Page 6 of Giving It to the Man-Whore

“You don’t see it that way?”

“The one thing I know is that people will only take so much. When they’re pushed into a corner they tend to react, and when shit like that happens, innocents die.”

He watched as she licked her lips. “You’re afraid something bad is going to happen to me, to us, to people here?”

Pea didn’t want to frighten her; far from it. He grabbed her hand, not caring that it was wet from the water. “Yeah, I do. I’m tired of people thinking that nothing is going to happen. We know it can, and it will. I want you to be careful.”

“I will.”

“Will you give the same warning to the other old ladies? I’d tell them myself, but I don’t think they like me very much.”

“They don’t know the real you. You’re always an asshole to them. Even Penny.”

Yeah, Penny. He squeezed Mel’s hand. A few years ago, he’d wanted to fuck her sister. There was no denying that. He’d been honest with Mel about it, and she’d shrugged it off.

“Do you still want her?” Mel asked.

“No. She’s not you.”

This made her chuckle. “We are a really fucked-up couple.”

“It’s how I know we’re going to work. We’ve been through all the other crap together.”

“Fucked other people.”

He cupped her cheek, running his thumb across her bottom lip.

“No. Because we made a life together. Neither of us was ready to settle down, or to commit. We made a life work for us, and now we’re changing. The rules changed, but I know I can trust you, Mel. You’re my partner in everything. I trust you with my very life, and I don’t put my faith in a lot of people outside of the club. In fact, unless they’re wearing a patch, I don’t trust them. You, I do.”

“Wow, I think that has to be the most romantic thing you’ve ever said.”

“I should mention that I want my dick sucked.”

This made her laugh. “There’s the Pea I know.”

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