Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 100225 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 501(@200wpm)___ 401(@250wpm)___ 334(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100225 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 501(@200wpm)___ 401(@250wpm)___ 334(@300wpm)
“Yeah, by shoving her tongue down his throat and that’s probably the most PG thing she did with that tongue of hers,” I mutter.
Dom laughs, shocking me and making me look at his face again. “I really don’t want to talk about what Gabby did or didn’t do. At this point, I’m trying to forget I ever knew the bitch,” he mutters.
“On that, we’re in complete agreement,” I huff, giving him a smile that I don’t really feel. I’m rewarded when he gives one of his own and his face softens. “So, tell me what happened.”
“King told me that my father knew he was in town. I went to confront him and found out most, if not everyone in the club but me, knew that King was here and that he was here to talk about some trouble headed our way. Or hell, maybe it was more than that. I have no idea to be honest.”
“What the fuck?”
“You’re sexy when you say fuck. I feel the need to do everything I can to make you say that word a lot…”
“Focus with your brain and not your dick, Dom,” I mumble, ignoring the way my body instantly warms, or the moisture I feel gathering between my thighs. Damn.
“My dick is more expressive when you’re close, Gorgeous.”
I snort. “Okay, to give myself the CliffNotes version here, your dad is being an asshole and holding all of that shit against you—”
“Thea—”
I hold up my hand to stop him from interrupting me. “Regardless of what happened between you and T, and I think you know whose side I was on in that, he’s wrong here, Dom.”
“I do know,” he admits. “It’s more than that, though. I laid drunk for a few weeks and my club duties slipped. My judgment was clearly impaired in ways I hope we never have to talk about.”
“Let’s make a deal that the past is in the past and we leave it there. It doesn’t need to intrude on what we have now. We can live in the present.”
“And the future, baby. You’re my future.”
“And the future,” I agree. “Still, your dad has no right to hold that shit against you. Especially since you’ve been doing nothing but proving yourself lately.”
“And how do you know that?”
I shrug. “Mattie told me. He’s really proud of you. So am I, if it matters.”
“It means everything, Thea.”
On impulse, I lean over and press my lips against his. Dom quickly takes over the kiss, his tongue sliding inside my mouth and seeking mine. It’s not an intense kiss, but it feels natural. It fills me with a peace that I can’t explain. When we break apart, I stand up and get into Dom’s lap. He welcomes me instantly, wrapping me in his arms.
“Might be difficult to eat like this,” he points out.
“Are you complaining?”
“Fuck, no.”
I giggle. “You can feed me.”
“Now, there’s an idea that I definitely like. Does that mean we’re done talking about this bullshit?”
“For tonight. I think we both need a break from the past. I am going with you to the club tomorrow, though.”
“I don’t want—”
I put my fingers over his mouth. “You may not be a member of the club right now, but you are my man and I happen to be very proud of that fact. I want everyone to know that I am. That means I’m going to be by your side, Dom. Well, unless you don’t feel the same.”
“You’re proud of me?” he asks, sounding as if the idea is completely foreign to him.
“I went to dinner at your parent’s house, Dom. We’ve practically been living together at my brother’s. How could you think otherwise?”
“You and Raze were together at Breakers’,” he points out.
I tense for a minute but shake my head. “Raze and I were having fun. I needed that after the mess with Deke. We fooled around and I’m not saying it couldn’t have gotten more serious, but it didn’t hurt like it should have when it fell apart, either. Mostly, I was glad that we hadn’t gone all the way together and it ended when it did because…”
“Because?”
“Feelings I thought had been dead for a long time were slowly coming back to the surface and they weren’t for Raze.”
“What are you saying, Thea?”
“I’m saying, things had already begun to change between me and Raze and it wasn’t entirely on him. I was glad he stopped being around so much. I let that happen easily because I was enjoying spending time with a man that I’d been hung up on for over half my life.”
“What man?”
“You’re being an asshole right now, you know.”
“Yeah, but I need to hear you say the actual words more than I need actual air right now, sweetheart.”
“You, Dom. I’m saying it wasn’t Raze I wanted in my bed. If I’m honest, it never was.”