CHAPTER 21

“What makes you say that?”

“When I called you this afternoon, I thought you’d just hang up on me. Those stupid girls yelling at me to sign their tits the moment I got you on the phone. Great timing, I thought. It took me two weeks to find the balls to call you.”

“If I had any sense, I would have hung up on you.”

“And now you’re here. Willing to drop everything and hop on a plane to see me.”

“For entirely selfish reasons. Trust me.”

“Willing to freeze half to death and ride on a motorcycle in a skirt to be here.”

“Hey, it’s a really nice bike.”

“You like me. Admit it.”

“A little,” she said, grinning to herself.

He squeezed her closer. “Wanna go to Vegas and get married?”

She frowned. “No. Why do you keep asking me that?”

“Because I want to marry you, why else?”

“Marriage is not my idea of a good time.”

“How would you know?”

“I tried it. Didn’t like it.”

“You were married?” He leaned away from her. She glanced over her shoulder at him.

“Yeah. I’ve been divorced for almost five years now