PROLOGUE Bridget (Jet)

I've experienced shocking events in my life before. Like when I was eleven and my mother moved me from New York to California, dropping me off with the father I'd never met at his construction site. Lucky for me, he was a great dad, and his wife was more maternal than my mother.

But I wasn't prepared for the shock of walking into my father's house and discovering my boss, the man I was having sex with and falling for, was my dad's best friend. In fact, it was a little creepy to think I was sleeping with a man old enough to be my father. I'd never thought of the nineteen-year age difference between me and Dane before. But seeing him talk about the old days with my dad was weird.

Beyond the awkwardness was the realization that as much as I tried to keep my father out of my business, including getting me a job, he had in fact done that. I'd used my last name from before my dad gave me his just to be sure no potential boss asked if I was related to Troy Manion.

This was why I should have stayed in Northern California instead of coming home after college. But I'd missed my sisters and brother, and maybe my dad and his wife Lizzy, too.

I plastered on a smile after the shock of seeing Dane and did my best to celebrate Lizzy's birthday with no problems. The same old friends were here; Ryker and Nina Williams with their kids, Zach and Elena Clarke and their kids, Giorgio and Marilyn Spanos with their kids, and Claude and Felicia Monroe and their kids. Along with my dad and Lizzy's four kids, it looked like a child's day camp around the pool.

There were two new members of my parents' friend group; the aforementioned Dane MacLeod, dad's buddy from when they were kids, and Theo Newberry, the pro-football player who last season was injured. He wasn't married, but he wasn't single either, as he had a girlfriend who hadn't been able to attend for reasons I didn't know.

I busied myself helping corral the kids or serve food, but all the time I seethed that my father went behind my back to get me a job with his long- time friend. I wondered what he'd think about the fact that I'd fucked his friend...many times in many places, in many positions?

What did it say about Dane that he fucked me many times in many places, in many positions?

I shook my head. Dane looked shell-shocked too. Maybe he didn't know. Ugh.

I gathered plates to bring back to the kitchen, annoyed thoughts whirling around in my head. I hated that my father butted in. I was a grown-ass woman now. If Dane didn't know, that at least told me that I earned the job on my merit, not on my father's name.

Indignation replaced annoyance. I was a woman. A woman with a career.

If I want to fuck Dane, I should be able to. We were consenting adults.

I made my way over to Dane, who was talking with Theo. Dane's gaze tracked me and it was all I could do not to smirk because I knew that look. My body tingled from the memory of that look. He spun away. When I reached them, I smiled sweetly. "Can you lend me a hand, Dane?"

He glanced over at my father. "What do you need?" "Come inside and help me with these."

He glanced around and probably noticed that everyone was outside. He'd be alone with me inside, so he surprised me when he said, "Sure."

He took some plates from me and followed me back into the house.

I put my stack in the sink and gripped the edge of the counter with my fingers.

"Why didn't you tell me " We spoke at the same time. I looked up at him. "Tell you what?"

He leaned close and spoke low. "That you're Troy's kid." Anger flared. "I'm not a kid. I think you know that."

He winced. “Jesus, fuck..." He turned away, running his fingers through his hair.

"Why didn't you tell me you were his friend?" I asked.

The sliding door opened. I turned to do the dishes as my dad walked in. He grinned when he saw us. "My kid is great, isn't she? I'm glad you're able to get to know her."

I held back a retort about Dane knowing me...in the biblical sense. Dane cleared his throat. "Yes."

I closed my eyes, praying for strength.

My dad kissed me on the cheek. "I'm so glad you moved back home, baby girl."

I clenched my teeth, wanting to remind him I wasn't a baby or a girl.

He picked up a platter of meat. "I was disappointed when she decided to transfer from UCLA up to UC Berkeley, but now she's back."

"You and your friends were just upset that you didn't have me around to babysit your broods." I scrubbed a plate, taking my frustration out on the food particles.

"You know that's not true. I'm so proud of you. I've got to get these grilled up." He left Dane and me alone.

"He's why you hired me, right?" I said when my father was out of earshot.

He seemed genuinely shocked, but what were the odds that I'd get a job with my dad's friend without my dad's intervention?

"You're joking, right?" he said incredulously. "If I'd known you were Troy's kid-daughter, I'd have never-"

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His head swiveled around like he was waiting for my father to kick his ass, which he surely would, although as an ex-SEAL, Dane wouldn't suffer much.

"Both."

I jerked back. "If you'd known, you wouldn't have hired me?"

He let out a nervous laugh. "That's the thing you pick up on? Not the fucking part?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't you have hired me?"

He leaned in close. "Because I wanted to fuck you and you don't fuck your friend's daughter."

Heat rushed through my body. It was betraying me. I was mad, upset, but my body wanted his touch.

I pushed away and headed up to my room, wanting more now than ever to

find my own place. I was about to shut the door when a powerful hand stopped it.

"Bridget.” Dane didn't push his way in, but neither did he let me shut the door.

"What?" I left the door and went to sit on my bed.

He stepped in, looking around my room. My anger turned to mortification. My room looked the same as it had when I left for college; pink walls decorated with fairy lights and pictures of rock stars. So much for being an adult. "I swear. I didn't know about your relation to Troy. He always called you Jet. And you have a different last name. How could I know?"

He had a point. And despite the attraction, he didn't seem like the type of guy who'd betray his best buddy since they were kids. He squatted down in front of me. "I'm sorry." "For what? For fucking me?"

He looked down for a moment, which I took as his answer. He lifted his head. "No. God help me; I should be sorry for that."

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"I'm sorry that I put you in this situation."

Thankfully, anger flared over the tingles. "You didn't. Not any more than I did. I hate it that my dad thinks I'm still a kid. I don't need it from you too. I make my own decisions, get into my own predicaments."

He nodded. "I wasn't implying that you're a child. I know you're not.

You're smart and creative and..." "And what?"

"And something that's no longer appropriate for me to say." He stood up, and it occurred to me that from now on things would be different between me and Dane, but I didn't want that. My father didn't have to change anything as long as he didn't know.

"You're strong and brave and loyal and..." I hesitated, not sure if I was being too impulsive.

He arched a brow. "And what?"

"Sexy." I reached out and cupped him through his jeans.

"Bridget." I heard the wariness, but he didn't step back or push my hand away.

Emboldened, I undid the button of his jeans, sliding the zipper down, and freeing his dick.

"Bridget...we can't."

I sucked the tip of his dick into my mouth. "Ah fuck."

I glanced up to see him drop his head back. His fingers laced through my hair.

"I'm going to hell."

If that was the case, I was going to make sure he had an orgasm that would make going to hell worth it.

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