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Eloise’s, and then Steel was going to have her all to himself.
    He was going to lay it out there for her, tell her that he wasn’t just going to walk away, not until they sated each other into sexual exhaustion. If she was done with him after that then Steel could try to step back. However, if he fucked her and needed more, well then, he might not be able to walk away.

    Eloise twisted her fingers together and stared out her window. She knew Steel would return, felt that knowledge in the pit of her stomach. He might not know she was aware that he’d been outside the store on several other occasions, watching her, maybe trying to convince her that she was for him, or at least for one night. Maybe she should have called the cops, because hell, wouldn’t that constitute stalking? He knew where she’d lived. Despite the creepy factor, there was another part, an almost forbidden part, which liked that he had taken such an interest in her. What man had ever done that? She’d never been attractive in school, not with her chubby, short body, or the fact she was the geek. She’d never been so desired that a man felt the need to watch her, or insist that she be with him. Well, to be fair, he’d only asked her to go home with him once, but even though she’d said no, he still came to the store, still looked at her as though she were his prey.
    The sight and sound of a vehicle pulling into her apartment complex parking lot had her heart beating faster, and a tightening in her gut. She was nervous, so nervous, because the truth was she did want Steel. Eloise wasn’t a virgin, but she had never spoken of what she really wanted in the sexual department, too afraid of what the two men she’d slept with would say to her, think about her.
    Although Steel scared her on a primal level, and one of the reasons she’d turned him down, she knew he wasn’t like the men she’d been with in the past. He was harder, stronger, and darker in every aspect. Would he want to tie her up, want to spank her until her flesh burned and turned red? Would he like denying her pleasure, only to see that it heightened hers even more? She’d been ashamed of her desires, of the pain that she wanted to experience with sex. She was humiliated because she wondered who would want to do those things with a Plain Jane like herself.
    Moving away from the window, she smoothed her hands down her thighs and felt her heart skip a beat. What would he say right now? What would he want from her? Was he the type of man that would demand she offer him some kind of payment because he’d helped her out? He certainly had that hardcore, take no shit look and attitude to him. Eloise might be many things, but she wasn’t a weakling that would take shit from anyone, least of all a biker that would want her to sleep with him because he’d saved her from a prick like Hanson.
    The knocks on the door had her jumping slightly. They were hard, forceful, dominating. Eloise moved close to the scarred wood, wrapped her hand around the tarnished brass knob, and pulled it open. She’d be strong in the face of Steel, but her desire for him also made her weaker in that sense. But being with him, giving herself to him wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world…right?

S teel leaned against the front door of Eloise’s apartment door, waiting for her to open it. He didn’t want her alone after the shit that had happened. He’d already spoken to Demon, and it was fine with him to have her working at the club. She’d serve beer and do the general cleaning around the main part of the clubhouse. All Steel cared about was the fact she’d be closer to him. He didn’t like the thought of her being out there all alone.
    “It’s me, Eloise,” he said, calling through the door.
    She opened the door, staring at him. “I didn’t know who it was, but I’d hoped…”
    “That it was me?”
    “Yes.”
    “It’s a good thing it is.” He noticed she hadn’t taken a shower like he’d