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I hadn’t counted, but I figured her time was up.
I wasn’t sure how she thought she was going to win a game of hide and seek, in a clubhouse she’d never been to before, against a member of the club who had lived here his whole life. I shook my head. “At least, I’ll have a clean bike tomorrow, I guess.”
I walked down the hall and into the main room where a lot of my brothers were now mixing and drinking. Chelsea spotted me and broke off from Optimus. “I’ll start the timer for ten minutes from now.” She pulled out her phone with a sly smile.
“She stopped and told you?” I laughed.
“Yep. Didn’t want to risk you cheating.”
I held my hand to my chest like she had wounded me deeply. “Me… cheat?”
She laughed softly, turning to head back to her man. “Time’s ticking!” she called, waving her phone in the air.
I headed out to the porch first, Camo and Slider stood next to the grill, flipping burgers. Leo stood off to the side, it was the shit eating grin that gave him away before I noticed the small hands that clung to his broad shoulders.
“Harlyn, I can see you.” I laughed.
Leo chuckled, bending his knees as Harlyn dropped from his back. “Aw man, that sucks,” she sulked.
I just smiled as I scanned the backyard of the compound. I walked over to the playground, checking inside the slide and behind the climbing wall before heading back inside. I checked the men’s and woman’s bathrooms and the hall upstairs to the brothers’ rooms. Knowing that there was no way she would have gone inside.
Scratching my chin, I headed back downstairs to the main room, slipping through the crowd and ducking my head under tables.
I knew time must be running out by now and I was beginning to think that maybe she was better than I thought. As I stepped into the hall that led to Op’s office, I caught sight of the meeting room door where we held church. It was open slightly.
I smirked, heading toward it.
While no one was allowed inside while we had church, it wasn’t off limits altogether. Brothers often used it to make private calls or for meetings with lawyers when the need arised.
I pushed it open slowly, noting quickly that Op’s president’s chair was turned to face the opposite wall. I pushed the door completely open and took a step forward, but when I didn’t hear the bang of the door hitting the wall like it should have, I couldn’t help the laugh that bubbled up.
I turned and pulled the door back.
Rose grinned at me shyly.
“You own a bikini?” She shook her head. “I’ll get Chelsea to lend you one.”
My eyes drifted down her body. I could already imagine her in it, long tanned legs, flat toned stomach, her handful of breasts with her nipples barely covered by the material.
I licked my lips.
“Time’s up!” I heard Chelsea shout down the hallway.
Placing my hands on the wall on either side of her, I leaned in. “I won.”
I was expecting her to squirm or protest, but instead, I saw something that I hadn’t seen for a long time.
That incredible, beautiful bright smile.
The one I vowed I’d do everything within my power to see on her face at every chance.
I tilted my head to the side. Confused, but not at all disappointed by her reaction.
“Jayla,” she said, raising her hand to point behind me.
I followed, peering over my shoulder. And damn it, she was right. Jayla sat in Op’s chair which was now turned toward us. Her bright smile showed all her teeth as her eyes flicked between us.
I turned and hung my head, my hands still pressed against the wall on either side of her. She ducked under my arm and skipped over to the little girl. “You won, Jayla!”
