Page 59 of Taming Raptor

I cocked a brow at him.

“What? I’m just calling it like I see it. But look, bro, what she and I have is nothing but friendship. Always has been.” He rubbed the palm of his hand over his close-cropped beard.

“You expect me to believe that? After all the times I saw you go to her room over the years?” The words were spoken without malice, merely an observation. In truth, I wasn’t angry at him for what might’ve happened before I made Sage mine. That would be asinine of me—whether I liked it or not.

“What we did in her room is my business. But I can promise you it was not sexual in any way.”

I dropped to my chair and leaned back. Staring at the ceiling I went over everything in my head. Deciding it was irrelevant if nothing had happened after I left, I pushed that aside as something that wasn’t top priority.

Fucking hell, she was pregnant. Pregnant.

“I was a supreme dick.”

“Yep.”

It was mine. And now that my head was clear, I felt that deep in my soul.

“Do you think she’s ever going to forgive me?”

“Bro, I can’t speak for her any more than she could speak for me.”

“Ugh!” I brought the chair back up and buried my face in my hands as my elbows rested on my knees. I tried to imagine the rest of my life without her in it. It was impossible.

And she was pregnant. Crazy how that was just now sinking in. Fuck. And I’d practically attacked her like a goddamn lunatic. I needed my head read—but not until I won her back.

“Can I ask you a question?”

I let my hands fall. They dangled between my legs as I looked at one of the men I considered a brother, though we had no blood connection. Feeling defeated, I sighed. “Sure.”

“That chick out there. Is it serious?”

“What?” I asked. I know my expression was telling him he was losing his fucking marbles.

“Tits McGee out there that was hanging on you outside,” he explained.

Understanding dawned. “Lola? Fuck no. I haven’t touched her. No interest and that’s a damn fact. She came with Gator and he’s gonna have a long talk with her.”

“Good, because if Sage ever forgives you, and that club bunny out there tried that shit again, Sage will fuck her up—then you.”

I snorted. “I don’t doubt she could put Lola on her ass, but there’s nothing there.”

My resolve strengthened and I looked him straight in the eye. “I’m getting her back. Even if it means I have to grovel.”

“OhhhHo! I’m definitely sticking around a while, cuz that’s something I’d pay good money to see.” He grinned. Fucker.

“Now that all of that is out of the way, do you wanna tell me what the fuck is going on that y’all came down here under the radar?”

He took one of the seats across from my desk. For the next hour and a half, he explained everything that had been going on since I left. To say I was furious would be the understatement of the century. If I—no, when I found them, I was going to take them apart piece by piece. Then I was going to have Phoenix torch the pieces back in our pit.

Looked like that pit just became dual duty.

I stood. Now time to grovel like a motherfucker.

“Where is she?”

Blade got to his feet and lit a blunt. He held my gaze as he took a deep hit and put his lighter away. He held it, then blew the smoke out. His voice came out a bit strained as he answered my question.

“Your room.”

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