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Shaking my head, I pulled her against me even closer. “I don’t want to be away from you unless it’s unsafe for you to be with me. Even then, I don’t know if you’d be safer anywhere than with me.”

“Unsafe? From what?” She cocked an eyebrow but wrapped her arms around my shoulders. “I know I wanted attention, but this isn’t exactly what I meant. And I don’t want you to get tired of me. I love this new you, and I don’t know if I can let you go again.”

My heart thumped in my chest. She nearly said she loved me. Still not sure it was time to say it to her, I met her lips with mine and stole a deep kiss. Pulling away, I pressed my forehead to hers and stared into those sparkling blues. “I will never get tired of you, Lacy. And I won’t let you go. I can’t. I need you like I need air. Come with me.” I wanted to tell her nothing was safe for her right now, especially at the strip club. But I couldn’t. “Please, Lacy.”

Her smirk melted away and her eyes softened. “Okay. But just today. I can’t go everywhere with you all the time.”

Grinning with satisfaction, I kissed her again then smacked her firm ass as she turned to find shoes. The only thing that would make this better was if she was back at the clubhouse. It was so easy. I was relaxed, as relaxed as I could be knowing we still had a rat and some asshole was picking off strippers. Still, Ifelt…happy. I couldn’t believe I fought so hard against this.

“You okay?” she asked with a pinched brow.

Shaking off the thoughts of how much time I wasted being an idiot, I smiled. “I’m great. You hungry?”

We headed out the door, stopping to grab some breakfast biscuits for the crew. I had texted Falcon to let him know in case he had the same idea, but he was running behind. There was a great hole in the wall shop on the way, so I ordered enough for everyone, but decided against drinks since we had coffee and a stocked fridge at the shop.

After parking, I grabbed the bag of food and took her hand once we got out of the cage. As we stepped inside the shop, Daisy looked up with a grimace until she saw who was with me. She practically turned her chair over jumping out of it and ran around the counter, flinging her arms around Lacy.

I let Lacy’s hand go so she could greet her friend and Falcon came up front to see what the commotion was. They both squealed and giggled as they held each other. Not only did I want her to be with me all day, but I hoped seeing Daisy would make her miss the clubhouse even more. I wasn’t above trying any means necessary to get her back where she belonged, and they were best friends.

“I missed you, girl!” Daisy said as they rocked each other.

“It’s so good to see you. It feels like it’s been ages,” Lacy said as she pulled back and looked at her friend.

Daisy’s eyes shot to me. “This only gets you partial points.”

“I absolutely brought her here just for you, Daisy.” I held the bag up. “I also got breakfast. Does that get any extra points?”

Lacy smacked my arm then grabbed the bag from my hand. “C’mon. Can you go eat back there?” she asked, pointing downthe hall.

“I’ll hang out up here. I don’t have an appointment for a bit,” I said. We didn’t even have a front desk person until Daisy but I was willing to step up if it meant Lacy was happy and Daisy may cut me a little slack.

Lacy lifted on her toes so I leaned down to capture a kiss. “We won’t be long.”

“Take your time, doll.”

After the ladies practically skipped to the back room, Falcon came closer. “Thank fuck, man. She’s been mopey as hell.”

“Well, baby steps. She won’t come back for good yet. And I haven’t gotten her to agree to even spend the night with me yet. But I’ll take this as a win.”

“You’ll get there. I have faith in you, brother.”

“Here’s hoping it’s sooner rather than later. I don’t like her at the dance club.”

“No shit,” Falcon huffed. “Daisy found out.”

My brows rose. “Oh yeah. How’d that go over?”

His lips thinned. “She wants a raise.”

I crossed my arms. “Well, once you knock her up, she’ll probably let that go.”

“Oh, I’m trying. It’s only a matter of time now. Did you talk to Hawk about a cut?”

“For who?”

Falcon rolled his eyes. “You’re a dipshit. For her,” he said, swinging his hand in the direction of the breakroom.

“Fucker, he told me I can’t claim her unless she agrees. I can’t even get her to the clubhouse,dipshit.”

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