She giggled a bit. “Yes well… I promised myself to never again let a man control my decisions. I wasn’t about to quit just because you kept telling me to.”
“See? Damn stubborn. I didn’t stand a chance.” He sighed, ran his hands through his hair. “And now that we’re talking openly, I need to ask: why didn’t you take any of the offers? I mean, I get not wanting to quit because of me, digging in to prove me wrong and not give me the satisfaction of leaving and me winning this messed up little game that I was playing, but those were some damn good job opportunities and you had no clue that I was behind them. Why didn’t you say yes to any of them?”
“Honestly? Because I love working for The Road Devils.”
“You are kidding me.”
“No. Not even a little bit.” Jo grinned and he admired her lush be
