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The words barely leave my lips before he plants his on mine, kissing the daylights out of me. When he lifts his mouth from mine, I’m left breathless all over again.
“You’re not dirty, Sweets. You give me the chance, I’ll prove to you how clean you are,” he says huskily.
I open my mouth to say something when from in the house, I hear Pirate yell, “Hey, cool cat.” Then he shouts. “Fuck, the fucker just bit me.”
CHAPTEREIGHT
MAVERICK
I stare at Nevaeh as she laughs, the need to kill someone evaporates. She’s beautiful when laughing, and I know for a fact she doesn’t do it often. When Pirate and the others got here, I wanted to shoot them for interrupting, but now hearing her, I must admit I’m glad for it.
Taking Nevaeh’s hand in mine, I grab her coffee in my other and hand it to her before ushering her back inside to find Pirate trying to pry Gizmo off his leg.
“What the fuck is up with this damn cat?” he yells, trying not to hurt the cat, but at the same time trying to get him off.
“What’s a cat doing here anyway?” Wrath asks.
I drop Nevaeh’s hand and move to Pirate to extract Gizmo from his prey.
“His name’s Gizmo, and Nevaeh’s honorary brothers from the gym she goes to gave him to her for her birthday yesterday,” I announce, getting Gizmo and lifting him to me.
“Gizmo?” Pirate cocks a brow. “Who names a damn cat Gizmo? His name should be Vicious the way he attacked me.”
“Hold on,” Sabotage states and looks to Nevaeh. “Your birthday was yesterday, and you didn’t say anything?”
“I . . .”
“She and I already spoke about this,” I interrupt, knowing it’s a sore subject for her and not wanting to mess up her day.
I already know I’ve got my work cut out for me after hearing what she said about thinking herself dirty. Fuck. Here I thought it was just the nightmares that I hear her having that fuck with her, but it’s more than that. She hides it and does it well, though not from me. Not anymore. I’ve got my eyes wide open where she’s concerned, and I’m not about to be blinded.
Sabotage shares a look with me and then nods.
“I knew it was her birthday,” Pirate pipes in, looking at his leg.
“What?” The question comes from all of us, but it’s the way Nevaeh’s voice quivers that gets to me.
Pirate straightens and glances around at all of us with a shrug. “What? It’s my job to know what’s going on and look into anyone who could potentially cause a threat to the club.”
He’s not wrong, but I thought he wasn’t going to look into the girls.
“That being said,” Pirate says, looking at Nevaeh, “I think you should share, it’s yours to share, and I’m not saying anything. Still, you should trust us and know we’ve always got your back.”
“You know everything?” Nevaeh asks, looking pale and visibly swallowing.
“I can’t say for certain, but I know who your family is and I know they’re still looking for you.”
“Pirate,” I growl warningly. I might not know, I sure as fuck want to, but it’s for Nevaeh to tell when she’s ready.
“They are?”
I watch as Nevaeh’s lip trembles.
“Nevaeh, sweetheart, if you were my daughter, just as I’d do and did with Fawn, I wouldn’t ever stop searching for you,” Sabotage remarks, taking a sip of his coffee.
“Nevaeh,” I call her name, getting her attention. “Come here, Sweets.” I hold my arm out and wait for her to come to me while I hold Gizmo in my other arm.Slowly, Nevaeh takes the steps, closing the distance between the two of us. I secure her to me when she’s close and press a kiss to the top of her head.
“My dad’s the president of the Celtic Kings MC,” she whispers, not looking at any of us.
