Page 37 of Sweet and Wild

“I always liked her hair up better.”

West rolls his eyes and Alexis returns to take his order. “You know, you could always beat her at her own game.”

“I don’t play games.”

“Maybe that’s your problem.” My buddy shrugs and tilts his chin toward his sister.

Lemon hits the dance floor with one of the young bucks and I lose my shit altogether. I’m up on my feet before I can even register what the hell I’m doing. “Move,” I say to the kid, but it’s more of a growl than words I’m actually speaking.

“What the fuck, man?”

“Well, if it ain’t my ex-boyfriend.”

“Come on,” I say to Lemon. “We’re leaving.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you.”

“The hell you aren’t.” I grab her wrist and tug her through the crowd.

“Hey.” The kid yanks Lemon’s other arm so hard, she jerks toward him. “What the fuck do you think you’re doin’, old man?”

“Trust me,” I growl. “You’re gonna wanna walk away.”

“Or what?”

“Or someone’s gonna be IDing your body in the morgue tomorrow.”

He gulps and steps back. I might’ve laughed if I weren’t so fucking pissed.

I tug on Lemon’s arm, but she digs in her heels. “On second thought, I think I want another drink.”

“Lemon,” I growl through clenched teeth.

She grins up at me like a naughty school girl and I lose all fucking patience with this woman. I bend and wrap my arms around her legs and then I hoist her over my shoulder and carry her out of the bar toward my truck.

Lemon kicks and screams, thrashing over my shoulder. “Put me down, Colt!”

I slap her ass. “I’m gonna put you down—right in the front seat of my truck.”

“Colt!”

Zadie chuckles. “You two haven’t changed a bit.”

“I guess I’m driving your car home,” Wyatt says, snatching Lemon’s purse from her hand.

“No! Wyatt, you are not driving my car.”

“I’ll drive it,” Wade says.

“No one is driving my car.”

I open the passenger-side door and hurl her in.

“West, tell him he can’t do this.”

West leans against the car door. “Sorry, sis, can’t quite hear you.”

I glance at West, wondering why he’s helping me when he very well could have taken his sister’s side.

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