Page 52 of Protected By West
Oxy gestured to the backyard of Weston's house. "The whole thing is a game. I'm waiting for West to break out the 'Pin the Tail on the Donkey' game."
Smiling a little more than she'd intended, Tracy lifted her chin toward the corner of the yard where Duval and Myles were arm wrestling. "I guess you could just pick one and go for it."
Oxy winked at her. "I like your style."
"Oxy?"
Tracy bit into her bottom lip as Oxy beamed his shit-eating grin at Weston who was about ten feet away with his back to them.
"Yeah, boss?"
"You flirting with my woman?"
"Hooow did you know?"
"I," Weston sighed, "am all-knowing and all seeing." West moved something around on the grill and a moment later he lifted a heavy-duty set of tongs up in the air with a burning coal held between the two halves. "You'd best remember that before I throw this to you for you to catch."
Oxy leaned back in his chair and propped his feet up on the bench seat along the side of the picnic table. "I'm not all that afraid."
Dally looked up from where he was building a fire in the pit. "Are you that stupid, man?"
Oxy pinched both sides of the front of his shirt and held it out so they could all see. "The name is OXY, my good sir."
"Yep," Dally snorted a laugh. "Stupid."
"I know that the boss isn't going to fling that thing over here." He reached out a hand toward her and Tracy laughed. "Because I'm sitting next to this beeaaauuutiful woman."
The patio door slid open, and Fox stepped out with two bottles of beer and handed one to Tracy. "There's one thing you need to know about West, Oxy."
Oxy reached his hand out for the beer, but Fox walked right past him and over to the grill.
Oxy's expression said he was hurt. Well, it was a mock hurt, but at least he was trying.
"What's that, Silver Fox?"
Fox and Weston shared a look at the grill and Tracy couldn't help the shiver that played over her arms. She didn't know what was about to happen, butsomethingwas about to happen.
Fox put the beer he was carrying on the table beside the grill and reached down for the metal bucket filled with water.
He lifted it and walked it over to the table where Tracy was sitting.
Fox placed the bucket beside Oxy's chair.
Before Fox had taken more than a couple of steps away a coal flew through the air and fell into the water bucket with a hiss of steam.
The look on Oxy's face was priceless.
Tracy clapped her hands together and turned to look at Weston who was smirking. She pointed at him. "That was awesome!"
He used the tongs to salute her. And gave her a wink.
When Oxy picked up his mouth from the floor, he looked at Weston, too.
"Boss! What the-"
"Watch it around my woman, Oxy."
Weston's voice gave her more than a little thrill. The look he turned back in her direction made her skin prickle all over.
