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.Keep telling yourself that, Conner.It didn’t take long to find Doug sitting at the bar with a soda in his hand.After all, his date had fled the building.Conner sidled up next to the guy, his gaze roaming up and down the man’s body.He was tall.Not as tall as Conner’s six four, but almost.In either case, they both towered over Sabrina’s tiny frame.She was at least a foot shorter than Conner.Maybe five two.Doug wasn’t nearly as built as Conner, but few men who didn’t fight MMA on the side were.“Sorry, man.” Conner said as he took the stool next to Doug.Doug furrowed his brow.“For what?”Suddenly it occurred to Conner that perhaps Sabrina hadn’t mentioned to her date why she was leaving.“I saw your date leave.I might have had something to do with that.”“What?” Doug twisted his body to face Conner.“She saw me watching your scene.I know her.I think she was stunned.” That sounded polite enough.“Ah.” Doug took a drink of his soda.“I wondered what her deal was.One second she was all in, and the next she was…well, all out.” He smiled.“Has she subbed for you before?”“Oh.Hell no.Nothing like that.I’m way too old for her.”Doug flinched.“You can’t be older than me.”Conner swallowed hard.Doug was right.He was probably older.Open mouth.Insert foot.“Maybe, but I don’t Dom for women that young.”“She’s twenty-six.I know she looks much younger, but trust me, I asked for her driver’s license the first night we met.” Doug laughed.“I didn’t believe it myself.”Conner forced a smile.He hadn’t actually been sure what to believe when Sabrina announced the same thing outside.“So, how do you know her?”“She took a class at the university last semester.I was the professor.”“Ah, she mentioned that class.Said the teacher was a dick.” Doug didn’t drop Conner’s gaze.The man had some balls.Conner didn’t doubt Sabrina said that about him, considering what she insinuated outside, but it smarted.“Yeah, well…” What, dude?“You have the hots for her.” Doug grinned.He didn’t phrase the statement as a question.“Of course not.”“You do.And you’re fucking jealous she was here with me.”Doug was astute.Conner couldn’t really dispute this claim.It was spot on.“Maybe.Look, I’d appreciate it if you’d back off.”“From Sabrina? Fuck no.That woman is sexy and funny and she makes my cock hard every time I’m near her.If you hadn’t shown up and fucked up my scene, I would have finally had her in my bed tonight.” Doug stood, leaving his can on the counter.“Not a goddamn chance in hell I’m giving her up without a fight.” He glanced up and down Conner’s body.“You may outweigh me by several pounds, but I can take you in other areas, especially since she thinks you’re an ass.”Doug had a point.Again.Conner didn’t know why he was posturing with his guy.He hadn’t come over here to play cave man.But something had changed.And he was no longer quite so certain Sabrina wasn’t someone he wanted to get to know better.It pleased him immensely to find out she’d never slept with this Doug.Doug turned around and walked away.In a few seconds, he walked out the door, never glancing back at Conner.Doug had one thing on Conner.That was for sure.He had Sabrina’s phone number and address.Conner had neither.“Fuck me.”As if he didn’t have enough on his mind, the second Doug left, someone else took his place at the bar, her hand sliding down Conner’s back with a precision that told Conner exactly who he would face when he twisted toward the stool next to him.Sure enough, there she was.In the flesh.“Hello, Conner.” Her syrupy sweet voice grated on his nerves with those two words.When he didn’t respond to her, she stuck out her bottom lip and put on her pouty face.“What? No smile? No hey, Missy, how are ya?” She flipped her fake blond hair over her shoulder and batted her blue eyes.What the hell he’d ever seen in her, he didn’t know, but she was officially on his last nerve.“Not in the mood, Missy.Got a lot on my mind.”Missy leaned into him, pressing her enormous fake tits against his forearm.She ran her hand up his bicep and gave him more of her syrupy voice.“Bet I can help you forget your troubles.”Her touch did nothing for him.He wondered how it ever had.Instead of making him desire her, her fingers on his arm made him wince.He’d gotten a bigger hard-on for the feisty woman in the parking lot who did nothing but throw obscenities at him than Missy.Of course, Sabrina’s cute little frame was more his type anyway.But when she cocked her hip to one side and took him to task… “Not tonight, Missy.” Not ever.Conner hadn’t done a scene with Missy in months.And he never intended to again.The woman had ulterior motives.He was sure of it.She didn’t just want his hands on her body, she wanted her hands in his wallet.And contrary to what she believed, his wallet wasn’t that exciting.Missy knew he was a fighter on the side.She’d made it clear she found that sexy.The trouble was she didn’t believe he was strictly amateur.No matter how many times he explained that he made no money fighting and never intended to, she didn’t buy that truth.She’d giggle and roll her eyes.“Nobody fights like you do for no money.”Trouble with her theory was she was wrong.Conner fought.He had for over half his life.He did it for the exercise, the exhilaration, the thrill of the win.He’d turned down many attempts to get him to go pro over the years because he valued his brain and his professional work over having his head beat in week after week until he became a vegetable.Not that amateur fighting was significantly safer, but it was an improvement.And he only fought in competition every few weeks.Giving up his academic life as a professor to tour the world getting pummeled had never been an option.He’d also received numerous offers over the years to fight with the underground.He had absolutely no interest in that [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]