Chapter 9
With her nose in a book, her feet swinging from the high counter she was perched on, she didn’t notice Ava pop up from nowhere.
Ten feet away, behind a door and a partition wall that was made up of a window and wood, her mate and his brother were working on the bikes.
How Ava managed to sneak in, she wasn’t sure, but it had her pressing a hand to her heart in surprise. “Ava, what the hell are you doing? Trying to give me a heart attack?”
She dismissed that disinterestedly. “Your heart’s good for at least another hundred years. Until then, I can jump out at you from any corner or shadow I so choose without fear of the repercussions.”
“I figured the longer you spent in bed with Chris, the less of an android you’d sound like. My reasoning wasn’t sound, it would seem.” Then, gui
