Free Broken by Jordan Silver Page A

heading south fast down one leg of his jeans. Not the most comfortable thing on the back of a bike.
    She yelped when he powered on and revved up, before pulling out, and her hands clutched at his middle. It took five minutes for her to relax and he knew the second she became a convert. He grinned behind his helmet and ignored the annoying voice in his head that was asking him why the fuck was he so happy that she wasn’t afraid to ride?
    He shelved that shit for now and just enjoyed the feel of her wrapped around him from behind.
    That death grip she had on him eased up and her head was moving back and forth, as she took in the passing scenery. No longer afraid, but enjoying the sights from a different vantage point. He could all but feel the grin on her face as the one on his got wider.
    He didn’t stop to question why he was so pleased with her response. He just knew that any woman he got tangled up with would have to love riding. It had been a while since he’d had one behind him and it felt good. Too good!
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    They got more than a few looks as they rode through town before heading out to the outskirts. Kyle could care less, he knew by nightfall they would be the topic on everybody’s tongue. That was part of his plan. Somewhere along the way, between last night and this morning, he’d had something brewing in his gut.
    For whatever reason, he liked her, like really liked her. She was sweet, genuine, sexy as fuck, and broken. That was the one thing he kept coming back to. Even as she tried to put on a brave front, he could see that she was still suffering. He wasn’t sure if his natural brand of fuck ‘em and bounce was gonna be any help to her, but he knew he didn’t like the raw deal she’d gotten. If he could bring her out of that shell just a little, give her some of her own back well then. And if she let him fuck, well so much the fucking better.
    Kerry wasn’t sure if anyone recognized her back there, but strangely enough she didn’t really care. She felt free and relaxed for the first time in forever. She’d never known there could be such freedom on the back of a bike, and asked herself why she’d never tried it before.
    She wasn’t worried about wagging tongues, not then anyway. For now, she just wanted to enjoy the novelty of being on her first bike ride. It was amazing how things were starting to look up for her. It seemed as if once she made up her mind to stop wallowing, good things had just started falling into her lap.
    It may be superficial to see her new association with the hunky bike rider as a step in the right direction, but she chose to see it as such. I mean he was the first one to light a spark under her since…well, since then and here she was on her first bike ride ever because of him. She fleetingly wondered how many other firsts they were going to share before all was said and done, but gave up that train of thought when her face got heated.
    Something was going on back there. He couldn’t see her face but he could feel the change in the arms she had wrapped around him. She had some fuck on her mind that was putting her through the paces, and he doubted she realized she was sighing out loud.
    He didn’t dwell on it though. It was still new this connection and they were both gonna have to learn each other. Just as long as she learned real fast what kind of man he was.

Chapter 5
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    H e took them to a nice secluded spot near the lake that ran across the edge of town and stopped. There was no one else around this time of the morning, just them and the birds. It was still early enough that the sun wasn’t at its full force as yet, but it was going to be a good one. Her legs were like jelly and butterflies had taken flight in her tummy. And it wasn’t all to do with the ride either.
    “If I knew we were coming here maybe we could’ve brought a picnic.” She said it more out of sudden panic than anything else, as it finally set in that they were out here all alone and no