It warmed my heart.
It seemed to be neverending, the amount of people that trickled out of the rusted out, abandoned warehouse. For a moment, I thought we might not have enough bags for them. I looked over at Anna, wondering if she was worried about the same thing. But I only saw a smile on her face while she hugged and talked with the people she clearly helped on a much more regular basis than she initially told me.
They even addressed her by her first name.
My God, that woman was something else.
Watching her hug everyone and talk to them like they were normal fucking people spread a warmth through my veins that was dangerous to ignore. I saw her crouch down to speak to a young boy that was much too young to be living his life on the streets. She licked her finger and smudged it across his cheek, wiping something off while they spoke in hushed tones. And then, the little boy threw his arms around her neck.
I had to look up and away.
The knot in my throat grew.
“You okay?” she asked.
I wasn’t sure how long I stared at the sky, but when I leveled my head back out, everyone rushed to get back inside of the warehouse. I looked over at the duffle bag and it was completely empty.
I turned my attention back to her. “You’re amazing, you know that?”
Her lips parted in shock as those chubby little cheeks of hers twinged with yet another blush. “Well, um… thank you.”
I shook my head. “No thanks needed for the truth.”
We stared at one another for a little while before she broke eye contact. She looked around, but I couldn’t take my eyes off her.
“All right, I think that’s everyone,” she said as her attention came back to me. “Ready to get back?”
“No.”
She blinked. “Oh?”
I reached for the guest helmet and handed it to her. “I want to show you something before we head back.”
She took the helmet from me. “What do you want to show me?”
“A favorite spot of mine that borders your brother’s territory.”
She crooked an eyebrow before shoving the helmet down onto her head. “You sure it’s not that overlook? Because I hate to break it to you, but that’s Kay’s?—”
“It’s not an overlook. It’s a surprise.”
She flipped the visor up, and those beautiful sky blue eyes gazed back at me. “I do like surprises.”
“No pickles invited, though,” I said as I reached for my helmet.
She pouted. “Hmph. You’re no fun.”
I slung my leg over my bike and patted the seat behind me. “Come on, we’re burning daylight, and I promised Ghost I’d be back by lunch to relieve him.”
“Well,” she said as she climbed onto the back of my bike, “we better not keep him waiting.”
And as she shimmied down close to me, squeezing those thick thighs of hers on either side of me, I felt my cock stirring back to life. We wouldn’t keep anyone waiting. Not even me.
I was ready for what was mine.
“Hang on,” I said as I cranked up my bike.
We pushed off, allowing the warehouse to fall behind us while I recalibrated where we were headed.
