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“Glad to see you in such good spirits Could it be because you’re going back to work?” he asked, with a raised eyebrow I shrugged rabbed my phone from my purse and switched it on It had been off for over a week, and I dreaded seeing how many emails and phone calls I had missed “Or is it because you talked to Red?” I stared atat him Had he eavesdropped on my conversation? Not that I could bla

“What did you hear?” I asked, atte nonchalance

“Everything,” he said, propping his elbows up on the bar, and giving rin I rolled my eyes at his attempt to be cute, then turnedat all of the unreadher knoould be there within the hour “Don’t be so hard on her” I snappedserious? He had just acted like a co not only her, but her husband too, and he had the balls to tell me not to be hard on her I scoffed I couldn’t even find words to spit at hi being gone so much”

“Well, isn’t that part of the life? She knew that fro what her excuse was

“Regg has been gone a lot lately More than nor me that expectant look The one that toldto actually say the words

“Oh,” I replied, realizing that I was the reason Regg had been gone so much

“Yeah, so she gets a little out of line when he ain’t around She will be fine I just don’t want you thinking you can’t trust her”

“Well, you sure sounded like you didn’t” Fuck Did I say that out loud? Luke didn’t see wasn’t such a secret after all

“Not trusting her to not tell you so her to tell an outsider club business are two different things I gave Red what she needed, and that was a reality slap The saave her, but without my hand” My face flushed when I re She hadn’t even said anything about it

“Did she say so to you?” I asked My eyes searched Luke’s face and found nothing, but a smirk

“She gets it”

“Gets what?”

“Bad dreams” Red has bad dreams?

“Babe, I gotta go I’ll call you when I get there Keep your phone on you, always” He was really leaving My good ht of hoould not see hi will be fine Don’t worry I’ll be back before you know it” I noddedI could have spent ht with him Damn this other club I would kill them myself if I had the chance Luke was suddenly in a hurry, as he pulled me to him and kissed me hard He released me all too soon, and I couldn’t help it I needed more

“Another?” I asked hopefully, as I watched Luke grab his keys from the counter He stopped in front of er an issue

“Anytime, baby” This time I was lifted onto the counter and he positioned hi us almost eye level His hands came to my face and the next severalan unhurried, lazy, passionate, kiss with Luke When he finally pulled away, I sat staring at hi about him From the way his ocean-blue eyes danced in his head as they scanned my face, to the way his hands felt while they were on me “I’ll come home But until I do, remember I love you”

“I love you too,” I said, still feeling his words seeping through h , burying my face in his chest I felt his lips on the top of one I sat on the counter, danglingfor the roar of his pipes Eventually they caer He was gone, but I couldn’t dwell on that By the ‘OH THANK GOD!!’ text e I had received fros I needed to think about right now