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And nothing has ever felt so good.
17
Ivy
“Ivy.” A squeeze on my arm, and I wish to myself that I imagined it. “Ivy.”No such luck.
“Hmm?”
“We should head back. Check on Lilah.” His voice travels through his chest and into my ear.
Lilah.
Shit.
“Shit. I’m a terrible mother.” I fly out of bed, running towards the bathroom to get my clothes. “They probably hate me there. Abandoning my daughter so I can come to your house and have sex.”
He laughs as he follows behind me, pulling on a pair of black jeans and a plain gray V-neck. His tattoos make him look so untouchable. This rough and edgy man was just cuddling with me.
I just slept with him.
Shit.
I shake the thoughts out of my head. “Don’t laugh. It’s not funny.”
“It’s kind of funny, and it’s a bit of an over exaggeration to say you wereabandoningher. Haley offered to watch her. I bet they’re having a good time. She probably barely noticed you were gone.”
I scowl at him. “Great, just what a mother loves to hear.”
He attempts to hold in his laugh, but his chest still shakes from the effort. “She’s fine. Let’s just go.”
I pull up my jeans and button them as I walk towards the front door. Not being able to admire his house earlier, I glance around as we walk into the main living area. It’s an open concept, but small. Dark seems to be the theme. This is obviously a man’s house. Dark solid oak floors, dark blue-gray cabinets, stainless steel appliances, dark—nearly black—marble countertops. The island has a bar top on it and opens up to the main living room. A few small couches and an oversized chair sit in front of one of the biggest televisions I’ve ever seen that sits above a large, stone, wood burning fireplace. It’s beautiful, small, and exactly Aziel.
“Nice place.”
He shrugs, turning off the alarm and opening the door.
Okay.
I walk down the steps and over to his bike, admiring as the sun sets behind the mountains in front of me.
He walks up to me silently, hopping on his bike and turning it on.
“Is everything okay?” I whisper into his ear as I slide on behind him.
I can feel his sigh as he looks over his shoulder. “I’m fine. Just thinkin’ about shit. We’re heading to Mexico next week. Just a lot to do.”
I nod. I completed understand, so I let him be quiet as we ride back to his house. I watch the sun go down on our way back to the clubhouse.
When we pull up, all is quiet. That’s unusual. Not that this place has huge parties every night, but usually some of the regulars are milling about, smoking, drinking, and flirting with random girls I do my best to avoid.
I hop off the bike before Aziel, racing inside and halting in place at the sight in front of me.
“Don’t ask. Just… don’t ask.” Haley says. I turn my head towards her and she’s holding in a laugh of her own, wiping down the counter and picking up stray dishes.
“What the…” I walk towards the living area, seeing West, Niles, Cassius, and Violent all sitting on the couch. The guys are playing a video game while Violet sits on her phone, chuckling every so often. Lilah, on the other hand, sits at the men’s feet that are propped on the coffee table in front of them. With extreme focus, she paints pink nail polish all over their toes. Their jeans are rolled to their shins and each guy has different amounts of polish on their toes.
“Hi, Lilah.” I say hesitantly, “How’s it going?”
