Chapter 21

Boone

“What the fuck did you do?” Alexis yells, coming into the garage a couple of weeks later.

“Don't you dare come any closer—you're bound to throw off my level, and if you do, I'm gonna have to spank your ass. It's taken me three hours to get here.” I glance up from where I'm making a measurement against a piece of cut wood.

She crosses her arms. “Fine, but don't think the fact you're looking sexy as hell with that hat turned backward is going to somehow fix what you did.”

I put the pencil in my mouth after making my mark and then run the saw. Once I'm done, my eyes meet hers. “What the fuck do you think I did?”

“I know what you did, Boone. I got the payoff today. Fifteen thousand dollars paid off just like that.” She snaps her fingers. “I know it was you.”