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“I got carried away,” he says.
“Me too.” All it would take is for him to touch me again and I’d be lost to this attraction between us.
“Where to?” the bodyguard asks.
Rogue’s expression turns guilty as he takes my hand in his. “I didn’t want to throw you in the deep end, baby, but we need to go to Rebel’s.”
Chapter Sixteen
Ivy
Hetakesmyhandas we exit the car and holds onto it as we enter the house. It’s a palatial three stories of concrete and glass. It’s stunning inside.
Nerves swarm in my tummy. I’ve been here before. Met his family. Met his friends. I’d asked him about it in the car. About the first time I came to the compound.
He’d smiled dirtily and squeezed my knee but when I asked him what had happened to earn that look he hadn’t answered the question. He’d told me instead about his brothers and Rebel’s girlfriend-slash-publicist. He told me that they were all so grateful I was okay and are anxious to see me. He told me there was no way in hell he would be sharing me with that pack of hyenas if it wasn’t necessary and that he was sorry we couldn’t go straight home.
But going straight home means he and I will be alone and I’m not sure that I’m ready for that. Adira had to go to the bar because he’s performing tonight. The bodyguard isn’t likely to protect me from throwing my panties at Rogue. Meeting his family buys me more time to prepare for that inevitable moment.
He keeps me close to his side, and I stay half a step behind because my whole body is trying to take flight. “What are they like again?”
“Loud. Nosey. In your face.”
“They sound like good people.” Once you get to know them. Were we friends? Was I comfortable here? Part of me had hoped that coming here would spark something for me, but it doesn’t. Nothing is familiar.
“Mostly,” he mutters.
“Oh my gosh. You’re here.” A cute redhead climbs out of her chair as the others start to notice us. She must be Summer by the way Rogue described Rebel’s girlfriend.
She stops a few feet from us and tips her head to the side until her hair sways like a curtain over her shoulder. Her green eyes are as warm as her smile. “It’s so good to see you. I want to hug you so bad, but Rogue looks like he’ll Hulk out if I even try. I’m Summer.”
"Rebel’s better half.” Rogue’s hand grows tighter around mine as he glares at the man who looks identical to him.
Rebel rises but doesn’t come over. Perhaps because of the tension that Rogue is exhibiting. But he wiggles his fingers and introduces himself.
Riot follows suit. Rochelle Kitt. Bianca Del Ray. Then Ethan Stone. Lincoln Landry. The table is a who’s who of famous faces. Did I really spend time with these people?
Another woman walks into the room and I recognize her face too. Marty Kendall. “What is a reporter doing here?”
Summer’s gaze fills with pity. She presses her palms together. “I don’t know how much Rogue has filled you in on your brother.”
“On the arrest?”
“Are you okay?” Summer asks. “It must be hard…”
“Alec is… we’re not close.”
“I know that. I just… with your memories…”
“We weren’t close before that.” I don’t need to talk about it. Don’t want to. Thinking about Alec hurts my head. I taste acid when I swallow.
“Are you okay, baby?” Rogue asks as he catches me by my upper arms.
“She doesn’t look well.” Riot has joined us. He peers down at me. “Might be time for a lie down, huh, Love?”
“I knew you weren’t up to doing so much,” Rogue says as he scoops me into his arms and carries me into a bedroom. He lays me down on the bed and presses his hand to my forehead. “That doctor was an idiot.”
“I’m okay,” I whisper. “Truly. Just a little headache.”
