Non-threatening, as if he’d come to expect reactions like mine. Get in the truck and lemme take you wherever you’re goin’.” His deep voice was surprisingly gentle. He let go of the steering wheel with one hand and held it up as if he surrendered. “Stop following me, you creep,” I hissed. When I didn’t bother to answer, he eased off the break and let his truck crawl after me. No way was I getting into a car with that mammoth of a man. Very funny.” With a deep sigh, I resigned to my fate and started walking again. I knew I was being combative and taking out my frustration on this stranger, but I couldn’t stop myself.
“And I’m just supposed to take your fucking word for it?” I raised an eyebrow. “What’s so goddamned funny?” I glared at him, but he didn’t seem to care. He threw his head back and let out a thunderous laugh. I couldn’t have kept my mouth shut for five fucking seconds to avoid being chopped up and thrown to the wolves? “I’m not riding with a serial killer!” The words slipped out of my mouth and I groaned. His shoulders were wide, his muscles strained the sleeves of his thick black jacket, and his cheeks were hollow. Black tattoos crept up his neck and snaked down his hands below his sleeves. “You need a ride?” he asked and his voice was deeper than the Mariana Trench, perfectly matching his frightening appearance. Big steel gauges adorned both his ears - at least an inch and a half wide - and his hair was black and so closely cropped it resembled a five o’clock shadow more than an actual haircut. He was huge and couldn’t hold his head upright without banging it on the ceiling. I let out a giddy yelp as it slowed down, but it got stuck in my throat when the driver rolled down the window. Reacting instinctively, I turned around and waved my arms, hoping the big truck would stop and have mercy on my freezing ass. There’s no such thing.Ī few minutes later, a vehicle approached from behind. But it doesn’t matter that he loves poetry, is gentle and patient - and hot! - Daniel is absolutely not falling in love at first sight. Thrown together by family drama, the two men spend the evening getting to know each other. He may be badass-looking but his heart melts into goo at the mere mention of his four-year-old niece. Utterly miserable, he reluctantly lets himself be charmed by the hulk of a man and gets into the stranger’s car … hoping he won’t be axed before the night is through.Īxel Wilson - Ax for short, unfortunately - is a sweetheart. Daniel Erickson stormed out of his family celebration after choking on turkey served with a side of bigotry.
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