Chapter 45

Hopefully, she'd heard enough back there to know she hadn't lost anything worth holding onto. He knew her well enough to know that she had come a long way since they'd met, and for now, that was fine.

"I think I should warn you, you've made me wait more than three weeks, that's my cutoff point, tonight I'm taking you. In fact, are you done with that?" He pointed to her beer with his chin. She made a face and pushed it away.

"Too much, huh! You're such a princess. Come on, let's go."

"Wait, what?" Kerryanne was still trying to make sense of the evening. There was too much to process at once, and now here he was telling her he was taking her to bed. At least that's what it sounded like.

"You heard me, your place right fucking now." He didn't give her a chance to argue-just pulled her out to his bike, strapped her helmet on, and helped her on behind him.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. That's what she was thinking as they rode through the night breeze. He'd been so refined when he