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Running towards the street, she gasps. “Oh, God.” She runs out to the man lying in the middle of the road with blood seeping from his belly. “Grayson!”

“Help!” Ashley cries. “They just rode up and shot him!”

“It’s going to be okay,” Lex says and covers the wound. “Do you have your cell phone?”

“Yes.”

“Call an ambulance. Tell them an officer has been shot. Grayson, stay awake. Open those eyes,” she orders.

This is not good.

Chapter 18

Griffin’s Beach

Colt

Sighing, Colt leans against the bar, and he knows it was a terrible plan. He knew it the moment Shep and Heidi approached him with it, but the desire to have Lex back in the club kicked in. He knew it was a mistake and ignored it.

That’s kind of your MO these days, isn’t it?

Fuck off, Casey.

“Man, I’m sorry,” Shep says as Heidi walks up with him. “We thought-”

“I know.”

“She looked so at home in your arms. Like how I feel when I’m with Taylor. Safe and secure,” Heidi says and looks up at her new husband with such adoration. “She almost looked happy again. It’s been so long since she looked it.”

Punch. To. The. Gut. “Thanks.”

“Jesus Christ,” she says with a sigh. “I didn’t mean it like that.”

“Yeah, you did. But it’s okay. My wife hasn’t been happy for a long time, and it wouldn’t have been that easy. She’s too fucking stubborn.”

“Who’s stubborn?” Shep asks, his eyebrows raised.

Colt takes a step back. It’s wrong to hit the groom on his wedding day. “You think this is my fault? She’s the one who left.”

“Yeah, but why the fuck did she feel it was the only option she had? You know what? No, we’re not doing this now. It’s my wedding day. We can talk about this further after my honeymoon. I don’t want to have to wipe blood off my leather before we leave.”

“You’re going on a honeymoon?”

“Just for a week. We’re heading to Vegas.”

That’s something they never did. They got married in a hospital bed with a blackmailed judge after finding out he’d knocked her up. They never did anything other than the party for the club, and Shep’s doing everything he never did. Hopefully, he’ll have a better chance at keeping his woman happy.

Melanie shakes her head as she walks up to them. “I told you guys from the beginning it was a bad idea.”

“Shut up,” Heidi says.

“I’m just saying.”

“Do you want to turn that dress purple?”

Ty looks out the window. “Uh, guys? We have an ambulance right outside the lot.”

Colt’s heart races. Lex just left. Or should have left. No matter how angry he may be, he still loves her. “Who?” he asks and takes off running with everyone else following behind him.

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