Page 51 of Giving It to the Man-Whore

“You’ll have the entire club behind you,” Saint said. “We don’t have time to wait around for orders. They’ve got one of our own. You can either help us, or you get out of the way, and we hurt a lot of people to get our girl back.”

“Please, don’t make me beg. Don’t let me lose her.”

Big Ricky glanced down at his cell phone.

“She’s been taken to an old, abandoned building on the outskirts of the city. Lorenzo is on his way there to make it personal. He’s going to pretend to do a swap. You’ve got a couple of hours before he gets there. The men that took her know he’s on his way. If you arrive, they could kill both of them.” Big Ricky gave them the location, and Pea nodded, thankful.

“We’re heading out straight away,” Saint said.

Penny grabbed his arm as he walked past her. “You really do love her?”

He stared at his sister-in-law and smiled. “Of course I love her. She’s my fucking world. I’ll bring her back.”

The bastards who’d taken her were going to pay. No one touched his family, put them in danger, and got away with it. He’d set this right, and then Mel was never going out of his sight.

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Mel groaned, but she couldn’t move much. They had her chained tightly to the wall. Her legs were outstretched, and her arms above her head. She was aching all over. Her head hurt from being hit, and as her blurry vision cleared, she saw Autumn was sitting in the middle of the room, tied to a chair. She was crying as someone circled her.

“The Lorenzo family are monsters, and they thought they could get away with all the crap they’ve been doing. I didn’t like that. Your father really believed he could keep your existence a secret. He’s a fool.”

Mel didn’t recognize the man, who was covered in ink, but he also wore a business suit.

“I’ll give him props though. He’s clever. He thought hiding you away in this really shitty town would keep you safe. How could I resist taking Lorenzo’s precious gift? It was known that he had a love away from the family. You were it, and now I’m going to take that away from him as well.”

He ran the point of a blade down Autumn’s face, and Mel gasped. “What the fuck are you doing?”

They turned toward her.

She couldn’t let them hurt Autumn, or her. Every instinct in her was screaming to protect those around her.

“Well, well, well, the pregnant bitch. You know I’ve been told that you mean nothing, and I should just kill you, but you’re one of the MC bitches.”

“A pregnant MC bitch, I’ll have you know. I’m an old lady, and if you think you’ll get away with this, you’re fucking wrong. My man will gut you.”

He moved toward her, and she saw the scars on his face. There was no way she had seen this man before. His scars stood out, and he’d have been recognized around Sinners’ Corner, possibly even talked about.

She was in a dangerous place right now. How long had she been taken? Did Pea know she was gone?

“For a vulnerable woman, you’re very fucking stupid.”

Gritting her teeth, she glared at him. “Looking at a fucking idiot doesn’t scare me. You’ve got a poor girl tied up, and a pregnant woman chained. I mean, seriously, you’re clearly not that tough.”

She should have expected the blow to the mouth, but it still fucking stung. In the next instant, tape was pushed over her mouth.

“I’ll come to you soon, whore.”

The pain, the fear—this was not good for the baby.

Try and stay calm.

Pea will come.

He’ll come, and he’ll save us.

She had to believe that. There’s no way this was the end for her. There was no way that their journey ended like this. They had made plans for a big family, lots of love, and she wasn’t going to pass it up. She refused to.

Tears filled her eyes, and for the first time since her parents died, she prayed for help.

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