His To Lose

What did she do to him?

Some people say Ruger is an unapologetic player, a user of women. They say it like it's a bad thing. He could care less. He was the enforcer for the Hell's Minions MC. He liked to ride, drink and sex it up with any woman willing to put out. It wasn't his fault that women threw themselves at him. If they were offering and easy on the eyes, who was he to tell them no. He didn't set out to break hearts, but it had happened a time or two. He never promised any of them forever. Hell, half the time he didn't even promise a whole night. He did promise that they would have a good time.

Lately, though, he found himself wondering what it would feel like to wake up with the same woman in his bed every morning. It seems to be working for his friends Blue and Gray but the women they found are not your average women. They were the kind that were few and far between. If it wasn't for that night with Josie, he wouldn't be thinking such crazy things and it pissed him off. He liked his life just fine. Or he thought he did. Why did she have to make him question it?

What was she thinking?

Josie was happy with her life, if not completely satisfied. She loved her job as a bartender, loved her college classes, except for one, and was close to graduating. She was counting the days. She'd worked so hard to earn her degree that she'd sacrificed her personal life. Specifically, in the romance department. She couldn't even remember the last good date she'd been on or the last time she'd had sex.

Speaking of sex…she spots one of the brothers from the Hell's Minions MC come into her bar. Ruger. The one starring in all her naughty fantasies. She often entertained the idea of giving in to his charms while she was doing a favor for the club but seeing the way he went through women kept her from going there.

She knows she's nothing more than a challenge to him. She's the one that turned him down. His ego can't allow that, so he's been hanging around, wanting to do things as "friends". One night during a game of Truth or Dare and a bottle of whisky, she thinks, what the heck? What could it hurt to take Ruger up on his offer of one night of down and dirty sex to escape the mess her life has become? She knows in the morning when she's sober and thinking clearly, she'll look back on this moment with regret. And, boy, does she regret it?

Ruger knows he should be happy. He got what he wanted. He got his one night with Josie and it was time to move on. He has no doubts that with little effort he could have her and the life he never knew he wanted. It's all there for the taking. But before he can figure out what it is that he want's, another swoops in and tries to take her away. That's when he realizes she's His to Lose.