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“Don’t fucking lie to my face, Pit. And you better not have touched her in any way that could compromise a potential deal.” I don’t quite meet his eyes, and he shoves me again, this time pressing me against the wall. “Reassure me, brother, before I have no choice but to lay into you.”

“I haven’t fucked her, Pres,” I snap. “I wouldn’t.”

He releases me. “Keep it that way.”

Tessa appears holding a plastic bag with her few belongings. “Is Pit coming?” she asks.

“No,” says Axel bluntly. “Let’s go.”

“Wait,” I say, and he pauses. “You’re putting her on your bike?” The thought brings something out of me that’ll get me into some serious shit with my Pres, but I can’t let her go like this.

“Do you want to put her on yours?” He’s challenging, and I know if I push too hard, he’ll refuse point blank and probably lay into me just for fun.

“What about Lexi? She’s your old lady. You can’t just put another woman on your bike.”

He knows I’m right, but he pulls out his mobile. “I’ll speak to Lex.”

“Or I could just bring her to the clubhouse,” I suggest. He eyes me warily, and I hold my hands up. “She’s already been on it, and I’ll drop her at the club and leave.”

“Fine,” he mutters. “Let’s go.”

The second we pull away from the farm, her voice crackles through the speaker in my helmet. “Am I going to die tonight?”

“No, Te.”

“How do you know?”

“Because that’s my job and he hasn’t ordered me to do it. He’s going to keep us apart now.”

“Why?”

“Because he knows.”

“Knows what?”

I sigh heavily. “He knows what I want to do with you, Te. He can see it all over my face.”

“And what do you want to do?”

I give a short laugh. “Oh baby, there is so much I wanna do, but you don’t belong to me, so it’s pointless even talking about it.”

“You said before that you’ve been buying me time. What does that even mean?”

I realise there’s no point lying to her. After this trip, I won’t see her again. “Buying you more time on this earth,” I mutter. “More time with me.”

“So, now what?” she whispers.

“Just pray your man calls that phone, Te.”

“I was scared to be with you, Pit,” she murmurs, “but I’m terrified to be without you.”

My heart aches, and it’s a feeling I don’t get too often. “Axel isn’t going to hurt you.”

“But if Alec doesn’t call or won’t cut a deal, then what?”

“We’ll worry about that when the time comes.”

“So, if he calls today, what am I supposed to say to him?”

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