Page 19 of Riding Through Life

“I’ll be fine. I’ve dealt with worse.” Her comment cuts me hard, but right now I deserve it.

“We were at my house when several men came storming in. I was restrained in the kitchen and could hear Kensi fighting with them out in the living room. She gave them a run for their money.” Sheriff Donovan’s eyes light up with admiration. “The one in charge knocked Kensi upside the head with the butt of his gun, stunning her and that’s how they got the upper hand on us. I was already held at gunpoint and was forced to watch as they zip-tied my little girl up. When Kensi came too, they were moving us to the SUV. Then she passed out again and didn’t wake up until we were at an apartment complex in the middle of nowhere. I knew how to get out of zip-ties so that’s what I did while taking down the one guard they left with us.

“Once Kensi came too, she broke her zip-ties and we got out by the fire escape and headed here. I think Lil’ Kay has a concussion. She’s been throwing up and dizzy the whole walk here.”

I take Kensi’s face in my hands and carefully look her over. She’s paler than normal and the mischievous sparkle in her multi-colored eyes is missing. “What can I get for you, Tiger? How can I make this better?”

It’s a double-sided question and she hesitates. “I need answers.” Kensi casts her eyes down to the floor and I gently lift her chin, making her look at me in the eyes.

“Do you want to do this here or in private?” I ask, giving her the option.

“Here, Aftermath. I can’t focus on what happened to my dad and me until this thing between us is cleared.” She shakes her head, holding back tears. “Even when my life was in jeopardy, the unanswered questions about us were running through my head.”

“I swear on everything I am and the loyalty to you and my Club, I never touched that woman.” Kensi doesn’t say anything but continues to gaze into my eyes. “She came onto me when Red and I were at Nadia’s dance studio. She walked up behind me, naked as the day her face came through her mother's crotch and tried to touch me. I got the fuck out of there and never looked back.”

Kensi glances toward Red and he nods his head in confirmation. “What about the grocery store and the night of the party before you had to leave for the job? She told me everything, Aftermath. Every last detail of the two of you together. She even described the tattoo you got just for me.” Kensi’s eyes lower to the zipper of my jeans and I know what tattoo she’s talking about. One night, I went to a tattoo shop in Vegas when we had to do a job for a woman Capone knows and got a tattoo of a Tiger on my junk. When it healed that was the best sex the two of us have ever shared.

My eyes shoot to Red, “Who is this fucking chick?” I’m pissed.

“I don’t know, but I don’t like it, brother. I’ll start digging deeper.” Red scurries off to his communications room.

“I swear, Kensi, I have never let that bitch touch me. Nor did I ever touch her. She came on to me at the grocery store with Pearl and Lexi, throwing out little jabs here and there. I didn’t know how to handle it, so I told them to keep their mouths shut. Now I wish they didn’t. And the night of the party, I couldn't stand looking at her skanky ass and I was exhausted. All I wanted was you in my bed and my arms without the drama. So, I went to our room and waited for you to get home. That way she couldn’t corner me.” I take Kensi’s face gently in my hands and move as close as I can. “I swear you are theonlywoman I want or need. When you’re not with me, I can’t breathe. Say you believe me, Tiger, please.”

“I believe you, Aftermath. I might be an idiot, but I can’t breathe without you.” I kiss Kensi with everything I have. All the love and adoration I have for this woman spills out of me and into her.

“I love you, Kensi Donovan. Will you still marry me? I might fuck up from time to time, but please knock me upside the head if I do. You’re my everything and I want to ride through life with you by my side.”

“Of course, I’ll still marry you. You’re my everything I want to ride through life with.”

“Forever.”

“And always.”

“Thank fuck.” Playboy groans. “He’s been an inconsolable asshole on this whole trip.”

I smile against Kensi’s lips before I kiss her again.

“Not to be the other asshole, but we have to figure out who those men were that kidnapped you two,” Capone speaks up.

“They said they were FBI,” Kensi speaks up.

“I’ll have Red check.” Trigger states.

“Good idea and wake up Bones. He can work with Red.” Capone orders.

“Do you think this bitch and those men who took us are working together?” Kensi asks.

“Why do you think that?” Capone asks.

“I don’t know. With all the weird shit happening, I don’t think it’s acoincidence. What if she’s a plant to try and get close to the Club while pushing me away from it and in return, my dad?”

Capone and the Sheriff pass a knowing look. Now that I’m in the loop I know what that look is for. Well, fuck me, it’s not the Feds who are after Kensi and the Sheriff. If they’re who I think they are, we're in some deep shit.

Chapter

Fifteen

KENSI

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