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“Holy shit, did he really buy her?” I asked, eyes widening “Ruger, that’s—I don’t even have words for that!”

“Good, maybe you’ll shut up,” he said “If you’re interested, I have an update on Em for you You know, your friend you’re so worried about? Maybe a little hts, ya think?”

I froze, sha with him than on Em How shitty was that?

“Yeah, I’d like to hear how she’s doing,” I said I tossed Puff to the side and rose tothat intiood at “So how is she?”

“She’s fine,” he said after a long pause “It wasn’tand not deep at all We got a friend of the club who caave her some stitches to make sure she stays all pretty when it heals Antibiotics, just to be careful Last I saw her, she was high as a kite on oxy and singing so about kittens and otta ad at his chest blankly He really ay too close “I got a text fro things or not I don’t like your parties, Ruger”

“First part wasn’t half bad,” he said slowly, a knowing s across his face “You know, in the shed?”

He reached out and touched ers around it

“Myterm, haven’t decided yet But you need to learn not to flirt with other guys, babe You’re claimed now”

“One, take your danored me “And two, I didn’t flirt with anyone!”

“You flashed your tits at the whole dahtly on h to show he could

Oh, I didn’t like that at all …

“Take Your Fucking Hand Off Me,” I growled This time he did, but at the sa ainst the wall Before I could roll away, Ruger dropped down overme just as surely as he had back in s told ht him That’d probably just turn him on Perv “She said he needed to check me out if I wanted to waitress at The Line I need a da deal Half the wo shirts It’s not like I took off my bra”

“You’re a fkin’ idiot,” he snapped “Of course Buck checks out potential waitresses … at the club During business hours He did that to pissHe played you to win a bet, Soph—he’d never hire you without s say it was okay, then?” I deood, too, which I hated Predictably, ain, because I had the urge to spread s and wrap them around his waist

“Fuck if I know, but she did it on purpose,” he growled “Might want to ask her about that She set you up, and that means she set me up I’ll have words with her later”

I narrowed“If someone needs to ‘have words’ with her, it’ll be me If you and Horse had a problem, would you want me involved?”