Page 23 of Savage Daddies

I go to open my mouth but realize I don’t even know their goddamn names.

Panic twists my stomach. Felix is gonna kill me, like, actually pull out a saw and cut me into pieces for dinner. He knows I’m looney for escaping in the middle of the night, but how do I excuse going missing midday with the sun up?

God, every money-hungry citizen in Vegas will turn stones trying to find me right now. Let’s just hope none of them discover this place. I’d hate to get three…not-so-innocent bikers into trouble for kidnapping me into their sex lair.

I retrace my steps back to the room they stuck me in earlier.

Was it a right turn?

Cautiously, I turn the corner.

That’s when approximately a dozen leathered men turn my way.

The tall one is easy enough to spot—he towers over the rest. The other two stand closely beside him. Mr. Reeves and the other one.

“Zoe?”

“Zoe as in Zoe Fernando?” says a member of the congregation.

“Fucking hell,” replies another. “Man, I told you it was her.”

Mr. Reeves approaches me and starts to escort me back to the bedroom.

“No. Let go. I need to go back.”

“I don’t think that’s best.”

“Please. You don’t understand.”

“No, I don’t, but what Idounderstand is public safety. You are not safe.”

“I am s?—”

“No.”

My pussy flutters a little, to be honest.

My cheeks always used to heat when Mr. Reeves raised his voice. Though strangely it was never me he told off, even though I chatter-boxed my way through school.

I stare into his familiar blue eyes. Age weathers them slightly now, but they still sustain that same, heart-contracting look. Biking has bulked him out. His shoulders sit broader than I remember them, and his brow arch appears higher than before.

He was always a bit brooding. But this is different.

My eyes drop to his hands. More specifically, the left.

No ring on the finger.

“You’re not married now?”

He tenses his jaw. “No. But you are.”

“Yes.”

The jaw tenses even more, like he’s grinding down on his molars.

Then, something flickers in his eyes.

“Come on.” Bullwhip interrupts our staring competition. “Let’s get her home before Felix Fernando decides to burn this place down.”

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