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Want and need combined with fury and outrage.
Five years, he’d ghosted me before we'd gotten together. Five years, I’d longed to hear those goddamn words spilling from his lips.
A hiss escaped the cat who pounced at Aidan. I didn’t have a clue how I stopped it, but I did. I grabbed it around the belly and hauled it into me. It spat and snarled until I rubbed its ears and it settled down with a purr.
"What the fuck is with the cat?" Aidan blurted out, his shock clear.
"It’s our new pet," I snapped.
"Pet?" He blinked. "I’m a fucking mobster, Savannah. We don’t have pets."
"These are fucking bikers, Aidan," I sniped. "If they have pets, we can have a pet. Anyway, I didn’t have a choice. This was a gift."
"You don’t even like animals."
"Don’t tell me what I like or don’t like," I groused. "I had a cat before. Teabag, remember?"
"You haven’t had one since."
"The cat’s cool. It stays."
His temper flashed in his eyes but I ignored it. Then he rasped, "Ourpet?"
"What’s mine is yours, isn’t it?" I rejoindered calmly.
The tension in his shoulders lessened. Not by more than a fraction of an inch. I still saw it though.
He released a soft breath. "I’m sorry, little one."
"For lying? For trying to entrap me? For not trusting me? For having no faith in me? Which one, Aidan? Take your fucking pick."
His jaw clenched. "All of them."
"Not good enough."
"I should have told you the truth," he conceded.
"Damn straight."
"I shouldn’t keep you in the dark."
Interest spiked inside me.
Curious, I tilted toward him without realizing it until he rested his hand on my arm.
I didn’t shrug his hold off, just asked, "You shouldn’t keep me in the dark about what?"
"Anything. Everything."
My interest flatlined. "Not good enough."
"I need to be more open with you," he conceded.
I was back in the game.
"You do. But will you? Is that how you’re going to buy my forgiveness, Aidan?"
"I’m not buying anything. I’m not bribing you or coercing you.
