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“Everything okay?” Toni asked after Maverick scooted out of the booth and aot kinda quiet after your friend, uh, kissed me” Pink stole across her cheeks

Zach leaned in close enough to smell the citrusy scent of whatever crap she used in her hair “Baby,” he whispered against her ear, “if you thought that was a kiss, I can’t wait to see how you react when I show you what I bring to the table”

With that parting shot, he tossed a generous stack of bills on the table, strolled out of the diner and lanced back at the building before riding off

Toni stood in the , fanning herself with a menu

Mission accomplished

She wanted hietting her to admit it

Chapter Nine

“Do you knohat you’re keeping me from?” Zach asked about two point two seconds before his balled fist collided with the ugliesthe’d ever seen

With a groan, the banger cruround

Pussy

He glared up at Zach, blood trickling froer

Christ, this ugly fucker didn’t have two brains cells rattling around in his empty skull

He had a crooked nose Not like broke-it-once-in-his-life crooked But the kind of crooked that indicated someone smashed the hell out of his face a ti s dentist Plus, Zach was pretty sure his right eye was glass instead of flesh