Today changed everything.
Fuck me!
I never wanted to be violent. I never wanted to be a criminal.
I left the Hellcats to end all of that!
Tobias was always the one who wanted the Hellcats to be an empire. He thrived on the power, but I didn’t. I never wanted to be that.
I just wanted a family. I just wanted to be loved.
Instead, the Kays broke my heart and turned me into this. That’s what happens when you put your heart on the line. I thought I’d succeeded in leaving it all behind me.
Until I saw him.
He made me feel those same urges again.
Felix Hargrove doesn’t know it, but he’s in danger. Something inside me isn’t right, and I don’t want him anywhere near it.
I wish I could have him, but I can’t.
It’s not safe for him.
I need to push him out of my mind.
Focus on the work, Torren.
My days are mapped out—not a moment isn’t scheduled because it’s the routine that keeps me focused, and, right now, I should be focusing onwork.
I have three cars that need repairing before the end of the day. My clients count on me to get shit done in a timely fashion—that’s why they come to me and not one of those soulless chains across town. I make them feel like a person, and I know they don’t have a pot to piss in, so I’m upfront about costs. I’m slowly developing a reputation as abusinessman, rather than a criminal.
I can do this.
Gabe saunters over with a shit-eating grin on his face.
“What?”
He rolls his eyes, then makes the ubiquitous sign for sex by pumping a finger through a hole made with his other hand.
I should have known he’d read me like a book.Son of a bitch.“You’re fucking crazy. I don’t want anything to do with that little pissant.”
He makes a “Mmmhmm” sound before finger-fucking the hole even faster. Then he starts humping the table, making soft moaning sounds, and the ladies in the waiting room gasp.
I shove him away from the table. “Enough! No more! We need to get back to work. Now.”
He shoots me another smirk, then makes his way back to the car we’re working on.
Close your eyes and take a breath, Torren.
I do, and the image of Felix clouds my imagination again, my body burning with need.
Control it, Torren.
Chapter 6
Felix
The next day
