Uncaged Love

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Author: JJ Knight
that you can head out. I’ll have a list of tasks for you for tomorrow. Come back around eight.”
    “Okay.” I head up to the front. It’s eerily quiet now throughout the building.
    I peer into the last box. Only three to go, all fifties.
    “I can do this,” I mumble, arranging my legs the way Lani told me to.
    “Do what?”
    I recognize the voice, the sexy rumble I felt in my chest yesterday.
    I pop up and whip around. Colt stands by the front door, freshly showered, his hair damp. His eyes rove over my tight shirt, and my face grows hot.
    “Just moving weights.” I gesture lamely toward the box.
    He nods. He’s wearing jeans and a jacket like when I met him. His eyes sparkle with green and brown. “That’ll strengthen you up in a hurry.”
    “If it doesn’t kill me first.”
    He walks over. I know how upset he was a few minutes ago, but you can’t see it now.
    “You’ll be having the guys here tripping over themselves to help.” He glances down at my chest again.
    I’ve never wanted my hoodie so bad in my life. “I don’t think so.”
    He huffs. “You’ll see. They’ll line up for any hot little gym girl in a tight shirt. Tomorrow you can add some tiny shorts and waltz out with any of them. Too bad you can’t work for tips.”
    I want to punch him. Anger flares through me so hot and fast, it’s almost the hurricane feeling. But I’m ashamed too. I should have kept the hoodie on. I knew this would happen.
    I turn back to the weights and heave one against my body. If he says one more stupid thing, I’ll launch it at his face.
    I guess he sees it because he holds his arm out like he’s going to stop me.
    “Hey,” he says. “Whoa. I’m sorry.”
    My arms are screaming as I push past him to the weight room, grateful that it’s empty.
    Colt follows. “Jo. Stop.”
    I ignore him and drop the sandbag by the wall. I hate that I ever thought even for a moment this guy was anything like my father. I’m sorry I met him.
    He tries to block my way, but I circle a weight bench to avoid him.
    He cuts in front of me. “You took that the wrong way,” he says. “God, I suck at this.”
    There’s something in his tone that brings me down a notch. “You do,” I say. “I’m grateful for the job, but I’m not going to stick around and let you insult me.” I try to push past. It’s starting to feel like the day I met him, except now he’s the bad guy I’m trying to avoid.
    His hand encircles my wrist. I try to stay focused on the anger, not the touch. He’s holding me, and I’m supposed to be mad. But I stupidly feel like I don’t want him to let go.
    “I only meant to tell you how enticing you are. How distracting.”
    I don’t have anything to say to that. I want to be brave, to look him boldly in the eye. But when I glance up, his hazel eyes are full of tangled emotions. There’s worry there. And confusion. He’s not like a big-shot fighter anymore. He’s a kid realizing he’s done something wrong.
    I shake him off and say, “Don’t worry about it.”
    He tilts his head. “I get it now.” His Adam’s apple moves up, then down, in a hard swallow. “You don’t like that shirt, do you? You aren’t comfortable around all these guys.”
    I’m holding in my breath. I don’t want him to figure me out. If he knows this, then he’ll know pretty quick that he’s different.
    He lifts his hand to tuck a stray bit of hair behind my ear. My heart is hammering.
    “I think you don’t know how beautiful you are,” he says. “I think you don’t want to know. It’s easier for you to just cut us all off. Keep us away.”
    I’m trying not to shake, holding everything in tight.
    He pulls his hand back and shakes his head. “And that is, without a doubt, a truly excellent decision.” He takes a couple steps back. “Stick to it.”
    Then he turns around and walks out, not stopping until he’s through the doorway and out on the sidewalk.
    I don’t release my breath until I hear his Harley
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