Total pages in book: 70
Estimated words: 71289 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 356(@200wpm)___ 285(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 71289 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 356(@200wpm)___ 285(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
“You ready for bed, baby?” He asked when he sensed I wasn’t going to reply to his earlier comment.
I nodded.
“I am.”
And as I laid in Apple’s arms that night, thinking about how much my life had changed for the better, I sent a silent prayer up to the sky.
Thank you for giving me everything I’ve ever wanted in life. Watch over them, please.
And three hours and fifty-seven minutes later, after feeding Emily, I came back to bed and curled back into Apple’s arms.
Everything was right in my world.
***
Jake
I narrowed my eyes as my woman curled into another man’s arms.
Crying and moaning sounded from beside me, and I turned to glare at the bitch that most certainly was not Kitt but would do for now.
“Shut it, bitch,” I hissed, liking the way her mascara smeared when she cried.
She swallowed convulsively, but the tears still fell, and I smiled.
“You want me?” I stood up and stalked in her direction.
She started to shake her head, but I grabbed her hair before she could say no.
As long as they didn’t say the word ‘no’, it wasn’t wrong. That’s what the law said. She’d come here. Sure, I’d invited her here, but she’d come of her own free will.
Now she was going to take me until I forgot about Kitt and that filthy fucker’s hands on her.
But as I fucked Marlene, or was it Judy, I made sure to watch the screen as Kitt slept.
As long as she was in my line of sight, it would be okay.
Chapter 21
I take super hot showers because I like to practice burning in hell.
-Kitt to Ridley
Kitt
The next day I waved goodbye to my brother, who now sported a fucking tattoo exactly like Connor.
“Don’t bend over for anything!” I called to Ridley as he started to walk down the drive to a truck that held some man behind the wheel that I’d seen before, but couldn’t quite place.
Ridley stopped and turned, coming back to me to stop directly in front of my face.
“I told Freya if she wanted to come see you, or if she got lonely, that you’d be here. Watch out for her if she tries to make that connection, okay?” he asked.
I rearranged Emily in my arms, gently moving her so she was settled on my shoulder before holding out one arm to my brother.
Ridley promptly pulled me into his arms, letting his scratchy beard—a beard that still looked incredibly weird on him since he’d just started growing it out— play along my cheek.
I laughed and pushed him away, hating the itch that soon followed that move.
“I gave some guy your number at Walmart today,” I winked. “Will you be able to answer him?”
Ridley’s face broke into a grin. “Yes, and it’ll give me something to do.”
I laughed, which woke Emily up.
Emily’s head picked up from my shoulder, and she immediately turned to survey her surroundings.
Upon seeing her uncle, she reached for him.
Ridley promptly took her from my arms, gave her a small cuddle and a kiss, then handed her back to me.
Just as I had her settled back in my arms, Apple came out, looking like a badass.
His jeans were holey, and they looked like they were way past the point where they needed to be thrown away.
He had a black t-shirt stretched tightly over his chest, and his cut directly over that, denoting him a patched in member of The Uncertain Saints MC.
‘CORE’ was emblazoned in red over the breast pocket, and I might, or might not have, salivated slightly.
Luckily, I was holding Emily who was drooling like crazy due to the three teeth that were coming in at once, so I could easily play off the drool as hers if anyone called me on it.
“Damn,” I muttered under my breath, my eyes assessing my man and his goods.
His hair was buzzed, and I found that I liked that.
A lot.
I’d seen him cut it last night while lying in bed, but with the early morning sunlight out over our heads, it really showed off his beautiful features.
His jaw was strong, his eyes hard and calculating.
The moment he saw me, though, they practically melted.
“You ready to lose your balls?” Ridley teased.
Apple’s eyes looked from me to my brother, and his eyes shone.
“You ready to be sodomized?” He countered.
Ridley’s grin grew, and Apple walked to him and offered his hand.
“You’ll take care of her, won’t you?” He demanded of Apple.
Apple nodded, and Ridley nodded back.
It must’ve been some guy code or something, because after whatever had just passed between the two was finished, they parted and Ridley walked away.
I waved at him as he got into the truck and buckled in, my heart in my throat.
“He’ll be okay, baby,” Apple said softly against my neck, pulling me in just long enough to place a long kiss on my collarbone before he walked to his bike.