Total pages in book: 16
Estimated words: 14546 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 73(@200wpm)___ 58(@250wpm)___ 48(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 14546 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 73(@200wpm)___ 58(@250wpm)___ 48(@300wpm)
“Hey, Daddy,” I say to him.
“Hey, Maddy girl, you could have told me, you know?”
I’m sure not telling him hurt him worse than anything. “Yes, I know. I should have, but I didn’t want to get you hurt. What I did was stupid.”
He’s voice is laced with hurt. “No matter what you do, I’m here for you.”
“I know, Dad.”
He clears his throat. “So I know how you feel about Josh and I asked him if he felt the same. Otherwise, I would have to demand you come home. But I trust that boy, and I know you will be safe with him. You call me and do what you’re told. At least until this is all behind us.”
Did Josh tell my dad he feels the same way about me as I do him? I turn to face him, and Josh is leaning against the counter, watching me.
“Okay, Dad. I’ll do what Josh says. I promise. I’ll call you. Love you,” I tell him before hanging up.
I hand the phone back to Josh. “What did you tell my dad?”
“I told him what happened.”
I shake my head. “No, my dad said that he asked you if you feel the same about me… what did you say?”
He smirks and walks over to me, putting his arms around my waist. “Didn’t we just go over this? I want to be with you. He told me you loved me and asked me if I felt the same.”
I look up at him expectantly, holding my breath the whole time. “Well…”
He rubs his hands up and down my back. “I told him I feel the same. I love you, Maddy. I have for a long time.”
He kisses me then, avoiding my lower lip, and it’s awkward and not as good as earlier, but I don’t care because Josh Pierce just told me he loved me. I push myself further into his arms, but the ringing of his phone has him pulling away from me.
He looks at the caller ID. “It’s Sniper.”
I listen as he tells Sniper about what Crater did to me. I tense when he tells him he’s on his way now.
As soon as he hangs up, I tell him, “I don’t want you to get hurt.”
He picks up my suitcase and walks to the front door. “The Exiled Guardians can take care of any trouble from the Fallen Kings. I have my bike, so I need you to follow me to the clubhouse.”
Iron
I didn’t expect her to find friends so easily among the women, but Maddy looks to have made friends with Avery, Madison, and Zoey so far.
Church is called and I reluctantly leave my position of standing behind Maddy with my hands on her shoulders. With only a brief kiss, I whisper in her ear, “Be good.”
Her smile is still plastered to her face. It’s been there since I told her I loved her earlier. And damn it feels good. It feels good to finally acknowledge my feelings, it feels good that Maddy’s dad seems for the most part to be okay with me having a relationship with his daughter. Fuck, it just feels good having Maddy here among my family. This is where she belongs.
I walk into church beside Sniper, and he sees me look back at Maddy. He pats me on the back and laughs. “Your ol’ lady will be safe with Avery, Madison, and Zoey. We’ve got plenty of brothers to protect them while we’re meeting.”
I nod and am surprised it doesn’t even bother me having Maddy referred to as my ol’ lady. I let that settle on my chest before I walk in and take a seat with my brothers, where we plan out Crater’s fate. We are a good club that tries to keep our hands clean. We don’t hurt women, we don’t kill for no reason, but this… this is not something we can let slide. Rancher comes up with a plan, and even though it’s not death, it’s good enough that I never will have to worry about Maddy’s safety again.
I rejoin the party that’s happening in the clubhouse, and I see one of the prospects talking to Maddy. I don’t even falter; I walk straight toward them, pulling Maddy into my arms. I kiss her lips softly, nowhere near as hard as I want to, but then I move down her uninjured cheek to her throat, the whole time my hands exploring her back and shoulders. I pull her up to sit on my hips where my cock is pushing hard against the material blocking me from her pussy.
Thrusting against her, I tell her and everyone who’s watching that she belongs to me now and nobody, I mean fuckin’ nobody is fucking her but me. When I wrench my lips away from her, she’s dazed and looking at me through hooded eyes.