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Ensley had her hands on her hips, and her foot was tapping. Never a good sign.
“Of course we aren’t gonna be Power Rangers. We’re the Ol’ Ladies of the Ravage MC,” Ensley stated, not missing a beat.
“We are?” I asked.
Her head whipped to me. “Shut it.”
I chuckled, and so did Dryerson. Some of the tension in the room dissipated, and I had no doubt this conversation with Dryerson was far from over.
It felt so good to be able to hold him and kiss him whenever I wanted. The strain on my body holding me back was a lot because now I was more relaxed.
I loved this man with everything inside of me.
Maybe this could be my happily ever after with him.
24
KATIE
“Isit weird that we’re here again, in this room?” I asked Dryerson, peeking up at him from where my head rested on his chest. We were back in the clubhouse in the room where we’d first made love. Or had sex … whatever it was that first time. Who was I kidding? I kept telling myself it was just sex, but in actuality it was love from that very first time.
“It’s like comin’ home again.”
Something tightened in my chest. “You know I never really had a home until Ensley, Remy, and I moved into the apartment?”
He squeezed me as I continued.
“I still call the place I grew up home because I don’t really have another word for it, but that place was never a home. A home is happiness, laughter, teasing, playing Trolls, going for a walk in the sun. It’s having the people you love around you, and those people have no ulterior motive. The people you surround yourself with become the family you always wanted.”
Dryerson kissed the top of my head. “Family doesn’t always have to be blood. Sometimes blood is toxic, and you need to scrape it off. Once you do, your real family will emerge. One that you can count on, say to go in like bats out of hell to steal away two girls wanting to escape the hell they were living in.”
My heart warmed because he was so very right. Every one of those women had Ensley and my back. Freaking loved that.
“When we first got here, Ensley connected quickly to Austyn. I never told her but I was so jealous of that connection. Ensley just fit right in. I never really did.”
He started playing with my hair. We were laying on the bed, taking a break to spend some time together before I went to work and he had club things to do.
“Why is that?” he asked me.
I sucked in deep and really thought about that question because I'd wondered that myself for a very long time. Why I couldn’t just jump into the fold headfirst like Ensley did.
“I wonder that myself. I’ve thought about it a lot but have never really wrapped my head around it.” I looked up into this beautiful sky blue eyes. “Maybe just fear?”
“To go from one extreme to another overnight had to be a shock to your system. Then you got comfortable living in the little cocoon you made so you wouldn’t get hurt again,” he said, staring into my eyes.
“Getting hurt was always something I feared, but it was more a physical thing. This was more of a fear of not being liked. A fear of not fitting in. If I stayed away then I wouldn’t have to wonder if I fit in or not. I distanced myself.”
“Babe, you know the why. You just laid it out.”
My mouth quirked. “Guess I do. Now, though, I don’t feel like the outsider anymore.”
“Good, because this is your life now. Ensley, your two sisters, Remy, Micah and the entire Ravage MC at your back.”
“I’m pretty sure you forgot someone.”
He chuckled. “I’m a given, Wild Kat. My ass isn’t goin’ anywhere. Neither is yours.” Dry rolled on top of me and kissed me slow and sensually. These were the kisses that told me everything he felt inside for me. I hoped I was giving him that same feeling.
The kissing turned into making out, and hands began to roam. The button on my jeans was unclasped, and his thick hand pushed under my panties.
