Alaska Heat - A Single Dad Romance by Layla Valentine

Alaska Heat - A Single Dad Romance by Layla Valentine

Author:Layla Valentine [Valentine, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-17T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter 11

Dustin

I drove to the Deadeye as quickly as I could without breaking every traffic law there was. When I arrived, I was overcome with a wave of nostalgia at seeing the place.

It was the same shitty dump it’d always been, a concrete block of a building with nothing to indicate what it contained—aside from the row of bikes out front, that is.

I wanted to be mad at Jess, but I couldn’t. She’d made an innocent mistake. And she’d been smart enough to not bring Bethany inside.

The Jeep was out front, and I pulled up next to it. Sure enough, Bethany was seated in the passenger’s seat, bobbing her head to the music playing inside.

I hopped out of my car and went over to her, knocking on the window to get her attention

“Dad!” she said, her face lighting up. “You got here fast.”

“I was in town. Where’s Jess?”

“She’s still inside.”

That wasn’t a good sign. Why hadn’t she come out to wait with Bethany?

Didn’t matter. I needed to find her.

And to do that, I had to step into a place I hadn’t entered in years.

One I’d sworn I’d never enter ever again.

I took a deep breath and opened the door. Right away, the sights and sounds of the place pulled me back in time.

It was like I’d never left. The smell of stale cigarettes and even staler beer, the grungy rock music on the stereo, the commotion, the fighting, the loud laughter of the women. It was all so damn familiar.

A few faces turned in my direction as I entered, but I wasn’t sure if they’d recognized me or not. No doubt someone would. I may have cleaned myself up a bit over the years, but I was still a man who’d come to this place every night for years.

Then, I spotted her. Jess was there, standing in front of a tall man with tattoos up and down his arm, some on his neck. He loomed over Jess, and it didn’t take a genius to know what he was doing.

Before I had a chance to step over to them, I watched as he reached out his hand, putting it on her hip.

It didn’t stay there for long. She pulled her hand back and brought it against his face, a satisfying and sharp “crack” sounding out over the din.

“You little bitch.” He squared up to her as if he were ready to throw down with a woman half his size. I wasn’t sure exactly what he had planned, but I wasn’t about to let him go through with it.

“Hey!” I shouted, rushing into the fray and positioning myself between Jess and the man.

At this distance, I could make out the man’s face through the dark. I knew exactly who he was.

“What the fuck are you doing, asshole?” he asked, his face twisted in anger.

The expression didn’t hold on his face for long, quickly replaced with one of realization. He looked me up and down, and I knew I’d been spotted.

“Holy…holy shit!” he said.



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