Spades: Motorcycle Club Romance (Savage Saints MC Book 5)
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Shaking her head as if it would allow the pieces of this puzzle that weren’t fitting together to fall in place, she backpedaled. “Of course I remember that,” she said. “The Dr. Damion and Vanessa plot of Code Blue.” Nora had sent him her headshot, otherwise he never would have recognized her again, but she didn’t need to know that, so he gave an exaggerated relieved sigh.
“That’s better,” he chuckled. “Well, are you just going to stand here, or would you like to have a seat?”
Jessica flushed pink. “I’d love to,” she declined, “but I’m supposed to meet someone here tonight.” His smile was dangerously blinding.
“I know,” he argued. “Nora wasn’t available tonight, so I decided to take her place. I hope it’s all the same to you.” The way her ears turned red let him know it was not, in fact, the same to her, but that she wasn’t too upset about it. She sheepishly crossed the terrace to sit in front of him, immediately opening the wine menu just as the waitress returned and set Jace’s beer in front of him and a glass of deep red wine in front of Jessica, who quirked an eyebrow.
“You ordered for me?” she asked, smirking when he nodded.
“Bold choice,” she admitted. “What if I don’t like red?”
He sat forward to rest his folded arms on the table. “You’re welcome to order whatever you’d like,” he replied, unflinching. Without breaking the tense eye contact, she picked up the glass and took a breath in and a sip, looking pleased, and Jace smiled triumphantly.
“So,” Jessica shook herself out of the flirtatious moment and seemed to realize just where she was and who she was with, “I’m guessing that since your agent isn’t here, I’m not being offered a role.”
“Not quite,” he admitted, “but you’re not too far off.” Her disappointed look shifted to one of tentative optimism, then slight impatience. “I do have a proposal for you.”
Jessica nodded, waiting for him to continue. “Well?” she pressed. “What kind of proposal is it? A cameo on a new show? Vanessa’s twin sister on Code Blue?”
“Actually,” he said, “it’s a marriage proposal,” he replied. Jessica blinked three times rapidly, hearing but not processing the words.
“Yeah,” she smiled humorlessly, “you’re a damn lunatic. I’m going to go.” Jace reached out to grab her wrist as she stood, which she jerked away indignantly.
“At least give me a chance to explain,” he reasoned, watching her weigh her options heavily before reluctantly sitting back down, giving him pointed, sharp eye contact.
“You have two minutes to convince me you’re not messing with me,” she caved. He smiled. A guy like Jace could do a lot in two minutes.
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