Ace of Spades (Underground Affair Series Book 1) Read Free Page B

is right. The conversation did get out of hand. Ace, sit back down and enjoy your dinner.”
    Ace nodded his head and sat back down. He had all he could do to swallow his food. Lucy was the last person he expected to see there, in fact he didn’t think he would ever see her again. Now he sat eating dinner in her parent’s house with her on one side and her father, his Chief, on the other side. What would his Chief say if he knew that he had slept with his daughter and that his daughter paid him for Christ’s sake?
    Lucy pushed her food around the plate and forced down a few bites. All she could think about was Ace. She wanted to reach her hand down and place it on his leg. Hell, who was she kidding, she wanted to kiss him right then and there. She could smell his cologne and had an irresistible urge to just lick his whole body.
    “Lucy? Lucy?”
    Tom shook her arm, “Are you alright?”
    “I have a bit of a headache is all.”
    “Do you want me to take you home, Babe?”
    “No, I think I will just go put on a pot of coffee.”
    Lucy got up and walked into the kitchen.

    Two hours had passed since dessert had been served and Ace was counting the minutes until Lucy left or the Chief allowed him to leave. Lucy walked into the study and Ace excused himself to use the bathroom.
    “Dad, I think we are going to head home now.”
    “Lucy, are you sure you’re alright?”
    “I’m just really overworked. I need some sleep and maybe a vacation.”
    “A vacation from Tom?”
    “Dad.”
    “You’ve been waiting for a long time for that guy to finally make an honest woman out of you and now you’re holding back. What did he do?”
    “Nothing, I love Tom, he is…”
    “Can we finish up tomorrow? I’m really beat.”
    Todd looked up at Ace.
    “Sure. Thank you for all of your help.”
    Ace walked over and put on his jacket and then pulled an envelope from his pocket. He opened it and Lucy’s eyes almost fell out. Then he reached in front of her and handed it to her father.
    “I almost forgot to give this to you, it’s a donation for the Children’s Burn Center.”
    “It’s mostly dollar bills.” Todd chuckled.
    “Believe it or not some stripper wanted to donate it. There’s two hundred and three dollars there.”
    “Hey, Babe, ready to go home to bed?”
    By that point Lucy couldn’t even speak, she nodded to Tom and then leaned over and kissed her father on the cheek. Tom grabbed her hand and they left.
    “You ok, Chief?”
    “I’m worried about my little girl. She wasn’t herself tonight.”
    “Maybe it’s her time of the month?”
    Todd smiled and then he patted Ace on the back, “Smart man, you’re probably right. Wish she’d ditch Tom though. I haven’t trusted that man since the day I met him. The fact that he asked her to marry him and she didn’t say yes right away makes me wonder what he has done to her?”
    “Do you think he’s abusing her?”
    Ace became concerned, then angry at the thought that Tom may be abusing Lucy.
    “I’ll kill him if he as much as puts a hand on her and I’m pretty sure he knows that, so I don’t think that’s it.”
    “I’m sure it will all work out.”
    “See you next tour.”
    “Good night Chief, thanks for dinner.”
    Ace walked out.

A CE WAS SO WOUND up, he couldn’t go home to sleep so he decided he would drive by the club and see if any of the guys were there. He wasn’t inside two minutes before he was hit on. After Lucy, he was sure that it wasn’t a good thing to hook up at work.
    “Hey, long time no see.”
    Ace turned around and Declan was standing there.
    “Hey, Dec.”
    “What’s up, I haven’t seen you in weeks?”
    “I was here a few times for parties but didn’t come upstairs after, I just headed home. I’ve been working a lot of overtime at the firehouse. We’ve been down two guys.”
    “You hanging? Want to sit and have a drink?”
    “I’m up for a drink.”
    “I’ll grab a bottle and meet you at the corner