An Outlaw Wedding(29)

“God, what a skank.” Alexis hadn’t meant to say that out loud, and when Tarren snorted they both started laughing.

“Yeah, well at least he isn’t all up on her like I thought he might be.”

Alexis looked over at her. “If you guys are together he wouldn’t do anything to betray you.”

Tarren smiled, but it was totally forced, that much was clear. “We never said there was anything more going on between us than what we are doing, girl.” She sighed again. “I’m not about to go out there and act like a jealous old lady. Some booty calls and occasionally going to dinner doesn’t make us exclusive.”

Alexis didn’t say anything, because there was nothing else she could say that would make Tarren feel better about the situation. She would be the one that had to take control of her life and go after Lucas if she really wanted him.

“Okay, I better get out of here.” Tarren gave Alexis a hug, and then Tarren was walking out the door and moving past Nico.

Alexis watched her friend walk right past Lucas and Red, but she also didn’t miss how Lucas followed Tarren with his gaze the entire time. Even from the distance that was obvious. And when Tarren lifted her hand in a clear response to something Lucas said, she knew that this was serious for her. Tarren had never acted this way over a guy, but could Lucas focus on Tarren and give her what she deserved? Red reached out and smoothed her hand over Lucas’s arm, and that was when Alexis turned away. The side door opened, and she scented the leather smell of Nico before he grabbed her around the waist and turned her around.

“Mmm, you smell like lemons, and you know how much I fucking love those.”

She snorted, but had to stifle a moan when he slipped his hand down her belly and between her legs. Her leggings did nothing to shield herself from his wandering fingers. “Nico, you have to stop. My dad could walk in here at any minute.” She moaned out the last word, and just as he went to pull his hand away the door that led into the garage from the office opened, and of course her father stood there. Brick looked a little confused at first, but she knew he could tell what had been going on.

“Boy, I told you the last time we talked to respect my little girl, and to respect me and this club.” Her dad took a step closer and pointed a grease covered hand at Nico. “If I ever see you doing this shit with her again under this roof before…” He stopped himself from finishing that sentence, and Alexis looked between her dad and Nico. “Just have respect, got it?”

“Yeah, I got you, sir.”

Sir?

When the hell did Nico start calling her dad sir?

“Um,” she cleared her throat, embarrassed that her dad had walked in on them doing anything sexual, and even more so because she was working. “Sorry, Dad.”

He grunted in response. “Call your mother. She said she has been trying to call your cell and the office, and there isn’t an answer.” Brick looked over at Nico once more, glared at her boyfriend, and then turned and left.

“What in the hell was that about?” she asked. Nico looked genuinely uncomfortable, and that had her laughing. “You know what? Never mind.”

Nico moved toward her again and wrapped his thickly muscled arms around her waist. “Baby, how about I take you on a ride?” He kissed the top of her head, but she could tell he was still tense and nervous over something.

She pulled back and looked into his face. “What’s going on with you all of the sudden?”

He smoothed his hand over the back of her head. “Nothing, baby. But about that ride…”

“Okay. I’ll be finished here after four. Pick me up then?”

He nodded and leaned down to kiss her on the tip of her nose. “Okay, it’s a date.” He let go of her and turned to leave her alone in the office. All Alexis could do was stare at him and watch as he strode back to the garage. How could a man so big, so fierce and strong in his own right, be so gentle and sweet to her? He had always been like this with her, and judging by the way he looked in leather, with his Harley and the ink that covered his body, people would probably think him the worst kind of bad boy by his looks and reputation alone. He was associated with the club, and had done plenty of wild and reckless things in his life to make the people of Steel Corner look upon him and the other members like a stain on their picturesque community. But screw them all and their high and mighty attitudes. She loved Nico, bad boy attitude and all. He was the man she wanted to marry one day and have children with.

She pulled her focus away when she could no longer see him, and saw that Red was still standing by Lucas’s and Nico’s bikes. That girl was trouble, and if she wanted to last in this club she’d better back the hell away from men that weren’t single. Tarren better get on telling Lucas that she wanted him as more than just a booty call, because Lucas wasn’t the type of grizzly to open up his heart to a woman even if he loved her. At least he hadn’t been in the past. Alexis supposed things could have changed over time, but judging by the whispers and rumors that she heard circulating through the club from the club pussy, it was clear Lucas liked to show his “affection” to anyone that wanted it. God, it always seemed like something was going on that would end in drama at The Grizzly MC clubhouse.