Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 45031 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 225(@200wpm)___ 180(@250wpm)___ 150(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45031 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 225(@200wpm)___ 180(@250wpm)___ 150(@300wpm)
“Danica. Honey.” I met her gaze with a startled one of my own. She stared at me, wide-eyed, her lips trembling and tears streaking down her cheeks. “Did I hurt you?”
She shook her head, but I knew she was lying. The evidence was all over my cock.
“Come on. Let’s get you dressed and go back to the clubhouse.” It wasn’t adequate in the least, but it was all I had. Of all the things, I never thought Danica was a virgin. Not at her age. It made sense, though. If she’d been taking care of twin teenagers by herself, she wouldn’t have had much of an opportunity for sex.
Danica scrambled for her clothing, shrugging into them while I fastened my jeans. I tried to pull her back into my arms. Needed to. To reassure her. But really, what was there to say? I couldn’t take her on as my old lady, and she would never accept anything less.
The second she was dressed, Danica hurried out of the garage and ran straight for the clubhouse. She never looked back at me once. What the hell? That wouldn’t do at fucking all.
I stalked toward the porch that led to the common room where I fully expected to find Danica. Brick met me at the door.
“What’d you do to her, Wylde?” Brick looked after Danica as she fled. I watched her round the corner without slowing. When he faced me, he frowned. “She was crying. What the fuck?”
“We went on a ride.” I scrubbed a hand over my face. “I thought she’d enjoy it. Didn’t say she was afraid or anything.”
“Well, you did something. Best you figure it out, or Iris might have your balls. She really likes Dani, and her girls like Apple and Lemon.”
“Yeah.” I rested my hand on the back of my neck. “I know what I did.”
“Well?” Brick snapped at me, fully expecting an answer.
“That’s between me and Danica.” I grinned up at him. “None of your business, big guy.”
“Not good enough. What did you do, Wylde?”
I shrugged. “We had sex. I gave her the choice and she chose to fuck me. Satisfied?”
“Not in the least. It had to be something more.”
With a lift of my chin, I stubbornly refused to tell him. It might have been a little childish, but really. It wasn’t his business. Or anyone else’s but mine and Danica’s. Finally, I sighed, not meeting Brick’s gaze but stomping toward him up the stairs. “Women,” I muttered.
“Yeah?” Brick snagged my arm as I tried to pass him. “Maybe it’s not women, Wylde. Maybe it’s you.”
“Look, Brick. I really like Danica. She’s a sweet, hardworking girl. But I can’t be what she needs. I know that and accept it. I thought we could have some fun together but should have realized that wasn’t something she could accept. I fucked up.”
“What did you actually say to her? That you wanted to fuck her and nothing else?”
I winced. “Well, when you say it like that, it sounds worse than it was.”
“Fuck.” Brick scowled at me. “Then you went and fucked her.” Then his gaze narrowed and his fist shot out, grabbing me by the throat. “Did you force her into that situation? If you did, I’ll kill you right here, Wylde.”
“I didn’t. I kissed and played with her, but the choice was hers. She’s the one who made that move. She’ll tell you that if you ask her.” I was telling the truth, but in my heart, I knew it was so much bullshit. I knew she needed more than I could give her, but I’d taken what I wanted anyway. She might have been the one to slide herself down on my cock, but once it was all over, she knew she’d given herself to a man who’d never feel for her what she did for him.
“You’re the one who brought her here. You warned everyone off her. You same as claimed her in front of Sting and the rest of the club! We were waiting for you to make an appointment with Ace for her tatt, for fuck’s sake!”
“What? Hell, no! You know I’ve never been serious about a woman.” I shot Brick my most impressive cocky grin. Difficult given the man was literally squeezing the life out of me. “I’m not a man to settle down. You know that.”
Finally, Brick let me go with a hard shove. “Yeah? Did Dani know that? ‘Cause I’m bettin’ she didn’t.”
“She’ll get over it. She’ll also see I’m right. There’s no way a woman like her would be happy with a man like me.” Get over it? Right. I’d taken her virginity on my bike. I doubted that was something she’d get over. I doubted it was something I’d get over.
“Never thought Serelda would be happy with a man like me either.”