Page 4 of Ripper's Property
“You ever spout that bullshit again, I’ll pin you to my bed and make you watch me fuck Cherry until she gets her fill.” Another wave of jealousy tries to take me down, but the wall at my back is a godsend keeping me upright. “And we both know it’s not Raid you want.” His lips tip up into a smirk like the devil showing his glee in making me uncomfortable. “Dear Diary, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I don’t know why I want him so much. But I have all these feelings for him.” The air gets trapped inside my lungs as he repeats my written words verbatim. “I get all warm inside whenever he’s near. And when he wraps me in ahug, I get these tingles between my legs. I wake up with soaked panties, imagining him touching me. And then…” He leans in even closer, dropping his voice to a gruff whisper. “And then I touch myself, wishing it were him giving me pleasure. Wishing his big fingers were rubbing between my legs.”
The rage and shame bottles up, and my hand comes up, slapping him across the face. Horror is striking down my every nerve. He read my diary. He went in my room, dug through my things, and read my private thoughts. How fucking dare he? And now he’s throwing it in my face like I’m a stupid child. Intentionally trying to embarrass me.
His hand drops from my chin to the front of my neck, squeezing almost to the point of restriction, bracing me hard against the wall. “If you ever lay a fucking hand on me again, I will bend you over my knee and spank you until you’re begging for me to stop. Do you hear me, little girl?”
“I hate you,” I spit. My entire body is seething with rage. I’m shaking. Embarrassment is consuming my thoughts. But the worst part is knowing he betrayed my trust and is now trying to shame me with my feelings. The charming prince just turned into an evil villain, and he’s killing me with his amused rejection.
“No, you don’t, princess.” He shakes his head. “You don’t hate me. You want me so fucking much, you rub your little clit to thoughts of me. Heard you going at it right before I went and found Cherry. I should’ve come to your room instead. Calmed your bitchy ass down with my cock.”
I rise up onto my toes, pushing against his hand as I get in his face. The air is restricted even more, but I force my rasped words out.
“I will never let you near me with that dirty dick. And if you ever threaten to lay a finger on me again, I’ll make sure my father ends your life. He would rip your heart out and step on it if youever tried to cross a line. Now, get out of my fucking way, Ripper, before I scream and tell the guys what you just said.”
His nostrils flare along with his eyes. Looks like I finally beat him at his own game. He seems to have forgotten that I’m the princess. The guys worship me and would protect me with their lives. If I told them what he said, they’d castrate him and mount his dick on the wall as a reminder to anyone who thinks about crossing me again. And if my father found out, he would put him in the ground. The law isno one touches the princess. And Ripper of all people should know that since he’s the Enforcer of that law.
He releases his grip, looking like he’s about to blow a gasket. I’d be smirking if I wasn’t so livid over the fact that he read my diary and is now lording my desire over my head, dangling it like a carrot. Not sure what the hell I was thinking having feelings for a man as cruel as him, but after what he just said, he can go fuck Cherry for all I care.
I push past him and start to walk back toward the house then stop. “Oh, and one last thing, Ripper. I’m making a call to my dad. Letting him know that if he wants me to stay locked on this compound, then he better lift the restrictions on me dating a prospect. The only reason I had those thoughts is because you’re the one I spend all my time with. I wouldn’t read too much into what I wrote if I were you.”
His jaw locks so tight I can practically hear the cracking of his bone as the tension settles in. “Not happening, little girl. No one touches what’s mine or they end up dead. Best think of that when you try to lure one of the poor innocent prospects into your bed. They won’t be breathing come next morning. So I wouldn’t even fucking try.”
I huff, turning on my heels and storming back inside. Once again, my fairy tale has just turned into a nightmare. My sweet, charming prince has turned into a fire-breathing dragon andjust burned my chance of love to ash. The evil queen may as well hand over the poisonous apple now, because I can’t take much more. Although in my story, it would be a poisonous cherry.
2
Ripper
“Ripper baby, where’d you go?”
Cherry’s voice has my fists clenching even tighter as I stare down the hall, watching Rory stomp her little ass down to her room. If I knew King wouldn’t have my hide, I’d go marching right after her and pin her down on the fucking bed. Prove that she’s fucking mine and fuck her calm again. Like hell I’d ever let a prospect touch her. I’d kill them if they even tried. She’s fucking mine. And as soon as I put Montoya to ground, her virginal blood will be smeared on my shaft.
“You look upset.” Cherry moves in. “What did the brat do this time?”
