Page 12 of My Wild Mountain Man
“I’m just calling it like it is. I really thought you met someone, maybe some biker baddie.” He winked, and I rolled my eyes.
“No biker baddies,” I mumbled.Only one bookworm baddie.
“Shame. Maybe next time,” he muttered encouragingly before patting me on the back. “I think I’m going to head out, though.” I glanced at him wondering what the hell was going on.
“You are?”
“Yeah. I still have a kitchen sink to install when I get home.” The fucker had gone off and bought a complete fixer upper, doing most of the work on his own. It didn’t surprise me he wanted to finally focus on the kitchen, yet it did at the same time.
“Alright, man.” I started to stand when the two front doors opened and in like a fucking vision she walked in with her sisters.
“Speaking of the devil.” He laughed, taking the words right off my tongue. “Look, I’ll ask her for you.”
“Onyx––“
“Rave!” he shouted. I could feel people staring at us, but that wasn’t anything out of the usual.
Onyx was usually a loudmouth when his sisters were around. I watched the group of five women walk over to us. All of them were beautiful, but only one of them made me feel like I saw forever in her eyes.
“Onyx,” I growled, but he ignored me. Her eyes widened slightly, almost like she hadn’t expected me to be there.
“What’s up?” she asked. Her voice was like a balm to my soul. Her dark eyes bounced from her brother to me then quickly back to her brother. My hands fisted at my sides, so I shoved them into the front pockets of my jeans to stop myself from doing something stupid, like touch her.
“Can you help my guy out here, please?”
“Excuse me?” she asked.
“Do something with all this hair?” Onyx put his hand on top of my head. I moved out of the way, but my gaze never wavered from Raven’s.
Today, she matched her name. Probably coming straight from work, my pretty girl was in a black scoop-necked top and black flared jeans with matching boots. And even though she was in all black, she radiated so much light it made my chest feel full.
“Be nice, Onyx. He probably doesn’t want me to do it.”
“I wouldn’t mind,” I spoke up, fucking up any chances to keep my distance. Raven’s eyes widened with surprise. Then a smile that made her so damn pretty adorned her face and made me think of flower fields and sunshine.
“She does good work. You should go to her.” He patted me on the back before something caught his attention. “Hey, I’ll see you guys later.” He didn’t even glance in my direction before he hugged Raven and hurried out.
“Hi,” she said softly the moment he was gone.
“Hey. You here with your sisters for dinner?”
“We were just thinking about getting some apps and drinks.”
“Nice.” I nodded.
“I should probably go to their table.” She pointed behind her. I opened and shut my mouth. I wanted to ask her to stay but couldn’t. “Umm, I know Onyx can get pushy, but if you wanted a cut…” Her shoulder rose and fell as she licked her lips. My eyes were drawn to them and my body started to feel all too warm. “I could do it.”
“My hours here are a little crazy.”
“What time are you off tonight?” she asked.
“Tonight?” I felt myself getting drawn in. With a mind of their own, my feet had closed some of the distance between us, and I was suddenly less than a foot from her.
“Tonight.” She smiled. “I mean, if you want to. I have the keys to the salon.” She jingled said keys between us.
“That’s…. convenient.”
“Isn’t it?” She giggled, and a pretty blush painted her cheeks. “Either way, I’ll see you Friday,” she whispered bravely, just low enough for me to hear.
