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blanks? ” Zoe giggled like a teenager.
    Jasmine smirked and flipped her off.
    Images of Nuke and Jasmine having sex flashed through his mind and Holden became semi-hard. He’d seen Nuke having sex with a girl once; he had tied her up. That image had never left his mind. Though he couldn’t imagine Jasmine being into that sort of thing, he did notice a lot of bruising on her neck that looked like fingerprints. He had no doubt in his mind that Nuke was abusive to her. The poor woman was probably too scared to leave him.
    “You don’t seem like the biker chick type. Doesn’t being with an outlaw frighten you?”
    “No, I feel safe when I’m with Nuke. Tell me, what exactly is a biker chick supposed to look like?”
    Holden smiled. “Apparently they look like you,” he replied, trying to stay on her good side. Which he wasn’t so sure he’d ever be on. Nuke and all of the Hells Vipers had a way of intimidating people into loyalty. Jasmine was no different; that he could easily see.
    “Hmmm,” Jasmine said as she continued to look out of the window. Mitch and the others had returned and Nuke was in a deep conversation with the club president.
    “Do you ride, too?” Trying to have a conversation with Jasmine was nearly as hard as having a conversation with Nuke. She was deeply focused on whatever was going on outside.
    “Yes,” she said when she finally looked back in his direction. “Nuke taught me.”
    “Really? I didn’t know he had that kind of patience or that he’d allow his woman to ride.”
    “I think there’s a lot of things about your brother you don’t know.”
    Holden smiled as best as he could considering the pain he was in. “I suspect you’re right. But then, that can be said about all of us. We all have secrets.”
    Jasmine squinted her coffee-brown eyes. “But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops. Luke 12:2-3”
    “Religious woman, huh?”
    “I’m a woman of reality and consequences.”
    “I am, too!” Zoe spoke up.
    “You are too, what?” Holden looked at her in confusion. He also noticed Jasmine roll her eyes and turn back toward the window.
    “A woman of reality and consequences.”
    “Ah, alright, that’s, that’s really nice to know,” Holden responded. “It’s a good thing to be.”
    Zoe beamed at the insincere compliment from Holden.
    “Jasmine, maybe when things straighten out for me, you and Nuke can come down for dinner. Meet the rest of the family.”
    “Now we both know the odds of that happening are slim to none.”
    “You never know. People change.”
    Jasmine stared at him for several seconds. “Have you changed?”
    Holden nodded. “I’m sure Nuke has told you everything that’s gone down between us. I really am a different person now.”
    “Guess we’ll have to wait and see.”
    “I’m curious: how did he propose? I can’t imagine Nuke popping the question over a romantic dinner. The Hells Vipers aren’t really the romantic type.”
    “Take a look at that custom ring she’s wearing,” Zoe said, not even trying to hide her envy. “He can be romantic when he wants to be. I bet he spent a small fortune on the ring.”
    Jasmine glanced down at her hand. “He has his moments,” she said and looked back up with a huge smile on her face.
    “It takes the right woman to inspire that in a man like Nuke,” Holden continued the conversation.
    “We inspire each other,” Jasmine quickly replied.
    “The proposal, how did that happen?” Holden asked again. “Did he wine and dine you then pop the question?”
    “Zombies,” Jasmine calmly replied.
    “What?” Holden laughed.
    Jasmine nodded yes with a big smile. “You heard me right. He had the hang arounds and prospects dress up like zombies. We were all outside by the fire pit.