Page 3 of Thor
“You need a different license to ride a motorcycle?”Cassie looked surprised.
“Afraid so.A car and a bike don’t have a lot in common, so you have to do the whole thing over again.Written test.Road test.”I shuddered.“I’m one of those people who suddenly forgets how to spell their own name when it comes to tests.The only one I ever managed to pass on first go round is the vision test.”
“Vision test?”
“Yeah.My eyes don’t have a problem with tests.”I gave her a wry smile.“Lucky me.”
The waitress appeared with the jug of beer and glasses.“Your food will be out shortly.”
She eyed up my empty glass.“Another round for you two?”
I shook my head.“I better not.I have to work later.”
Thor spread a meaty palm over the top of his beer stein.“Not for me.I’m driving.”
She nodded and headed back to the bar.Joker lifted a brow.“You had that many already or are you becoming one of those respected adult kind of people?”
Thor shrugged.“Adult enough to know when to quit.”
“I’m going to hit the ladies’ room before the food gets here.”I motioned Thor to scoot over and let me out.“You want to come freshen up?”I asked Cassie.
“Sure.”She chuckled.“You can give me the scoop on Joker.”
“No secrets here.”Joker didn’t look worried.“I’m a law-abiding ex-SEAL who’s dynamite in the sack.What else do you need to know?”
I leaned over toward her and stage-whispered, “And he’s modest.Incredibly modest.”
Cassie laughed and blew a kiss in Joker’s direction before turning to follow.
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Thor
Fuck, that woman frustrated the hell out of me!I knew there had to be a reason she balked at making our relationship public, but she just kept evading the issue.I was a hair’s breadth away from having Shadow snoop into her and see what was up.I knew that would cross a line, but I wasn’t sure it was one I cared about.Did she have an ex she didn’t want me to know about?Or one that still had a legal claim on her?Because I could fix that without breaking a sweat.
She didn’t act like someone running from an ex though.It had a different feel to it, and that’s what scared me.More like she didn’t want people to know about me because they thought she could do better.Admittedly, she probably could but that was just too bad.I had her now, and I had no intention of letting her go.
“Cassie, huh?”I looked at Joker.
He shrugged.“Like I said, we met at the tattoo parlor.She was getting a dragonfly on the back of her shoulder.Said it was in honor of her grandmother who’d had a thing for them.”
“And?”
“And we got to talking.You know.Families.Life.Shit like that.Ended up at the steakhouse for dinner, and I invited her to come watch the races with me today.”
I nodded.“So not a long-standing secret affair you’ve kept from the club all this time?”
He smirked.“You mean like you and Janet?Nah.At least not yet.I haven’t told her about Riptide.”
I sighed.Everyone except Janet seemed to be aware of our status.
A ruckus over at the far side of the room caught my attention.Two burly guys were half leading, half dragging a woman toward the back exit, and she was not going willingly.Squirming and letting out muffled screams through the hand one of them had over her mouth.
“Fuck.Looks like she needs a hand.I’ll be back in a minute.”
“Need me for backup?”
The two were nearly at the door, one swearing loudly as the woman stomped on his foot.“Two against one?I think I can handle it.Keep Janet amused for me.”
