“And you must be the lovely Lexi,” he says, nodding his head in greeting.
“I’m afraid you have us at a disadvantage,” I reply, earning me another laugh.
“I’m Kade. It’s funny you picked this bar, this is my bar. I’m here all the time,” he states.
“Wait,” Tee says, frowning. “Kade, as in…”
“Your new brother in law,” he says, interrupting her sentence. He looks pretty pleased with himself, too.
“How did you know who we were? Stalker much?” Tee huffs at him, turning off her charm, since he's both Chase’s brother, and taken by Nikki.
“You kind of look like Layla, if you squint your eyes and turn your head sideways,” he says to Tee. “Minus the tattoos and piercings, of course, and Layla told me about you, Lexi. Honey colored hair, amber eyes and those lips, wow,” he says to me. I blush, clearing my throat.
“And she's shy! That’s just f**king adorable,” he says with a deep chuckle. I take a sip of my vodka sunrise. “Can I get you two a drink?” he asks.
“Sure, tequila please,” Tee tells him. Kade orders us two tequila shots.
“How’s Nikki?” Tee asks him. Kade’s eyes brighten. “She’s good. You’ll have to come by and visit us.” The bartender places the shots in front of us, and we both gulp them down.
“We shall,” Tee says, slamming down the shot glass. Kade stands up. “Wanna play some pool? Don’t expect any family treatment, though,” he says, laughing at his own joke.
“You know, Kade, you were so hot until you opened your mouth,” Tee says, rolling her eyes.
“I’ll play a game of pool with you!” I say, standing up. Kade takes in my outfit and frowns.
“Looks like I’m gonna be getting into a couple of fights,” he says under his breath. I glance down at what I’m wearing, denim frayed shorts and a checkered buttoned shirt. Not too slutty, I don’t think. Kade leads us to the table and racks up the balls. It’s not long before the men start to circle.
“Hey, Kade, who are these gorgeous ladies?” a rough looking man asks.
“They’re family,” Kade snaps, the look in his eyes sending a clear message.
“More? Fucking hell. Can I come to your next family function?” the dude says.
Kade ignores him and turns to me. “You wanna break, Lexi?”
“No, you go ahead,” I tell him, standing up and choosing a cue. After Kade breaks I lean over the table to play my shot. When I hear Kade curse, I glance up from my shot. There are a couple of more men staring, watching Tee and me.
“You girls are gonna be the death of me, I swear,” Kade says to himself.
“Why, you scared of a few bikers, bro?” Tee challenges.
Kade smirks. “If I was, I wouldn’t come to this bar, sweetheart. I do have a pool table at home, and I co-own Steele, I could always drink there.”
“Then why do you come here?” I ask curiously.
Kade pins me with his pale blue eyes. “This is my spot,” is all he says.
“You’re weird,” Tee says randomly.
“How about we make a bet?” he asks, his eyes twinkling.
Tee instantly stands up. “We’re in!”
Kade pulls out his phone from his pocket, “I’m gonna call James, he’s gonna love this,” he says, punching the numbers on the touch screen.
*****
Chapter 8
Lexi
We jump out of the cab, giggling like little school girls. I stumble into Tee, who in turn falls over onto the floor. For some reason, that sets me off laughing even more. We ended up losing the bet, and we had to drink four shots each. You could say we're both a little drunk.
We met Kade’s baby brother, James, who is so different from Kade, but just as much of a pain in the ass. Kade and James put us both in a cab, and Kade said he would get our car dropped off at Ryder’s house. Kade is a serious trouble maker, I’m pretty sure he hustled us. He and James were laughing so hard, I had no idea what was so damn hilarious.
I help Tee up, and we lean on each other for support. We spend about five seconds looking through her handbag for the house key when the door is pulled open. Ryder.
“You made it home safely, I see,” he says, moving aside to let us both in. He looks so sexy, wearing nothing but a pair of black track pants. They're sitting dangerously low on his hips, below the sexy indentation of his masculine Vs. I swallow hard. My eyes stray to his nipple ring, which is so damn sexy I want to lick it and play with it with my tongue.
“Can you stop eye f**king him in front of me?” Tee laughs. I start giggling again. Ryder shakes his head at our antics.
“I knew you two were coming home drunk so I prepared myself,” he says with a smile, walking us over to the couch. He hands us both bottles of water and puts food on the table; sandwiches. I suddenly find myself ravenous and start digging in.
“You knew we were coming?” I ask before taking a bite of the chicken salad sandwich.
“Yeah, Kade sent me a message,” he says with a frown. “What the hell were you two doing at that bar anyway?”
“Well,” I start, “we found an apartment! It’s perfect! I’m going to miss this view though,” I say, staring at his chest once again. Ryder frowns at our announcement, not looking happy for us at all.
“I’m off to bed!” Tee announces merrily, walking a few steps before tripping over her shoes which she had just dumped on the floor. Ryder sighs heavily, walking up to Tee and picking her up. He takes her to her room and walks out seconds later.