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“One, you’re ex-military. I never date a military man. They’re the worst.”
“You’re ex-military.”
“Which is how I know I could never date one of you.”
“And the second?”
“You’re a mechanic.”
That gave me pause. “You don’t like my profession.”
“Please,” she rolled her eyes. “Look at you.”
I glanced down at my coveralls and shook my head. Yeah, I was wearing an ugly ass monkey suit. My hands were stained and I was covered in grime. I thought a woman liked a man that got dirty. “It’s the coveralls. They don’t do it for you.”
She actually blushed at that, ducking her head. “It’s not the coveralls. It’s everything a mechanic represents.”
I stood there, trying to understand what she was saying, but I had a feeling I was missing something. “Okay, I give up. I’m officially lost.”
“Like you don’t realize what you’re doing?”
I glanced back at the car and then at her. “I’m…fixing a car?”
“I can’t help you if you can’t figure it out.”
This woman talked in riddles. My job was a problem for her. Was it the money? Did she think I was poor? Then again, if I accused her of not wanting to give me a shot because I wasn’t rich, I was effectively calling her a gold digger, and I wasn’t touching that one with a ten-foot pole.
“Maybe if you gave me a clue. I’ve never been turned down because of my job before. Aside from when I was in the military. That one, I can actually understand.”
“I have a feeling you’ll figure it out,” she said, turning to walk away.
I ran my tongue over my lower lip, imagining her in my bed. It wasn’t just her beauty or that sexy ass, it was her personality. She was confident and a bit of a smartass. I liked it.
Then again, I already had an ex-wife. I didn’t need to try for a second.
3
RAE
Present Day- Rae just helped Rafe escape and Johnny is at his ranch with Tahlia.
“What the fuck was that?” Cash snapped.
He might have been aware that we were going to do something. He didn’t know IRIS was going to plant a bomb and I would be strapped to it. That may have been a key point I shouldn’t have left out. Either way, it all worked out in the end.
“Why were you fighting me?” Duke shouted.
I rolled my eyes. The last thing I needed was Duke getting in my face about this. He wasn’t even part of the company.
“Someone could have been killed!” Cash continued to rant. “That was not a plan.”
“You had a bomb strapped to you!” Duke yelled.
It was funny because they were both fuming for entirely different reasons. Duke had no idea Cash was aware that his brother was here and we needed to let him go. He just didn’t like the way it played out. I wasn’t sure why Cash let him in here. Or maybe Duke stormed his way in here. Either way, it was really annoying being yelled at by the man.
I turned to look at IRIS, who was sitting calmly beside me as Duke and Cash paced the room, each of them taking turns shouting questions at us.
“And you!” Cash turned on IRIS, finally getting a minute reaction from him. “You justhappenedto have an explosive vest lying around?”
