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Allie elbowed him with a scowl. “Shut up. What stuff is Croy going to ask her to do?”
He studied her for a second before raising an eyebrow. “You wanna know, you gotta come upstairs with me.”
Just as defiant as Riley, she crossed her arms. But Quinn was being led away by Reaper and Allie gave in eventually, leaving me and Clink alone. When I turned back to face him, he looked bemused, shaking his head slowly.
“Who knew to get Allie to behave, all she needed was a claim.”
“What is that? The doctor called me your claim before, and I don’t know what that means.”
A slow grin passed over his face, and he drew me in closer. “Nothin’ you need to be worrying about.”
Before I could complain about his non-answer, he swept me into another kiss like the one outside. It was rough and a little desperate, and I couldn’t get enough. One hand fisted my hair, tipping my head back, while the other trailed down my neck, sending a shiver up my spine. I felt his smirk against my lips and, in punishment, I bit his bottom lip hard enough to make him groan before sucking it into my mouth. When he finally pulled away, we were both panting, and he’d dragged me to the edge of the stool so that his erection was pressed up against my center.
“I thought you didn’t have much experience,” he murmured.
I lifted a shoulder. “I read a lot. Sometimes I have nothing better to do.”
He grinned. “Now we really do have to have a conversation. I need to know what else you read about that gets you hot.”
CHAPTER 28
CLINK
After leaving Croy’s office, I was in a foul mood. To prove myself to my brotherhood, Croy wanted me to accept Hammer’s deal so we could finally get a location on him. While I knew it was a smart plan, I still hated it. Even pretending at betraying my brothers ate at my insides. And Croy wasn’t giving me any option. I screwed up by not coming clean about my drug use earlier and finding myself on Hammer’s radar. I needed to prove my loyalty.
The only consolation I had was that Croy agreed to put Sam on lock down. Since her work was here anyway, he didn’t see the problem with keeping her here, even though I hadn’t officially claimed her yet. And Tyson would stay here too, mostly because Hammer already tried to kill him once, and we didn’t want him being used against me.
Hammer told me to meet him at the club if I accepted. I knew there’d be some hoops to jump through, and Croy already told me to sell the lie if I had to. I wasn’t looking forward to telling Sam that I’d probably be doing drugs during this little operation. She needed me to be honest with her, though. Her family had already betrayed her. I wasn’t going to screw with her trust by hiding it from her.
I’d sought her out to talk to her when I overheard her sharing her story with the girls. I’d heard parts of it before, but it still pissed me off when she said she felt like it was her fault her folks died. Who the hell blames a teen for their parents getting into an accident coming to pick them up? We do some messed up shit around here, but we’re not that messed up.
After spending time with her, I was feeling a lot better. She soothed something in me and I wanted to take her upstairs and see just how relaxed I could get, but my room was a fucking stye right about now and I only had so long before I needed to go to the club to meet Hammer.
Putting out my hand, I raised my eyebrows. “Keys. And I’m takin’ your truck so we can do it all in one trip.”
She scowled at me, crossing her arms. “Can I trust you with my truck? You’re already reckless enough to ride around without a helmet.”
“I got us here, didn’t I?” I pointed out.
She rolled her eyes. “Doesn’t count. It was an emergency, and I wasn’t watching your driving. Why can’t I come with? It’s my stuff.”
Letting out a heavy sigh, I pulled her closer, resting my chin on top of her head. “Because. The asshole who hurt Tyson wouldn’t hesitate to do the same to you. Or worse. He threatened to share Riley with his entire crew when he tried to take her last time. I don’t want you anywhere near the guy. He’s dangerous, honey, and I need to keep you safe.”
After so long dealing with women like Riley and Allie, I expected a fight. I was bracing myself for it, ready to argue with her, so it surprised me when she relented so quickly.
“Alright. I trust you. Just don’t hurt my truck. It’s my baby. It took me months to get enough money for it.”
Leaning back to look her in the face, I grinned. “Deal. Keys?”
“You left them on the dresser in your room. I saw them when I changed.”
Right. I forgot about that. I was the last person to drive it. And then I went ahead and trashed my room.
Sam saw me grimace and tipped her head with a frown. “What is it?”
I ran my fingers through my hair, shooting her a pained expression. “I may have lost my temper earlier and trashed my room. Gotta minute to help me find ‘em?”
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