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“I love you,” she croaks after I break the kiss.

I cup the back of her head and kiss her again, before replying, “Not as much as I love you.” I kiss her again and whisper, “So what do you say, Tinker? Do you want to reopen the gym with me?”

She looks around the room, taking in everything she’s done, before her eyes go to the spot where her dad died. A small smile appears on her lips, and I grin.

“Yes,” she whispers, then looks at me, gripping my hair, and demands, “But only if you’re my partner.”

I kiss her hard before my tongue connects with hers, until she suddenly breaks the kiss. I scowl because I need those fucking lips back on mine, but she ignores the look and moves slightly to look between us, her left hand gently touching the leather, the ring noticeable, making my heart fucking soar.

She’s really fucking mine….

“Steal ordered it after I joined the club,” I admit.

Tears fall again, and I quickly kiss them away before our lips meet.

“My fucking soon-to-be wife,” I mumble against her lips, “my old lady….”

She smiles wide, happiness radiating, and I kiss her again, feeling whole. Feeling complete. My past, my trauma—they had no chance of ruling me, not when this woman is my queen.

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Perrie – One Week Later

“Hey Perrie, do you know when Acid’s back?” Prudence asks as I walk out of the hallway, putting my cut on.

I know I can wear it at work, but the thought of someone spilling food or drink on it gives me hives.

I raise a brow at her and ask, “Why do you want to know?”

She picks the coffee pot up and says, “Because I want in his pants, that’s why. Everyone knows I have dibs,” before looking my way. She furrows her brows at my cut and says, “Perrie, you know you can get into shit for wearing a false cut, right?”

I cough to hide my laughter before I clear my throat, and state, “Well, first off, it’s not a fake cut; it’s my property cut, and second of all, Prudence, Ollie has been mine since I was thirteen years old, so you don’t have dibs, I do, I always have.”

Her mouth drops open, anger blazing her eyes, but I ignore her and turn, showing her my back as I walk to the door, my feet throbbing from the busy morning.

I hear her screech in outrage, and I grin at the smugness that takes holds as the door shuts behind me, and I walk over to the Mustang.

“Come on, Sweetie, let’s go for a ride….”My eyes tear up as I hear my dad’s voice, picturing him sitting in the passenger seat. I miss him so much. Since I agreed to reopen the gym, my dad’s been on my mind a lot, but not him dying, more like the happy memories. According to Piston, a lot of people are ecstatic about the gym reopening, especially knowing I’m not selling, and the club will be involved, along with Cass, who has promised to be the on-call doctor.

Sniffling, I climb into the car and start her up before taking a deep breath.

Ollie messaged and asked me to meet him at the gym. It was something about paperwork.

Damn, man is lucky I love him because I cannot stand paperwork, even if I am about to have a crap load with the online classes in business management I start next month. Something Steal and his dad, Hammer, demanded I do. Apparently, if they had known I dropped out, they would have dragged me back to college by my hair, and sat with me every class—their words, not mine.

Shaking my head, I pull out of the parking lot and drive down the street, my body humming at seeing Ollie, who, yes, I love living with.

I’m not alone anymore; I don’t feel broken, I feel whole.

I frown when I pull up outside of the gym ten minutes later to see several bikes.

“What on earth…” I mumble as I park and climb out. My eyes automatically go to the sign above the door, and I can’t help smiling when I see it.

Halliwell’s Huntsmen’s Gym.

Steal said it was the perfect name because the Halliwell sisters have two Huntsmen brothers by the balls.

He’s not giving up on Cass, which is nice to see. I just hope he listens when she’s ready to talk, but as it stands, she believes he only wants to find out what happened before leaving her life again.

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