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The last thing I want to do is wake Noelle up. But Tracker and Blaze are right. Whatever it is, they now know it’s best confirmed by her. That is if she even knows. There’s a good chance she doesn’t. Because if she knew about everything, there’s no way in hell she’d have stuck around. She could have easily petitioned the courts to give her what’s hers early so that she may live. Fuck, she could have gone to school . . . had a better life. The one that she really does deserve.
Making my way back into the room, I quickly drop my shorts, pull on a pair of jeans, and snag a shirt before making my way to the side of the bed. I sit with my hip next to hers, taking a moment to simply stare at how she’s curled into my pillow. She’d been like this when I woke her this morning too.
I brush my fingers through her hair, leaning in to press a kiss to her temple.“Noelle, baby,” I whisper in her ear. “Need you to wake up.”
Noelle curls tighter into the pillow and mumbles something incoherent.
“Come on, Elle, we’ve got company.” I gently nudge her, and slowly, she opens her gaze and blinks up at me.
“What’s going on?” she asks, her voice filled with sleep. Noelle might not have been asleep for long, but she’d fallen quickly into deep exhaustion. I know it’s got to do with years of not sleeping much. Probably where she’s had to only nap to stay as safe as she could.
Fuck. I just want to go out and find those motherfuckers and kill each and every one of them.
“Need you to get up, baby,” I tell her and brush a strand of hair that falls in her eyes. “We’ve got company.”
Noelle bolts upright, her eyes filling with panic. “Company?”
“Yeah, couple members of the club are here.”
“Oh, um, okay.” She nods, taking a breath.
I stand and grab her hands, pulling her from the bed. I take the time to roam my gaze over her sweet body. My cock thickens in need. If I could, I’d kick everyone out and throw her back on the bed so I could have my way with her. But that’ll have to wait for the time being.
Leaning in, I press my lips to hers for a brief kiss and release her. Slowly, she moves over to the bags of clothes, grabs a pair of panties, and slips them over her legs before finding a bra. She then grabs a pair of yoga pants. While Noelle puts them on, I walk over to my dresser and pull out a tee for her. I want her in my shirt. I know my brothers know I’ve claimed her, but until I can get her cut made, and for this type of shit, I need her in my tee. It doesn’t matter that all those who are here for the most part have ol’ ladies.
“Here, put this on.” I hand her the shirt, and she takes it without question.
Once she has the shirt on, I give her a moment to do her thing in the bathroom and brush her hair. I preferred the just fucked look, but either way, she looks damn good.
“Do you know what’s going on?” Worry fills her eyes, and I wish I could take it away from her.
“Not sure yet, but they gotta talk to you about something.” Taking her hand in mine, I jerk my chin toward the door. “Let’s get out there, get this over with. The sooner it’s done, the sooner I can get you back in bed.” I pull her into me for a brief kiss and press my forehead to hers. “Don’t think you got out of our conversation, either.”
I swat at her ass, causing her to squeak and jump marginally, but she doesn’t flinch away.
Grinning at her, I step away and guide her out of the room, down the hall to the living room to find not only Stoney and Coyote having joined the group but also Twister and Horse.
Tension is stifling in the room.
Noelle stops short, and I twist to see her apprehension. The fear in her eyes is nearly overwhelming.
“Noelle, sweetheart.” Stoney stands from where he’d been sitting on the corner of the couch. “Come on in here. No one in this room would dare touch you,” he says reassuringly.
Dropping her hand, I wrap an arm around her and tug her to my side, all but dragging her into the room. I’m sure if there were other women here, she might not be so tense. However, whatever they’re here for, none of the brothers wanted them to hear it.
Taking the only seat left, I pull her down with me, sitting her on my lap and wrapping her in my arms.
“Can someone tell us what this is about now?” I demand.
“Nerd was looking deeper into Noelle,” Stoney announces and looks directly at her. “You knew we’d done a background check?”
“Yes,” Noelle whispers, nodding.
Stoney nods himself and looks to me. “Have you had a chance to tell her yet?”
Fuck me.
“No,” I grunt and tighten my arms around Noelle when she glances back at me.
