Free King Cobra (Diamondbacks Motorcycle Club Book 3) by Evelyn Glass

old warehouse and made her way to the main room where she had been told she would find Lind, pouring over maps and clues, obsessing over finding his archenemy like he had been doing for the past few weeks.
     
    She had stopped just outside the ajar door to get herself together, gather her thoughts, and summon all of her strength. She had hesitated when she had heard Alec’s voice, hesitant to interrupt the conversation between the two men. And she had stopped cold when the voices drifted back to her clearly enough that she could hear the words.
     
    “I love her, you know. I’ve never loved anyone the way I love Eve.”
     
    Eve’s heart began to pound fiercely in her chest.
     
    “I know you do. Does she?”
     
    “I don’t know.”
     
    “Well, have you told her?”
     
    “No.”
     
    “Then maybe you should.”
     
    Eve could not listen anymore. She turned around and marched as quietly and as quickly as possible to the outside of the building. She sat on the bench at one of the tables that had been set outside and breathed in big gulps of fresh air.
     
    Could she have been imagining it? Could Lind really love her? Could she have been spectacularly wrong about him?
     
    Lind’s voice as he spoke to Alec had been calmer and gentler than it had been in weeks. He sounded like the Lind that Eve knew and had fallen for.
     
    Could this be right? Could Lind be coming back to her after all?
     
    “Eve.”
     
    Eve looked up sharply. Lind was standing just a few feet away from her. He looked disheveled, dark hair unkempt and blue eyes rimmed with red circles, but he had never looked more handsome in Eve’s eyes. She forced herself to rein in her mounting enthusiasm; after all, she could be wrong about this. After all, Lind could still backtrack.
     
    “Lucas told me you were here,” he said, walking over to the table. He hesitated. “May I?”
     
    Just the fact that he had to ask whether he could sit next to her made Eve’s heart break a little all over again.
     
    She nodded. “Please,” she said, trying not to sound too eager.
     
    Lind sat down next to her on the bench. Their eyes locked, and Eve knew she could do nothing to hide the hope in hers. She couldn’t help it; she had been waiting for a sign for so long…
     
    “How are you?” Lind asked. For the first time in what felt like an eternity, he wasn’t just asking. He wasn’t just making conversation. He really wanted to know, and for once he wasn’t too busy to listen to the answer.
     
    “I’m okay,” Eve said. It wasn’t a lie, per se; in fact, she wasn’t quite sure what she was.
     
    “Alec is taking over for the day,” Lind said after a moment. “Would you like to go for that breakfast?”
     
    Eve looked at him in disbelief. There was nothing in the world she wanted more, but she knew she couldn’t go anywhere with him until she knew that she had not dreamt what she had heard.
     
    “Did you mean it?” she asked.
     
    Lind frowned in confusion. “Did I mean what?”
     
    “What you said back in there, to Alec,” Eve said. “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop,” she added quickly. “I just…happened to be there.” It sounded weak to her own ears, but it was the truth. She just hoped Lind wouldn’t think she had been spying on him.
     
    He didn’t seem to think so, but he did narrow his eyes a fraction in suspicion. “How much did you hear?”
     
    “Not much,” she admitted. Just the important part. She licked her lips nervously. “You said…” She took a deep breath. Oh God. What if it wasn’t true? “You said you love me,” she finally said. “Did you mean it?”
     
    Lind stared at her. His eyes looked more impossibly blue than usual. “Of course I meant it,” he said.
     
    The wave of relief that rushed over Eve then was so intense that for a moment she feared she might pass out from it. “Really?” she asked again.
     
    “Yes.” Lind reached out and took her hands in his. “I mean it, Eve. I love you.