Total pages in book: 26
Estimated words: 23332 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 117(@200wpm)___ 93(@250wpm)___ 78(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23332 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 117(@200wpm)___ 93(@250wpm)___ 78(@300wpm)
“You left,” I said, an accusatory note in my voice. He arched a brow at me, and I sighed, leaning back against the headboard. “Well, you did,” I muttered petulantly. “You know I can’t sleep when you’re not with me.”
William grunted and grabbed the juice. After cracking it open, he handed it to me, and even though I wanted to fight him because he was being his usually mute self, I obediently drank the juice, my throat parched. After finishing it, I twisted the cap back on, then tossed it onto the mattress at his feet. He cast me a warning look, but I stubbornly tilted my chin up.
Grabbing a plastic spoon from the little cup he kept full on the nightstand, he stabbed it into the ice cream, then tugged me against his side so he could feed me. Despite being put out with him, my heart melted.
William was one hundred percent a dick, but he loved me. He wasn’t a man of many words, but his actions spoke volumes.
“An issue has arisen that I need to take care of,” William quietly informed me, his chest rumbling against my shoulder with every word he spoke. William’s voice was deep and almost growly, filling me with warmth. But the way he spoke also had a way of commanding anyone’s attention immediately.
“An issue?” I mumbled around a mouthful of chocolatey goodness.
William tapped my chin. “Don’t talk with your mouth full, Chet.” I obediently kept my mouth shut. He was talking to me, and I knew being a brat would just make him shut down again… and earn me another punishment if I wasn’t careful. I was good for a while after the last one, thank you. My ass was still smarting from the paddle.
“Sorry,” I mumbled after swallowing the ice cream.
He fed me another bite. “The Savage Dreams found information on you.” My gut tightened, and suddenly, I didn’t want the ice cream anymore. I shoved his hand away, shaking my head when he tried to give me another bite. “Chet…” he warned.
“I can’t,” I choked out, feeling panicky. My stomach roiled. “I think I’m going to be sick.”
William quickly set the ice cream aside and grabbed the trash can just in time. Because right after he shoved it in front of me, I proceeded to puke, my entire body trembling.
Someone else knew about what I used to do. What I was forced to do. Did that mean…
“They also know about your father and have threatened to contact him,” William quietly informed me. I shook my head, feeling dizzy and nauseous. William set aside the trash can, then tugged me onto his lap so I was straddling his thighs. He hugged me close, his arms banding around me like steel. “He will not touch you again, baby, you hear me? You’re mine, and no one gets to take you from me. They don’t even get to attempt to.”
“But he’s a cop,” I choked out.
William pressed his lips to my temple, holding them there until I ceased shaking in his arms. “I don’t care what the fuck he is,” William growled. “Hyram has already given me the okay to take him out. I’m taking Malachi with me. I’ll be back in twenty-four hours, you hear me?” When I didn’t answer, he gripped my hair and forced my head back so our eyes locked. “Do you hear me, Chet?”
I nodded, feeling like I was splintering apart. While I was no stranger to being an outlaw since I was a patched member of the Ghost Born MC Oregon charter, William had kept me sheltered from my past. He’d made life so fucking good for me, I’d never had to worry again. He took all that worry and stress away because that was his job as my Dom.
And once again, he was rescuing me. Saving me.
“You better not get caught,” I croaked. I couldn’t do life without him right here with me.
He rested his forehead on mine. “And let someone take me away from you? No chance, baby.”
I relaxed and softly kissed him, my fingers lacing in his soft, dirty blonde hair. The curls sifted through my fingers, feeling like silk along my roughened fingertips. “I love you.”
He hummed and kissed me again. “I need you to listen to Hyram when he gives you orders while I’m gone, understand? I can’t do this if I think you’re going to be a brat.”
I huffed and rolled my eyes. “Fine,” I grumbled.
William kissed me again before gently setting me aside. “Finish that ice cream, baby. I’ll be back before you know it, okay? And I know sleeping will be hard, but I need you to try.”
I grabbed the ice cream from the nightstand as William tied up the trash bag I’d thrown up into. “I’ll try,” I muttered.