Chapter 13
Luke froze at the menacing tone coming from the darkness near my building. His grip on my tightened and he eased me behind him, putting himself between me and Mike. “Who’s there?” Luke asked, venom slipping into his voice. He wasn’t afraid, and he wasn’t backing down. I respected the hell out of him for that.
Mike stepped into the light and Luke heaved a sigh of relief. “Damn, Mike, you scared the s**t out of me. I thought it was her ex, pissed I was here with her.”
Mike’s eyes locked on mine and never even bothered to glance in Luke’s direction. I couldn’t look anywhere else either, my eyes drinking in the sight of him as though it’d been years, not days, since we’d seen each other. His dark hair was disheveled, as though he’d been running his hands through it. I’d only ever
