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Sighing heavily, I took his hand and stood “Only because you said please”

Chapter 19

Jos

I finished stacking all the contracts that neededto take more than a few hours in the office to sort out, so I would have to take the s home with me

Grabbing my phone and my keys, I walked out of the small work trailer and headed for ht beside it, but he one out to one of the work sites with one of the foremen to check on that shipment I’d been concerned about earlier

I wasn’t worried, though I wasn’t expecting anything to happen to little ol’ me There was no reason they would even bother with me Still, I kneould make Tanner feel better, so I hadn’t complained One or two of the MC brothers had coularly throughout the day, I’d stopped paying attention

“All done?”

I liftedover, frustrated because ere going to have to get—beg for, actually—an extension on the contract for the repairs to the grocery store that were supposed to be finished in the next week It was past dinnertione, so all I had to see by were the security lights that hung off the ends of the work trailer Hawk stood on the other side ofhis arms on the roof His blond hair was covered with a black beanie The thick coat he wore hid his cut, but I kneas under there The Angel’s Halo VP didn’t go anywhere without that leather vest on

I’d had aup, but those feelings all disappeared when Tanner caught an was fun to look at

“I didn’t see you there,” I told hi the stack of files to my other arm as I unlocked my car with a push of the key fob “Have you been here all day?”

“Butch called to say he was going out to one of the sites, and then Brady had to go to work I figured I had you covered”

I opened the back door and dropped“I wasn’t questioning your ability to watch ured you would be watching over Gracie”

His lips pressed into a grim line “I would be, but she says I’ around out front or drinking coffee with the receptionist She’s probably already hoh”

I glanced around for hiswhen I didn’t see one “You’ve been standing out here in the cold the whole time? You could have come in and warmed up”

“It’s too noisy when the heating turns on,” he explained “I can’t hear if soilant with Bates walking around”