Hit the Brakes (Devil's Mafia Motorcycle Club Book 3) by Sophia Hampton Page A

excited him more than to wake up next to the woman whom he loved and go to work alongside her. They were already working enough hours and making a good pile of money despite it just being the beginning of their business. The good thing was that they complimented each other; her strengths were his weaknesses and his strengths were her weaknesses, so, together, they covered each other well.
     
    As they walked into the restaurant to celebrate their latest win in the dog-eat-dog real estate world, Riley felt good about a lot of things. Sure, it took them a lot of time to come to this state but now that they were here, he felt on top of the world. Nothing could beat his happiness. He drew out a chair and helped her sit and took a seat opposite her.
     
    “This feels good,” he declared.
     
    She accepted the menu from the waiter. “What? The restaurant?”
     
    “No, being here with you, working with you, celebrating our successes together. That’s what life is all about.”
     
    “So gone are the days of the dangerous rider, the biker dude,” she teased.
     
    He pulled a face. “Misspent youth. Well, not youth, exactly. Actually…I’ve located another biker’s club.”
     
    “No, Riley.” She shook her head. “Please, no.”
     
    He held her hand while she tried to tug it free. “Listen to me. It’s not what you’re thinking. I’ve questioned them at length, and they’ve assured me they’re not involved in any illegal activities. All they do is meet on the weekend and go for long rides.”
     
    “They don’t have plans to blow up warehouses and collect insurance money?”
     
    “No, I asked them point blank and their chief informed me that they wouldn’t even know where to begin.”
     
    “I hope you didn’t give him blow by blow account of how it could be done.”
     
    He paused, looked away, and then smiled. “No, I didn’t. Do you think I learnt nothing from that experience? Trust me, these guys are legit. They love to ride, and best of all…there are as many women as men in the club.”
     
    She puckered her lips as she considered his words. “So I can join?”
     
    “Oh, obviously. It would be something we could do together.”
     
    He could see the temptation in her eyes. If there were one thing he was absolutely grateful for – apart from, of course, the entire package that was Tania – it was that she loved to ride. He was the one who introduced her to it, and she took to it as if she were born on a bike. She gazed at him as if seeing how serious he was about the whole proposal and he kept his face appropriately somber. Just because he got into trouble with one biker’s club didn’t mean he intended to ban them from his life until the end of his days. It would be good if she agreed because he wanted to enjoy this activity with her.
     
    “Okay, sure. We’ll give it a trial run and see how it goes.”
     
    He didn’t pump his arm in the air even though he wanted to. “Wonderful.”
     
    The waiter came to take their order and they placed their requests. She chose pasta while he went for snow fish. Life was settling back into a good pattern. He loved the work they did together and took a great amount of pride in it.
     
    “I’ve to go back to pick up some things from the apartment,” he told her after the waiter brought their food.
     
    She pulled a face. “Going back to that place gives me the creeps. You nearly died in there.”
     
    “ We nearly died in there,” he corrected her. “It was just plain dumb luck that we got away…but you don’t have to go with me. In and out, it will take me fifteen minutes. Now that Raymond is behind bars, I don’t think we would have any trouble.”
     
    Tania ate. “I’ve been thinking…”
     
    “What?”
     
    “It’s just that your apartment has been sitting empty for a long time. You’re always over at my place.”
     
    “Already bored of me?”
     
    She glared at him and then resumed eating. “Don’t be silly. You’re the