Page 27 of Jake

“You started it.”

Her words might have been teasing, but her voice was low and husky and made him want to pick her up, find the bed, strip her naked and spend a week or five worshipping her body. But now wasn’t the time. Not with two clubs outside waiting for him to bring her out and make introductions.

“I want to start a lot more, but now’s not the time. You want to unpack things in here and take a few to unwind from the trip or you ready to meet everyone?”

Her eyes went wide. “There’s more than were in Sturgis the other day?”

“Only a couple, but I figured there were a lot of people and a lot of new faces. You probably don’t remember everyone, and I know they likely won’t, so why not refresh everyone’s memories?”

She leaned back so their heads were no longer pressed together and blinked several times as if trying to focus on his face.

Jake picked his head up and watched her.

“That’s sweet.” She took a deep breath and looked around “Can I get ten minutes to freshen up and wash off a little of the road dust? Then I’ll be ready to go meet everyone.”

“Sure thing. Can I get you something to drink?”

“What do you have?”

“Water, sodas, beer, most of the hard liquors, mixers, pretty much anything you want. The girls even have a blender set up for frozen drinks.”

“Really?”

“This isn’t normal. We’ve kind of had a running party for that last week or so while the charter chapter is visiting. I’m not saying we don’t drink and get a little wild but not usually to this degree.”

“I’ll take a beer then,” she said with a shrug, before turning toward the front of the trailer.

“What kind?”

“Whatever you have.”

“We have a bunch, what do you normally drink?”

“I’ll drink Shiner, Amber Bock, Dos Equis, Phat Fish, that kind of thing. Does that help?” She stopped a few steps away and twisted around to look at him.

“It does. I’ll go grab you something. Want me to knock when I come back or come on in?”

“Just come on in. I’ll probably be in the bedroom or the bathroom.” She turned and continued on.

He watched as she disappeared through a doorway, then turned and stepped down from the trailer. Shaking his head at how easily she’d changed what he’d intended to be a quick, gentle kiss into something far more intense.

“You going to disappear now that your girl’s here?” Dumbass asked as Jake dug through a cooler looking for a good beer for her.

“Nah.” Jake didn’t bother looking up. “I’m grabbing us something to drink while she washes up a little. It’s a long drive. Then we’ll come out and she can meet everyone.”

“Didn’t she meet people a few days ago?”

Jake pulled two bottles from the icy water and set them on top of another cooler before glancing up at his friend.

“Some, but I don’t know about all. Plus there were a lot of people there. Do you remember everyone you met that day?”

“Hell no,” Dumbass said with a chuckle.

“Exactly. So we’ll re-introduce her. If she’s only here for a day or two, no harm no foul, but if she’s here longer, it will pay off in the end.”

“Only a day or so. She drove all this way and brought a trailer for a day or two?”

Jake shrugged. “We didn’t really set a time on it. We wanted to see each other again, and it was too far for me to go right now. I didn’t want her spending money on a motel room, and I don’t have a place for her to stay, so she found an alternative. As for how long, if I have my way, it will be a lot more than a day or two.” He didn’t say that was only partly because it gave her another layer of protection from the ex, that as far as he’d been able to tell, was still looking for her. Even if she could be traced to Iceman, there was no reason to come here, nothing to tie her to him, at least not in the last ten plus years. Hopefully, even if they did trace her to North Dakota then down here, Iceman would be able to give them a head’s up. “We’ll be back in a few.” He carried the drinks back around to the rear of the bunkhouse to her trailer, and let himself in.

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