Page 17 of Blood & Honey
“And so will the rest of our town.”
“Since when have you cared what anyone thought of you?”
“I can’t marry her.”
“You already did.”
“Fuck.”Am I really considering letting this marriage stand?
“What’s going to happen when you call it off and she tells everyone you pretended to marry her so you could fuck her?”
“Ashley’s not like that.”
“She’s Shelby’s little sister.Cut from the same fucking cloth.Who’s to say she’s not playing some angle here?Or working behind your back with her.Keep your enemies close.”
I check my phone to see if I have anything from Tequila or Ashley.
Nothing.
Maybe Goose is right.What would War, my father, have done in this situation?He would have put Shelby down the second she crossed him.Too bad he never got the chance because the cunt murdered him and Eightball.I owe everything I have.Everything I am to my old man.And every mother fucking day Shelby still breathes is an insult to him and the club.
Goose is right.
I’ve made my bed with Ashley.
I may as well lie in it.
Till death do us part.
Things could always be worse.
I could have woken up with Felicity in my bed.
Chapter Five
“Whydoyoulooklike you’re glowing?Are you glowing?”Melissa questions as I slide into the other side of the booth at Banana Jack’s Waffle Shack.
“I don’t know.I’m just happy.”
“Well, I know it isn’t because you did the deed with Jackson.Where did you run off to?”my best friend for as long as I can remember eyes me suspiciously with her chestnut orbs that match the color of her hair as the server places two waters with lemon slices on the brim onto the table along with the menus.
“Something came up with the club.It was an emergency, and Blood needed me to keep an eye on Ash.He couldn’t exactly leave him by himself.”
“But it was prom?”
“That’s club life.”
“You say it as if you are a part of that whole scene.”
I shrug, trying to hide the irritation crossing my features at the judginess coming across from her tone.“I mean, I do live with the club president.”
“Until we move into our apartment.”
“About that.”
“Don’t tell me you’re chickening out.”
“No.Not exactly, but Blood needs more help than he expected with Ash.”
