Page 18 of Giving It to the Man-Whore

“I think so. Either that or he’s the one keeping an eye on everything.” Penny shrugged. “We wanted a night together. It has been a long time since we did.”

She nodded at her sister and looked out onto the main floor. Moving forward, Mel wanted to get closer to watch the action, but something was eating away at her. Glancing back at Big Ricky, she then looked over the crowd. He was watching everything so seriously.

Pea doesn’t want you near him.

Asking questions shouldn’t hurt.

Their relationship had provided them with many different opportunities. Sleeping with certain men had given her an insight into the town, and it helped her to keep the law off Saints and Sinners back. If they were planning a raid on the club, she’d be the first to know, and as soon as she was able, she alerted the club.

“I’ll be right back,” she said.

She was a woman, and in the world of crime, MC, drugs, and shit, women tended to be overlooked, but she often had people talking a hell of a lot. The MC was her family, her home.

“Where are you going?” Penny asked.

“Just to talk to someone. You stay here, okay?” She didn’t want Penny anywhere near someone like Big Ricky.

Mel would kill the bastard with her bare hands if he laid a finger on Penny.

“Sure. I’ll get you an orange juice. Meet you back here in ten minutes?”

“Yeah, sure.”

She waited for Penny to be out of the way before making her way toward Big Ricky. Offering him a friendly smile, she stood right in front of him so he had no choice but to look down at her.

“Imagine seeing you here,” she said, tilting her head to the side.

“It’s a fight, and I like a good one of those.”

“Huh, you struck me as the kind to be in the background, organizing everything. Not in the thick of it with us common folk.”

“You see a lot more than anyone gives you credit for.” There was a smile to his lips. “I doubt the club even realizes that you protect it fiercely.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“I’m part of a mafia family. I know you’re not stupid, so after our little chat, I got a couple of people I know to do some digging. You’re an interesting woman.”

“I’m not interesting. Relatively boring, actually.”

“The men you screwed. Some of them had an agenda against the MC. That I find interesting. Your and Pea’s open marriage. Of course, not all of the men, though. Some of them you just enjoyed.”

She rolled her eyes. “Believe it or not, you’re boring me with that. Everyone always thinks the same thing, and they’re usually wrong. You’re not going to be any different. Believe me. Pea and I found a relationship that worked for both of us.”

Big Ricky laughed. “They have no idea that you tried to help them whenever you could. Even when you didn’t need to.”

“Pea is my life. I helped when I could, even if it wasn’t all the time. Again, this is not news to me, or to them. How’s Autumn?”

Instantly the laughter died, and she stared at him.

“It would appear that I’m not the only one that has a few secrets,” she said. “You can try to judge me, but you’re not going to know the entire truth. Only I will, sweetheart.”

Right before her eyes, the easygoing man changed, and she saw the devil himself staring right back at her.

“I suggest you be careful on what you think you’re doing.”

“I’m not doing anything.” She smiled. “At the end of the day, I’m just an old lady.”

With that, she spun on her heel, and made her way back toward her sister. There was something about Autumn. She didn’t know what, but she no longer believed that Big Ricky was just in town for some friendship between the two clubs. No fucking way.

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