Page 294 of Savage Brothers MC: Tennessee Chapter

“I’m sorry.Just thinking.”

“About?”

“We went really wrong somehow, didn’t we, Ice?”

“Yeah, we did.”

“Do you ever regret the choices we made?”

“Sometimes,” she admits.“I lied to myself, I guess.”

“What do you mean?”

“I loved you so much, Liam.I thought I could overlook the life you led as long as it meant I could have you.But the deeper I got…the more it all felt out of control.”

“You always did see things in black and white, Ice.”

“Yeah, and you lived in those shades of gray.”

“It sounds like a bad joke should be inserted here, but for the life of me I can’t think of one,” I joke.She laughs, though it doesn’t quite reach her face.

“Just don’t expect me to start calling you Christian.”

“Thank God.He was a pussy.”

“You watched that movie?”

“Against my will.Rory had the old ladies over to watch it while Diesel had to be out of town.He didn’t like the idea of not having someone watch over his woman.I got the short end of the stick, since Devil was still in bad shape.”

“Wait, hold up.Who is Rory and why was Devil in bad shape?”

“You’ve been gone a long time, baby.”

“Yeah, I guess so.Life goes on, as they say,” she lets out a big sigh that morphs into a yawn.I watch as she covers her mouth and smile.

“You’re sleepy.”

“I got up early.I hate to do this, but you should probably leave.I’m about to fall asleep on you.”

“I could stay.”

“Liam, I don’t think that would be smart.”

“I’ll sleep on the couch,” I suggest, but I can already see on her face that she’s going to shoot me down.

“What if your headache comes back?”

“It’s fine now,” she replies, shaking her head.

“You had one the first day I saw you at the bar, Ellie.Are you seeing a doctor for them?”

“It’s just tension.I have the day off tomorrow, I’ll rest up and be right as rain.”

I smile.“I’ve missed that,” I tell her with an honesty I doubt she could understand.

“What?”

“The silly things you say.What does right as rain mean anyway?”

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