Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 46448 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 232(@200wpm)___ 186(@250wpm)___ 155(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 46448 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 232(@200wpm)___ 186(@250wpm)___ 155(@300wpm)
Matthew was surprised. Duke pulled him in for an embrace. “What I won’t be is present when you finally take her as your old lady,” Duke said. “There are limits to what I can do.” He slapped him on the back.
Matthew sat down and looked toward Luna.
His dad left and he smiled. “You can talk now.”
Luna’s eyes opened. “I think your dad likes me.”
“Yeah, I think he does as well. How are you feeling?”
“A little achy,” she said. “Do I want to know what happened?”
“What do you remember?”
She blew out a breath. “Mac going a little crazy. Then a lot of silence, a lot of noise, a lot of pain.”
“Mac was going to shoot me. He was a bad shot and you got in the way.”
Luna smiled. “Wow, I took a bullet for you?”
“You took a bullet for me because you are insane and crazy.” He got up and leaned over her, putting a hand beside her head. “And I am so fucking in love with you, it is unreal.”
“I love you so much. Seeing that gun pointed at you, knowing you could die, it couldn’t happen. I don’t want you to die. I never want you to die. You can’t leave me.” She put her hands on his arms, and he stared into her pretty eyes.
“I’m not going anywhere, Luna. It’s just you and me.” He dropped a kiss on her head.
“Good, but, er, I don’t suppose you could spring me from this place, could you?” she asked, wrinkling her nose. “I hate hospitals.”
“No can do. You’ve got to stay here for observation.”
She pouted, and he hated to see his girl so upset.
He climbed onto the bed and snuggled in close, being careful not to hurt her.
“But I can stay here all night long and snuggle with you, if you’d like,” he said.
“I would like that.”
He kissed the top of her head and thanked whoever had kept her safe for him. This girl was his whole world, and he didn’t want to be anywhere else or with anyone else but her.
Chapter Thirteen
The hospital had called her parents.
Their first in-person meeting wasn’t supposed to be in the hospital, but Luna woke up to them stepping into the room. Matthew hadn’t left her side and was curled up against her.
“Mom? Dad?” she asked, coming out of sleep.
“What is this man doing in bed with you?” her father asked.
Matthew came awake and quickly stood beside her on the bed. She would have laughed, but her parents were not amused.
“Luna, you have to explain yourself. We got the call from the hospital to say that you had been shot and were stable. What’s going on?” her mother asked.
“Is it this young man? Is he into some bad stuff? I will call the sheriff!!”
Her father pulled out his cell phone, and Luna saw her parents were panicking. “Mom, Dad, stop. Okay? Just stop. This is, yes, I was shot last night, but it was not Matthew’s fault. It was Mac Reynold’s fault,” Luna said.
Her mother gasped. “Oh, no, was it a love triangle? Did Mac want you, honey? Was he angry that you picked this young boy?”
She wanted the bed to just swallow her whole.
“No, Mom, it had nothing to do with that. Nothing at all. Mac was trying to frame the Trojans MC, and he was going to kill Matthew. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I went back to get my cell phone, and it all just became a big old pile of mess.” She didn’t want to say too much in case there was a whole other story being worked by the Trojans MC.
Her parents didn’t look impressed.
“Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels. It is a pleasure to meet you,” Matthew said.
They were not going to shake his hands.
“Mom! Dad! Stop being so rude.”
They were polite and asked Matthew to leave.
“No,” Luna said. She grabbed Matthew’s hand. “He’s not going anywhere.”
“How about I go and get some coffee and let you talk to your parents?” Matthew asked.
“You don’t have to leave.”
“I’ll be back. I promise.” He kissed the top of her head and left the room.
“You will not see that boy again. I knew we should have forced her to come with us on the cruise. This is a big mistake.”
Her parents started to talk over her as if she didn’t exist. There was no way she was going to let them do this.
“Enough!” Luna said, raising her voice. It hurt to yell, but she wasn’t going to allow them to rule over her life. “I’m not a child anymore. I’m a full-grown woman who can make her own decisions. I love Matthew. I have been in love with Matthew for a long time. You want to act like you’re protecting me, but you’re not. You’re not helping me at all. If anything, you’re ruining this for me. Just stop.”