Sizzle (Bad Boy Rockers) (Volume 1)(26)

“Oh my God. I’ve got to go so you behave and NO Jack. Love you, Thalia.” She hung up.

I rolled over and lay on my back, resting my hand with my cell on my chest. I needed to do what Callie said, and stay away from Jack, but something told me, that wouldn’t be all that easy.





Chapter 19


Jack


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“What’s this about you having a boner for your brother’s girl?” Donovan asked walking towards us, which stopped me dead. I looked towards Reece who looked just as stunned, then back to Donovan.

“What the f*ck!”

He grinned. “Reece sent me a text, saying you wanted to f*ck your brother’s girl.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. I never said that. I’ll show you the text if you want. What I said was ‘you were screwed up over your brother’s girl’.”

“You’re like a bunch of f*cking women. Fuck.” I ran my hands through my hair, and then shoved them into my back pockets. “Look, can we leave this alone. I’m going to avoid her from now on. Let’s just go and eat.” I walked off towards the café and pushed through the door with Donovan and Reece following while I tried not to laugh at them.

We took a seat in our usual place, ordering our food from Mary who’d worked there since we were young boys running circles around her.

“Ryder rang me earlier.” We both looked at Donovan.

“And,” we said at the same time.

He didn’t give anything away then all of a sudden he started to smile. “We still have a standing Saturday night date and maybe Wednesday as well. He wants us to do next Wednesday and see how it goes.”

Both Reece and I just stared at him. That was what we’d hoped, but I was stunned that he’d given it to us. I loved music. All types of music. I didn’t think I could stop for anyone, and didn’t see the reason why I should. God, help me when I had to tell Mia. She’d be pissed as hell.

“Hey, isn’t that Liam. Oh, and a babe,” Donovan announced.

My head whipped up. I took a breath and looked out of the window and there they were, walking across the road heading in our direction. Fuck.

“So much for staying away.” Donovan chuckled.

They walked into the café with Thalia having a good look around. I waited until her eyes met mine. She froze. I couldn’t take my eyes from her.

“Well, we know it isn’t just you. When you both finally get naked, you better make sure it’s in water, otherwise you’re likely to set the place on fire,” Donovan blurted while I held Thalia’s gaze.

She started walking towards us, leaving Liam talking to Mary. Standing to the side of our table, I noticed she’d started to blush.

Reece elbowed me in the side. “As Jack’s lost his manners, I’m Reece.” He held his hand out to her. Instead of shaking it, he kissed her palm.

“I’m Thalia. It’s nice to meet you, Reece.”

“I’m Donovan, take a seat.” She did, beside him.

“Nice to meet you too, Donovan.”

Reece sitting back in his seat, just stared at her with a smile on his face, the smile he used on the ladies. I kicked him under the table, which turned his smile into a scowl.

“So, Thalia, Jack’s been telling us about you. He kind of left out what a babe you are.”

Thanks Donovan.

She laughed. “Well thanks – I think.” She passed a quick glance at me then focused her attention back to Donovan.

“Oh definitely,” he replied.

She chuckled.

My heart thumped. “What’s Liam up to?” I practically growled at her. I was acting like a jealous idiot.

“He’s getting some food together for a picnic by the river at your house. There wasn’t really any picnic food in the kitchen.”

I wished I’d never asked.

“Thalia, you ready?”

She gave Liam a quizzical look. Probably wondering why he was ignoring everyone, me included.

“Ah, I guess.” She stood. “I hope to see you all again.”

“You sure will little darlin’.”

Liam moved in and put his arm around her shoulders. She quickly glanced to me. “I’ll see you later, Jack.”

“Yeah.”

Liam scowled at me then pulled Thalia towards the door, without a backward glance, from Liam that was, Thalia looked back at me from the car.

“That girl wants you. What you going to do about it?” Donovan asked.

“If you knew she wanted me, what was ‘you sure will little darlin’?”

He grinned at me. “Someone’s jealous.”

“Okay, that’s enough.” They knew I was serious. “It doesn’t matter. I need to leave. I’ll meet you both at the river.” I stood and walked out of there, climbed into my car and drove to the river, knowing they’d leave me alone for an hour to get my head together.

I’d known Thalia, not twenty-four hours and already she’d gotten into my head. I couldn’t get her out, and out she needed to be in order for me to carry on with the life everyone had planned out for me. For the first time in twelve months, I’d started to look at my life and I didn’t like what I saw.