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“Don’t blame me if they’re hot and sweaty”
“I’m certain I will cope,” he replied in a dry voice, as he knelt in front of her and pulled her foot up onto his thigh
She searched for so to distract her from the affect his touch had on her Who knew her foot could be such an erogenous zone?
“So, guess this is a total switch up for you You kneeling while I” She pressed her lips together That had sounded better in her head
His lips twitched “Is itbefore me?”
Oh, fuck “No”
“Hmm, that was a rather vehement no Does the fact that I’m a Dominant offend you?”
“No” If it did then she lived in the wrong place Half the town see to his club
“Nothing appears to be broken, just a little bruised Still,cars for a while” He slid her sock on before she could protest She grabbed for her shoe
“I can do that”
“Didn’t say you couldn’t,” he replied easily
Guilt filled her She was acting like a bitch He was just trying to help, after all She just wished his help didn’t feel like a parent trying to calm a chi
ld He slid her shoe on and did up her laces Then he abruptly stood and took a step back “Now that your foot is taken care of, let’s look at your car”
“It won’t start”
He glanced over the car “Are you sure it’s not just out of gas?”
She frowned “I’e”
He gave her a cool look, and her stoest, baddest Do so in a town filled with alpha e relationships were ee and wrong And the men of this town took overprotectiveness to a whole other level And they weren’t just protective of their own families but of all the females in toas unusual
Froh the picturesque town she’d felt at home The men had almost old-fashioned manners and the women in toere adored and cherished But she didn’t kno long she’d stay, so letting herself get attached to this place or it’s people was a surefire way to get hurt She’d learned that lesson
She bit her lip, looked at her car “I don’t suppose you know anything about cars?”
He flashed a smile and her heart almost stopped
Get a grip, Aspen
There was no way he’d ever be interested in her And it wasn’t like she wanted anything to do with him or his dominant tendencies