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He wanted to make sure Ronnie was comfortable and occupied before he disappeared on her, even if it was only for a few minutes, until he could find out what was going on.
It only took a few minutes for Ronnie to start to relax.He gave her a tour of the clubhouse, or at least the main level.
“I’ll take you up stairs and show you my room later.”He lifted his eyebrows a couple of times until her face turned pink, then he tilted his head toward one of the pool tables.“You play?”
“Not in a long time.”She glanced toward the table, then around the room, as if trying to decide if she was ready to expose that much of herself in front of these people.
“Come on, firecracker, live a little,” he whispered close enough that she would be the only one to hear.
She took a deep breath, met his gaze, and nodded.“Let’s play.Just don’t expect me to be good.”
Demon couldn’t help the grin he wore.“Come on, this will be fun.”He didn’t care how good she was.If she really sucked, then he would have fun teaching her.Either way, he’d get to tease and talk to her.Not to mention watch her as she bent over to line up shots.No, it didn’t matter how good she was, he’d enjoy it either way, and he’d do his best to make sure she had fun too.He wanted her to enjoy coming over here and to like his brothers and their ol’ ladies.The Souls were a big part of his life.He wanted her to have as much invested in it as he did.
They’d played one game and there were only four balls left on the table, one of his, two of hers and the eight ball, when Beth, London, and Dana came in.The way they all came in together, along with their chattering and laughter, told Demon they’d been somewhere together.He didn’t want to know what they’d been up to.
“Hey, who’s this?”London said, approaching them with one hand on her hip.
“This is Ronnie,” Demon said.“Ronnie, this is London, she’s Tuck, my president’s ol’ lady.To the left is Dana, she’s with Maverick, and the one on the right, who looks like she’s going to pop any day, is Beth.”He left it at that, wondering if she would remember what Krissi had told her earlier.
“Beth is with Sadist, right?”Ronnie asked, glancing at him then turning back to the girls.Apprehension crossed her face, but she smiled and moved forward to greet them all.“Nice to meet you.”
“What are you guys up to?”Beth tilted her head to one side.
“He’s taking pity on me and teaching me some basics.Actually, he’s trying to distract me from my world falling apart and burning to the ground around me.”Her smile turned tremulous as she turned away and came back to him.Several emotions flashed across her face, making him wonder what she was thinking.Was she coming to him because she knew he would be there for her?Was she looking for some kind of comfort?He could, and would, do both, but did she know that or was she just hoping?Was she just using him, and returning to his side as a chance to regain her composure?
“I’m sorry.We can help distract you too, if you’d like,” London said, watching the way Ronnie retreated to Demon, but not commenting on it.“We’re going to go over there, make Puck bring us drinks while we gossip, giggle and in general, annoy the guys.Come join us.It will be fun.”
“Well, everyone will be drinking but me,” Beth rubbed her swollen belly.“But you can have one for me, and I’ll just have to cut loose after this little monster makes his appearance.”
Demon’s gaze flicked back to Ronnie, who had stopped a bare couple of inches from touching him.He looked down at her for a moment, neither of them saying a word.Demon cocked one brow, still waiting for her to tell him what she wanted to do.
“It’s your turn.You can stop going easy on me.Then, if you don’t mind, I’d like to go have a drink or two.You can do whatever it is you’ve been waiting to do.”
“I don’t mind if you want to go have a drink but what makes you think I’m waiting to do anything but take you upstairs?”he asked with a frown.
“Cause upstairs isn’t through those doors over there and you glance over there every couple of minutes.”She set one hand on his chest, then stretched up and leaned close enough to drop a quick kiss on his lips.“Thank you for distracting me today.It’s one of the nicer things anyone has ever done for me.”Her voice was soft enough that only he could hear.
“Okay.Go have your drink, I’ll take care of this.”He hadn’t been aware she’d noticed him watching as Tuck, then Sadist had gone in, Gizmo was still at the bar, though he’d stopped by for a few minutes and met Ronnie on his way to get something to eat.Demon took her cue stick from her and added it to his own to be put away.“I don’t know how long I’ll be, but as long as you’re inside this building, you’ll be safe.My brothers will make sure of it.”
“They’re not all going in there with you?”
Demon shook his head.“It’s not a full meeting, and even if it was, Puck and Boomer are prospects, they would be out here either way.”
“Oh.Then go do your thing.I have my phone if I need anything.”
“That’s good, babe, but I won’t have my phone.If you need me or anything, just talk to Puck.He’ll either come get me or take care of it for you.”
Ronnie nodded, but didn’t ask any more questions.Maybe her obsession with that stupid TV show that got more things wrong than right was good for something.He leaned forward and pressed a kiss against her forehead.
“Go get to know the girls, firecracker.Enjoy yourself.I’ll be here for you.”He used one hand to turn her around then, unable to resist, he smacked her ass as she started to walk away.She turned and shot him a smoldering look over her shoulder that made his cock twitch in his jeans.He wanted to take her upstairs and fuck her hard, until she screamed his name.But that would wait.First he had to find out what that call between Krissi and her father meant.
He watched as she turned back to the women.
“I’m in.”She grinned.“How good is this Puck behind the bar?Are we looking at shots and beer or can I ask for something more exotic?”
London shrugged.“He’s got a phone and google.Order what you want.What’s the worst he can do?Say no?”She laughed, hooked an arm around one of Ronnie’s and towed her along with them as they moved to the corner booth someone had found and stuck along one wall.For some reason he didn’t understand, the women gravitated toward that one table every time they were together and drinking, which he had to admit, wasn’t as often as it once was.
Once he was satisfied she was occupied, Demon caught Puck’s eye and waved him over.
