Page 22 of Razor (Road Reapers MC #4)

This made Jenna smile. She hadn’t seen a movie that didn’t involve cartoon characters in ages. She couldn’t quite see Ryan watching Big Bird sing the alphabet. She looked back at Ryan and saw so much hope in his eyes; she could only nod.

“Yes? You’ll have pizza with me?” he questioned.

“Yeah, we’ll have pizza with you. How about tomorrow night? Saturdays are more relaxed, and Zac can go to sleep, so we can watch an adult movie. It’s been ages since I’ve seen a good horror movie.” She flashed him a smile, causing him to chuckle.

“Horror movie, huh? I pegged you as someone who’d be too afraid to watch a scary movie.” “Yeah, well, that’s half the fun of it. Besides, if I get scared, I’ll just sleep with all the lights on.”

Ryan reached down and gently brushed her cheek again, “Do you do that a lot—sleep with the lights on?” Jenna nodded, looking down into her mug of tea.

She was ashamed to admit that she was afraid of many things.

The first was losing her son. With all the written threats from the Ashbrooks’ lawyers, she slept with the lights on a good deal.

Sometimes, late at night, having a light on was all that kept her sane.

But she never admitted that to anyone else; she especially didn’t want to worry her family.

“What are you afraid of, Jenna?” Her gaze shot up to look him in the eyes, and she saw so much fury there, it frightened her. She shivered and looked back at the floor. His fingers gently lifted her chin until her eyes met his. She felt like his stare could go straight through her.

“Jenna—are you afraid of me?” His eyes darkened, and he looked at her so intensely, all she could do was shake her head.

“Well, you should be afraid of me, honey. I’m no good for you.

That’s why I stayed away as long as I have.

I just couldn’t—I just needed to see you.

God—” He ran his fingers through his hair, tugging on the ends.

“I couldn’t stay away any longer. I thought about you and Zac so much over the past two years.

Every time I came into town to visit Drew and Karlie, I drove myself crazy with wanting to see you.

I even kind of stalked you,” he grimaced, “about a year ago, in town.”

“I knew that was you!” Jenna slapped his bicep and was treated to his flexed muscle. She quickly took her hand away, as if he had scorched her. “Karlie and Drew had me believe that you were still deployed. I thought that I was going crazy. I’ve thought about you, too, these past couple of years.”

Ryan’s face lit up, “Yeah?” He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her in a little more closely. She put her hands up to his chest, holding herself at a distance. Well, as much of a distance as he’d allow.

“Ryan, I just don’t think this is a good idea. Zac’s—” She looked into the family room to find Zac asleep on the floor, holding a train in each hand. “Adorable.” She finished her thought with a sigh. Ryan turned to see the sleeping toddler and nodded.

“Yeah, he’s pretty damn cute. He looks just like you. He has your blue eyes and your hair color.” He turned back to face her, “And he’s got my name. Please tell me that you don’t use his middle name when he’s bad.” He smiled at her, causing her insides to go liquid.

“I do have to middle name him a lot. He likes to get into trouble.” Ryan pulled her a little closer, and Jenna gasped. “Ryan, really—I don’t think this is a good idea. I mean, we just seem to clash.”

Ryan leaned in and smelled her hair. What the hell? He sniffed her! “Yeah, I know this is a bad idea, princess. But I don’t have any better ideas right now, so—”

He kissed her lips before she could protest further, pulling her in snug against his hard body.

She gasped and moaned, which seemed to be what he wanted.

He slid his tongue into her mouth, and she felt like she might melt to the floor.

She was thankful that Ryan held her tightly when he deepened the kiss.

He ran his hands over her ass and cupped her to him, letting her feel his erection.

She completely lost control. It had been so long since she kissed a man, so long that she had been fantasizing about Ryan.

God, he was even better in person. He broke the kiss, leaving them both panting for air.

“Yeah, this is a really bad idea, princess, but you’re all I can think about.

” With that, he released her and headed for her door.

“I’ll see you and Zac tomorrow evening, at about five?

” She nodded because that was all she could muster.

How could the man talk after kissing her like that?

“I’ll bring the pizza and a scary movie.

” He winked at her and turned to go out her door. “Lock up behind me, honey.”

He shut the door, and she quickly moved to lock up.

She just stood, with her back to the door, heart racing and heat pouring off her body.

Her mind was telling her what a bad idea Ryan Jackson was, but her body was screaming for her mind to shut the hell up.

“Yeah, a really bad idea,” she said, grinning like a fool.