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work as she swallowed. “So this is all your call, but I do think you should get seen, just to make sure you’re okay.”
    She looked at her car, ran her hand over the bumper, and exhaled. “Physically I’m fine. But my poor car.” She chuckled, but it sounded a little distant.
    He didn’t mention it looked worse for wear before the accident, because it didn’t matter because he’d get it taken care of for her. This was his fault. She bent over to look at the bottom of the bumper, and like a dick his gaze went straight to her ass. It was big, round, and the pants she wore curved around the globes perfectly.
    “She was rough around the edges before, but I guess now she really has some style.”
    He should have chuckled, because what she said was humorous, but her ass … fuck, her ass was right there. His hands twitched, the image of reaching out and smacking those big globes having his cock start to harden.
    Oh, fuck no.
    He cleared his throat just as she straightened and turned to face him. “I’ll have Richie tow the car to his shop.”
    “I’m sure it’s drivable,” she said and smiled. “I can just go over there.” She narrowed her eyes for a second. “But will they have time to fix it? I mean without an appointment—”
    “It’s fine. I know Richie, and he owes me a handful of favors. But maybe we should have it towed just in case.”
    She was already shaking her head before he could finish.
    “Seriously, I can drive over there.” She was heading toward the driver’s side of her car before he could argue. Lexi was a spitfire that was for damn sure.
    “Okay then,” he said and headed to his truck when she was already in her car with the engine started. Damn, she’d been on his mind since he saw her at the bar, and a week later here they were, in this shitty situation, but Jace wanting her still just as fucking badly. He was in for trouble where Lexi was concerned.
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    Lexi watched Jace and Richie talk, and although she was in the office, she could see them through the large windows. Jace, God, Jace stood there speaking, his body big, muscular, but relaxed. He’d been sincere about his worry for her when he’d rear-ended her, and how could she get mad at him when he been so kind and was helping fix her car right away?
    Richie was nodding and pointing to her car, her beat up as hell, old and falling apart car. It wasn’t the prettiest, but she’d had it for longer than she even wanted to admit, and it had been good to her. Jace looked at her, and she felt her heart rate increase. His blond hair was short but messy, and even from the distance she saw the brightness of his blue eyes. Her breath stalled, her entire body became alert, and she knew there was no way she could just push Jace out of her mind. Hell, she’d had a tough time with that growing up and having a major crush on him. But after their encounter in the bar, and for the whole week afterward, he’d occupied space in her head. She hated it, but couldn’t help it either.
    He stepped into Richie’s office, and she smoothed her hands down her pants, hoping to seem like she wasn’t as nervous as she was.
    “Bad and good news.”
    She nodded. “Get the good out there first.”
    “Richie has no problem fixing your car.”
    “Okay, and the bad?”
    “There are a few bad things, actually.”
    She slumped her shoulders, fearing that would have been what happened. It was just her luck.
    “It’s going to take a couple of weeks just to get the parts in that he needs to fix it.”
    “And…” She knew there was more.
    “He found a few other issues with the car that need to be fixed.”
    “It was driving good, though.”
    He nodded. “Yeah, he said any day now your alternator and water pump would have gone out.”
    “Shit.” She didn’t have extra money to replace these things, but she didn’t tell him that. “I can’t go a couple of weeks without a car. I have to get to work.” Without contacting her insurance she