Page 40 of Panther's Magpie
“I hope it’s okay. Rain brought me.”
“It’s fine. I should have thought about it myself,” he admits, looking a little embarrassed.
“It’s okay.”
He clears his throat as he looks around. “So, what do you think?”
“That this is amazing. I love that the community comes together like this.”
“We have a pretty good thing going here.”
My skin starts to crawl, and I look around. I see a woman glaring at me, arms crossed.
“What’s wrong?” he asks, catching onto my mood instantly.
“Don’t look, but there is a woman glaring at us at my ten o’clock.”
I watch as he looks out the corner of his eye and grunts.
“Ex of yours?” My stomach sours.
The woman is beautiful. Way prettier than I am.
“Yeah, I guess you could say that.”
“Let me guess, she didn’t take it too well.” I try to sound light, but it’s hard.
He smirks. “You could say that.”
“Heartbreaker,” I say half-heartedly as I glance back at the woman and study her.
She’s gorgeous. Thin, long legs and long blond hair. We look nothing alike. Is she his type? If she is, I don’t stand a chance. I mean, I really didn’t think I did to begin with, but…
“Hey, are you okay?” he asks, pulling me out of my thoughts.
“I’m fine.”
He narrows his eyes, and he opens his mouth to say something but is cut off by a whistle.
“What’s that?” I glance around, seeing everyone moving.
“That’s the signal that it’s time for the ride.”
“Ride?” I look back at him.
“Yeah, we all get together and ride for a while.”
I don’t know why, but the thought of him going on a ride without me makes me jealous. I loved the ride he took me on and would kill to do it again. I just don’t know how to ask, or if I even should.
“Well then, I hope you have a safe ride.”
“Thanks.” He steps back once and then twice before pausing.
He tilts his head to the side as he rubs his jaw, clearly fighting with himself about something.
“Hey, you have any plans for the next couple of hours?” he asks after a couple of beats.
“I was going to hang out with Rain. Why? Do you want me to head back to the clubhouse since you guys won’t be around?” I ask.
