Pride2 The Beast In Him by Shelly Laurenston

Author:Shelly Laurenston
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2011-12-28T00:40:42+00:00

Chapter 17

“Why am I here?”

Smitty didn’t even spare a glance at Mitch. “Because I’m pretty sure this is a gay bar Jessie has me coming to. And you’re much more gay-friendly than I am. You’ll distract them from my amazing body.”

“So... I’m your beard?”

“I don’t know if you’re using that term correctly, but I also don’t care.”

Smitty grabbed Mitch’s jacket and pulled him to the bar called Caleb’s Corner. There was a bouncer out front, but he barely looked at them. And there was no line waiting to get in. What a lame-ass gay club. Still, Jessie was here. Which meant he was going to be here.

But once they got inside, all Smitty wanted to do was turn around and run. Run for his very life. Lord in heaven, Jessica Ann Ward was the meanest female on the planet! And she should burn for this. Burn!

“Wait. I thought you said this was a gay bar?” Mitch sounded as horrified as Smitty felt.

“I thought it was.”

“Well, it’s not, and I’m out of here!”

Mitch tried to make a run for it, but Smitty grabbed his jacket collar and yanked the big cat back. “You’re not deserting me, Shaw.”

“Like hell I’m not. You may have that military connection with Llewellyn, but I’m from Philly. There’s some things we won’t do for anyone.”

The two were seconds from pulling out claws and going at it in the middle of the bar when Jessie suddenly—and literally—jumped in front of them.

“Smitty!” She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him. And in that second he knew he wouldn’t leave. She smelled too good.

When she pulled away, she looked over at Mitch. “Oh... you.”

“And I’m happy to see you, too, beautiful.”

Jessie stepped back and gestured around. “As you can see, we’ve pretty much taken over the place, but we’ve got some bears and a few jackals hanging out tonight, so you two shouldn’t feel too out of place with all these dogs.” She pointed toward an empty booth. “Why don’t you guys grab a table and sit back and relax.”

“Sure. After we stop at the bar first.”

“Oh.” Jessie scrunched up her face. The action annoyed him because she looked so goddamn cute doing it. “I forgot to mention. Caleb lost his liquor license a week ago. So, at least for now, soft drinks, virgin margaritas, and Shirley Temples only. But the Shirley Temples are to die for.”

Smitty worked hard not to grit his teeth. “There’s no liquor here?”

“Nope.” And she grinned, evil female that she was. “I’m sorry, Smitty.”

No, she wasn’t. She wasn’t sorry at all!

“Don’t worry about it, darlin’,” he lied. “We’ll survive.”

“We will?”

Smitty shoved Mitch into an empty booth. “We’ll be just fine,” he insisted, unwilling to show any weakness in the face of such travesty.

“Okay.” Jessie’s head snapped up. “Oh, there’s my cue. I’ll talk to you guys in a bit.”

Smitty watched Jessie Ann run across the dance floor and up on the stage. The crowd roared her name; apparently this was not a once-in-a-blue-moon event.

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