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It isn’t until the next few days where the front desk woman, Miranda, with spikey hair and a lot of facial piercings asks me about myself.
“Sweetie, the hot guys that come in here and flirt with you are the ones we all like. You’re supposed to flirt back.”
I smile at her. “I’m not interested in dating anyone.”
She giggles. “I didn’t say anything about dating. I was talking about a quick roll in the bed or the backroom.”
I drop my jaw at her audacity. “What?”
She wiggles her hips a little. “I didn’t stutter. The guys that come in here are hot.”
“I’m really not interested in dating.”
Miranda nudges me on the hip and points to Dale on his bike across the street. “He’s been here a lot. Is he going to come in?”
I can see why she thinks he is cute. He’s a good-looking guy and he still makes my thighs stick together from my arousal. I’m so in love with him, it is ridiculous.
I just don’t know what to believe in anymore.
Chapter Nineteen
Natalia
I decided after going home and promising Chase that I wouldn’t disappear, it was time to actually face the music. And by the facing the music, I mean talking to Cassie. I can imagine how she is seeing this whole situation and I can imagine that she probably thinks I want him still.
The truth is, Maverick and I are doing great where we are at in our lives and I know it makes me seem like a bad person, but I don’t want Dale.
Truthfully, I have always liked Colm. I like how laid back he is and how sweet he is to me. I like how he carries himself and how sexy he is. The couple of times I did have sex with Dale, it didn’t mean anything to me. I tried so hard to have a relationship with the man, but it did nothing for me.
I like Colm.
Seeing Colm in the hospital, brought back all of those memories of me wanting to be with him. I thought for the longest time that he liked me, too, but I’m not sure anymore. I’m sure the whole club thinks I’m a bad person because of what happened.
After dropping Maverick off at his preschool, I make the couple-hour drive back to the city I never wanted to be in again. I didn’t want to be back here again. I can’t deprive Maverick of knowing his family anymore and that’s one of the reasons why I need to come back here and work things out with Cassie.
When I pull up to her work, I immediately feel like I know this place. I’m looking around the building and have a strange sense of déjà vu. Everything about the decorations and the location is screaming something I feel like I know.
I walk into the office and immediately see Cassie. She’s a beautiful woman with a lot of class. I can see why Dale likes her so much. I can also see why she’s working at a place like this.
“Cassie,” I greet her.
The smile she had on her face, quickly falls when she recognizes me. Her lips curl into a look I only recognize as jealousy and it makes me feel like I’m the biggest bitch in the world for showing up here.
“Natalia,” she whispers. “Jerry, can I go on break?”
Jerry, the person she addresses her question to, looks over at me and I can see something in his eyes. I’m wondering if he is recognizing me.
“Yes, you can. Be back in twenty.”
I walk out of the tattoo parlor and Cassie is trailing behind me. She has her hand pressed on her stomach in a way that I recognize as her being pregnant.
“How far along are you?”
She smiles. “I’m about eight weeks. The babies are growing pretty quickly.”
“Babies?”
“Yes. I’m pregnant with identical twins. My sister and I are identical twins. My mom and dad always thought Brielle was going to be the one to have the twins, but it looks like it is going to be me.”
