Punt: A British Bad Boy Football Romance by Vivian Wood

Author:Vivian Wood [Wood, Vivian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-28T18:30:00+00:00

8

“This is our exit for Mobile. The Bunker is a bit out from the city, through a lot of urban and suburban areas,” Jasper commented, breaking the hours-long silence. He took the next off-ramp and turned right onto a busy street lined with seemingly endless strip malls and restaurants. Maddie wrinkled her nose at the sudden onset of suburbia. She wanted to say as much to Jasper, but she didn’t know how to start talking to him again.

Maddie’s little tease earlier had created a palpable tension between them and it had only increased in the confined space of Jasper’s Mercedes. Rather than try to make awkward conversation, Maddie had spent the trip staring out the window or flipping channels on the radio.

“How can you keep your Den safe here?” she asked.

“Bunker,” he corrected, “and we prefer the tactic of hiding it in plain sight. Makes it more accessible.”

“Uh huh. It wouldn’t happen to be hiding on a pig farm, would it?” Maddie asked.

“Nope,” Jasper replied, not responding to her dig.

“So if you’re not pig farmers, how does your pack make money?” Maddie asked, unable to reign in her curiosity.

“Seriously?” Jasper gave her a searching glance. “Jesus, Madd. You don’t even know what I do for a living.”

“I know a little. I know it involves guns,” Maddie said.

“I told you, we are a security firm,” he said. “Guns are a last precaution, when everything else has failed.”

“Jace said you’re basically a Rent-a-Militia, like the Hell’s Angels in the seventies.”

Jasper was quiet for a moment, his lips thinning.

“My father made some poor choices when it came to clients,” he said, clearly not wanting to discuss it.

“But not you?”

“I hope not. Every client is run through a series of checks and balances to make sure they fit our standards. Gwen sits down with most of them in person to make sure they’re reasonable and stable.”

“Who’s Gwen? Your secretary?” Maddie asked, trying not to imagine a petite, big-chested blonde leaning over her desk to give Jasper a show.

Jasper laughed, a deep rumble from his chest.

“Shit, no. She’s my second in command,” he said, amused.

“Your beta is a female?” Maddie asked, surprised.

“Technically, you’re my beta now. So yes, in either case,” he said.

“You know what I mean! I thought your pack couldn’t stand females in general. How the hell did this Gwen get so high in the ranking?”

“She worked her ass off and kicked the shit out of all her competitors, that’s how. Most of the males are secretly scared of her, I think.”

Maddie had to smile at that. Imagining the busty little secretary delivering a roundhouse kick to the face of an errant pack member was just too funny.

“Don’t you worry about her trying to take your place in the pack?” Maddie asked, curious.

Jasper shook his head as he took a series of quick turns, guiding them away from the dense commercial area.

“Gwen is pretty damned loyal. If she ever takes me out, it’ll probably be for a good reason.”

Maddie’s eyebrows shot up, but she didn’t reply.

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