Total pages in book: 109
Estimated words: 101501 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 508(@200wpm)___ 406(@250wpm)___ 338(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 101501 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 508(@200wpm)___ 406(@250wpm)___ 338(@300wpm)
Chance scanned the crowd in front of him and sneered. You could tell he thought everyone in front of him was beneath his notice.
“I guess Chance found out about our fundraiser,” Kenzie said blandly. “Good. Maybe he’ll choke to death on his anger.”
Jordan snorted her agreement.
“Let me through,” Chance ordered the crowd in front of him, glowering as if his spoken word was law.
“You’ve got a hell of a nerve coming here,” a voice rang out.
“Not on our watch,” another joined in.
“Think you own everything,” a woman shouted, “but not us!”
I noticed Duke was leaning against the bar with a beer in hand, looking bored. When Chance tried to push through Ty and Logan, and they forced him back with the bulk of their bodies, I expected Duke to get involved. Instead he turned his back and took a deep pull from his beer.
“So that kiss?” Jordan asked with a chuckle.
I ignored her. I was too concerned with the state of play in my bar to give her question any thought. Besides, I hadn’t had time to process it yet.
“I knew when he walked inside the diner this morning, he’d be a man who took charge. If you get tired of him, Skylar, throw him my way. I’d love to take him for a test drive.”
My attention was fixed on Chance—and all the ways I could fillet him like the shark he was—but her implication made its way through my rage.
“Wait, I thought you’d already slept with Logan?”
Her mouth pulled into a smirk. “I work fast, but not that fast. Besides, he turned me down two minutes after we met. All he wanted to talk about was you.”
I blinked, caught off guard by her answer, but I didn’t have time to process that bit of information because Chance suddenly threw a punch at Logan—which he blocked like the trained soldier he was—and received an uppercut for his trouble from Ty in the process. Then all hell broke loose as every man and woman seemed to descend on Chance at the same time. I lost sight of Logan when the bar emptied before my eyes and the fight spilled out onto the street, leaving Kenzie, Jordan, Duke, and myself alone.
Duke glanced my way and smiled, then toasted me with his beer.
“Shouldn’t you break that up?”
“Break what up? I had my back to the room and didn’t see anything.”
I looked at the women standing beside me and grinned. “Works for me.”
“Sooo, about that kiss?” Jordan asked again.
I glanced at Kenzie. If I was going to process the kiss, I needed to be absolutely certain about Logan and her. “Breakfast was at the diner, not at your house?”
She nodded. “He came in while I was there, right after Josh and Jake fought.”
“And all he did was talk about me?”
“It was twenty questions about you and your brothers. Jordan can fill you in. She was there.”
Jordan nodded in agreement. “The moment he found out what was happening with you and Chance, he made it clear he was staying in Ennis. That he was here for you!”
I didn’t get a chance to process that bit of information either before the door opened and Logan came marching in, looking like someone was about to die. But his focus was solely on me, so I swallowed back a nervous giggle.
He said not a word as he walked up and grabbed my hand, then kept walking toward my office. I looked over my shoulder and bugged out my eyes at Kenzie and Jordan, right before my office door slammed open and I was hauled inside. Once I cleared the door, Logan put a hand to my stomach and backed me up against the wall, boxing me in with both of his arms. His attention dropped to my mouth when I licked my lips nervously, and he mumbled, “Where were we?”
Considering everything that had happened, I couldn’t help but giggle softly at the absurdity of the day. Logan’s face softened in reaction, and it was beautiful to watch. He’d seemed tense most of the day, haunted by something when he thought no one was looking, so seeing his face relax put me at ease.
He reached up and cupped my face with both hands, stroking the apple of one cheek, staring intently at me. “There is no Kenzie and me. Or anyone else for that matter, if you’re asking. I met her this morning at the diner. Jordan had already filled me in on Chance when Kenzie introduced herself. I figured out pretty quickly she hated your brother, so I pointed out that helping you would be a great way to fuck with him.”
He’d been taking care of my brothers and me from the moment he walked up to my truck. “Logan, I . . . Does the army train you all to be white knights or something? Because you’ve gone above and beyond from the moment you met us.”