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Stone pulls back, one blond brow shooting up and arching perfectly. “You broke up with your boyfriend because you just want my hot body?”
Without even thinking about it, I smack his chest. “Shut up,” I say with a laugh, and he grips my wrist, pulling me onto the middle of the bed until I’m lying across his body.
“Say it.”
“Fine,” I roll my eyes. “I love your hot body.” Then I cry, “Ow!” when he smacks my ass, ignoring the answering wetness that gathers between my thighs.
“Ivy.” His voice comes out on a low growl, but I don’t miss the need in his eyes. He needs to hear me say the words.
I want to say the words right now, but I can’t. I love Stone with my whole entire fucking heart, and I have loved him in one way or another for most of my life. As a brother and a friend, a protector, and a co-conspirator. And now, the way a woman loves her man. “You’re going out tonight.”
“I am,” he answers easily.
“And it’s going to be dangerous.”
“It ain’t gonna be a walk in the park, Ivy. Those motherfuckers came after you and Sage. They shot Gray.” And to Stone, those sins need to be paid for in blood. “I promise you to the highest of fucking heavens that I will be careful.”
I know he will. Stone, despite the past week, isn’t an idiot. He has a giant heart that wants to protect everyone he loves, and that hasn’t changed during our time apart. “I believe you, Stone. I just want you to come back to me.”
Understanding dawns in his eyes, and he nods. “There’s no other place I want to be than right here with you.” He places one finger on my bottom lip and drags it down to my chin and throat, not stopping until his finger and then his whole hand rests over my heart. “I’ll be back.”
“I’m gonna hold you to that,” I tell him and wrap my arms around him, fusing our bodies together from head to toe. I press my lips to his and kiss him deeply, pouring all the love I have for him and the confidence I have in him into this kiss. I know it’s not goodbye, but I kiss him like it is, just in case. I want him to have just one more reason to come back to me.
His hands wrap around me and slide down to grip my ass, pulling me right up against his cock. I moan, and he laughs against my mouth. “You gonna send me off with a little somethin’-somethin’?”
I laugh and press a quick peck to his lips that turns into another deep and intense lip-lock. His tongue teases mine, thrusting in and out the same way he’s applying a hell of a lot of pressure to the seam of my jeans. “Fuck,” I moan and give him one more kiss before pulling back. “When you come back, I promise a hero’s welcome. After you’re all healed up.”
He grunts. “You wound me, Ivy.”
I laugh. “If you have any wounds, I have a sexy nurse costume from Halloween.”
“Now that’s a fucking conundrum.”
I laugh again and roll off him, happy to end this talk, this emotional moment on a high note. “Just come back.” That’s all I give a shit about right now.
“I’ll be back without a scratch, but feel free to wear the nurse’s outfit anyway.” Stone stands, adjusting his huge erection in his jeans. “Maybe I’ll need a sponge bath.”
This right here, it feels so fucking right. It feels like coming home. This is what I’ve been waiting for my whole damn life. “I’m glad you came back, Stone.”
His smile is even brighter at my words. “I am too, Ivy. So fucking glad.” His expression shifts into something serious as he leans down to cup my face, holding me so close that I see the moment his gaze darkens. “I love you, Ivy. I always have loved you, but in a different way than I love you right now. You don’t have to say it back yet even though I know you do. I know how I feel, and I’m confident in how I feel about you.” The kiss he lays on me is somehow hot as fuck and whisper soft. “Think about it,” he says teasingly before he strolls out of the bunkhouse with my heart in his hands.
Think about it, he says as if I’ll be able to think about any-fucking-thing else.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Stone
I enter the Sin Room, our sanctuary where the Reckless Bastards hold church, and sit at the table. I’ve paid my dues, earned my stripes, and know that the men around the table respect me.
One day, they’ll be not just my brothers but my responsibility.
Dad and Wheeler enter last and close the door. Dad calls church to order and takes a few minutes to catch the rest of the MC up on what I’ve been doing every night after everyone has gone to bed. “I’ve given him plenty of shit about it, believe me. But now we need a fucking plan.”
Wheeler sends me a disappointed look, but I don’t miss the smirk that twists his lips. “You did some damage.”
“I did.”
“At least there’s that,” he answers with a snort. “What’s your plan, to pick ’em off one by one, or can the rest of us join in on the fun?”
