise.
Anger fills his eyes and I can say I am not liking being on the receiving end of it, ‘listen any of these men wouldn’t think twice about drugging you and fucking you , take beer only from me or Beeker and I fucking mean it Avery.”
I hold up my hands in surrender, ‘okay , okay Leo.” Now even more confused as to why he would bring me here if the party is crawling with drug toting rapist. Leo motions at Beeker, who had yet to take his eyes off either of us.
Leo summons Beeker over, he leaves his place and walks dodging people as he makes his way through the ever-growing crowd.
Beeker is cute with his baby face and light blue eyes, his blonde hair is scruffy and disheveled over his head, ‘ya boss?”
Leo snakes his arm around me pulling me into his side, ‘this is Avery, she’s with me, if she needs a beer you get her one, needs to go pee you take her, don’t leave her side until I get back.” I winch at the gruff tone he has taken with Beeker, but he seems like it is all in a day’s work for him to babysit a grown woman.
Understanding fills his eyes, ‘yes sir.” Beeker nods as his chest puffs, I turn my head at him examining my companion for the evening or at least until Leo returns from doing Lord only knows what.
Leo takes th e untouched beer out of my hand draining it of most of its contents, patting my ass, ‘gotta go to work baby, you hang out with Beek here and I will come and find you when I am done.” Then he walks away. Leaving me standing next to Beeker alone in a crowded room.
I sling myself around to face Beeker throwing my hands up in the air, ‘He insists I come to a party at his club and then when he gets me here, he leaves me with a baby sitter, Beeker is it?” I asked somewhat screaming and it is not due to the music being too loud.
“Yes ma’am.’ His face masked with pride. The moniker must have been given by Leo and I see his admiration in the boy’s eyes as the large man moves away from us. Following his fine ass just for good measure and telling it good bye because it will be the last time sadly I will see it.
Turning my attention back to Beeker and giving my head a slight shake, ‘I want you to take me home.” I start for the door in a huff but before I can reach it I am hauled to an abrupt stop by the