Ryan's Love - C.A. Harms Page 0,11

amount of tension in my body.

As I pulled the door open and entered, fast hip-hop music flooded out. I stopped in my tracks, my mouth hanging open in surprise. Amber stood less than ten feet away with her back to me, completely oblivious to the fact anyone had walked in. She was swiveling and shaking her hips from side to side as she twisted ever so slightly, bringing all my attention directly to her ass. An ass that was covered by a pair of barely-there shorts. She also had on a pair of fluffy pink slippers and a purple tank top.

The beat of the song picked up, and she began to shimmy a little more, slightly bending her knees and arching her ass out before shaking it even more aggressively. She then moved her arms out to her sides and began singing along with the music. Something about getting nasty or freaky. The words barely registered as I stared at the display before me. My heart raced, and my pants were a little tighter than when I first entered.

“Hey there, Cowboy, you getting an eyeful?”

Startled by the voice behind me, I looked over my shoulder and found a little blonde woman trying to get through the door.

“You mind?” she asked, and I stepped aside. A big smile broke out over her lips as she stepped up to Amber’s side, bumped hips with her, and pointed back in my direction.

“If you plan on offering this kind of entertainment, we should charge a cover. Call ourselves the Booty Shakers and wear some bright-colored thongs to gather more tips. What do you think?”

Amber glanced at me before turning away and covering her face with her hands as her friend laughed at her obvious embarrassment. “Don’t worry, babe, I’m pretty sure he enjoyed the show,” the blonde reassured her.

Now it was my turn to be embarrassed. But her comment wasn’t entirely false; I did enjoy Amber’s little hip shake.

Amber looked up at me and smiled. The blonde walked around the edge of the counter and turned down the music before leaning over the countertop and grinning at us. After a moment she focused her attention on me. “You must be Ryan,” she said. “You were right, Am, he is one hell of a sexy man.”

Blondie was ogling me, and I knew I should have felt like I was on display, but the idea of Amber talking about me was clouding all other thoughts. I looked at Amber just in time to watch her do a face plant into her palms once again. It made me chuckle. She was cute when she got embarrassed.

“Thought I’d stop by and drop this off.” I pointed to the tire I’d rested against the wall just to the side of me. “It’s all fixed up now. If you want me to, I could put it back on for ya.”

“Thank you,” she said. Stumbling a bit, which made her nervousness even more obvious, she reached over the countertop for her keys. Of course her movements only brought my attention back to her ass.

Her friend laughed, and I looked over, catching her covering her mouth in attempt to stifle it. She had caught me devouring Amber’s perfect form with my eyes. I offered her a shift of my eyebrows before focusing back on the brunette who made me feel for the first time in a long time.

Amber turned back and shot the blonde a playful glare while shaking her head at her. “This is Bailey, by the way. You’ll have to excuse her,” she said as she side-checked Bailey with her hip. As she walked in my direction, she bit her lip and looked up at me. Of course the only thing my mind could focus on was her mouth. “It’s just right around the side of the building,” she instructed as she held out her keys and pointed toward the left. “Did you need me to do anything?”

I shook my head and looked down at her fuzzy slippers. Her gaze followed mine, and her cheeks reddened once more. “Love the slippers,” I said, looking up into her eyes again as I twirled her keys around my finger and backed out of the doorway.

Flirting felt nice.

Chapter Six

Amber

“Oh my God.” I leaned my forehead against the edge of the door. “Just shoot me now. Seriously, just finish me off,” I groaned.

“What’s wrong?” Bailey taunted, her voice oozing with amusement.

I looked back at her, narrowing my eyes. “How long did you stand there