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It never even crossed my mind that he might be lying about rejecting her, but hearing her say this made me feel light.

As if a weight had lifted off my chest.

“I’m serious,” she said. “I’m just trying to look out for you. It would be theneighborlything to do. After all, I saw the way you looked at him the other day.”

Was my interest really that obvious?

If she noticed, then I had no doubt Xavier noticed.

I felt some heat blossoming on my cheeks at the thought, just as the elevator doors opened.

“Noted,” I said, walking past her and through the open doors.

I didn’t need to look at myself to know there was a spring to my steps.

16

ROMAN

Fuck me.

I didn’t want to let her go this morning.

I wanted to tie her to my fucking bed and lock the fucking doors.

That way, no one could get in orout.

We could shut ourselves off from the world, and I could have spent the day feasting on her body, showing her how good it was to be mine.

I would have her become as addicted, as obsessive, and as desperate for me as I was for her, and I would have settled for nothing less.

And then she decided to put on a little show after getting back into her apartment.

Fuck. That had made me late for the club’s meeting, but it was well worth it.

My girl was horny, and what I wouldn’t give to be the one to help her out in that little situation.

I shifted in my seat.

“Are you even listening to me, Roman?” Dominic asked.

“He’s distracted,” Micah added. “Distractions can get your ass killed.”

Micah sounded bored, as if we were discussing the weather, but I could see the fire burning in his eyes.

If I didn’t get my head out of my ass for the rest of the night, it might encourage Micah to go and look for my distraction, and I wasn’t ready for him or Dominic to know about Ryleigh yet.

Not until I ensured she was mine completely.

Until I ensured she would be as loyal to the club as she was to me and that she could look the other way as we worked to bring down her father andhis friends.

They were getting too cocky.

They thought things were on their side, that they ruled the city, and they were looking into taking over our business.

We knew Mayor Gallagher and Judge Hudson were working with the Mansen Brotherhood.

The fucking Mansen brothers wanted to take California from us and take over the drug ring and our contacts from all over the U.S.

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