AllFreeNovel
Share Us
It doesn’t take Speed long to finish breakfast, and I can’t help but smile at the bowl he places in front of me. Oatmeal with banana slices on it. So, it was him who’d make the oatmeal at the safe house. I didn’t know who made the food, I honestly didn’t care. For all I knew, they ordered in every day. This though, this was what I had several times, and always thought it was delicious.
“You okay with what Fuse did for us? For you?” Speed asks, finishing his bowl of oatmeal before I get even half of my down.
I cock my head toward him, the spoon drops from my hands, and I stare at him. Am I okay with what he did? It’s a decision that was taken from me. But this is Speed. I mean, I never in my life thought I’d have something with anyone, and now I’m married to him. Being free of one man, I find myself given to another. Granted, I don’t really see it that way. Speed is nothing like Perrin. He gives me freedom. He protects me. Keeps me safe. Lets me be . . . well, me. Helps me understand what I don’t get yet. And makes me feel things I’m not sure of just yet.
What I do know is that I wouldn’t change anything about what’s happening between Speed and me. It’s perfectly imperfect, and I want this—all of it.
So, to answer his question, I smile. “I’m okay with it. Are you? I mean, you didn’t know he was doing it, did you?” He’d seemed shocked by the whole thing, just as I was. Granted, I didn’t understand it at the time.
“Babycakes, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I just gotta get a ring to put on your finger to seal the deal.” He grins, leans in, and presses his lips to mine. “You and me, Lily, that’s what we are. Told you, you were mine, and this just makes it all the more real. No one is taking you away from me.”
He doesn’t give me a chance to respond, mainly because his lips slam down on mine. I gasp, giving him the opening to slip his tongue inside. The kiss is enough to make my toes curl and between my legs ache for more than just him kissing me. Much, much more.
CHAPTEREIGHTEEN
SPEED
“Fuse, what have you been able to find for us?” Chains asks, calling church to order with all of us gathered in the room and around the table.
I didn’t want to leave Lily alone in my room, but I had no choice, not if we were going to make plans to take out the bastard that wanted her so badly. I still can’t believe he tried using a lawyer to do his dirty work. Like he could get to Lily that way. No fucking way.
It’s a good thing the club has a law firm on retainer and that the lawyer who came this morning was as ruthless as she is.
“Sorry, Prez, but before we start, can we address the elephant in the room?” Fuse asks with a brow drawn up, and he’s looking toward Lynch who’s sitting next to me brooding.
A few minutes before we all came in here, I watched as a very pissed-off, disheveled woman slapped Lynch in the face and stalked out of the clubhouse, slamming the door behind her.At least she didn’t say to find a different lawyer.
“Yeah, would be good to know what the fuck is going on,” Chains grunts, swiveling in his chair slightly, eyes looking in our direction. “What’s going on, brother? The fuck is our lawyer doing serving you divorce papers?”
“Don’t want to talk about it.” Lynch growls, bawling his hands into fists, and clenching his jaw.
“Considering this shit affects the club, you got no choice in the matter. What the fuck is going on?” Chains demands. “She looks familiar, and I heard what you both said, but I don’t remember her.”
“That’s ‘cause she didn’t come around often ‘cause her aunt is a bitch who couldn’t stand that she and I were together,” Lynch spits out, leans back in his seat, and shakes his head. “Didn’t know she was back in town.”
“Why’d she serve you papers? Didn’t know you were married,” Tyres remarks.
“No one knows,” Lynch grinds out. “We were young and dumb. Figured we could make it work, but she let her aunt get in her head during her first year of college. Next thing I know, she stops taking my calls. I go to check on her, and she’s not at the dorms. I find out she’s out partying it up with other people and making out with dumb fucks.”
Damn, that’s fucked up.
“Come to find out, today, her aunt told her I’d been cheating on her all along.”
Silence fills the room as Lynch’s words sink in. This is some fucked-up shit he’s got going on, and I must say I’m lucky it’s not me, as bad as that sounds.
“Right, so are we going to have issues with her working for the club? Or do we need to have the firm find us someone else?” Chains asks, clearing his throat.
“No issues from me, Prez. Long as she does her fuckin’ job, then so fuckin’ be it. And she can get over the idea of me signing those damn divorce papers she sent.”
“You gonna get her back?” I ask, cocking a brow.
“Don’t know yet. Honestly don’t know what the fuck I’m gonna do regarding her.” Lynch shrugs.
“Brother, you know she’s your match,” Pitch Black remarks. “You know whatMamantold you years ago. I remember it, and I remember her.”
“Mamanmay have said that years ago, and I believed it, but things change. Time changes us all. She said that too. So, I don’t give a fuck about any of that right now. All I know for certain is I’m not giving her the divorce she wants,” Lynch grumbles and glances around the room. “Now, can we get to the fuckin’ point of us all being here and not talk about my shit?”
Now, that’s the Lynch I know. He’s my best friend and has been since I first started prospecting for the club. I wish I’d known this shit back then. I would have been there for him. But he’s not one for putting his shit on other people.
