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Both e increased by their vein-popping bulk One with golden surfer hair looked Bianca up and down, his leering gaze never going higher than her tits or lower than her hips It took everything he had not to juive them any more of an upper hand

Laughing, surfer dude nudged his bald buddy and let out a streain too fast for him to follow

Whatever it was they said, it was enough to have her narrowing her eyes Raising her fists to protect her face, she rolled her weight to the balls of her feet—just like he’d taught her—then blew the closest thug a kiss…not included in Taz’s lessons

“Taz, youyour oelve o’clock instead of mine” She shook out her shoulders and moved her head back and forth to loosen her neckyour ass kicked”

He jerked his attention to the trio of gym rats headed toward hi selfies They weren’t pushovers, but they weren’t fighters either Their aard gaits and tensed bodies made plain that their muscles were more for show than street work He wasn’t worried

“You’re a real smartass, Kitten”

Bianca made kiss-kiss noises “You know you love my ass—smart or not”

The long-haired guy in front of hi the upco punch so obviously that people in space could have seen it Jesus, that was just poor form

Right as the dude wound up, Taz landed an uppercut to his chin that snapped the other man’s head back like a rubber band He stuive the idiot a chance to get his bearings His second punch connected with his left eye, which he folloith a hook that landed with a crunch against the man’s chin

Wrapping his arh to use hiainst a poorly planned haymaker fro-haired dude’s temple The punch uy’s knees gave way and he turned into a wet noodle in Taz’s arms

Bracing his feet, he shoved the dead weight at Mr Hayround In a welcoood luck, at least for Taz, Mr Hayh to put him out of commission

He readied himself for the third man, who approached more cautiously than the first two, but kept watch on Bianca out of the corner of his eye She executed a perfect roundhouse kick that leveled her opponent

Damn She was one brazen, badass bitch He loved it He loved her

Yas the action None of them made a move to join the fray Another piece of luck

“You doing okay, Kitten?” He bounced on the balls of his feet and took stock of the approaching man