Pulling back, she gave him a saucy smile. “And I’m a woman eager to tend to those needs.”
~ Ace ~
Pulling up into her driveway, Ace saw another vehicle sitting there.
Barbara cursed under her breath. “It’s David. Stay here. I want to talk to him alone.”
He didn’t like that directive, but he wasn’t going to push his weight around. Yet. “You got it, angel. If you need me, just signal.”
“I’m in no damn mood to deal with him tonight. I’m just going to ask him to leave.”
Stepping out of the SUV, she walked briskly up to her front porch. The bastard was just sitting there waiting for her, calm as could be. Ace wanted to get out of the vehicle and make sure he knew his sweet angel was off-limits, but that was the kind of thing most women found offensive. Therefore, he sat on his fat, jealous ass biding his time.
The windows were tinted and it was dark out, so he was fairly certain David didn’t know who was in the vehicle. It was unfortunate that Ace could hear every word they were saying and see every gesture. It pissed him the hell off that Barbara’s body language closed down and she kept her distance as she spoke to him. It was clear to him that she was afraid of her ex.
Her voice sounded strange when she spoke. “David, why are you—”
“Where in the hell have you been?” he cut her off.
She stiffened. “I don’t owe you answers to those kinds of questions anymore.”
“The hell you don’t. You changed all your passwords.”
“Of course, I did. They’re my accounts, and we’re not married anymore. Why would I allow you to sign into my bank account, e-mail, cell phone and GPS? You have no right to that kind of information about my life.”
“I’ve been worried sick about you,” he said, switching tactics. It was obvious the guy was used to manipulating situations to go his way.
Barbara sounded tired when she spoke. “You promised that you’d stop interfering in my life if I didn’t take out a restraining order.”
“That was before I found you whoring around with another man.” His arm flew out, waving at toward Ace. “Who’s the shithead in your SUV? Is he some fucking college kid who doesn’t even have his own car?”
“Turn around and get into your car,” Barbara instructed, her patience long gone. “This is your last chance. If you can’t stop, I’ve be visiting the magistrate in the morning.”
Grabbing her arm, he seethed, “Like hell you will. I’m not letting you destroy everything I’ve worked so hard to build.”
The instant he laid hands on her, Ace was out of the vehicle and on the ignorant piece of shit inside of a minute. Jerking him back, he slammed the shocked man into the side of her house. “I believe Barbara asked nicely for you turn around and get into your car. I gotta say, I’m nowhere near as nice as she is. You give me any lip, I’ll break your fucking face.”
Looking from big biker to his ex, David stammered, “Ace, what are you doing here?”
“I’m not going to dignify that with an answer. You’re an adult. You know exactly what I’m doing here. Just because you’re too stupid to know a good thing when you see it, doesn’t mean I am.”
“You can’t be trying to date my wife—”
“Don’t get cute with me, you stupid fucker. She’s your ex-wife and she chose me, so yeah, we’re together now.”
Barbara stepped closer to him. “I’m tired of being with men who cheat and complain constantly, David. Ace is my something better, and we get along great. I’ve been telling you for a while that it’s really over.”
“I can’t believe…”
Ace interrupted his mumbling. “You can’t believe what? That the woman you were married to could be interested in a messed-up biker?”
“I can’t believe she’s really not coming back,” he said, shock covering his face.
“I’m not caring so much about how hurt your little feelings are about this. You’re harassing the woman, and tonight you grabbed her hard enough to leave bruises. I swear, if you so much as look at her again, I’ll rip your fuckin’ head off. Do we have an understanding?”
David’s expression switched from shocked to determined on a dime. “Wait until my father hears that a member of your club is interfering in my—”
“Stir up whatever trouble you want,” Ace dared him. “Darkness has already said that if you can’t stop, we’re giving you a dirt nap. Same for your old man, if he gets himself involved in this situation.”