beautiful cousin such as yourself. Truly the pleasure is all mine.” Slowly letting go of her hand he turns towards me and when he goes to grab my hand Toni steps to the side a little. Putting himself directly in front of me. Ultimately blocking Tank from being able to touch me. I don’t know why he does it but I welcome it. I don’t know what it is but Tank creeps me out a little. He seems nice and charming but there is just something about him that makes me want to run the opposite direction. Probably the fact that he is a huge scary looking biker like the rest. But I guess being the leader is a little intimidating as well. Tank noticing the protective step in front of me looks up at Toni and smiles. Holding his hands up in defense he says “Got it Toni. She is off limits.” Leaning around him he says “It is very nice to meet you Haylee.”
I nod my head to acknowledge his greeting. Stepping back away from me still smiling at Toni he says “Alright men let’s leave these ladies to their business and get on our way. Toni and Bambi why don’t you two stay behind and make sure these lovely ladies of ours have an enjoyable shopping trip without any other problems or injuries.” Tank says pointing to my arm. Bambi growls his disapproval but shakes his head yes while Toni gives a curt nod and the rest of the men turn and get on their bikes. Once all the gang but two are gone Toni turns and looks at us.
“Would you two ladies like some help inside?” He says looking right at me.
I grab Monica’s arm and say “Oh no. That won’t be necessary. Honestly we just have a few items we need to grab and then we will be on our way.”
“As you wish.” Toni says as he leads us to the front of the store and opens the door for us. Once we are inside he turns and guards the door as if his life depends on keeping us safe. I don’t know why but in that moment I honestly feel safer than I have ever felt in my life.
CHAPTER 2 HAYLEE
“Holy shit Haylee. Can you believe that just happened?” Monica says while laughing once we are safely inside the store.
I ignore he statement. I am still pissed at her. “Hey thanks for the heads up by the way. That he was your cousin. That was so mean of you. And embarrassing as hell.” I say grabbing the cart and start pushing along the aisle away from her.
She runs to catch up to me. “I am sorry Haylee. Sometimes you get stuck in your head and judge people by their looks. Honestly Jose is nothing to be scared of. But I don’t know, I guess I kind of wanted to show you that you don’t always have to be scared of people because of their race, color, or looks.”
“I wasn’t judging him because of his race. I judged him because he looks scary as hell and clearly belongs to a gang. And that alone scares the shit out of me.” I say while pushing along.
“Are you scared of Toni?” She asks knowing damn well I am attracted to him. She saw my face turn red when he whispered in my ear.
“No.” I whisper. “Although I feel like I should be. But not because he looks scary. But because he is huge and could break me in half.” We both bust out laughing.
“Yeah but I bet he is great in bed. Might be worth trying out even if it means being broke in half.” She says with a wink.
I lightly push her “Oh whatever. Don’t act so innocent. Tank looked like he could have laid you down on the pavement and fucked your brains out right in front of everyone.”