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“Whatever you need” Rock spread his ar his shop “You’re welcome to use the space”

“Thanks Appreciate it” I slapped the envelope against ht now, I’”

The easy sht?” He wobbled his hand fro he knew Juliet and Dex weren’t actually blood-related, but niece was the best way to describe their relationship

“Yes, sir Juliet” I bracedto settle down” speech every other biker seeive me whenever I expressed my lack of interest in strippers and random hook-ups

“Dex know?” he asked

“I mentioned it to him a while back” I lifted my chin and squared my shoulders, prepared to tell him toto Juliet

“You two have been through a lot” Rock’s solemn voice shook my defiance

Some days it still aot out of jail “Even when I screw up, she has my back”

“That’s good It’s not a crih life being wrong about lots of things It’s part of being hu froh that, never let her go”

I turned that over in iven myself I could see the mistakes I’ve made in my past I wasn’t sure if I’d learned from them yet “Yeah She always has faith in me Even when I don’t have any in myself”

“You’re lucky to find that in so, heavy breath “Always make her your priority Protect her with your life”

Wait, as happening here? My jaw dropped Considering that I’d rarely ever seen the saive me the biker version of “variety is the spice of life” or soross

“I do,” I answered lamely “I will”

“All this stuff is nice” He gestured toward the row of bikes lined up against the opposite wall “But it’s just stuff It won’t listen to you when you have a rough day or kick your ass when you need it”

My mouth curled up “Juliet definitely kicks my butt when I need it”

“I bet she does” He chuckled and patted ratulations”

“She hasn’t said yes, yet”