Jude (A Cocky Cage Fighter Novel Book 2) by Lane Hart Read Free Book Online

with him, even adamantly so at first.
    "Yeah, it is a pity date," Jude responds for me, stealing my breath away. If I don't get air in my lungs soon I'm going to pass out. "It's a pity Sadie has to put up with me constantly trying to get her out of this goddamn cock tease of a dress."
    Wait, what did he just say? He wants to see me out of my dress? 
    "Good luck with that," Ryder scoffs. "It'll take forever to actually convince her to give it up, and then when you finally do, it won't be worth all the effort. She'll just lie on her back and wait for you to finish."
    His words hurt and embarrass me, but then Jude slides his hand down my arm and intertwines my fingers with his before giving me a support squeeze. I suddenly feel more confident with his larger than life presence, so I turn around and face down the asshole.
    "I have a feeling it'll be a little more enjoyable and fulfilling with him since his cock is more than three inches long. Oh, and I bet his rodeo lasts longer than eight seconds," I respond, which makes Jude chuckle. 
    "I'm not...it's more than..." Ryder stutters, his face turning red.
    "All right, then why don't you pull it out right now for a comparison?" I goad him.    
    "Fuck you, bitch," he spits and starts walking away. Or at least he tries to walk away, but Jude's hand shoots out and grabs him around the throat.
    "Apologize now." Jude gets in Ryder's face, towering over him by several inches, but speaking calmly and quietly. "And if I ever hear about you making another disparaging remark about her, I'll beat some goddamn manners into you."
    "Sorry," Ryder barely mutters through clenched teeth, and after Jude lets him go, he heads in the direction of the bathroom.
    "I think you scared the piss out of him," I tell Jude.
    "What an asshole," he remarks, shaking his head. "You did good standing up to him, just don't let the shit he said get to you."
    "He's forgotten. I'm not sure what I ever saw in him," I say honestly. Jude makes every other male look like chopped liver, and top that off with his sweet personality, well, I'm a goner.
    "And I'm still not sure what your dad was thinking, letting you go out in public in that damn dress," Jude counters, eyeing me up and down with such intensity in his eyes that the pulsing between my legs returns in full force. "I almost want to give you my jacket to cover up, so guys will stop checking you out, but then I won't be able to see it."
    "It's not that bad," I respond, looking down at my two piece outfit. My face has to be burning so bright it practically glows. I'm at a loss for what to think about his flirty words. I don't want to fool myself into thinking he actually wants me.  
    "Yes, it is that bad," he says seriously. "No shit, every jackass that looks your way has to reach down to adjust himself."
    "Like you did back at the house?" I ask with a grin, unable to help myself.
    Jude barks out a laugh and scratches the thin line of sexy, dark scruff covering his jaw. "Caught that, huh? I thought I was being discreet."
    "I'm just glad my dad didn't notice or he probably would've canceled my room reservation," I tell him, feeling braver with the knowledge that he admitted that he got aroused just looking at me.
    He leans down closer to ask, "I'm sorry, your what?"
    "Room. Upstairs." I point toward the ceiling just to make it clear.
    He blinks silently at me for several seconds. "You're fucking kidding. Why would a parent in their right mind let you go out looking like that and voluntarily give you a hotel room?"
    "Almost everyone's staying here tonight. My dad thinks Brayden and I are sharing one, but I'm pretty sure she's gonna stay with Graham."
    Jude's wide-eyed surprised expression is hilarious, a strange mixture of let's-get-it-on and something else I'd almost say is...fear or nervousness, maybe? But that’s preposterous.
    "So you...you have a room here? Upstairs? All to yourself?"
    "Yeah."
    A battle seems to be waging in Jude's midnight eyes. If I had