Total pages in book: 72
Estimated words: 72122 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 361(@200wpm)___ 288(@250wpm)___ 240(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72122 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 361(@200wpm)___ 288(@250wpm)___ 240(@300wpm)
“You’re right,” I admitted fully.
She smiled.
“I already knew I was right. It just took you knowing that you were.”
With that I walked out my GG’s door and went to find my man.
She was right.
I didn’t care about what he’d done in his past.
I didn’t care if he wanted to become a contract killer and hunt down men for the rest of his life.
If that time came, I’d be there when he got home.
With my arms wide open.
Now I just had to convince him that he wanted the same.
Chapter 14
Leg shaving season is here, and I’m not mentally prepared.
-Things that come out of Verity’s mouth
Truth
I shut off my motorcycle and looked at my house.
It didn’t look different, but I knew she was there.
I’d said some awful things to her the other day, so for her to be back meant that maybe I hadn’t fucked things up as badly as I’d thought.
But likely, I had, and she was just here to make me feel even worse.
I swear if she was crying, I was going to apologize on my goddamned knees for years if that was what it took.
The last six days had been pure hell.
I’d said those nasty words to her, and I hadn’t been able to get a hold of her since. I’d called. Texted. Sent out goddamned search parties. The men that I’d put on her couldn’t find her. They reported that she never went home that night after I’d kicked her out of my bed, and I’d been a nervous wreck until she was found shopping at the goddamned mall yesterday afternoon.
Happy as could be buying goddamned lingerie of all things.
When Aaron had spotted her there while he was there with his wife, he’d immediately called me, told me where she was and said that he’d keep an eye on her until one of our prospects could get there and tail her to wherever the hell she’d been hiding.
Then he’d had fuckin’ lunch with her while Aaron’s wife, Imogen, and Verity had a grand ol’ time talking about babies, marriages and what they wanted out of life.
To make matters worse, I’d stayed away, knowing I couldn’t go and potentially expose her.
If Beckett didn’t already know about Verity, which hopefully was the case, then I wanted to keep it that way.
Especially since I’d gone and fallen in love with her.
I’d just dismounted my bike when I heard someone pull up behind me.
And immediately sighed when I saw Destiny pop out of the car, followed immediately by Kenneth, who looked less than excited to be in my driveway.
I heard my front door open, and I turned to look at Verity.
She was wearing short jean shorts that likely barely covered her ass—mostly I could tell this by the fact that they were barely covering her pussy—and one of my sleeveless t-shirts that I used to work out in. It was one of those ones where the arm holes extended from the shoulder all the way to the ribs…when I was wearing it. On Verity, the hole extended from her shoulder all the way to her waist.
I could see a black lace bra underneath, tantalizing me with small glimpses of what it was covering.
Her brown hair was all the way down her back in soft waves, and part of it was clipped back with what likely was bobby pins on top of her head, ensuring that none of her bangs were in her face.
She was holding a spatula in one hand, and a bottle of beer—one of my bottles of beer—in her other hand.
She took a sip, let her eyes linger on me, before moving to Kenneth and Destiny at the end of the driveway.
“What’s going on, honey?” she asked, stepping out onto the front porch.
That’s when I saw her toes.
Her toenails were painted a glittery pink that was so bright that I could see them from where I was parked.
“What are you doing here?” Destiny snapped.
“I live here. What are you doing here?” Verity returned.
I chose not to call Verity on her lie. Instead, I dropped the helmet to the bike frame, then headed for the porch stairs.
The moment I came within reach, which happened to be at the bottom of the steps, Verity launched herself at me.
I caught her easily, pulling her securely into my body and closing my eyes as her scent and the feel of her body washed over me.
I didn’t notice the way I rocked back on my heels when she threw herself at me.
The other two people standing there watching me did, though.
And they made it a point to comment on the fact.
“Even a big man like your ex can’t handle her…”
I stiffened and turned, dropping my hold on Verity’s ass as I did, and felt her go preternaturally still as she tried to figure out what I was about to do.