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Sadie talk me into this in the first place.”
    I lounged back as she hesitated halfway between totally interested and way long gone. “So why are you here.”
    “What?”
    “You think I’m disrespectful.” Planting my elbows on the table, I swirled my beer. “You probably don’t even like me.”
    Sin sat down with a sigh. “I do like you. That’s the problem.”
    “Why?”
    “You’re nothing like any of the men I’ve dated before.” Her pale green eyes positively glowed as she took in my arms, my chest, and the ink revealed by my muscle shirt.
    She’d probably never been with a guy whose nipples were pierced either.
    I smirked, twin dimples seating into my cheeks. “Can’t say I’m surprised.”
    “And you’re egotistical.”
    “Not really. You just don’t know me and how good I can love you.”
    Her breath halted. Her cheeks turned pink.
    “You might just think I’m sexy. I have a brain too. Most guys only care about getting into my bank account or my bed,” she rushed out.
    “And you might think I’m the bad boy you can live out your fantasies with.” I jerked her chair closer, and it left skid marks on the floor. “But I’m a human being. I got a college degree and everything.” My warm breath coasted up her neck. “Maybe we should start at zero. Because I already know you’re way more than sexy.”
    “Zero level?”
    I sat back. Clinked my bottle against her glass. “Yeah. No expectations. And no more bickering.”
    After sliding her crimson red lips against the rim of her glass, she coddled the drink in her hands. “You always give me the good stuff. Not Jack.”
    “You noticed.”
    “I notice a lot of things. Like those horrible guys at the tattoo parlor. Why did you feel the need to warn me about them?”
    “I’ll take care of them.” My knuckles turned white as I clenched my beer. “You don’t need to worry.”
    Hell, I’ll take care of her if she’ll give me half a chance.
    “What if I’m worried about you?” Her hands covered both of mine.
    I pulled free. “You don’t have to be. I got backup.” Not that I was telling the MC dudes about the new screw in the works.
    Fuck. I couldn’t believe I was sitting here, in Retribution, talking to beautiful Sin. She goddamn knocked me off my feet and blew my mind. She definitely didn’t need a front row seat to my stupid-assed past.
    “Tell me about you, precious.”
    “Why do you call me that?” Her head cocked, a brilliant bright blonde tumble of curls falling below her shoulders.
    “Don’t know.” I rubbed my hands through my hair. “You’re like a china doll. So damn perfect.”
    “I’m not. I assure you.”
    “Well, I figured. You’ve definitely got a mouth on you.”
    “Cole!” She kicked me under the table.
    “C’mon. No way you can deny that shit.” I hadn’t had this much fun in . . .
    Never.
    She smiled, shaking her head as she studied me. Her eyes dropped to my chest, and I wondered if she was thinking about how the barbells pierced through my nipples would feel on her tongue again.
    I sure was.
    “You’re very sexy, you know?” Her voice dropped, husky and breathy. “Those eyes . . . so dark blue.” Reaching over, she dragged her fingertips down my cheek, across my stubble. “At first I thought you looked scary. Rugged as hell and a little frightening—and I know that’s what you want me to think, Cole. But your eyes are like sapphires. They show your whole soul to me.”
    Withdrawing her fingers, she sampled her drink while I tried some silent breathing exercises to get my cock under control. My pulse stampeded throughout my body.
    “You two up for a game?” Kinkaid gripped my shoulder while Sadie dipped down beside Sin.
    “Nah,” I said.
    “Pass.” Sin reiterated, her brilliant smile once again all for me.
    God. When she smiled at me I felt like rolling over and begging for her.
    Definitely not my style.
    But the smile, the green eyes, the possibilities.
    I can definitely work