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“Holy shit, woman, don’t make me change my mind.” A thought filled his brain. “Does Diesel know what’s happening tonight?”

“Tonight? I usually don’t share my sexcapades with my father because that would be really fucking weird.”

He sighed. “I meant now, not later.”

“Yes, I told Mom and she broke the news to him.”

“Should I have?” Now he was second-guessing whether he should’ve given Diesel the heads-up. Out of respect, of course.

“No.”

Thank fuck. “How’d he react?”

“I don’t know, I wasn’t there and I didn’t ask.”

“Vi! I need to know…do I need to sleep next to my rifle?”

She laughed. “No. Believe it or not, he really does like you…kinda. As much as he could like a man who’s fucking his daughter. Just don’t expect him to ever admit it.”

The door to the right of the bar opening had Reaper swallowing down his response.

Shit. Was it time?

“I guess all I have to do is go in and ask?” He felt like he was asking for her hand in marriage or something.

“No, silly, you go in and dance a jig. If you get a perfect score of all tens, then you’re good.” She rolled her eyes. “Of course you just go in and ask. It’s a simple, but stupid, tradition. But expect them to give you shit.”

“Again, the reason for the whiskey.”

The road captain’s head appeared around the door. “You’re up, brother.”

After Reaper gave Wheels a chin lift, the road captain ducked back into the meeting room, leaving the door ajar.

Vi squeezed his arm. “Are you ready?”

Why the hell did she look so relaxed? “Ready as I’ll ever be.”

When he slipped off the barstool, so did she.

As he headed to the meeting room, she followed.

What the fuck?

He put on the brakes. “What the hell are you doing? I don’t need you to walk me to the door.”

“I’m going in with you.”

“Wait. Is that normal?” He closed his eyes and shook his head. “That’s right, when it comes to you and your family, I shouldn’t expect my life to be anywhere near normal. What the fuck was I thinking?”

“We had this discussion before. You love me.”

His life had certainly fucking changed since the day he sat down and interviewed with Vi over a year ago.

From boss to lover.

From simply having fun to having a future.

“You’re on your own,” he warned under his breath as he continued on and stepped through the doorway.