Page 26 of Unruly Defender
I greedily take it and ask, “Aren’t you scared it’ll melt if you have it stashed there?”I ungracefully shove another piece into my mouth.
Laughter rumbles from his throat.“Nah, I just grabbed it when you guys came into the clubhouse.I was going to eat it right away and once I start, I don’t stop until I’ve eaten it all.It’s like you blink and it’s gone.”
“Oh, I know about the blinking, gone instantly but then it will reappear because it will add a few pounds that will never go away.It mainly settles on my ass and thighs, but you don’t seem to have that problem.”I sigh and still eat another piece of chocolate knowing I will regret it later.
“I happen to like those curves on you,” Henley whispers in my ear and it makes me shiver.
“All right, you guys, give her some room,” Henley says and scoops me up.
“Pres, I’ve cleaned up the first room on the left for you,” a guy says from behind me.
Henley mutters a thanks and stalks to a room someone from our left opens for us.Once inside he puts me down and locks the door behind us.
Eyeing the movement, I raise my eyebrow.“This was your brilliant plan?Get your brothers to help you distract me to calm me down so you can swoop me away and lock me in here?”
The corner of his mouth twitches.“Nah, I could have thrown you over my shoulder and do just that at any time.My brothers going crazy to make sure you’re okay was all them.A little over the top if you ask me, but, yeah.They’re good guys,” he says and releases a deep sigh.
“You’ve missed them,” I state.
His head slowly bounces up and down.“Yates told me some of the things that went down when I was away.Guys going head to head and not having each other’s back.I was afraid Rush killed the spirit of this MC.But this little show of support made me aware he didn’t.”
“It would really suck if I would grow to like you more and more and then find out you in fact did use me in the end,” I grumble, getting tired of this whole situation, and I feel like I should address the head of the snake, so to say.
“I like you.I want you.It has nothing to do with your name or who you’re connected to.Yes, it was one hell of a convenience with the whole Rush situation, but you know damn well how fucking perfect you felt against me last night.That shit isn’t something you fake or happens when you want to get off.You burn my insides every time that lush body of yours rocks against me.The need to bury myself deep in you is overwhelming and if I didn’t give a fuck then my dick would have taken your tight pussy yesterday.But I didn’t.”
How on Earth did we get from questioning if it’s real between us to discussing last night’s non-screw moment?I should question if he thinks he deserves a medal due to the effort he put in there to restrain himself, but like I said...I’m getting tired of this whole situation.
“I want something real, Henley, and I’m not afraid to say I’m not looking for just sex or a relationship because it’s convenient.I want something long-term and meaningful.There’s a lot of stuff going on in my life and a lot in yours too.Hell, you’re just taking your life back and I absolutely understand your body and mind are occupied and you’re trying to balance all of it.Believe me, I know how overwhelming things can be.”I rub a hand over my neck in an effort to release some tension.
Henley turns me around and presses his fingers against my shoulders, working his way to my neck and shoulder blades.Damn, that feels good.I groan and tilt my head to allow him the room to massage my neck but instead his lips caress my skin.
“I walked out of that prison with only vengeance on my mind and then you stumbled into my life filling my head with endless possibilities to enjoy life to the fullest.Everything might have fallen into place with the people tied to you but that’s all it really was, things finally falling into place and moving forward the way it should.I claimed you.You’re mine.Not to clear up issues at hand or to benefit myself or others.I’m honest enough to admit I’m a selfish fuck when it comes to you because all I care about is having you next to me, under me, with me at all times.And my fucking chest tightens at the thought of something happening to you, I couldn’t bear it and this tells me the feelings you flared up inside me are meant to act on and let them grow because no other woman has awoken something inside me enough to claim as mine, only you.”
Okay, then.
The way he stares at me, allowing me to see the honesty in his gaze makes me shiver.I don’t have any words to give him in return.Leaning forward I gently brush my lips over his.He growls low in his throat and cups my face to crash his mouth against mine.Consuming.Rough, and yet so caring.He makes me forget why I was questioning our connection in the first place.
If he’s selfish, then I can be too, and I’ll share his statement...all I care about is having him next to me, under me—with me—at all times.
