Chapter 6
Drake followed Vic inside his office. He was expecting to be asked to take on more responsibilities while Jagger was out with his mate and baby, which Drake would be happy to do. He didn’t expect the suspicion and anger coming off the other male.
“What you are up to with Jinx?” Vic demanded.
“Hey man, I picked her up from the airport like you asked me to. Why am I getting an attitude about it?”
“I didn’t ask you to take her to your apartment. Did you put the moves on her?”
“Of course not. The place she was going to stay at was a complete dump and in a dangerous part of town. I offered her my place for the night. Besides, she’s not my type.” He hoped it sounded more sincere that how he felt. He was trying to convince himself that this was still true, but he had doubts.
Vic stared into his eyes and sighed. “Sorry, I’m a little protective of Jinx. She’s special and she’s had a rough life. I’ve known her most of her life. Besides my and Jagger’s mates, she is the only human that I consider family.”
“If she means that much to you, it might be a bad idea to have her work in such a dangerous position. Perhaps she should handle the phones, office work.”
Vic ran a hand through his hair as he walked around his desk and took a seat. “I wish it was that simple Drake. She would put up a fight if I parked her at a desk position.”
“You’re the boss…”
“Yeah, but she’ll threaten to go work for another bail enforcement agency, and I won’t be able to monitor and keep tabs on her. At least if she is here, I can give her less dangerous assignments. It really doesn’t matter what level of work Jinx is going, there will be a degree of accidents that follow.”
“What do you mean?”
Vic smiled ruefully, “Things seem to go a little screwy when Jinx is around.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Don’t worry about it. You’ll all find out soon enough. She needs her own space, so get her out of your apartment as soon as possible.”
“That’s the plan.”
“I’ll be coming in the mornings to give out assignments, but I’ll be out of the office the rest of the time helping Lexi get things ready for Jagger and his mate to bring home the baby. I need someone to help train Jinx. Since she’s familiar with you, might as well be you.”
Drake groaned, “More babysitting duty? Come on this is so not fair.”
“Just make sure you keep your hands off of this baby girl.”
A knock at the door had both men turning. Lexi stood there with her arms folded over her impressive chest. “Ready to go, Vic?”
“Where’s Jinx?” Vic asked, standing up and moving toward her.
“She was here a moment ago.” Lexi turned her head. “She’s talking to Shy.”
Vic took her into his arms. “Is she coming tonight to the club?”
“She said she would, and I gave her directions. I like her.”
“I knew you would,” Vic said nuzzling her neck.
Drake felt awkward watching the couple embracing. It made him feel a strange emptiness inside that he had no one waiting for him when he got home. He always imagined, years from now, settling down with a curvy hot female who would cook and clean and satisfy his sexual needs every night. Eventually they would do the honorable thing and pop out a few kids. He wasn’t ready for all that, but it was something that he thought about every now and then. Right now, he was having too much fun doing least honorable thing.
Sitting at his desk, he watched as Jinx came up and gave Lexi and Vic another hug. Then the couple left. Drake sighed at the thought of having to train Jinx, but decided he could start her off learning about the paperwork first.
“Come on Jinx, Vic’s made me your trainer until he’s back full time.” He pointed for her to sit at the seat on the other side of his desk.
“Sure. What case are we on first? Is it a robber, a murderer?” She sat down excitedly.
He grabbed a stack of applications and placed them in front of her. “Have at it.”