My eyes cut to the bitch who’s got her red claws all over me like she has permission to touch. Just because I fuck her ass from time to time, doesn’t mean she has a claim on me. And after what she just said, calling my girl a brat, I won’t be touching heragain. Though, I’d already come to that conclusion when I saw the hurt look in Rory’s eyes. Whether she admits it or not, she was hurt, and now I’ve got a heaping pile of guilt sittin’ in the middle of the plate of shit I’ve got to deal with.
“You better mind yourself, woman.” I narrow my anger right on her. She’s only gonna get one warning, and based on my fucking patience right now, she’s lucky she’s even getting that. “You’ll find your ass back out on the street if I ever hear you call Rory that again. No one disrespects my princess.” I move right into her face, making sure she catches my drift. “And if I find you sayin’ shit behind her back, if I see you even look at her in a way that’s not to my liking, I’ll dig your hole myself. Show the other girls what happens to bitchy little cunts who don’t know their place in this club.”
She looks like she’s seen a ghost. Her eyes are big and round like she’s been completely caught off guard. Acting as if we were an item or somethin.’ Like I just broke it off with her. I’m starting to realize my mistake. I’d made her my regular, not wanting to waste time on some loose cunt. But in doing so, it gave her the impression that she was in the running to become my old lady. There’s only one girl who’d ever be worthy of the title, and right now, she’s pissin’ bricks in her room over the fact that she saw me fucking Cherry.
Fuck.
“Get out of my sight. And best stay out of it until my temper cools.”
I turn and head straight to the bar, grabbing a bottle of whiskey from behind before taking a seat on the stool. This night turned to shit real fast. Here I was sittin’ pretty after having gotten word that we’ve got a promising lead on Montoya, and now that high is long gone. We’ve been chasing Montoya’s ass for years, but every time we get a whiff of his trail, it comes up dry. This time, our lead seems real promising.
One of the strippers down at the club told Razor that there’s a new dealer in town. When my boys went to check it out, they found a meth lab sittin’ right on the other side of the state line, and it has Montoya’s mark written all over it. Distance wise, it makes sense. About thirty minutes away from us. Close enough to keep tabs on the club, yet far enough away that he won’t be found out. But it looks like we know exactly where he is, and as soon as King gets back from down South, we’ll move in. In the meantime, I’ve got to get surveillance on the place and start tracking Montoya’s every move.
“The girl is going stir-crazy, Rip.” Raid’s voice interrupts my thoughts as he takes a seat next to me, making me tense even more. I can’t believe she threw that shit in my face about him. If I didn’t know the truth of her feelings, I’d be taking Raid out back and hanging him up to dry. “Rory’s been locked up in this place for years and it’s starting to eat her alive. She’s losing the light in her eyes.”
The light looked like it was burning pretty bright just a few minutes ago. She was glaring fire in my direction, burning my cock down with her flames. Seeing her mad made my balls ache. Never witnessed that side of her before. She’s always been as sweet as pie her whole life, but there’s a streak of lightning in her blood, reminds me of her dad. King’s a big ol’ teddy bear to the ones he calls family, but if you cross him, then he’s Satan incarnate, and you’ll be wishing you had a gun to blow your own head off before he gets to you.
“Montoya’s still out there,” I state, taking a shot of the brown liquor and letting the burn roll through my nerves. I’ve never wanted to hurt a man so bad. Montoya described in grave detail what he’d do to my girl should he ever get his hands on her, and I will never fucking let that happen.
“And do you really think he’d be stupid enough to come after us in a public place?” Raid cocks his brow. “The guy would beput down so fast. Look, I’m not suggesting we do something that will put her at risk, but a few hours at the mall to see that smile return to her face would be worth the hoops we’d have to jump through in order to get her there. And it’s not like he would know we’re there or have time to even prepare.”
I have to disagree. Montoyaisthat stupid. Not that he’d ever be able to get past us, but I don’t think it’s worth the risk. He might not attack us at the mall, but he could show up with his army of fucked-up meth heads with crazy in their eyes and outnumber us. We’ve got half our men out East with King, so that leaves us vulnerable. Here on the compound, she’s safe. We’ve got surveillance five miles out in every direction to know what’s heading our way before it even gets here. We’ve got snipers planted and bombs laid. We’re ready for any attack. But out there, beyond our walls and security, she’s in harm’s way.
“As soon as he’s put down, I’ll take her wherever she wants to go, buy her whatever the fuck she wants, but not until I know that man is no longer breathing.”
