ley

going well until I rec

you come to the ho

of arranging my small bake

confused and th

pital, my grandmother was

world started

n worsened and she needs a hea

p back as I felt like my w

I had drained my savi

give back the six months down payment I h

it was not enough. That's how I found myself

. I clutch my tray a little tighter, reminding myself for the hundredth time: This

curl around me as I weave betwe

now... No. I shove the thought away. Nolan has already

and that's why I took this humiliating j

manager hisses, shoving ano

them on the tray and make a

s when I see wher

laughter and testosterone - jerse

ter, lounging like he owns

ints in Michigan, he had to walk

, Orion is a prick and a bastard who do

ond I approach. A smirk curls

. Look who w

u knew how to hold a tray." He sa

swallow me whole. Instead, I square

speak without bragging. Guess

one of his teammates. Orion just chuckles,

t as I turn to leave, a hand reaches

tle show, huh?" one of the guys jeers and I fight with

stomach and before I kn

d and the liquid splashes

ensive jacket and amber

ger. "Are you fucking kidding me?" His voice

re than your entire pa

t. D

through the

d laced with authority

, towering over the guy. His hand

her again, you'll be picki

s in the air, I ev

nstantly. He mutters something under hi

turns, his eyes

something different in them

every part of me. I swallow hard, hea

the whole damn lounge to hear. "Nobody is allowe

mixed with something els

his and for a fleeting mom

s flying between us. E

wonder what the he

his but the way every pair of eyes in that boo

is smirk returning but

e." Then his gaze flicks to my l

lse ha

ion erupts from deep insíde me

Asshole." I murmur

le I don't exactly appreciate how he claimed ownership over me,

. When I step outside the club, the harsh night ai

have to wait for long. I don't make it far

its me before he removes th

drive you home

retort. Just because he helped me ear

. "It's late and I am not letting you ride a bus with c

tighter. "I don

rk and challenge. "Funny. It looke

le of rowdy men spill out of the club behin

treets can be unsafe, espe

I swing a leg over a

neon lights. My hands grip the edges of his jacket, and even w

e doesn't kill the engine right away. In

ou and

that name feel

ng business." I snap. Orio

with the daughter of the club patron. He left you for her? What a

he connection the dumb

rks, but no w

e turns

d money urgently.

d I'll take care of

gh bit

onal. You think I would

lips curving into t

want to get back at your cheating ex? What better