Calum didn’t move. He merely groaned as she grabbed his dick, but that the look of rapture turned to pain as she clearly squeezed him a little tighter.
“Get the fuck away from me, you disgusting pig.”
She spun on her heel and took several steps away. Calum went to his knees. “You’ll regret this.”
“Whatever.”
Ape got a good look at her, and fuck him, he was in love. Dark red hair, green eyes, nice big tits, and curves. The clothes she wore emphasized all of her assets, and he couldn’t find a single fault with her. The shirt she wore was cut low, hinting at the tops of her tits. Generous hips. Ink teased up her arms, and he got a hint of something on her chest that disappeared into the shirt. Jeans hugged her body and he wanted nothing more than to remove every item of clothing and admire her, worship her.
“It looks to me like you could use a drink,” he said, stepping out of the shadows.
She turned her gaze toward him. “You’re one of the bikers that just got to town.”
“One of them.”
Charlotte glanced up and down him, pursing her lips.
“I won’t hurt you.”
“Please, all men hurt, it’s if women let them or not.”
“Can I buy you a drink?”
Again, a pause and then a heartbreaking smile. “Sure.”
****
Charlotte couldn’t believe she’d accepted a drink from a total stranger. That was what he was. Sitting at the bar, she tipped the beer against her lips, taking a swig. She’d had a shitty day and it had only gotten worse when Calum had turned up. He wanted her out of town, and she wanted nothing more to go, but he’d pissed her off, and so she was staying, making herself miserable in order to make his life difficult.
He was a cheating bastard, but rather than call him out on his shit, she’d ended it and ignored him since. She wasn’t a cheater, hadn’t even known he was engaged to another woman when they were together. That little surprise had happened when he came to town bringing the perfect wife for mommy and daddy.
She’d felt dirty and disgusting.
Apparently, it had been all over social media, but she didn’t have any accounts. He thought she knew and was on board. Not a chance. She’d ended it with him a few years ago, and since then, he’d made it his mission to make her life a misery, and she’d done exactly the same with him.
This was getting them nowhere, though. He was threatening to kick her out of town.
“You okay?” the biker asked.
“I don’t know your name,” she said. “I’d rather know the name of the guy who offered to buy me a drink.”
“Ape.”
“Is that a club name?”
“You know about clubs?”
“I’ve met a couple in my time.” She shook the hand he offered.
“You want to tell me what that was all about?”
She threw her head back and laughed. “Really? You want to know about my drama?”
“Why not? I’ve got nowhere else to be.”
“It is a lame story. You’ve got hundreds of things you could be doing.”
“I’m happy to be right here.”
She looked over at him and raised a brow. He didn’t appear to want to move. “Okay, fine.” And she proceeded to tell him the whole sordid detail of her relationship with Calum. She was halfway into a second beer when she realized she’d finished.
“I guess it’s not that long,” she said. “Sorry to bore you.”
“I’m not bored. Were you in love with this guy?”
She snorted. “Hell, no, and I’m not just saying that as a woman scorned or anything. I actually mean it. The sex just happened, and it became a regular thing, and it wasn’t that good.” No, Calum become more like a bad cough around her neck. He just didn’t seem to want to take the hint and leave her alone. “Believe me, I’m not sad or anything.”
“What are you then?”
She shrugged. “I guess right now I’m stuck in a rut. He’s trying to kick my ass out of town. I know if I was to sleep with him again, he’d be all for me staying and fight for my ‘art.’” She air quoted the last word. “But I won’t do it. I don’t believe in cheating. Tell me now you’re not with anyone.”
“I’m not. I’m free.”
“Phew.” She laughed.
“It wasn’t your fault. The moment you saw the wife, you called it quits, right?”
“Hell, yeah. Just knowing I was helping a guy cheat made my skin crawl. I’m not a bad person.”
Ape chuckled. “You need to stop carrying around this guilt. It’s not on you.”
“You don’t think I should have tried to find out?”
“How could you have done that without acting like a crazy woman and going to stalk his ass? An ass you didn’t really want, and if you ask me, didn’t want to upset him by kicking him to the curb.”