want to kill any woman who so much as looks at you wearing those, I mean it, Shane.”
I grin. “I like seeing you possessive, but you don’t have to worry. The only woman I give a fuck about is you.”
She leans into me, our mouths inches from each other’s, our breaths mingling as we draw in sharp blasts of air.
“No wearing the porn pants in public.”
“Promise,” I agree with a smirk.
She kisses me then pulls back. “You want breakfast?” she asks.
“Babe, I’m pretty sure we’re on lunch now.”
She shrugs. “Breakfast, lunch… do you want food?”
“Yeah, I could eat.”
“I have eggs and bacon. You want that on toast?”
“Sounds amazing.”
“Grab the bread.” She gestures to the cupboard on the wall.
I do as she asks. I thought I’d be freaked out by all this domesticity, but I feel like I’m right where I’m supposed to be. I can’t imagine being without Amy now. She slots into my life perfectly and as long as she can get on board with the club shit, things will work out between us.
21
Amy
“They didn’t do anything!” Natalie says as soon as she steps foot inside the meeting two nights later. I can see the distress on her face, feel the tension radiating off her. She’s more than upset, she’s pissed.
“Who?”
“HR. They gave him a slap on the wrist.” She rubs at her temple as if she has a headache. “Since then, things have just gotten worse and worse. He cornered me in the kitchen yesterday and told me he was going to slit my throat if I didn’t stop spreading lies about him.”
A chill races through me at her words. “You need to go to the police, Natalie. If your job won’t protect you, you can get a restraining order against him.”
“What if that just makes things worse?”
“He’s already threatening you. How much worse can it get?”
“Will you come with me?”
I nod. “Of course.”
After the meeting finishes, I collect my jacket and head straight to Natalie. She seems nervous, scared even. I don’t blame her, but she needs to protect herself. I know all too well how these situations can get out of hand quickly. Hofstadter had tried to kill Harmony, but it could have just as easily been me or one of his other victims. He hadn’t succeeded, but he’d come too close. I’m not willing to let Natalie become another statistic.
I drive us to the police station and find a space. Then together we head inside. I should ask for my brother, but I don’t want him to freak out. He already thinks I’m in enough danger dating Shane, without giving him more crap to worry about, so I ask if we can see Cobi Mayson.
Luckily, he’s in tonight and not out on a case. He doesn’t make us wait long and as he approaches us, we both stand. I can tell Natalie is a little affected by the raw animal magnetism Cobi gives off. The Mayson boys can be a little overwhelming if you’re meeting them for the first time. I remember the first Mayson barbecue I went to with Harmony. I was nearly bowled over by the sheer amount of good-looking men presented to me. I’m used to it now, and most of them have wives or girlfriends. I’m not one to move in on another’s man, but at first it was too much.
“Hey, Amy. You needed to see me?”
“I need to file a report.”
He nods and gestures for us to step into a side room. There’s a couch and two chairs in front of it, a couple of potted plants lingering around. Natalie and I take a seat on the couch while he pulls up a chair.
“What’s the problem?”
I explain about Natalie’s colleague before she goes into detail about the threats and harassment she’s experiencing at work.
Cobi takes a few notes, his eyes hardening with each piece of information. When we’ve finished, he sits back.
“There’s not much I can do about his behavior at work,” he admits, “but we can file a report about his threats.”
“What good will that do?” she demands, and I understand why she would ask it.
“You want a paper trail of everything he’s doing. It’ll make things easier if things escalate.”
Cobi knows how bad these things can get too. He knew Harmony had suffered because of Hofstadter. He knew I had too. Everyone in the Mayson family knows I was sexually assaulted by that ass.
“In the meantime, I’ll send a couple of officers over to talk to him. That