Page 45 of Reckless Vengeance

“Good. I’ll have to kick one of the guys out of her bed.”

“Good luck,” Lukas grunted, glancing towards the doorway to the stairs and doing a double-take. “Baby, you should be in bed.”

I looked over to find Rory walking in, one of the guys’ shirts hanging off her frame and nothing else.

I moved towards her without having to think about it, wrapping my arms around her and dropping a kiss to her head.

“Hey, baby girl.”

She sank into me, and as much as I wanted to be annoyed when Diesel appeared beside me to check on her, I couldn’t. Having his support for our relationship was a godsend and made things within the crew so much easier.

“Hey. You okay?” he asked with worry.

“You saw the other guy, right? I made a mess of him,” she joked without pulling away from me, making me scoff.

“Very funny. None of this damage was from you, and you know it.”

“How was your meeting?” she asked, and I sighed.

“Repetitive. Matteo talked shit about Sasha and got his ass beat, so that was at least amusing.”

“He did what?” she bit out, pulling back from me to look at Diesel, noticing his damage.

“You should see the other guy,” he deadpanned, making her laugh lightly at throwing her own joke back at her.

“Are you still dizzy?” I murmured as I gently thumbed the bruise on her temple.

“Not really. If I stand up too fast it hits me a little, but it’s mostly gone now,” she smiled, my hands dropping to her ass.

“Good. You should get back in bed, I’ll be up soon,” I promised, her nose scrunching.

“The bed’s kind of full.”

“They can make room. Gilbert can crash with Lukas,” I stated, making Lukas glare at me.

“He needs time with Rory, asshole. Just because we’re figuring something out between us, doesn’t mean we get less time with Rory. Why can’t you crash with Diesel or something?”

“You guys don’t have to share beds. There’s a million spare bedrooms,” Caden reminded us, moving over to us to kiss Rory. “Go back to bed. I’ll set Skeet up in his own room.”

“Excuse me?” I scoffed, and he raised an eyebrow.

“You’re excused. It’s time you realized you can’t hog her all the time. You can have your own bedroom here permanently so on nights you sneak in and there’s no room for you, you can crash in there instead.”

I fumed as he stared me down, making Diesel snicker. “You guys are like a real family. Look at you fighting and⁠—”

“Shut up,” I warned, giving Rory a kiss before taking a breath. “I’ll see you in the morning. I love you.”

That seemed to fry her brain for a moment as she just blinked at me, then she leaned in to hug me tightly.

“I love you too.”

I’d never get tired of hearing those words come from her mouth. They were terrifying, but so goddamn perfect.

Diesel looked indecisive as we went to walk up the stairs with Caden, but then he quickly reached for Rory to push her hair back from the bruise to look at it properly himself. He could see that she was fine, but I didn’t blame him for wanting to make sure.

“I’m okay,” she promised quietly, giving him a hug that he didn’t pull back from.

I was pretty sure she knew he was in his own head and needed the comfort himself.