It wasn’t good that I had the attention of the Nightingale brothers and Chavez, but Crowe had said he’d talk to them. Having Stark and Mace witnessing me face down Cordova was kind of embarrassing. If word was even remotely correct, Stark was one badass mother. Kai Mason, known as Mace, was also known for not being far behind Stark in the badass mother stakes (not to mention he had a reputation for having a seriously short fuse).
“Oh yeah? How’s that?” Zip asked, interrupting my moment of mortified reflection.
“He kinda caught up with me,” I told Zip.
Silence.
“Zip?”
“He there?” Zip asked.
Zip’s question confused me. “Sorry?”
“Crowe, is he with you now?”
“No. Of course not. We had a talk. He let me go.”
“He’s not there?” Zip asked, surprise evident in his tone.
“Um… no.” I drew out the “no” thinking, maybe, Zip had finally lost what marbles he had left.
“You sure he isn’t there?”
That’s when I got a chill up my spine and looked out the front window.
No Harleys in sight.
I let out a breath.
“He’s not here Zip. What are you going on about?”
“Crowe’s got a way with the ladies. You look like you do, which you do, you get in his sights, he’ll nail you faster ‘n snot.”
I rolled my eyes to the ceiling.
Pu-lease.
“I hardly think so,” I said.
“Girl, you’re loco. Pure loco. What’d Crowe say during this talk?”
“Not much,” I lied.
I was already freaked out and Zip was pissed off. I didn’t want to get Zip more pissed off which would serve only to heighten my freak out.
“He get a good look at you?” Zip asked.
I would guess the answer to that was “yes” considering his face was an inch from mine and his body was pressed against me.
My belly fluttered just thinking about it.
I ignored the belly flutter (again).
“Yeah. Zip, don’t worry about it.”
“These boys got a way about ‘em, Jules. They don’t f**k around. They see somethin’ they want, they get it. They’re f**kin’ famous for it. A woman don’t stand a chance. He seem interested?”
I had no idea the answer to that and I didn’t care (well, maybe a little but I had bigger fish to fry).