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CHAPTER 8

ADAM

Walking back into the garage later that day feels like Deja vu. I go to the office first to see if she’s in there - she’s not. I walk back around to the front of the workshop and see one of the guys.

“Hey, have you seen Darcy.”

“Who’s asking?”

I raise my eyebrows and smirk at him. “Um, Adam why?” He raises his chin at me, still nothing. “And you are?”

“Stephen. You’re the one whose truck she worked on…”

“Good memory but it was only a couple of weeks ago. Pleased to meet you Stephen.” I put my hand out to shake and wait for him to take it in his.

“Are you two friends then? Only I’ve never heard of you.” He shakes my hand as he questions me.

Smirking again I go on, “Look do you know where she is.?” I don’t want to get impatient but really - he’s pissing me off now.

“She was working on a car at the back of the garage.” Before I can say thanks, he’s talking again… “Look I’ve known Darcy a while now, she doesn’t need more piled onto her plate than she already has.”

“Are you warning me off her by any chance?”

“I’m just saying I won’t stand by and watch her get hurt.”

I tap him on the arm, smile and say, “You got it Steve, I have no intention of hurting her, so you can sleep easy. I get where you’re coming from but don’t stand in my way. I like Darcy and I’m an easy going, person but I won’t be threatened either.” I smile at him again before I turn away, prick!

I walk around to the back of the garage, I don’t see her until I walk a bit further on and see her bent over a car. I could stand here all day and look at that image.

I stand there and admire for a minute or two and then let her know I’m there. I tap her on the shoulder lightly. She looks over her shoulder at me.

“So how much longer you gonna be then?”

“Hey,” she says beaming at me, “give me ten minutes to finish this, get washed up and I’ll be ready.”

Nodding I grab some tissue and do the very thing I wanted to do the first day I met her; I wipe the oil from her face. She’s sexy as fuck. I lean down kiss her quickly. “I’ll wait in the office.”

Once in the office I shoot off a text to say I’m not home for dinner, because Mum looks after her boys... yeah, yeah. So, what if I’m a Mummy’s boy.

Half an hour later, Darcy enters the office. No overalls on, but in jeans, a shirt and her hair down. She only has a bit of make-up on too, I don’t like women that put it on with a trowel. “Ready?”

“Yep let’s go.” As we walk from the office I grab her hand in mine and walk through the garage towards the entrance. She loosens my hand and tells me she’ll be right back. I watch as she runs over to Steve, says something, then he looks over, sarcastically I put my hand up at him and grin.

She makes her way back to me and retakes my hand.

Once we’ve dropped my truck off at home we head to the pub down the road from Darcy.

DARCY

I’ve loved spending some time with Adam. He’s funny, he makes me laugh all the time. I feel so bad for judging him the first time we met. The last few days he’s shown me the other side of him, I think he uses his cocky side as a front. I see it every now and then, but I think now it’s a part of him, his sense of humour but he keeps it in check most of the time.

I see him approaching the table we’re sat down at, he’s confident more than cocky; I see that now. He’s fit, good looking and I’m one hell of a lucky girl to be able to get him. He sits next to me and drinks his beer.

“What are you thinking about? I can see the cogs turning in here,” he taps my temple.

“I was just thinking to myself that’s all. So, Adam Willows, I know you've got one brother because your sister-in-law picked you up so is that the only one?”

“Nope, I got three brothers, my brother Todd is my twin, he’s like two minutes younger than me. Then it’s Chris and my oldest brother Aidan,” he says grinning proudly. My Dad is a policeman, Aidan is a detective, Todd is in training to be in the police force too and Chris is a fireman.”

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