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Chapter Twelve
I wakein Dane’s arms, his hand resting on one of my breasts. I smile to myself, unable to stop the movement of my lips as I remember what we did last night.
It was… phenomenal.
Messaging my sister to tell her I wouldn’t be back to the room was not. No doubt she’ll have questions, but I’ll worry about that later.
I trace signs on his skin, signs that say how much I feel for him, giving him words covertly that are not ready to be spoken freely yet. My feelings for Dane are growing with each day and becoming stronger, but I’m not sure where his head is at. He likes the physical side of our relationship, but he’s not really been forthcoming about the other side of things. Although Dane doesn’t strike me as the kind of man to open up about his feelings.
His hand moves, squeezing my tit, and I realise he’s awake.
“This is better than you sneaking out.”
I hate that I hurt him by doing that at the wedding, but at the time it felt right.
I want to give him words, to assure him I have no plans of sneaking out again, but my phone is on the bedside table and I don’t want to ruin the moment by reaching for it, especially not when I’m spooning him, my back to his chest. Instead, I content myself with him stroking up and down my arm. The gesture is soothing.
Then again, every time I’m around him, I feel soothed. Dane makes all my problems seem far away. I don’t know how he does it, but somehow, he calms the inner turmoil in me.
“Your brothers, my club… they’re not going to be happy we’re together.”
I snag my phone off the bedside table and turn to face him. There’s a hint of worry beneath his hard expression that has my stomach tingling with anxiety. I type my response and let it play.
“They won’t be. Do you want to end this?” I nibble on my bottom lip as it plays, dreading what his answer might be.
“Fuck no, I don’t. Do you?”
I shake my head. I really don’t.
“But what do we do here, Mackenzie?”
I swallow hard and shrug. There’s no good answer. We come clean, we risk the wrath of both our clubs, but I don’t want to keep this in the dark either. I want to be with him.
Besides, Slade knows about us already, Foz probably suspects something more is going on, and Beth is definitely suspicious. Not to mention Lola saw us last night. It’s only a matter of time before it comes out. We’re also in a war, and that is not so safe.
“Maybe we do nothing yet. My family need to be focused on the Reapers right now, not what I’m doing.”
He kisses my nose. “Yeah, baby, I see that, but you have to know you’re mine and I’m not giving you up. I don’t care what they say, whether they approve or don’t. I won’t walk away from what we have.”
Tingles race through me at his possessiveness.
“I’m yours?”
“Yeah, Mackenzie. I thought I was making that clear here.”
“You’re mine too,” I type before I lean forwards a little and brush my mouth over his, feeling safe and wanted in his arms.
“Teach me some more sign language,” he says as he brushes my hair off my face. “And not just the rude shit this time. Teach me, so we can talk properly.”
My heart swells at this and I spend the next hour or so showing him basic words. He’s a good learner, fast, but he has a long way to go before he’ll be proficient enough to understand me. In the meantime, I have my phone to communicate with him.
A pounding on the door makes my stomach clench. Both our eyes go to it before Dane comes off the bed, standing between me and whoever lies on the other side. Then he strides to the door. I barely have time to pull the sheet over me before he yanks it open, revealing Axel on the other side.
So much for keeping things on the down-low…
Axel’s gaze moves to me, his eyes not giving anything away before he slides his gaze back to Dane.
“Well, this is a complication we don’t need,” he says.
