Page 50 of Love Gamble

I instantly freeze, feeling extremely vulnerable in this moment. Although I don’t let my scars define me, they show how hurt and in pain I was at one stage in my life.

“You know I’m always here for you, no matter what, right?” he whispers, placing another kiss on the slightly raised skin. “No matter what.”

“I know,” I reply, swallowing hard.

But when he doesn’t say anything further, I relax.

He accepts me, and even my dark past.

And I hope he knows how much that means to me. I know I can be a lot, but he doesn’t make me feel that way. And speaking of.

“By the way, I did something, and River got angry but then told me to tell you because apparently I’m your problem now.”

He stills. “What the hell did you do?”

I tell him.

His fingers twitch on my skin, and he looks at me like he wants to kill me.

I run my hand over his dick, silently reminding him of the great sex we just had.

“Corey, don’t fucking text him again,” he demands in a low tone. “I’m serious.”

I yawn. “I know, I won’t. I found out what I could.” And I proved that I can be useful, and not just some damsel in distress.

“If anything happened to you—”

“It won’t,” I promise.

Closing my eyes, I squeeze him tightly and fall asleep.

Feeling safe.

Julianna is in the kitchen the next morning, and hands me Julian. She’s always moving between both clubhouses, and I don’t know how she manages to stay organized, but she does.

“Did you sleep well?” she asks, trying to keep a straight face.

“I did, yes,” I reply, lip twitching. “Where is everyone?”

“Romeo sent the prospects out to run some errands, and I’m getting someone to come in today and clean the place,” she says, watching me hold her son. “You are so good with him.”

“I adore him.”

“And he, you,” she replies, smiling down at him. “And considering you are here, I’m guessing things are going well with Damon.”

“Yes.” I smile. “But it’s early days, so I don’t want to jinx it.”

She laughs softly. “I don’t think you have to worry about that. It’s easy to see that you’re both crazy about each other. We’ve all seen it ever since that party, when he kissed you and River attacked him for it.”

“Yeah, I try not to remember the second part,” I admit.

“I’ll bet. But look how far you’ve come. You’re spending the night with Damon, and he’s alive. What a miracle.”

“You know what, it really is a miracle,” I agree, waving bye to Julian as I hand him back to her. “Is there anything you need me to do around here? I’ve got nothing going on today, so feel free to put me to work.”

“If you can stay here while the cleaner comes, that would be great. We have a charity run on this weekend too, so if you want to help with the organization that would be ideal. We wanted to cancel with everything going on, but the proceeds are going to the children’s hospital, and it’s going to look bad on us if we suddenly pull out.”

“Do you think the Lost Lions MC will show up?” I ask, frowning. “At a charity event?”

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