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stared up a Mack. “I’m not, I…”
    “That’s alright,” she interrupted. “You have no obligation to help me, you don’t even know me. I understand, thanks anyway.”
    Mack rolled his eyes and shook his head then turned to Alex and Jax. “Amour here is drives for RED STRIPES.” It was obvious he was trying to combat the sudden awkwardness in the room.
    “Is that right?” Alex said. “For how long?”
    “Eight years now.”
    “RED’S 500 trophy yet?” Jax asked.
    “Not yet. Hopefully one day though. I try out every year but I have yet to qualify. But I’m pretty confident I can do it; I just need a little more practice.”
    “That is so hot when women have jobs like that,” Jax said.
    “No offense sweetheart, you’re very lovely but I’m more into women of an old school nature,” Alex said after chugging the last swallow of his drink.
    “Really?” Amour asked. She’d already started to get the feeling that Alex was going to remind her of her father.
    Alex chugged the last of his beer. “The woman I marry is going to be a housewife, home with the kids and with me. You know? Where she belongs. ”
    Mack shook his head at Alex and then held up his index finger. “She even knew the make and model of my car and what kind of engine it had. Now that’s hot.”
    “What’s wrong with your father?” Chandra said, evidently irritated by the all the attention being placed on Amour and the lack of it on her.
    “He’s ill. I promised him I would take care of this as soon as possible so I could get home to him.”
    “Oh, I’m sorry,” Chandra said, but Amour could tell it was insincere.
    “Speaking of which, it’s getting late and I should be heading home. I can take a cab if you guys still want to hang out.”
    Mack shook his head. “Hey, I said no cabs were necessary didn’t I? We brought you here, so we’ll take you home. I’ll drop you and Jason off at his place since it’s closest to where you are then he can take you home and I can save the gas.”
    Chandra stood up and said, “Yeah, great idea, we should head out. I have another early shift tomorrow and I need to get some sleep.”
    “Jason, will that be ok?” Amour asked hesitantly.
    He looked up at her briefly and then glanced away. “Sure, no problem.”
    “Great. Let’s get out of here,” Mack said while standing up.
    “It was very nice meeting you guys,” Amour said while hugging Alex and Jax.
    The six of them said their goodbyes and parted ways.

CHAPTER 5
     
     
     
    Why did Mack volunteer him for this? He knew this woman clearly made him uncomfortable. He was going to kill Mack when he got a chance to talk to him alone. Well, he was here with her now so he might as well try to get through it without saying something stupid or revealing the fact that he was horny as a toad. Maybe she won’t say anything. They were almost to her hotel; if he kept quiet, maybe she would as well.
    “Do I make you uncomfortable?” she asked softly.
    Fuck . She wasn’t even looking at him when she asked the question, but it still made him uneasy. “Why?”
    She stared up at him. “It just seems as if I do. Is it that you’re uncomfortable around me or is it just women in general?”
    He frowned. “I have no problem being around women.”
    “I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to imply anything. I just wanted you to know that if you are uncomfortable you don’t have to be because I’m not that intimidating.”
    “I’m not intimidated by any woman.” Indeed he wasn’t but this particular one just had his hormones raging and it wasn’t just because she was hot, even though that’s what he’d told himself; he didn’t know why exactly.
    “Good.” She stared back out the window.
    He had to change the subject. This was not a conversation he wanted to have with her. “So what made you get into racing?”
    “I’ve always had a thing for cars and everything that had to do with them so I decided to make it my career.”
    “When did you