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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

ON THE MORNING of the second day of ing in whoever’s room she’d hijacked at the Handlers’ clubhouse, Chloe was officially sick of herself, and ready to rejoin the real world

Or the biker world as it would be

Okay, the whole being ready part wasn’t entirely true Although she spent hours on end obsessing over every hour spent in Logan’s presence, she hadn’t cos

The lies

The fact that he’d been following her for a long time

The fact that he’d slept with her Repeatedly

None of his actions made sense Was she a charity case? Were his actions a product of guilt? Then, there were her personal feelings A ju emotions Her rational brain was so furious over the lies, she couldn’t see a way to move past them Then there was the irrational side of her that spent everyand who he ith Basically, she was a hot freaking mess in the head

Aside froht her food, everyone had respected her insistence on being left alone Until now The slightly scary, pregnant Izzy had barged into the roo one sharp rap on the door, and pretty ed Chloe off the bed by her ankles “Okay, princess, noout in the castle” She tossed soan’s—or rather Rocket’s—offer of clothing had come back to bite her, not that she’d adarot five minutes to put that on and meet me in the room next door”

Chloe bristled as she dressed in the sports bra, tank, yoga pants, and running shoes Princess? The last thing she as a freakin’ princess With a near snarl, she yanked the door open, stormed past Izzy, and into the roonore the snickers fro behind her

“Whoa,” Chloe said as she stepped into what she’d assue space had been cleared of all furniture save one overstuffed chair in the corner Plush gy a heavy bag in one corner and ain the opposite corner Izzy’s ol’in the center of the room, also dressed for a workout

“What’s all this?”

“Your first lesson,” Izzy said

Jig gave his ol’ lady a stern look then pointed to the chair “Sit that tight ass down, baby”

Scowling, Izzy sto’s back was to her, so she stuck her tongue out in a childish gesture Chloe never would have expected from her

In a failed attempted to mask her chuckle, Chloe hid her mouth behind her hand