Chapter 126

• "So, did you enjoy your vacation?" Tommy seems oblivious to the impending newcomer glaring his way and her obvious discomfort and need to escape. Her heart is doing the rhumba because Leon looks exactly like a guy who will not be polite and idly walk by.
• "It wasn't really that kind of vacation.... I need to get the shack opened and changed. It's nice to see you again, have a good day." She makes to hightail it away from him, aware Leon is less than ten feet from them and rapidly closing, when Tommy catches him out of the corner of his eye, and his entire expression stiffens. He inclines his head, recognition spreading across his face, and adopts a similar unfriendly frown to her idiot man.
• "We meet again," Leon slides up with a cocky smirk, catching her mid-escape by the upper arm, and tugs her into his side so he can lasso an arm around her shoulders. It's such an obvious move to show off who's woman she is. He leans into her and casually cocks his head to the side, sizing up his opponent, and she can almost taste the testosterone multiplying between them. The static sizzle of aggression growing.