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“Yeah.I’m good.Everything okay?”She tilted her head back to look up at him.
Demon nodded.“I’m going to be in a meeting soon.If you need me, or anything, just let Puck know.”
“Will do.”She gave him an indulgent smile.
“I know I already told you, but we are waiting for a couple more people.If you get hungry, talk to Puck.He’ll know what’s available and get it for you.”
She nodded.‘I’ll figure it out.It’s not like you’re going to be in there for the next six months.I’m not going to starve to death.”
“We’ll make sure she’s taken care of, Demon,” Beth said.
Demon turned to his VP’s ol’ lady.“Thank you,” he said with a nod.“Please stay inside, at least for now.I’m working on getting things taken care of for good, but she’s got bad news looking for her.”
“We can do that.”
He leaned down and dropped a hard kiss on her mouth.She softened, leaning into him and responding so that the kiss turned hot and consuming in no time.
“Demon!”Sadist’s voice penetrated the haze that had descended over his brain when Ronnie had melted against him.
“Sorry, firecracker, I’ve got to go,” he said, pulling away from her.He wished he could sweep her into his arms and never let go, but he couldn’t, not yet.
“Go.I’ll be here.”She shooed him away with one hand, then turned back to the women at the table.
He might have been hurt, if he wasn’t the one walking away and leaving her in an unfamiliar situation.Thankfully, she didn’t seem uncomfortable.That would only have made things harder.
Forcing himself to leave her, he turned and went to the meeting room.There, Ruger and Krissi had joined the others and were seated at the table.
“Everyone here?”he asked as he stopped just inside the door.
“Yes,” Tuck said.“Go ahead and close the door.”
Demon closed and locked the door before returning to the seat he’d had before and sitting down.He was ready for this to be over so he could take Ronnie out without having to look over their shoulder all the time.So she could go about her life without worrying if someone was going to kidnap her and sell her into a miserable life.
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“Areyougoingtostick around or is this just a fling with Demon?”Beth asked after leaning over and watching something behind Ronnie for a moment.
“What were you watching?”
“The door close.They will be in there for a little while, we can talk.”
“Do you know what they’re talking about?”Ronnie asked.She knew on TV, that some of the women knew what was going on, some didn’t.But was it the same here?
“Nope.”Beth shook her head.“Sadist tells me what I need to know, but I don’t need to know every detail of what they’re doing.”
Ronnie frowned.She didn’t know if she could handle being kept in the dark like that.
“They’re talking about the men after you.What the options are and what they’ll have to do to keep you clear and safe,” London said, piping up.
“How do you know?”Ronnie said.
“I asked Tuck,” she said with a shrug.As if it were that easy.Maybe it was.“Do you know who’s after you?”
“Some.”She sighed.She should have known they would want to know.Ronnie looked down at the table for a moment, then back up at each of the faces around her.If she and Demon stayed together very long, she would be dealing with these women on a regular basis.They might even become friends.She would have to trust them some time and her gut told her that Demon wouldn’t have brought her around them, much less left her pretty much alone with them, if they couldn’t be trusted.“I’m not sure where to start.”She tilted her head back until it hit the back of the booth and she looked up at the ceiling, noticing for the first time what looked like industrial lighting hanging from the ceiling.
“Start wherever you want,” Beth said, reaching over to cover the hand Ronnie had sitting on the table with one hand.“Just now we’ve all had trouble of one kind or another and we won’t judge you, no matter what’s going on.”
“First, I don’t know if you’re aware, but I’m a bond recovery agent.I work for my dad’s bond recovery company.”She closed her eyes for a moment and tried to figure out the best way to put what she needed to say into words.“I’ve worked for years to prove that I can do the job.That I can do it as well as any man, so Dad would leave me the business,” she said after opening her eyes and glancing around the table at each woman’s face in turn.
