Page 38 of Reaper Released

“Yeah, I want to!” So I grab a bag of stuff from the van and follow Steel inside the clubhouse. Dice shouts at me as I walk inside. Steel takes my bag and tells me to come through when I’m done.

“What do you need, Dice?”

“I wanna ask you about your plans.” He nods toward the direction Steel left in. “Ya know, are you seriously wanting to stay?”

“Fuck, Dice, shit. I’m sorry, I just got swept up in the whole kidnapping, Steel saga. I never thought!” I drop into the chair beside him. “I’m sorry, Dice. I never thought how it would all look!” I scrub a hand down my face. “Not a problem. I can fix this, don’t panic!”

“What the fuck are you talking about?”

“You know, me and you, and now whatever this fucking thing is with Steel. I’ll tell him I changed my mind. I’m with you, and we’ll carry on as we were, yeah?”

“What the fuck, Ray?…You’d do that? Give up Steel, I mean?”

“Dice, you know I love you, yeah! I’d do anything for you!”

“Including giving up what makes you happy? I would never want that, Ray. Can we carry on as we were, though? I kinda need my ride or die!”

“Seriously?” My face lights up, and I jump into his lap, hugging and kissing him. “I fucking missed you!”

“I missed you too!” He grabs me, and we just hold each other for the longest time.

“Who’s been flapping their lips, anyway?” I ask as we finally pull apart. “I want to, but not sure how to achieve it with being here on a tourist visa.”

“Well, I’ve been trying to look into it, but I can’t find your visa information, so I need a little more from you. Do you have your driving licence on you?”

“No, it's in the van with the visa.”

“Give me the keys. I’ll go and get it.”

“Before you do, the issue might be my name.” I glance around to make sure no one’s looking. “You know Ray is not my real name,” I whisper.

“Fuck, of course, with everything that’s gone on, I never even thought! Jesus, rookie mistake! Well, that’ll be why. Give me the keys. I will go and see what I can sort out!”

“Can you keep that between me and you? My name, I mean?”

He nods, and I tell him where everything he needs is, and off he goes, letting out a shaky breath. I head to Steel's room, knocking. I stand and wait for the door to open.

“Hey, why are you knocking?” He looks puzzled as he opens the door.

“What else should I do?” Shrugging, I just look at him, confused. He grabs the front of my top and drags me to him, pulling me in for a steamy kiss.

“Next time, just come in, okay?”

“Okay.”

“You wanna shower first?”

“Sure.” Walking into the bathroom, I turn around to close the door.

But Steel’s right behind me. “Wanna hand?” he says, smiling, stepping in closer and causing me to back up a step. My breath hitches as he smiles at me with those fucking dimples, and I lose my goddamned mind. He kicks the door shut behind him and takes another step, grabbing me around the waist and pulling me into him. Gazing up at him, I’m flustered and can’t think straight.

I don’t think I have ever had someone cause me to react this way. Normally, I’m so calm and controlled when it comes to stuff like this. It’s an action more than a reaction, but now I can hear my heart pounding in my ears. My skin’s tingling. I’m physically vibrating, still fully clothed, and he’s only touching my waist on top of my clothes, I take a deep breath.

“Fuck!”

He cocks a brow and smirks at me.

“Did I just say that out loud?”

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