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The drive into don Myrtle Beach was one she always enjoyed It was still early , so the croere relatively quiet, as it was nearing the end of the official summer season In the afternoon, these sa, or skating along Ocean Boulevard On the weekends she spent a lot of her spare time on the beach, since she had very little social life outside work She didn’t partake in any of the other tourist hobbies, though Maybe it was tie there as well If you lived somewhere like Myrtle Beach, shouldn’t you enjoy more of what it had to offer? They had just installed a new zip line near her ho that far out of her co her first choice of activities on her daredevil agenda when an idea literally roared into the parking lot at Danvers What she had always thought of as a death trap on theels was pulling into a space beside her In reality, it was a sleek black Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by one of Mac’s partners, Doawk out herat the ht be emotionally stunted, but it didn’t mean she couldn’t appreciate the sexy picture that Dominic, or Do the typical uniforo pants and a shirt with their logo on it The poor shirt looked as if it were doing everything it could to cover the broad shoulders it was stretched across And the pantsOh, sweet God, her breath hitched in her throat as he bent over to do so his ass directly in her line of sight When he stood and looked toward her car as if sensing her there, she jerked her gaze away, fu with her keys She knew if she looked into thewith his bike, he walked over to her car and opened the driver’s-side door for her She blinked up at hih to step out and let him shut the door behind her "Ava" His deep voice ru your bike today?" Ohhis bike Way to state the obvious, du pants too Maybe mention his daazines I studied last night?
He gave her an a simply, "Yep" She saw his eyes rest briefly on the expanse of flesh left on display by her blouse before n She’d never noticed Does were getting her so out or his breaths were corasps, but he’d totally looked at her boobs, so that was soo? Do you know the safety rating right off the top of your head?" By this ti lot, no doubt trying to get away froo over a hundred" Then, grinning, he added, "I don’t think anyone buys a Harley for the safety rating, honey" Pointing to her car, he said, "If you’re into stuff like that, then you stick with a car like the one you’re driving" He turned back, continuing toward the door to Danvers International where East Coast Security had an office Ava trailed behind hiot off on his floor, she stepped off as well He gave her a curious look over his shoulder, since they both knew this wasn’t her floor "Mac’s not in yet He had to make some stops on his way Want me to have him call you?"
When Dominic opened the door to their office, she followed hi"
He flipped on the lights in the reception area before leaning back against the desk behind hi her as you would a science experiment This man probably knew as much about her life as she did After all, he had no doubt spent a lot of tie to tell hiuys she had brought hoht actually drop her down a couple of levels in his opinion It was better to seees to a ?"
Her thoughts scattered to the wind for a moment when his sexy voice uttered the endear with Mac and Declan, and even though she tried not to think of her brother that way, they all just oozed masculinity
She wanted to run, to tuck her tail between her legs and forget all these crazy ideas, but then she thought of Mac and where hethe new girlfriend a ride to work or, worse, getting a late start because he’d spent the night with her Gas no doubt fun and carefree Ava would try so a deep breath, she took the plunge "I want to learn to ride a motorcycle Could you teach me, you knowwith yours?"
If she hadn’t been so e, she would have found his expression comical His mouth opened and closed several ti that very few people surprised the man in front of her, but she sure had "You want to, like, ride on the back of uess I could take you for a ride"
He looked relieved just for a moment until she shook her head "No, that’s not it" Then his relief turned to shock when she said, "I want to drive the bike You could ride withYou know, do it all myself"
She wanted to die on the spot when he looked around the roo?" Oh crap, was the idea so absurd to hi fun at his expense? She was pretty sure he was looking around for the culprit now
Unbidden, tears started to well as e a man like Doht this was a pathetic attempt to hit on him Unable to take anyan apology She was surprised when hands landed on her shoulders, halting her progress When she turned back to face hi in the corners of her eyes It was true, you could take the strongest ht of a woet it," she said as she tried to pull away