Page 42 of Breaking the Rules of Love

“You coming to join us!?” he shouts. “There are somehottieshere tonight!”

“Nah, I can’t,” I reply. “I just wanted to make sure you had gotten back to Jeff about that job with that married couple we have coming up.”

“We’re all set!” Ryan replies. “No sweat. But you sure you don’t wanna join us? Plenty of fresh pussy, boss!”

“I’m all set, Ryan. But good luck to you.”

I hang up before the conversation can progress and toss my phone aside.

I look at my beer and the television in front of me and growl. No, this isn’t going to do. I can’t just sit here like a slouch, waiting on that woman to call me. That’s beyond pathetic. I have to go anddosomething.

So I get up off the couch and quickly go change into my workout gear. My hard-on has gone down quite a bit, but I know a sure way to get rid of it.

I’ve set up the standing heavy bag in the garage, so I get to work on it. I don’t even bother wrapping my fists. It doesn’t take long before I’ve worked up a good sweat and am mostly deflated down there.

It feels good to throw some punches. I’ve been so busy with protection jobs and moving into the new house that I haven’t had a chance to get in a decent session in a while.

It’s not long before my knuckles are sore and red and on the verge of bleeding. I’m sweating my ass off and gasping for air. This is just what I needed. But the question still remains: What am I going to do about Sadie?

The girl is like a puzzle. A puzzle and a giant pain in my ass.

I’ve never wanted a woman more in my life, but at the same time, I can’t keep fighting for someone who doesn’t want me. How much longer can I put up with being pushed away and being made a fool of? There’s only so much one man can take.

But at the same time, I’m not a quitter. The last thing I want to do is give up on her. IwantSadie. I know she and I can be happy together. I just need her to see that. But right now, that’s easier said than done.

I go over all this in my head as I clean off in the shower.

“No-relationship rule,” I scoff as I shut off the water and grab my towel. “Who hurt you, Sadie?”

I step out of the bathroom into my bedroom and start to dry off when I see something out of the corner of my eye. It’s coming from Sadie’s house, and when I glance over out my window, I see it’s her bedroom light flashing off and on every other few seconds or so.

“What the hell?”

I step forward, towel wrapped around my waist, and peer out to see Sadie standing in her bedroom in nothing but a pair of panties, her hand on the light-switch, looking over at me.

Our eyes meet, and she drops her hand from the switch and smiles seductively as she picks up her phone. I see her fingers working, then seconds later, my phone buzzes. I pick it up and see a text from her.

Hey, sexy. See anything you like?

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Sadie

I’m takinga big risk after how I behaved back at the restaurant, throwing Jake’s words back in his face at him. He could easily just tell me to get lost, and he would be more than justified in doing so.

But I’m hoping that he’ll make a different decision tonight. A more fun decision.

I watch as he looks back at me. He still has his phone in his hand, but he hasn’t texted me back yet. He’s just looking at me with those eyes—those beautiful blue eyes.

Come on, text me, jerk-face!

His skin is glistening, still wet from the shower, and his abs look absolutely ridiculous. So damn sexy.

Is this how he felt when he was watching me?

I still can’t believe he had his eyes on me after I got out of the shower that night. So, so naughty. And yet it turns me on more than I can put into words.

I really shouldn’t have teased him back at work by telling him I’d think about it. I want him desperately, and I could have just blown the whole thing up by trying to tease him a little.

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