had his buddy’s dick in a knot, she needed to be investigated. He’d be damned if he’d watch Shane go through the hell of a bad relationship with some bitch again. Lisa had been more than enough.
The next morning in the gym he was busy doing paperwork when one of his trainers entered with an odd expression on his face.
“Yeah?”
Ed shook his head. “This is gonna sound weird, but there’s some woman here who needs to see you.”
Not so weird. “ So ?”
“Oh. Not like that. This one says she needs to get into Shane Collins ’s locker.”
“Why?”
“Says she’s his ex girlfriend, and he has something of hers. I though t I’d bring it to you.”
Lisa was here? “Good. Bring her in.” Mac wanted nothing more than to give the bitch of piece of his mind.
But the woman who entered his office wasn’t the cheating redhead his buddy had once fallen for. This chick was a platinum blonde with a petite frame and b eautiful breasts. Just his type. And man, those cornflower eyes were killer blue.
He had a hard time remembering his manners when she entered and glared at him. No way Shane had tagged this babe and Mac didn’ t know about it. Or had he? If Mac had been with her, he’d have been zoning and goofy for days. Weeks. Hell, years.
“I want in Shane Collins’s locker. He has my old hairbrush, and he told me I could grab it. Your trainer didn’t believe me, but I’m not lying. You can g et it for me if you want. I’ll wait here. I’m not out to steal from him, just to find what’s mine.”
Mac stood and moved from behind his desk, pleased when the woman’s mouth opened and she looked up. Way up when he loomed over her.
“Okay, honey. Try again. Who are you, and why are you really here?”
“First off, my name is Maggie , n ot honey. Second, it’s not your busi ness, He-Man. Just point me to Shane’s locker , or better yet, get my brush . And if you think I’m making all this up, think again. I know all about his brother George , his mother Lorraine, his father Colonel Collins, Harmon & Sons, his time in the Marine Corps, all of it.”
So she had information. How did she know Shane, because he sure as shit hadn’t mentioned her ?
“So then you’ve seen his tattoo.” Mac crossed his arms over his chest, amused at the flare of panic that lit her eyes.
“Ah, right. His tat too .”
Shane, the pussy, would never desecrate his body with ink. The woman zeroed in on the snake on Mac’s bicep, as well as the eagle globe and anchor on his opposite forearm. She swallowed audibly. “How tall are you?”
“Me?” He narrowed his eyes. “Who the hell are you?”
“ Damn it. I knew this was stupid. Get the hair from his brush. It’ll be easy. Ha! ” She drew in a deep breath and let it out in a rush. “ Look, i sn’t Shane your best friend?”
“He is. And I won’t let anyone screw with him, no matter how hot and stacked she might be.”
“I’m all aflutter with your compliments,” she said dryly, then moved around him to sit in a chair acro ss from his desk. “Sit down and we’ll talk.”
Intrigued and turned on by the woman who didn’t appear cowed or enamored, he sat and listened. And smiled.
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Chapter Nine
Shelby spent the rest of the weekend cleaning her apartment and hanging out with Maggie. Anything to fill her time so she’d stop thinking about Shane. Not about his body or the demanding and thrilling way they’d had sex, but about his smile. That dimple added to the joy reflected in his beautiful eyes .
So much for her new resolve to tramp the night fantastic. She hadn’t seen one man all week who made her feel even a tenth of what Shane had. The days passed by in blessed normalcy , and Shelby thanked her good fortune that her mother and Maggie seemed to have forgotten all about Shane Collins. She wished she could do the same.
Her dreams about him grew more graphic each night. She wouldn’t have minded trying a few of the things her
The next morning in the gym he was busy doing paperwork when one of his trainers entered with an odd expression on his face.
“Yeah?”
Ed shook his head. “This is gonna sound weird, but there’s some woman here who needs to see you.”
Not so weird. “ So ?”
“Oh. Not like that. This one says she needs to get into Shane Collins ’s locker.”
“Why?”
“Says she’s his ex girlfriend, and he has something of hers. I though t I’d bring it to you.”
Lisa was here? “Good. Bring her in.” Mac wanted nothing more than to give the bitch of piece of his mind.
But the woman who entered his office wasn’t the cheating redhead his buddy had once fallen for. This chick was a platinum blonde with a petite frame and b eautiful breasts. Just his type. And man, those cornflower eyes were killer blue.
He had a hard time remembering his manners when she entered and glared at him. No way Shane had tagged this babe and Mac didn’ t know about it. Or had he? If Mac had been with her, he’d have been zoning and goofy for days. Weeks. Hell, years.
“I want in Shane Collins’s locker. He has my old hairbrush, and he told me I could grab it. Your trainer didn’t believe me, but I’m not lying. You can g et it for me if you want. I’ll wait here. I’m not out to steal from him, just to find what’s mine.”
Mac stood and moved from behind his desk, pleased when the woman’s mouth opened and she looked up. Way up when he loomed over her.
“Okay, honey. Try again. Who are you, and why are you really here?”
“First off, my name is Maggie , n ot honey. Second, it’s not your busi ness, He-Man. Just point me to Shane’s locker , or better yet, get my brush . And if you think I’m making all this up, think again. I know all about his brother George , his mother Lorraine, his father Colonel Collins, Harmon & Sons, his time in the Marine Corps, all of it.”
So she had information. How did she know Shane, because he sure as shit hadn’t mentioned her ?
“So then you’ve seen his tattoo.” Mac crossed his arms over his chest, amused at the flare of panic that lit her eyes.
“Ah, right. His tat too .”
Shane, the pussy, would never desecrate his body with ink. The woman zeroed in on the snake on Mac’s bicep, as well as the eagle globe and anchor on his opposite forearm. She swallowed audibly. “How tall are you?”
“Me?” He narrowed his eyes. “Who the hell are you?”
“ Damn it. I knew this was stupid. Get the hair from his brush. It’ll be easy. Ha! ” She drew in a deep breath and let it out in a rush. “ Look, i sn’t Shane your best friend?”
“He is. And I won’t let anyone screw with him, no matter how hot and stacked she might be.”
“I’m all aflutter with your compliments,” she said dryly, then moved around him to sit in a chair acro ss from his desk. “Sit down and we’ll talk.”
Intrigued and turned on by the woman who didn’t appear cowed or enamored, he sat and listened. And smiled.
Home
Chapter Nine
Shelby spent the rest of the weekend cleaning her apartment and hanging out with Maggie. Anything to fill her time so she’d stop thinking about Shane. Not about his body or the demanding and thrilling way they’d had sex, but about his smile. That dimple added to the joy reflected in his beautiful eyes .
So much for her new resolve to tramp the night fantastic. She hadn’t seen one man all week who made her feel even a tenth of what Shane had. The days passed by in blessed normalcy , and Shelby thanked her good fortune that her mother and Maggie seemed to have forgotten all about Shane Collins. She wished she could do the same.
Her dreams about him grew more graphic each night. She wouldn’t have minded trying a few of the things her
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