Chapter 13
DEACON
The drive to the ESPN party beside Kayla is the longest drive of my f*****g life.
I thought I could handle it. To suppress my stirrings for her. To focus. To network. To make connections for additional business for the bar.
In fact, I was sure I could.
But the minute she stepped down the steps, the moment she flicked those crystal blue eyes up towards mine, I knew that doing any of those would take a willpower stronger than my own.
All boundaries were blown the second I saw her.
It was a mistake to think the kiss between us in my hotel room six months ago was a one-time thing. A fluke.
I’m even more f****d than I was then. And with Kayla’s bare legs crossed at the knee inside the limousine, with the sight of her silky skin glistening between her cleavage, it is al
