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I wasn’t ashamed of my violent nature. Take it or fucking leave it, but fuck, I didn’t want her to leaveme.
My lids fluttered shut, and I blocked out all the noise besides my inhales and exhales.
In for four, out for four.
Never in a million years would I have guessed what I’d see when I opened my eyes again. I thought for sure Nikki would have been long gone, probably calling Ryan to get her the fuck out of here and under the care of someone more sane.
Someone who could take better care of her.
Instead, Nikki was crouched on top of the pool table right next to where I was holding the asshole’s face into the blood-soaked puddle.
“One, two, three. That’s it. He’s out.” She swiped her arm across her body like an ump. “Damn, got your ass handed to you twice tonight. Should’ve just paid up, Chad,” she said to the barely conscious man while delivering condescending pats to his head. “My boyfriend told me he was removing body parts of people who touched me, so you should be happy you’re only walking away with a concussion and a fucked-up face.” Reaching into the back of his pants, she slipped out his wallet, thumbing through his cards and pocketing them and the cash he had.
I let go of the piece of shit, holding my arms out so Nikki could hop into them. The moment my hands sunk into the soft skin around her middle, I never wanted to let her go.
I was going to carry her all fucking night long now, needing the peace that only she seemed to bring me. “Legs around my waist, babe,” I whispered into her ear, adding enough bark that she knew this wasn’t a negotiation.
She obeyed without hesitation, and I peppered kisses along her throat while carrying her to the bar.
“I’m keeping you in my arms the rest of the night, got it?” I bit the sensitive section of skin where her neck met her shoulder.
“Have anything you need to order?” she asked, completely unfazed by my need to feel her as close as possible. She was like my personal drug, and I needed a hit to take the edge off.
I pulled my head away, confused by her random question. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
She laughed, holding up three of the dick’s cards. “What do you think I took his wallet for? I’m going to spend thatasshole’s money.” She said with a shrug like it was obvious. “I may not be able to beat someone’s ass in quite as sexy a manner as you, but I do my own damage.”
The laugh I let out had people turning their heads.
Somehow, she’d surprised me while not surprising me at all.
CHAPTER 29
NIKKI
THE LAST LINE IN THIS CHAPTER MAKES ME FERAL
Someone neededto direct me to the nearest patch of grass so I could go roll in that shit because there was no way I was okay.
I’d literally saidawin my head when Dex had slammed that man’s face into the pool table. There had to be a rule somewhere about how violence wasn’t supposed to be considered sweet…so why did I feel like the man had just performed a grand romantic gesture for me?
Beating in his fucking face was as good as him telling me he loved me.
I froze at the use of the ‘L ’ word in my mind, studying Dex.
The man in question plucked one of the cards from my fingers as he positioned both of us on the barstool next to Torque, adjusting my body so I was sitting sidesaddle across his muscular thighs.
“This isn’t your first time taking someone’s wallet, is it?” he asked, a thread of humor running through the question.
It was a stark contrast to how he’d sounded when he was threatening the asshole a minute ago. It was deliciously scarythe way he’d calmly slammed his head into the hard surface of the pool table. The sound of the guy’s skull smacking the wood, mixed with his screams, wasn’t something I’d easily forget.
Concerningly though, that wasn’t because it bothered me. The opposite, actually. I liked the thought of those who wronged me experiencing the consequences of that, even if it wasn’t my physical hand doling out the punishment.
“Hell no,” I answered, forcing myself back into the conversation. “All my lingerie is gifted to me by men.”
Dex stiffened under me, and not in a sexy way. I smirked at his reaction, enjoying his jealousy. For a woman who didn’t want to be tied down, I sure was enjoying things I’d swore I never would.
“They didn’t know they were giving me a gift until the fraudulent charges showed up on their statement,” I finished with a wide smile, noting the way he relaxed.
