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Letting Reign chase her dreams in the Big Apple had nearly killed me. I’d set her free out of love because she had wanted more than what I could give her in Fargo.
But under one condition…
“You better succeed, baby. If you don’t become a hotshot CEO and live your best life, I’ll paddle your luscious ass.” I squeezed her plump bottom, wishing I could sear the feel of it on my palms.
We were outside the clubhouse saying goodbye. She didn’t want to go somewhere private because she would fall apart. Ripping it off like a Band-Aid was how she wanted our farewell to be.
Selfishly, I wanted her to sob in my arms. Then maybe, I’d feel like she loved me despite leaving me for bigger and better things.
“Stop it, Jonah. You’re trying to make me feel bad.” She dragged her tongue across my lips. “I want you to come with me. We can live it up in Manhattan. Just you and me.”
“Not happening. We’ve been through this. The club is my life.”
“Wow, you jackass.” She shoved me in the chest. “And here I thought I was your life.”
“Don’t go there.” I smashed my lips to hers, kissing and groping her in a desperate attempt to change her mind. It’d be futile. Nothing and no one could change Reign’s mind. Goddammit, if she didn’t know her place in my heart, I had failed and deserved to lose her.
“Jonah,” she said my name in a breathy voice. I’d miss hearing it when she came.
I couldn’t imagine not being with her after today. We’d been together for three incredible years, the best three years of my life. She was my soul mate, but I guessed I wasn’t hers.
“I need to go, baby.”
“Right.” I pulled back, getting myself under control. “Just remember this.” I gripped her face firmly in my hand and bore my gaze into hers.
“What?”
“The next time I see you, I will never let you go.”
“Oh, Jesus. Must you be so dramatic?” Her attitude made tears burn behind my eyes. Since the day I met her, I’d survived on her sarcasm and sweet kisses. In a few minutes, I’d lose both.
“Do you hear me, Reign? I’m not joking. If I catch you in my world, I’ll capture you and lock you away.”
“What would you do to me?” She flashed a shit-eating grin.
“I’d strip you naked and make you my sex slave.” My cock wailed in agony. Reign could take everything I unleashed on her and had a patch of dark curls I loved to bury my nose in. What would I do without her?
“That’s very tempting, but I’ll be sure to stay out of your world.”
“You bitch. Why not just stab me in the heart? It’d be the humane thing to do.” I held her tightly against me, fisting her hair in one hand and gripping her ass in the other. “Stop slaying me like I mean nothing to you.”
“I have to act this way, or I’ll never leave. Then what?” Her lip quivered as tears rolled down her beautiful face. I swiped them away with my thumbs and stared into her almost black depths. “Then I’ll resent you for changing my mind.”
“I’d never let you stay.” College had been all she talked about the past couple of years. She hated taking a gap year and not going in the fall following her high school graduation. Her patience paid off, though. She’d be the first in her family to get a higher education. No chance I’d stand in her way.
“You wouldn’t?” I couldn’t tell by the tone of her voice if she was shocked or disappointed.
“No. This is your dream. Your family’s dream. You have to go.”
“I love you so much. I always will.” She threw her arms around my neck and sniffled, dotting kisses along my jawline. “I don’t want to break up.”
I grunted, unable to speak. Breaking up wasn’t high on my list either, but I didn’t get a say in any of this. Reign thought having a long-distance relationship would be too hard. I agreed, but I knew she wanted her freedom to do as she pleased. It hurt to know she wanted to be with other guys as if it would complete her college experience. I disagreed with her way of thinking. Sometimes she could be fucking stupid. I sure as hell didn’t want any other pussy but hers.
“I’ll make you proud, Jonah. And who knows, maybe our paths will cross sometime down the road, then you can make good on your threat.” She rubbed her body against mine and bit down on my bottom lip.
“It’s not a threat. It’s a promise, Reign. Don’t come back to these parts.”
“I won’t.”
