Page 27 of Knuckles (Dragon Riders MC 4)
His eyes fell to the picture. “Buy an ice cream cone and we can talk.”
“Fine. Two scoops of chocolate in a regular cone. Now, the man. Talk.”
He shooed the young girl off before leaning closer to me. “He was looking for someone.”
I lowered my voice. “Did he say who?”
“No. He didn’t have a picture. Said he was looking for his girlfriend. She’s apparently gone missing.”
My blood ran cold. “Did he say what this girl looked like?”
“Just said she had blonde hair. Blue eyes. Tall. I thought it was a pretty plain description for someone he’s apparently dating, though.”
My heart stilled in my chest. “Have you seen someone like that around here?”
“Why?”
“Give me the ice cream cone for free and I’ll tell you.”
He stared at me for a while before he handed me the two scoops of chocolate in a regular cone and didn’t ring me up for it.
“Now, what’s all this crazy shit happening right now? I’m not the only business owner that’s been pestered today. Everyone feels very unease right now.”
I put my phone away. “As they should. The man you’ve encountered is dangerous. He runs a plethora of trafficking operations out of my own hometown. And this girlfriend he’s searching for? She’s the woman I love. The woman he’s kidnapped from me, right out from under my nose.”
The man’s face softened. “I’m so sorry.”
“So, if you’ve seen a woman like that around town at all, you need to tell me where she is. She’s in a hell of a lot of danger.”
The young girl interjected again. “Blue eyes, you said?”
I looked over at her. “Yes. Big blue eyes. Blonde hair, down past her shoulders. A bit of waviness to it, but not much. She’s slim, and tall. Longest legs you’ve ever seen. And she’s got this beauty mark—”
“—on the left side of her upper lip.”
I blinked. “You’ve seen her.”
The girl nodded. “She works at the diner not too far up the road. She comes in sometimes to get—”
Hope filled my gut. “—two scoops of rocky road?”
“Yeah.”
“In a waffle cone?”
“Yeah! Exactly.”
“With sprinkles?”
The girl smiled. “She’s at the diner. I know that’s where she is.”
I gazed into that girl’s eyes. “You just saved her life. And mine. Thank you so much.”
I tore out of that joint like a bat out of hell and tossed my ice cream into the nearest trash can. Then, I took off in a dead sprint. I hauled ass as quickly as I could, running block after block after block. Sweat poured down the nape of my neck. The leather was much too hot for shit like this. But, once the neon sign for the diner came into view, I sprinted across the street.
Before busting through the double doors.
“Simone!?” I exclaimed.
Everyone turned to face me as I drew in a deep breath. “Simone! Where are you!?”
A woman hurried up to me. “Sir, you need to keep your voice down.”
My eyes fell to her nametag. “Well, Dani. You need to tell me where Simone is.”
“And if I don’t?”
Then, I finally heard it. That sweet, beautiful, sassy fucking voice of hers.
“About damn time, JayJay.”
My head panned over to the kitchen, and there she was. Standing next to a guy handing her plates of food as if she worked there. She wore an apron, as if she worked there.
And as my brow furrowed tightly, I brushed past whoever the hell “Dani” was and headed straight for her.
“Simone. It’s really you,” I said.
She dropped her tray to the floor. “I never thought I’d see you again.”
I scooped her into my arms. “And now that I have you, I’m never letting you go.”
Then, before I could even catch myself, I crashed my lips against hers. And my heart swelled with delight when I felt her tongue slide across the slit of my lips.
As she kissed me right back.12SimoneEven with my sarcastic response, I still couldn't believe it was him. Even when I heard him yelling my name, I couldn’t believe it was him. And even when his arms were around me, I kept convincing myself that I was dreaming. That this wasn’t real. That I honestly hadn’t gotten that lucky.
Until his lips fell against my own.
My arms tightened around his neck as I reveled in the feeling of his muscles wrapped around my back. His tongue tasted like sunshine on a warm summer’s eve, and I couldn't get enough. He closed the distance between us as my back fell against the wall, his pelvis attached to my own.
And when I felt his cock growing against me, I knew I had to have him.
“Justin,” I whispered.
He cupped my cheeks. “I’m here now. Everything’s going to be just fine. My God, I can’t believe you’re still alive.”
My lower lip quivered. “How—how did you find me?”
His eyes grew stern. “Skeleton’s made his way into the area. My guys pinged him off a traffic camera that caught him around here. I came as quickly as I could and a young girl in the ice cream shop identified you.”
