Page 97 of Indecent Lies

God, she’d practically climbed him more than once and begged for sex.

All her words went around in her head as she served donuts, warm scones and eight varieties of pie. She heard them on a devastating loop. How kind he was to her, soothing her insane horniness like he did, shushing her into believing she would be okay.

She felt every slide and rush of his fingers between her legs to the point she had to excuse herself to the bathroom out back and wash her face just to cool the blush.

Should she text him? What could she say?Hey, sorry I turned into a sexual predator but thanks for all the orgasms.

How was she meant to face him later?

It was unnerving how easily they fit.

How Tait sensed everything she needed before she even said a word. He anticipated when she became hyper and settled her down with only a few words because though her skin last night felt too tight to keep her inside her body, she’d trusted him implicitly to help her.

She wondered if she was still just the poor girl who had no one else and he felt sorry for her or if he was feeling the same way she was.

She added it to the list of worries she would work through today like a maniac woman and came up short on re-entering the bakery when she saw it was over stuffed with bikers again.

These bikers belonged to her boss.

Well, one of them did. The biker Paige was currently wrapped around. They were so in love; it made her belly pitch.

It must be a regular occurrence to have them in the bakery because the three ordinary customers who Poppy served didn’t bat an eyelash at the overabundance of testosterone leaning against walls, sprawled across the two benches Paige had for customers waiting on orders.

Poppy though, as before, was wary to say the least. She couldn’t help that they scared her, even if Paige was comfortable with them.

Pretending that there weren’t six hulking men in close proximity within the pink decorated sweet store, she went about her duties, restocking, serving, cleaning and ignoring the sets of eyes on her and the jokes and jibes delivered her way. She knew they were joking, because even Paige giggled and told them… one called Tag, to knock it off. While avoiding any of their eyes in hopes they forgot she was there, she caught some of their conversation. The handsome one with the bluest blue eyes had a cupcake in one hand and a Danish in the other.

“This chick the other night wanted to know what it would be like dating a cage fighting biker.” The others jibed and threw out suggestions about cocks, before the handsome one… Tag, went on. “I told her, have you ever ordered 10 chicken nuggets and they sent you 12?”

This brought on deafening laughter and it went on for a while, she thought she was invisible, thank God, but then that god-like man, the handsome one, sidled up to the part of the counter she was restocking with the special of the day, toffee and apple fritters. “Babe?” She looked up. “You doing okay?”

“Eh, yes, thank you. And you?”

“I mean after last night.”

Blood rushed into her face instantly because she realized this guy… possibly all of them knew what had happened to her.

He had a look of concern. She nodded with her red face and escaped into the back with the empty tray.

When she couldn’t excuse her absence any longer, she pushed her shoulders back and hoped the bikers were gone.

She heard Tait’s name immediately. Well, Texas. And they laughed as a group. One of them, the pretty one again, doing the actions of punches in the air.

They were joking about Tait?

These so called friends who Tait missed so much were poking fun at him?

Never in her life had Poppy flew off the handle.

Never had she gone into a yelling tirade.

Her only claim to rebellion was running from her wedding.

What possessed her to come out from behind the counter with her eyes full of fury was only because she wouldn’t take it that these idiots were talking down the man she… well the man she had strong feelings for.

The same man who missed these assholes.

“You all should be ashamed of yourselves.” She spluttered without thinking about it first. All Poppy knew was she was furious on Tait’s behalf.

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