Page 10 of Dragon's Rejected Mate

You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Is she stalking me? Do I have a GPS tracker on my truck?

She slid out of the seat and glided over to Luke. She was wearing skin tight pants, a low cut blouse that did nothing to hide her assets, and heels that were so high that Luke thought that they looked like stilts.

Alexis smiled widely as she put her hand on Luke’s arm.

“What a wonderful surprise seeing you here,” she gushed.

Yeah, right. Surprise my ass.

“I’m so glad that you came back to Ivy Springs.”

“Thank you,” Luke said.

He looked at the numbers spinning on the pump, wishing that they would just click.

“I saw you helping Jamie change her tire. That was so nice of you.”

“Thank you.”

Luke didn’t know what else to say without encouraging Alexis to keep talking. He was hoping that she would get the hint and walk away. No such luck.

“You know, I really need some gas in my car and I just got my nails done. I was wondering if you could help me. I would really appreciate it.”

Luke briefly closed his eyes as Alexis batted her eyelashes at him.

He could think of nothing that he could say to get out of helping her that wouldn’t sound rude.

Sighing heavily, he said, “Sure.”

The numbers finally quit rolling on the pump and he put his gas cap back on. He really wished that he could simply jump in his truck and drive away as quickly as possible, but knew that wasn’t an option.

He walked back to Alexis’ car and waited for her to insert her credit card and punch a few numbers. Then, he grabbed the nozzle. She watched intently as he opened her tank and put the nozzle in.

Alexis licked her lips and Luke half way expected her to make some kind of reference to sex when she watched him slide the nozzle into the hole. Apparently, while she was acting a little bit like a drunk hooker at a bar, she wasn’t that crass.

She bent over the truck of the car, causing her blouse to fall open even more, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination. Luke knew that she thought that she was being sexy, but he thought it was a little disgusting. He knew that it had more to do with who she was than her actions, although that kind of blatant behavior had never turned him on.

“Have you had a chance to do much since you’ve been back?”

“Nope. I’ve just been working with dad, and I went to the club that one night. I guess I am still recuperating from the grinding schedule that I’ve been keeping over the last several years.”

She moved closer to Luke and leaned against the car.

“I hope that you will be able to come up to the resort. I’d love to have dinner with you. We have a terrific chef who makes a steak that practically melts in your mouth.”

“Perhaps some time,” Luke said, staring at the pump, willing the numbers to click.

Finally, the pump clicked, indicating that Alexis’ tank was full.

“Thank you so much for helping me. I don’t know what I would have done if you weren’t here.”

You probably wouldn’t have come to the gas station at all. You had plenty of gas.

Luke shook his head at his thoughts.

“Let me repay you and buy you a drink or two. Come back to the resort with me,” Alexis said, staring up at him underneath her eyelashes.

“Thanks for the offer, but I need to be going now.”

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