Page 31 of Ace of Spades

He motions to Joey who deadpans. Still likely mad about our earlier teasing.

"Not true," the youngest of our crew says. He extends a hand out to Sienna. "I'm Joey, by the way."

"But around here we call him Skid," Benji adds, smirking. "They call me Gramps. Ask me why?"

"Why?" Sienna says, leaning against the bench next to them, already looking more cozy than she needs to be.

"Nah ah, no need for all that," I interrupt. "Garage things are garage things. And Sienna was just leaving."

Sienna levels me a look.

"If it's a garage thing then as your assistant, I should probably know about it. Don't you think?"

I'm really doing my best to keep my temper at bay.

There's not a whole lot that can get me worked up. But the second I found out that Sienna could possibly be Brody's daughter, it all made sense.

She's a lifelong fan. She loves motorcycles. And now, she's working here because she has an in.

This has been her plan all along.

I've seen Brody taken advantage of more times than I care to admit, and I'm not just going to stand around and let some pretty young thing swindle him for all he's worth.

Blood relation or not.

"Assistant?" Joey says, looking at me for confirmation.

"She's not," I say.

"I am," Sienna counters, confidently.

"Wait, your Julian's cousin aren't you?" Joey says, snapping his fingers as he recalls. "You were here last night."

Last night.I was hoping nobody would bring that up.

Sienna's eyes stay glued on me as she says, "I was."

"Yeah, he's told me all about you," Joey continues.

"Oh, has he now?"

Sienna lifts a quizzical brow. And damn it if she's not even more attractive when she's not even trying.

"Yeah! You're dating that guy that's getting the new show on AutoTV. The one with the shop on the mainland."

What guy? And what mother fucking shop?

Sienna shifts her weight uncomfortably, not meeting my eyes now.

She's dating someone and yet, she was here begging me to kiss her last night.

Welp, there you have it folks. I officially know how to fucking pick them.

"Alright, enough chit chat. My crew has work to do and you," I say, pointing to Sienna. "You can follow me."

I move to go to the back office and hear Sienna's boots following behind me as Kim starts up the music and Joey calls out to us, "It's not what you think!"

We both turn to look at him.

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