Page 73 of Shattered Pieces

The girl was gorgeous as well as discreet, so she was popular among the guys when they held meetings in the club. Her honey colored eyes and long signature violet hair gave her almost an innocent vibe.

“Hey. What are you doing here?” she asked with a smile, seeming confused.

“Seeing Rory. You visiting Lex?”

I liked the idea of getting to see both girls on the same day. Checking in with both of them separately was a pain in the ass.

“Yep. It’s nice of you to keep coming up to see both of them. Some of the girls at Wet Dreams said you’re here three or four days a week,” she said softly.

“That’s an exaggeration, but I’m here usually twice a week. Once to see Rory and once for Lexi. Mark comes up on other days too though.”

Marco’s interest in Rory was strange. He still didn’t really like her, but he understood her and had a fascination with her violent streak. He definitely wanted to fuck her, which I wasn’t a fan of.

“How do you find the time?” Violet asked, and I scoffed.

“I make time. Just means I’ll be working late tonight to make up for it.”

“You sure you don’t want to marry me? I’d be a good wife,” she teased, and I gave her a sly grin.

“I know you would, but making my cock hard and my heart race are two very different things. My wife will have to do both.”

“I suppose Rory does that?” she asked dryly.

“Usually, the racing heart is due to panic and stress, but I guess it counts. Wouldn’t that piss off Skeet? Marrying her?” I chuckled, and she gave me a knowing look.

“It would be Archer and Justin all over again.”

The door opened and Rory stepped out while chatting to Lexi, my heart beating a little faster like it always did. The smile Rory shot me made her entire face light up, and Lexi risked it by dropping a quick kiss on my cheek on her way past.

“Hey, Rivera,” she murmured, and I gave her arm a gentle squeeze before letting her go so she could sit down.

“You girls staying out of trouble?” I asked lightly, hearing Lexi snort behind me as I stood to hug Rory, burying my face in her neck. She gave me a squeeze before stepping back to sit, chuckling a little.

“We’re always staying out of trouble. How was the drive up?”

“Got my bike back on the road, so I brought her up for a ride.”

“No Marco?”

“He’s dealing with a few things for me. Faris and Preston followed me in the car and are waiting outside, so I didn’t come alone,” I promised, reaching out to take her hand. She let me take it, and I held on a little tighter as if she’d change her mind. “What’s new?”

“Not a lot. A guard got fired for fucking an inmate, and one of the girls in the kitchen gave me extra jelly yesterday, so there’s that,” she shrugged, her eyes flicking behind me to Lexi.

She looked like she was confused about something.

I eyed Lexi when she walked past me, leaning down to talk to Rory quietly.

“Oh? That’s all that’s new?”

“Would you fuck off?” Rory hissed back, giving her a dirty look, but Lexi just huffed out a breath of laughter and headed over to the vending machine with Violet’s card to buy a snack.

“What was that about?” I asked, Rory’s dirty look sliding to me.

“Absolutely nothing. What’s new with you?”

“Things have been quiet on the outside. Too quiet,” I sighed, her hand slipping from mine so she could rest her arms on the table.

“Nothing from Skeet?”