Page 22 of Protecting His Woman
“Now, this is going to end a lot worse if you two don’t fucking stop.I will put a bullet in both your fucking heads and be done with the problem.”He looked toward the Crystals’ leader.“You’re not supposed to be here.There are no fucking deals being made, and if there were, I’d call you.Now, get the fuck out, and be warned, I will be coming for the price you now owe me.”
The leader looked at him, nostrils flared, but he was not backing down.Together the knife and gun went away, and seconds after, the Crystals rounded up their injured man and left the diner.One of Neil’s men took his injured man and left.
With the danger now gone, Vicki lowered her hands, and she looked so fucking pale.
“I-I didn’t realize this was going to cause a problem.”
“It’s not,” Damion said.“It will all be nicely resolved.”
“I bet that shit cost me too,” Neil said.
“You brought a couple of tables of men.Of course it is going to cost you.”He also had to send out two warning shots.Thankfully, there were no kids around.He looked toward the civilians, nodded his head, and they got back to eating.Tank would also be rewarded with today’s outburst.
Neil didn’t look happy.“I’m sorry,” he said.“I just ...I don’t know if you’re my kid.Your mom was fucking a whole lot of people back in the day.”
Vicki chuckled.“From what I’ve been told, she has been doing it a lot.”She shrugged.“You don’t know if you’re my dad or not?”
“I don’t have a clue.”Neil ran a hand down his face.“If you are, then I want to make it up to you.”
Vicki frowned.“And if not?”
“I—” Damion kicked him under the table, giving him a warning.The other man didn’t even show he’d been hit.“I don’t know.”
He watched as Vicki sighed.“Okay, then, well, I don’t think we should continue this.”Vicki got to her feet, and Damion followed suit.
Her reaction had shocked Neil.
“If you don’t want to know me without the paternity test, there is no reason to build up a friendship.It’s nice to meet you and I hope you get your answers.”And without another word, Vicki left the diner.
Damion followed behind her, knowing he was going to pay each one a visit for the price of their argument.
Vicki went to the passenger side door, and he clicked his car open.She climbed inside, and he sat behind the wheel.Without another word, he didn’t take her home, but to that special spot where no one else was around.
Putting the car in park, he gave her a few minutes, and then she climbed out.Damion watched her, knowing she needed a little time to herself.
After some time had passed, he pulled his key out of the ignition, climbed out, rounded the car, and sat on the hood, folding his hands across his chest and waiting.
“Why even bother?”Vicki asked.“If you have no interest in a person unless they’re blood, why do that!”
He didn’t answer and she started to pace back and forth.
“I mean, what is the point of even getting a paternity test, and what’s the point in meeting with someone?”
“He has his reasons.”
“Yeah, if he’s my dad, he wants to know.If not, he couldn’t give a fuck about me.”She pressed her hands to her mouth and gasped.“I shouldn’t cuss.”
“It’s natural.”
“I don’t like it.I don’t like not being in control.”She put her hands on her thighs, bent forward, and breathed in.“I hate this place.I hate everything about it.I hate that I feel guilty about it all.I’ve done nothing wrong and it feels like I do everything wrong.”
He didn’t expect her to suddenly lift her head and start to scream, but he saw it.He figured she had a lot to scream about.Damion watched her let go, and even as she lost control, to him, it was a thing of beauty.She kept screaming until her throat was hoarse, and then she collapsed in on herself.
This is when he moved in close, caught her face, and stared into her eyes.“You don’t do anything wrong.”And then, he did what he’d been wanting to do for a long freaking time, since their first one—he kissed her.
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Vicki still couldn’tbelieve that kiss she and Damion had shared.Every time she thought about it, it was like her lips tingled to remind her of exactly what she had been doing with him, and what she wanted to do again and again, and again.To keep doing it and never stop.
