Liar (Devil's Fighters MC Book 1) (11 page)

“Oh, it was great!” Anna perked up immediately. “Just what I needed. Mexico is spectacular.”

“I’ll bet.”

There was a brief pause.

“Also, I met someone.”

Alyssa grinned at the embarrassment in Anna’s voice. “Do tell,” she urged, genuinely intrigued.

They spent the next half hour discussing the man Anna had met at the resort in Mexico, who turned out to be a cardiologist at Vancouver’s St. Paul Hospital. They had agreed to see each other again, and Anna was predictably freaking out. Given her streak of unbelievably bad luck with men, she couldn’t be blamed for being wary and extra cautious.

“He texted me last night and asked me out for Friday.”

“Great,” Alyssa said. “At the very least, he’s a man of his word.”

“Yeah…” Anna sounded uncertain. “I’m not sure I’m going to go.”

Alyssa blinked, taken aback. The way Anna had been gushing about this guy, she would think her friend would jump at the chance of seeing him again so soon after they had parted ways in Mexico.

“What are you talking about?” Alyssa asked, incredulous.

“Well, you know…” Anna trailed off, letting the words hang in the air.

“No, I don’t know. Enlighten me.”

“Well… Wait, are you sure you want to hear about this?”

“Yes, please,” Alyssa said with a dramatic sigh. “I’m driving through swamps. I need the diversion.”

Anna chuckled. “All right. Well, what if he turns out to be an asshole like the others?” she said bluntly. “You know me; I tend to fall hard. What if I fall for this guy and he turns out to be a dick?”

Alyssa thought it over for a moment. Given Anna’s unfortunate past when it came to relationships, it was a fair question.

“I suppose there’s a risk,” she admitted. “But it’s probably a risk you’ll have to take.”

“You think so?”

“Yep.”

They discussed it at length, and in the end, Anna agreed to go on a date with the doctor she had met in Mexico. By the time they hung up, Alyssa was feeling lighter than she had felt in days. It felt good to talk about normal stuff again, and it felt wonderful to let herself be swept up by Anna’s enthusiasm for such a mundane matter as a date.

Her thoughts immediately turned to Xavier. Much as she tried not to fall into the trap of fantasizing, Alyssa couldn’t help but wonder if they would ever be able to share a mundane life (or
any
life, for that matter). She wondered if they would ever get to the point where they could go on an actual date without worrying about pissing off the president of a violent motorcycle gang. She wondered if they would ever get to the point where their biggest worry would be what movie to go see.

Alyssa didn’t think she was even in a relationship with Xavier.
Something
was going on between them, but she had the feeling it didn’t even resemble a relationship. She wondered if Xavier was even interested in a relationship at all. She wondered if
she
was.

She had not expected him to come back into her life, and now that he
was
back (hopefully to stay), Alyssa had no clue what to expect or what she wanted exactly. She knew she had to get Xavier out of the fighting rings and into a normal, safe life, but beyond that her mind drew up a blank.

Sighing, Alyssa stretched in the driver’s seat and worked out some of the kinks in her neck and shoulders. She had another hour’s drive ahead of her before Pinebrook would finally come into view. It would be a long drive…and yet, somehow, it would not be long enough.

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