Free ROMANCE: SPORTS ROMANCE: Tight End (Bad Boy Football Romance) (New Adult Alpha Male Sports Romance) by Carly White

look and he realized then that maybe he had jumped the gun. She was just perfect and he felt bad for taking her. Lance just hoped that it didn’t make things even harder between the two gangs. He started to think that maybe there could be a peace between them. The thought of having his daughter in his life more, sounded even better to Lance, though he knew that she wasn’t going to just swoon like all the others in the past. He was going to have to work for it and though it peeved him that she wasn’t giving him what he wanted, there was something so tempting about her. Lance felt like it was fate.
    “Well I guess we just need to wait a little bit before we head out.” Lance was still amazed that it had turned out so well, though he knew in the back of his mind that it could all be a trap. He wasn’t ready to let go of Stella for that reason, as well as many others. But he knew that he had to. There was a moment that he wished he had waited a day, sure that if he just had the night with her, Lance would have been able to make her see reason.
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    As the time of the meeting approached, Sam didn’t tell anyone what was going on. He wasn’t sure if everything had worked itself out yet, but there was no reason to take a chance then. There would be time for payback later, he reminded himself over and over again as it all ran in his head.
    When he got to the meeting place, it was a small park on the outskirts of town. There was never any fuzz there and it was a place they both knew well. Sam was already there when he heard Lance pull up on his bike. He didn’t see her car after him and didn’t realize till the end when he was getting off that Stella was riding on the back of the bike with him. She looked too natural behind him and he scowled as Lance helped her off. “There she is, all safe and sound.”
    Sam grunted, still not prepared to say anything. He had not expected the man to be so nonchalant about it all and he certainly hadn’t expected the way his daughter was acting around the man. His mind went to the offensive, but he had to remind himself it wasn’t over yet. There hadn’t been enough time to really check out the surroundings to see if it was a trap. Sam hadn’t cared, he would have come anyways.
    When Stella started to walk towards him, his body started to relieve itself and he could breathe again. “I am a man of my word Sam. I didn’t want none of this messy business and nothing was done to your daughter in any way.”
    Neither man had to make more comment than that about Stella. She was a very pretty girl and it was what Lance had thought about for the much of the time. But he hadn’t done anything, if she would have even let him. “That’s good because I would have to kill you.”
    They both chuckled a little, Stella finding their conversation pretty awkward. “Can we go now please?”
    She had turned towards Sam, not wanting to meet Lance’s eyes. It was awkward for her and all of it shouldn’t have happened. “Give him the stuff so we can go. I am going to kill Carl when I see him again.”
    Stella stormed towards the car and was sick of being a pawn for one night. She had never felt much danger besides in the beginning, but she was irritated that they talked like she wasn’t even there.
    It took some time to transfer the money, but Stella did not look back at them. When Sam got back in the car, he looked over at her and grimaced. “I am so sorry about this Stella.”
    “I just want to go to home. I haven’t really had any sleep and seven o’ clock comes early.” She didn’t know why she was so angry all of a sudden, but she was sick of dealing with the Black Riders and their business. “You know you are going to have to find someone else to take over. Tommy or Rick. It can’t be Carl. For the idiot’s own sake.”
    Sam agreed in his mind, but couldn’t find the words. His mind was still on her and Lance. “Did he hurt you in anyway?”
    “I told you he didn’t.”
    “I