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“So, who are you perving on?”
Her question takes me by surprise. Am I that obvious?
“I’m not perving on anyone.” I pause, my eyes seeking out Dane again. He’s got a hand on my brother’s shoulder as he leans in to talk to him. If Logan knew the thoughts circling my brain right now about his friend, he’d lose his shit.
I swallow hard, forcing my gaze away, so I can ask, “Why are the Devils here?”
Beth’s eyes say she doesn’t believe me, but she doesn’t call me on it. “I have no idea. Believe it or not your brother doesn’t share a lot of Club business with me.” She tilts her head to the side, considering me. “Dax has an old lady, so it’s got to be Dane.” She narrows her gaze at me. “You two were a little close at my wedding. I saw you teaching him sign language. Is there something going on?”
I roll my eyes, even as I feel heat burning my cheeks. “No. We’re just…”
Friends seems like a strange word to use when it comes to Dane, but that’s all we are.
A friend who I fucked.
Twice in one night…
He might have given me the best sex of my entire life, but the last thing I need or want is to be caught up with a biker. I’ve seen how overbearing my brothers are. Don’t get me wrong, I know both my sisters-in-laws are happy as clams with the status quo, but it’s not the life I want. I get bossed around enough by my brothers, without adding a man to the mix who will do the same.
No, whoever I date will not be a part of this world. I need a suit, someone who works nine to five and has never put a fingertip to a motorcycle before. I’m not someone looking to be caged. I feel stifled enough as it is.
“Just what?” Beth presses.
As I’m about to frame my reply, I feel eyes on me. I lift my own towards the bar, knowing exactly who is looking at me.
Dane.
Shit.
His gaze finds me across the common room and I feel a mix of panic and exhilaration that he’s staring at me so intently. I understand why my sisters-in-law are so smitten with my brothers if this is how they look at them.
But he can’t be looking at me like this, not in a room full of my family. Not if he wants to keep breathing.
Dane doesn’t seem to care, though. His piercing gaze pins me to my seat and leaves me a little breathless.
“Girly, is there something going on with you two, because he’s looking at you like you’re a snack.”
“Of course not,”I sign a little too fast. “It’s against the rules, and he lives miles away.”
“Rules are meant to be broken,” she tells me softly.
Not this one.
My brothers would hit the roof if they knew. Derek would hit the roof.
The urge to confide in Beth what happened is intense, but I don’t want to put her in an awkward position. Her first loyalty is to Logan and I don’t want her keeping secrets from my brother. It’s better to keep this to myself.
Logan would see my actions as a betrayal. You don’t stand against your family, and that is what the Club is to me—family.
“Nothing can happen between us,” I say, even though something already has. It will not be repeated.
“But you want it to?”
I fix her with a smile. “Don’t you have enough to think about without getting involved in my non-existent love life?”
“I’m growing a baby and Logan won’t let me breathe without help. All I’ve got is time.”
I let out a huff of breath. “There’s nothing going on between us, and there won’t be either. Do you think my brothers will let me date? Ever?”
