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kay?”
    She sighs, sitting back forcefully against the worn cloth of her seat, beginning to realize what I’m implying. “Listen, I only live about three miles away. No highways. Sasha’s got toys in the back and I’ve got things in the trunk that I need. I promise I’ll find some other way to work so you don’t have to worry about your reputation , but I need to get this car home tonight.”
    I feel a tightness in my chest, one I’ve never felt before as I find myself doing something I’ve never done; consider compromising.
    I bite my lip to try and stop myself from saying what I’m on the verge of saying, but it doesn’t work. “Fine. Three miles. Only if I follow you to make sure this thing doesn’t catch fire and you never get behind this wheel again.”
    She looks relieved. “Promise.”
    Tapping the hood of the car to symbolically seal the deal, I can see her smile before I turn to walk away.
    I call out over my shoulder as I head toward the long line of Harleys, with mine being the very first in the parked procession. “Let me get my bike. And keep it under thirty. Those wheels look like they’ll pop off the axle any minute!”
    Fuck. Sure, I’m pissed that she’s gonna drive the thing but I’m more pissed that she got me to do the one thing no one has ever managed to.
    Change my mind.

CHAPTER THREE
     
    MOLLY
     
    I don’t know why, but every time I look in the rearview window I’m surprised to see the motorcycle there. It’s not that I’ve never had someone voice concern about me before, but it’s the first time someone’s actually gone out of their own way to show it.
    I mean, he’s an important guy, right? Busy with the club and all the other business they do. Why does he give a shit about me or whether I get home safe? I don’t know much about him other than his reputation around town but it just doesn’t make any sense to me.
    For sure his girlfriend or wife wouldn’t appreciate it. I’d heard him talking to the other guy behind the bar—what was his name again? I think hard. I’m so terrible with remembering people’s names, and the loud rumbling of the bike behind me doesn’t help much with my concentration.
    Gryff! That’s it! He told Gryff that his baby would be back soon to work the bar. I don’t know why it shocked me a little bit when I heard it, as I should have known that a hot, sexy guy like him wouldn’t be single. Not that I have any business getting mixed up with anyone right now, let alone someone who’s as notoriously dangerous as he is, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t at least daydream about him.
    Now, knowing that he’s got a woman in his life, it just wouldn’t feel right. I’d feel like I was breaking some kind of girl code or something by wanting something that belonged to someone else. Nothing’s more disgusting than a cheater, and even if he and I were only cheating in my mind I wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror.
    He’s done more for me in the last forty-eight hours than anyone else except mom has done for me in my whole life. I don’t know why, and I don’t want to jinx anything by even putting the question out into the universe, but I really hope it’s not because he’s looking for a little something on the side behind his baby’s back.
    I shake my head hard.
    No , I tell myself. He’s not like that. There’s something about him, something I can’t quite put my finger on. I don’t think he’s the kind of guy he wants people to think he is.
    Taking a deep breath as I make the turn into the entrance to Lana’s apartment building, I promise myself that, no matter what, I’m going to keep things on the straight and narrow between him and I.
    No matter how goddamned hot he looks on that bike.
    As soon as I saw him swing his leg over the seat of the giant, shiny, black and chrome bike, I creamed my panties. I’ve never had a thing for bikers. I had no idea seeing one like that would do what it did to me.
    I’ve got to