frustration and confusion to seep into her words.
Ash nodded. “You’re right. He hasn’t been involved in the club for a couple decades, but he was actually one of the original-founding members, which holds a lot of weight around here. I don’t really know why he left, or exactly when, but I do know that he left on good terms. So when he came to the club a few months back and asked for a favor from our president…. Well Jack couldn’t deny him. So he put me on it, and I’ve been watching over you pretty much since about a week before your father’s funeral.”
Ash watched Maggie silently. She slowly nodded her head. “Ok. I get it. It does make sense. He was so worried about Reef the last few months. It makes sense that he would want to take certain… precautions for when he wasn’t around.” She finally looked Ash in the eye. Assessing him.
“So you’ve been following me.” Maggie said cocking her head to the side.
“I’ve been watching over you, there’s a difference.” Ash felt mildly put out by her tone.
“Have you seen him around at all?” For the first time since meeting Ash face-to-face Maggie’s voice held a slight tone of fear. This more than anything he’d experienced so far with Maggie surprised him. She wasn’t even remotely afraid of Ash. She had walked right up to him with fire seeping from her pours and cursed at him. Repeatedly. At him. The big bad biker dude. But just the thought of her ex-husband made her voice quake and her shoulders tense.
“Your ex? No. I haven’t seen him around town at all, but honestly I’m just one man. I had been considering asking Jack, our president, for permission to bring on another guy. A second pair of eyes wouldn’t hurt.”
“You’ve been keeping your distance though haven’t you? I mean, I only saw you really that one day outside my house. When it was raining. But I definitely have felt it. You know, like someone has been watching me.”
Ash watched as Maggie shivered slightly, rubbing her hands up and down her arms to clear the goose bumps. He desperately wanted to reach out to her. He wanted to put his hands where hers were and rub her arms for her. He wanted to pull her against his chest and wrap his arms around her. What the fuck was wrong with him?
“Yeah I’ve kept my distance. I didn’t want to scare you.” Ash stretched his legs out in front of him and crossed his ankles then put his hands in his pockets. If he didn’t trap his hands he was liable to touch her and he had a feeling she probably wouldn’t be ok with that. Plus once Ash finally did touch Maggie, and he definitely would at some point, he wasn’t sure how easy it would be to stop touching her.
Maggie looked up at Ash with hope in her eyes, “Ok. So this is good. I’ll be honest I really have expected Reef to show up by now. Obviously I’m hoping for the best, but it’s not like him. Stubborn is probably the nicest word I can think of right now…” She paused and looked away from Ash.
“I’m somewhat relieved actually. I’ll be honest I initially thought it was Reef who’d hired you. I thought maybe that’s why I hadn’t seen him around. That you were keeping tabs on me until he could figure out how to…” Maggie stopped and cleared her throat then looked back to Ash.
“None of that matters now… I accept your help. It’s good to know I’ll have someone around who will have my back if I need it while I’m going through the process of filing for divorce and separating my life from Reef. So I guess I should say thank you. As surreal as this feels, and with all of this new information about my father, I’ll admit it’s a little daunting. But now that I understand it I really do appreciate it. So thank you.”
Ash cocked an eyebrow at Maggie. He had never expected her to be so level headed. He’d never expected this maturity and common sense. Most of the women he’d dealt with in his life, including his mother, tended toward overly
Ash nodded. “You’re right. He hasn’t been involved in the club for a couple decades, but he was actually one of the original-founding members, which holds a lot of weight around here. I don’t really know why he left, or exactly when, but I do know that he left on good terms. So when he came to the club a few months back and asked for a favor from our president…. Well Jack couldn’t deny him. So he put me on it, and I’ve been watching over you pretty much since about a week before your father’s funeral.”
Ash watched Maggie silently. She slowly nodded her head. “Ok. I get it. It does make sense. He was so worried about Reef the last few months. It makes sense that he would want to take certain… precautions for when he wasn’t around.” She finally looked Ash in the eye. Assessing him.
“So you’ve been following me.” Maggie said cocking her head to the side.
“I’ve been watching over you, there’s a difference.” Ash felt mildly put out by her tone.
“Have you seen him around at all?” For the first time since meeting Ash face-to-face Maggie’s voice held a slight tone of fear. This more than anything he’d experienced so far with Maggie surprised him. She wasn’t even remotely afraid of Ash. She had walked right up to him with fire seeping from her pours and cursed at him. Repeatedly. At him. The big bad biker dude. But just the thought of her ex-husband made her voice quake and her shoulders tense.
“Your ex? No. I haven’t seen him around town at all, but honestly I’m just one man. I had been considering asking Jack, our president, for permission to bring on another guy. A second pair of eyes wouldn’t hurt.”
“You’ve been keeping your distance though haven’t you? I mean, I only saw you really that one day outside my house. When it was raining. But I definitely have felt it. You know, like someone has been watching me.”
Ash watched as Maggie shivered slightly, rubbing her hands up and down her arms to clear the goose bumps. He desperately wanted to reach out to her. He wanted to put his hands where hers were and rub her arms for her. He wanted to pull her against his chest and wrap his arms around her. What the fuck was wrong with him?
“Yeah I’ve kept my distance. I didn’t want to scare you.” Ash stretched his legs out in front of him and crossed his ankles then put his hands in his pockets. If he didn’t trap his hands he was liable to touch her and he had a feeling she probably wouldn’t be ok with that. Plus once Ash finally did touch Maggie, and he definitely would at some point, he wasn’t sure how easy it would be to stop touching her.
Maggie looked up at Ash with hope in her eyes, “Ok. So this is good. I’ll be honest I really have expected Reef to show up by now. Obviously I’m hoping for the best, but it’s not like him. Stubborn is probably the nicest word I can think of right now…” She paused and looked away from Ash.
“I’m somewhat relieved actually. I’ll be honest I initially thought it was Reef who’d hired you. I thought maybe that’s why I hadn’t seen him around. That you were keeping tabs on me until he could figure out how to…” Maggie stopped and cleared her throat then looked back to Ash.
“None of that matters now… I accept your help. It’s good to know I’ll have someone around who will have my back if I need it while I’m going through the process of filing for divorce and separating my life from Reef. So I guess I should say thank you. As surreal as this feels, and with all of this new information about my father, I’ll admit it’s a little daunting. But now that I understand it I really do appreciate it. So thank you.”
Ash cocked an eyebrow at Maggie. He had never expected her to be so level headed. He’d never expected this maturity and common sense. Most of the women he’d dealt with in his life, including his mother, tended toward overly
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