men.”
She tore open two packets of sugar and poured them into her coffee. She probably should steer clear of sugar to lose some weight but she’d grown tired of the never-ending battle. John always got pissed when he found out she was dieting. The New Year would be upon them in no time and she vowed to lose weight then.
“You’ve gone all quiet on me,” he said, pulling her out of her thoughts.
“Look, I just want to have coffee. I don’t want to make any commitments or even understand why you’re interested in me.” Licking her lips, she tried to keep her thoughts on her words. “Please, stop with the flattery. I don’t know why you’re here and I don’t care.”
“Wow, you really know how to shoot a guy down.” Jesse looked around him and smiled. “You’re a challenge. I’m always up for one.”
She shook her head and couldn’t help but smile. Piper looked forward to seeing more of him, especially if he wasn’t there at her father’s demand.
Chapter Two
For three weeks Jesse went to the coffee shop twice a week. A total of six meetings including the two prior, which meant eight in total and he still wasn’t close to finding out anything about the Hell’s Charter—or even about Piper Rix. She kept her feelings close to her chest. There were flashes of emotion that crossed her face but before he got a read on her, they disappeared. He hated the lack of reading her more than anything else.
Never in all of his life had he found wooing a woman so difficult. Piper was reserved around him. He got her to smile at least. But getting her to smile was entirely different than her telling him club secrets.
He ran his fingers through his hair for something to do with his hands. His nerves were totally fried when it came to Piper. Fuck, three weeks without getting his dick wet from one of the club whores and sitting across from a sexy woman was starting to wear thin. When Piper leaned forward or moved in such a way he got a good glimpse of the pale flesh of her breasts, he wanted to bury his head against those mounds to lick and suck her nipples. Her nipples would be large and he’d spend plenty of time on each bud.
He was getting hard thinking about the time he’d spend fucking her.
A knock at his door brought him out of his plan. He lit a cigarette and checked who stood in front of his door before he opened it.
“I thought I wasn’t allowed near the club?” he stated, letting Charley inside
“So? This is an apartment building, genius. I could be visiting anyone.”
They walked toward the sitting room. Jesse differed to the kitchen to grab a beer from the fridge. He threw Charley a cool beer then took a seat across from him.
“What’s the news?” Charley asked.
“Nothing new. Bitch is a hard nut to break.” Jesse took a long inhale on his cigarette. He didn’t want to let on that he liked her. Crap, thinking about Piper had heat rushing to his cock making him rock hard. There was no way he’d be able to handle getting a hard-on with his boss seeing.
“Come on, Jesse, I know you. You’ve had a month of working the charm. What’s taking so long? We need to know what Junior gave up or we’re all fucked,” Charley said. “The Hell’s Charter and the Demons have an understanding not to fuck with each other’s business. If Junior was a fucking snitch and working elsewhere besides with us, then I understand why they offed him but I need to make sure.”
“What more do you want from me? I’m drinking coffee and talking. She’s got tighter lips than a fucking virgin.” Thinking about Piper’s plump lips made Jesse want to kiss her over and over. Great, he was turning into a fucking pussy who thought about kissing, romance, and other shit.
“You’ve not gotten fucking inventive? Did I say you had to woo her at the fucking coffee shop? How are you going to screw her there? For fuck’s sake, Jesse, I thought you had some fucking brains to you.”
“I do have brains.” He’d
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