Axel: Single Daddy Shifters #1 by Black Tasha

Author:Black, Tasha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 13th Story Press
Published: 2020-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

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Delilah

Delilah followed Axel into the shop, cradling baby Noah in her arms.

Noah was contentedly nibbling the head of his favorite rubber giraffe.

Axel was smiling and greeting his apprentice.

Business as usual.

Only Delilah felt a bead of cold sweat running down her back.

You have to do this. It was the whole point…

“Any luck finding the owner of the car?” she asked, hoping her voice sounded natural. She used to be so smooth.

I used to not care about anything but the con.

“Nothing,” Bill said. “Isn’t that weird? If it was my car I’d have called in by now.”

Axel sighed, his troubled expression telling Delilah he was still trying to figure out who the owner was.

“You should really call the police,” she reminded him. “They can clear this up quickly. They’ll just run the plate.”

“She’s right,” Bill said, nodding approvingly. “We need to know who it belongs to.”

“I guess you’re right,” Axel said at last.

He slipped his phone out of his pocket and dialed.

“He listens to you,” Bill said to Delilah, raising his eyebrows.

“He listens to us,” she said conspiratorially.

That earned her a wink.

The apprentice could be a good ally. But that wasn’t why she felt pleased.

She was suddenly anxious to be accepted in this world, for however short a time.

The person Axel was speaking with was shouting so loudly she could hear the voice through his phone from across the shop, though she couldn’t make out any individual words.

She wasn’t sure what was wrong, but Delilah’s stomach cramped with fear.

“Sure, come on out,” Axel said.

He hung up and came over to join them.

“He sounded upset,” she said lightly.

“Who? Dale?” Axel asked.

Bill chuckled.

“What?” Delilah asked.

“He’s just gone a little deaf is all,” Axel said.

“And he seems to think the rest of us have too,” Bill added with a smile. “So he always shouts.”

Delilah smiled back and brushed a kiss on the top of Noah’s head.

Axel pulled on a coverall, rolled up his sleeves and began changing the oil of an SUV, discussing shop business with Bill as he worked.

Delilah carried the baby over to the Mustang and glanced over it.

The car was even more beautiful than she had thought before. Every inch of chrome glistened.

She slipped her phone out of her pocket and tried taking a surreptitious picture.

She was roused by the sound of a car pulling up in the gravel lot.

Axel slid out from under the SUV quickly.

Delilah scrambled to slip her phone back into her pocket before he could see it, cursing herself for getting it out at all when he was around. She’d told him she didn’t have one. How would she explain it to him if he spotted it?

His eyes stayed on her for an extra moment.

“Wow, they don’t waste any time around here,” she said brightly, indicating the older officer climbing out of the police car in the lot.

“There’s not much else to do,” Axel replied.

She tried to convince herself he hadn’t seen her phone. But there was something a little flat in his tone.

“Where’s this mystery car, son?” the officer shouted.

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