NovelEnglish2/2 Chapter 179 Xena's POV "No, I'm not questioning it. I just wanted to hear you say it," Ryder chickly explained, his green eyes searching mine.
Ryder, you makethe happiest girl in the world," I said, sliding my hand out from under his shirt to touch his face. Every tI touched him, electricity shot through my body, remindinghow powerful our connection was. "You're my mate, the other half of my soul, the love of my life. You get all of me-the good, the bad, and the ugly. You're the lucky one who has to deal with my mood swings." Ryder cupped my face in his hands, his touch gentle yet possessive. You know I would rather die than let anything happen to you." "You took a bullet for me. I'll never forget that moment." I pulled his face down to mine, and we kissed softly for several minutes. Each touch of his lips made my wolf stir inside me, craving more, be now wasn't the time.
"We should get back to work," Ryder said, pulling,away.
I grabbed his shirt and helped him take it off. "Much better." "I'm better shirtless?" he asked, confusion written across his features "Yeah, givessomething nice to look at while I work." I smiled at him. I could see the laughter he was trying to hide.
"Get your ass back to work," Ryder said as he helpeddown.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Yes, Alpha," I said, swaying my hips as I walked away, deliberately teasing him.
Ryder narrowed his eyes but went back to clearing away dust. After another fifteen minutes, I had one tool cart assembled. I wiped the sweat from my forehead, admiring my handiwork.
"Three more to go," I muttered.
"Looks good," Ryder said, coming over to inspect it.
"Thanks. I still have-" The bell over the door jingled as several teenagers walked in.
"We heard you were working here today and wanted to know if you needed help," Nolan said with a smile. His friends stared around the shop in awe.
Relief washed overimmediately-this was exactly the help I needed. "Perfect! You guys can install these two tire changers and make sure they're functional." "Should be easy enough," Nolan said, looking them over.
"That tool cart tookthirty minutes," I said as Ryder helpedto my feet. I felt his strong arm supporting me. "Damn. Alright." The kids immediately got to work, freeingup to arrange the rest of the shop.
Ryder had set up my display area with various custom parts: gleaming chrexhaust pipes, performance- enhancing carburetors, uniquely styled handlebars, comfortable seats, and various headlights. Though Ryder had arranged everything, I still rearranged it to my liking before heading into my office.
As I opened my laptop case, I accidentally knocked something over. What's this?" I asked softly, reaching to pick up a picture frame. Inside was a photo of Ryder and me.
1/2 Chapter 179 I had it printed. Thought it would look nice in here," Ryder said from my doorway. He leaned against the frame, arms crossed, looking sexy as hell.
Thank you, that was really thoughtful," I set the frback in its place and continued setting up my laptop. "Everything's cleaned up. I got the bathroom set "Ptoo," Ryder said, hot moving, watchingboot up the computer.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"You're amazing." I smiled at him, genuinely grateful for his help and support, "Can we talk for a minute?" Ryder walked in and closed the door. My office wasn't large, but I didn't mind the closeness with Ryder. His action of closing the door madenervou sensing an important conversation coming.
"Uh oh," I glanced at him, already guessing what he might say.
"Next Monday, I want to go to Florida for a week."
My body froze. The computer beeped, asking if I wanted to continue with setup I immediately mention alert h went on alert, hitting continue before answering him. I hated sudden changes in plans, especially with everything so complicated right now. "Why I asked.
"Everything's too much stress for you. You can't even argue withon that," he said, seeming to already know what I was going to say.
"Sunday might be really hard. If your father ends up passing away want to take you to Florida. If he's okay, En.
then we'll postpone."
I was quiet for several minutes, following the prompts on,my laptop Why are you, thinking about this bou, to now? I thought I was going to choose if we traveled," I finally asked, my voice more defensive than I intended.
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