Page 30 of Maverick

He turned to me with a shit grin on his face. “Sorry, man. This little hottie was just begging me to take her home. Should have claimed her, brother.”

“Get the fuck away from her. Now.”

Zach turned and looked at me with an evil look in his eye. “Fuck off, Mav. I’m busy here.”

I could hear the clubhouse getting quiet and everybody turned to watch the two of us. Goose appeared from upstairs and came up behind me. “Listen, Prospect. Your VP said to get the fuck away from her. That means to get the FUCK away from her.”

Wrench appeared at my side. “Zach. Just do what he says. Willow clearly isn’t comfortable with you. Come on, let’s have some fun. Let the girl go.”

“Oh fuck off, Wrench. You two can have your turn tonight with her.”

Willow tried to duck under his arms when he grabbed her upper arm and pulled her into him. I could see the fire in Willow’s eyes as she turned to him. “You better get your hands the fuck off me if you want to live to see another day.”

Zach laughed and ran his hand down to grab her ass. “You just shut that pretty little mouth, babe. Women like you are meant to be seen, not heard.”

Willow cocked her arm back and punched him right in his face then quickly came to stand beside me. She spit at his feet and narrowed her eyes at him, “Eat shit, asshole.”

I pulled her into me and kissed the top of her head. “You okay, baby?”

“Yeah, I’m good.” Willow stood behind me and Wrench as Zach wiped the blood from his nose.

Zach pointed at Willow. “You fucking bitch!” He went to launch at her, but I caught him and slammed him to the ground. He tried to hit me, but I ducked and pounded my fists over and over into his face. Blood was gushing from Zach’s face and onto my hands, but I didn’t care.

Striker came over and started to yell as my Brother’s separated Zach and I. “ENOUGH! Goose, get this asshole out of my club. He’s done here.”

Goose grabbed Zach and dragged him out the door. Striker turned to me and shook his head. “Fuck, man. You okay?”

I sat up and nodded. “Yeah. He didn’t really get a chance to hit me.”

Striker sighed and ran his hand down his face. “Want Lilah to check you out?”

“Nah, man. I’m good. Just gonna go home and rest.”

“Got it, Mav. Church in the morning. See you then.” Striker patted my back as he walked over to Lilah who was just shaking her head.

Wrench came over and hugged Willow and whispered something in her ear. He turned to me and patted my back. “Drive safe, Brother.”

I nodded then turned to look at Willow who was taking a shot at the bar. “You ready to go?”

Willow didn’t say a word and headed out the door. I followed behind her and got on my motorcycle. She threw on the helmet and got onto the bike, wrapping her arms tight around me.

As we took off, I rested my hand on her thigh and decided to take a long way home. We drove through town and toward the ranch, taking corners as sharp as I could. I needed to feel that rush of adrenaline before we got home. Riding this way always calmed me and put me in the right state of mind.

I turned onto my road and headed up the driveway. Before I could even park the motorcycle, Willow hopped off and headed up the porch. I quickly parked and ran up the stairs and into the house. She was just standing in the middle of the kitchen with her arms crossed. Her hip cocked against the counter and eyes glaring at me.

“Want to tell me what the fuck tonight was about?”

“He put his hands on you. End of story, Willow.”

I stalked over to the fridge and grabbed two beers. Opening one, I handed it to Willow then opened the other one for myself. I leaned up against the counter and took a sip.

“I had it handled, Maverick. You went too far. All night I could feel your eyes on me. Nobody except that asshole dared to talk to me. You tell me you don’t want me, then turn around and beat the shit out of one of your brothers for putting his hands on me.”

I growled and took another sip of beer. “It’s nothing. Now drop it and get to bed.”

“Excuse me? Are you talking to me right now? You can fuck off too, Maverick.”

Willow put her beer down and grabbed the bottle of whiskey out of the freezer. She put the bottle to her lips and took a huge sip.

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