Page 12 of Surrender (Angels Halo MC Next Gen)

“Guess that’s a no on drinks,” Reid laughed.

“She’s not interested,” Elias grumbled.

His aggression toward his brother made it difficult not to squirm. “Rain check?” I murmured, wishing I had my drink so I could cool off.

“Anytime, beautiful,” he said with a wink.

From the reflection in the mirror, I saw a familiar blond head as Kingston came out of the kitchen. He said something to Stef, who answered, and he lifted his head in our direction. I waved my hand.

“Sammy!” he shouted, causing several heads to turn.

“He got over Avery leaving town easily enough,” Reid commented.

“If he was interested in more than fucking around with her, he would have wifed her years ago,” Elias reasoned. “Wasn’t like he was in love with her. He didn’t care who she screwed around with. Chick was wild.”

I curled my fingers into my palms, briefly wondering if Elias had firsthand knowledge of Avery’s wildness. But I already knew the answer. He didn’t do sloppy seconds when it came to his MC brothers’ hookups. He didn’t do sloppy, period.

But that didn’t stop him from watching other people share someone at that secret sex club in Oakland.

I’d learned more from watching Elias in that club for an hour than I had in the first few weeks of stalking the cameras that had given me my daily fix.

Just thinking of watching him while he watched others receive pleasure was enough to make me burn. The first time I’d followed him inside, I was nervous. What if I saw him join in and couldn’t stop the jealous rage that would demand I spill someone’s blood?

Thankfully, he hadn’t.

All he did was watch. Even when others had come up to him, he’d avoided being touched or kissed.

“Sammy, you didn’t tell me you were coming for a visit,” Kingston complained when he reached our table, distracting me from the sweltering memories of watching Elias get turned on from being a voyeur. “Get over here and hug me, girl.”

I nudged Elias’s arm. Muttering something under his breath, he stepped out of the booth so I could jump up and hug Kingston. He swung me around, his laughter bouncing around the diner when I squealed in delight.

“I’m mad at you for not giving me a heads-up.” He set me back on my feet. “I would have made you a cake.”

“I told you I was accepting an internship,” I reminded him.

“Wait.” He glanced from me to the brothers then back again. “With Barker & Reid?” I nodded, and he slung an arm around my shoulders. “You’re going to be around for a while? Hell yeah!”

“I’m hungry. Are you hungry, Reid?”

“Starving, little brother.”

Kingston ignored them. “I’ll bring you an entire Death by Chocolate cake tomorrow at work,” he promised.

I side-hugged him. “You don’t have to do that. Besides, if you bring it to the office, I’ll have to share.”

“Then I’ll make two. You have to have your favorite cake to celebrate, Sammy baby.” He smacked a kiss on my cheek. “I’m so damn proud of you.”

An ironlike arm wrapped around my waist and jerked me back down onto the booth cushion. A flame settled low in my belly, and I couldn’t tame it in time to mask my gasp of pleasure.

“Worry about her burger, not the damned cake. She’s hungry now,” Elias snapped.

Eyes the same shade of green as my sister-in-law’s narrowed for a count of three, but Elias only shifted me closer. All I wanted to do was crawl onto his lap and fall asleep with my head tucked against his thick chest.

“No extra gravy on your mashed potatoes,” Kingston warned with an amused snort. “Sammy, your burger will be out soon.”

“Thanks, Kingston.” I gulped when Elias’s hand brushed back and forth over my belly a few times before he flipped off the blond man.

When I twisted back around, I noticed Reid’s eyes bouncing from Elias to me to the arm still wrapped around my back. With a shake of his head, he grinned. “Looks like our Sammy is popular tonight.”

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