Page 26 of Ruled By Wizard

“I don’t know about safe, but you can come out.”

Doom stepped outside and closed the door behind him. “Natalia leave?”

“Oh yeah. Right after she flipped me off.”

Doom gave him a curious look. “You don’t seem mad about it.”

“I’m not.” Wizard shrugged. “That woman gets me hot as fuck. When I manage to keep her still long enough, I’m going to fuck her silly.”

Doom gave him a wry glance. “Brother, getting within touching distance of her is going to be an uphill battle.”

“I’ve climbed bigger mountains.”

“She hates you, and that’s coming from someone who knows.”

Reminded of how close Doom’s wife was to the woman he was determined to have, Wizard narrowed his eyes. “How’d she find out about the bet?”

“How am I supposed to know? Last night, Celeste told everyone who wasn’t there when you made the bet.”

“Did Chai hear?”

“Is she deaf?” Doom asked dryly.

“Fuck.”

Doom shrugged. “Does it matter?”

The brother always managed to put everything into perspective for him.

“Not to me, but some of the brothers could be upset if Chai decides she doesn’t want to join the club.”

“They’ll survive.”

“You’re only saying that because you weren’t going to get the chance to tap that yourself.”

“Not really. I’m happy with Tink … or at least I was. She’s just as mad about the bet as Natalia. She tried to drown Celeste in the ice chest.”

“Damn. I’d have liked to see that.”

“It was entertaining,” Doom said with a grin. “For a few seconds, anyway. My wife is a lover, not a fighter. Celeste had her in a headlock within twenty seconds. She beat her old record. No one is ever going to take Celeste down. I should have warned Tink.”

“Then you wouldn’t have gotten the thrill of watching.”

Wizard laughed as he reached for the door.

When they went inside, he saw Chai sitting at the bar with Jesus. As he drew closer, he noticed her eyes were red and teary.

He shot Doom a dirty look for not warning him that she was crying.

“Fuck you,” he muttered before heading toward Tink, who was working at the other end of the bar.

Women and tears were a hard no for him. He’d let one of the other brothers handle that shit.

There was no way he could soothe Chai’s hurt feelings after ditching her for another woman. Any woman who became a Last Rider knew the score. He had been open and honest with Chai when he’d returned to the coffee shop that first day. If she was looking for a relationship, he wasn’t that guy.

Tink gave him a dirty look when he approached. “Tell me you didn’t make that stupid bet about my friend.”

“I could,” he replied easily, “but I’d be lying.”