Jewel took a sip of beer. “I wouldn’t have offered if it was. And truth is, I don’t have a lot of friends myself.”
Sunny leaned in, looking around to make sure no one else was close enough to hear her. “Can I ask you another favor?”
“Sure.”
“I need to know how to seduce Duke, have you got any tips?”
Jewel blinked. “Seduce him?”
“He’s taking things slow. He doesn’t think I’m ready for sex.”
“Oh, the whole I’m going slow for your sake deal.”
Sunny nodded. “So any suggestions?”
“Blow job.”
Sunny gaped at her. Then she smiled. “Really? You think that will work?”
“Babe. Not a man alive who can resist the woman he loves going down on him.”
He’d said nothing about love, but he did care about her. A lot. Only thing was, were her blow job skills up to it?
Well, there were videos to help with that, right?
“Jewel, you’re a very smart lady.”
“I know.”
* * *
“Do you know what just happened out there?” Ink asked Duke as they stepped into the back area of the bar and headed towards Reyes’ office.
“No fucking idea.”
“Jewel just walked up to Sunny and took to her like they were long lost friends. For the first six months that she lived in the compound she wouldn’t even speak to me, but she just offers to babysit Sunny like that.” Ink stilled. “Do you think Sunny will be all right?”
Duke had to smile. “Sunny will be fine. She has that effect on people. She’s sweet and genuine and people see that.”
Ink studied him for a moment. “You’ve got it bad for her.”
“You were just there; did that seem like I’m all in or not?”
“Oh, that was definitely a declaration of ownership. You’ll be lucky to go home with your balls tonight.”
Duke shook his head. “Sunny will be fine with it.”
“You’re a lucky man, you bastard. She got any sisters?”
He frowned. “No. She has no one.”
“Well, that’s just changed, hasn’t it? She’s got all of us now.”
Yeah. She did since he’d just declared she was his in front of the entire club. She’d be treated like his old woman now, respected and protected. And it eased something inside him. Knowing that he’d be giving her his family.
They stepped into Reyes’ office. Razor, Spike and Jason were already there. Along with Reyes, who sat behind his desk, staring at his laptop.
“What’s going on?” Duke asked, taking a seat at the side of the room. “Could we not have talked over the phone? I need to get Sunny home to bed, she’s had an eventful day.”