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He was on his phone as I approached, and I didn’t s, and – good God – that felt good I sat across from him just as he ended his call

"Do you alear the shortest shorts known tohis phone on the table

"What? You don’t like thes lednever hurt anyone

Heat flashed in his eyes and he shifted forward in his seat "Sweetheart, there isn’t a man alive ouldn’t like those shorts on you"

His words hit ether Words failedI was used to Thankfully, the waitress saved ht soulp Griff had flustered me, and I needed a moment Hell, it felt like I needed a lot of ," he said, confusing ulp of water

"To unkink your knots It’ll help"

I placed yo toh et a trainer to teach you proper technique," he said as he grabbed his phone "And next ti short not to eat the chips"

I watched as he walked out of the diner, and when I saw him head to a motorcycle, I realised what Tommy had meant earlier He’s a biker It ritten clearly on his vest – Stor that vest the other ti a fool of ht that I had failed to take it in

Well, shit I’d never known a biker before Didn’t bother h, especially because I’d seen the way Griff cared for his aunt In my books, the way a person treated their faement handed down by society I’d known people that society dee citizens, but their behavior towards family behind closed doors painted a vastly different picture Society’s opinion meant very little to ht," Scott said as I drank the re over our plans for the day

"Yeah?"

Nodding, he confirh the club and pissed a lot of the guys off so there have been a lot of cancellations for tonight I figure there’s no point doing it with just a few of us We’ll have to wait until eed the assholes out Maybe then we’ll have half a chance to start rebuilding¸ without anyone working against us"

I rubbed the back ofto work the knots out that only seeet worse every day "Makes sense"

Scott’s brow furrowed "You look even worse than you did the other day You okay?"