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“You can pay me in sexual favors… just without the bloody nose next ti—”
“Fuck you. Go talk to the nurse about me,” I blurt out, making him chuckle.
He turns, walking off toward the stairs, and I exhale, glancing toward the bar. I probably shouldn’t, but I couldreallydo with a drink.
Alpha makes his way up the stairs, and I place my ice pack and cloth on the table, carefully approaching the bar. Maverick is sitting there, beverage in hand, and he looks me over with a smile. “I never thought you’d come off second best in a fight with Alpha. I thought you would kick his ass for sure,” he quips, then takes a sip of his beer.
I sit beside him, shaking my head. “Oh, don’t think for a second that I wouldn’t hand Alpha’s ass to him on a silver fucking platter. A gun, on the other hand,thatgot the better of me this time. I wasn’t paying attention, and the recoil smacked me square in the face.”
Maverick chuckles, tilting his head. “I don’t even want toknow what the hell distracted you to make you lose focus while shooting a gun.”
I tilt my head, tutting my tongue to the roof of my mouth. “Yeah… you probably don’t.”
He snorts out a laugh, sliding his beer my way. “I think you need this more than I do.”
“Thanks,” I tell him, my mind shifting to Alpha and Livvy up in the Chapel and whatever it is they’re discussing.
Letting out a long, drawn-out huff, I turn to face Maverick, drawing his attention. “You haven’t been at the club a real long time, hey?”
He shakes his head. “Just over a month.”
Glancing back up at the Chapel, I decide to go for it, so I turn back to Mav and sigh. “What’s the deal with Livvy? Did she used to be a part of the club or something?”
Maverick snorts out a laugh. “Or something. She’s Alpha’s ex-wife.”
My stomach falls through the floor, my breath short, leaving me in shock. “Ex…wife?”
Maverick stills like he realizes the enormity of what he’s just told me. “Shit! I probably shouldn’t have told you that. But yeah, they divorced maybe two years ago, from memory?”
“How long were they together?” I snap.
“Yeah… it was a while.”
“What, like a few years?” I ask.
“More like most of their lives. They grew up together. But look… this isn’t my story to tell, so I’m gonna shut the fuck up now.”
Letting out a long puff of air, I grab the beer bottle and start downing the remainder without taking a breath. Maverick looks at me sympathetically and reaches out, caressing my shoulder. “If it’s any consolation, Haven, he’s seemed happier with you around than in the time I have been here. That’s got to stand forsomething, right?”
I slam the beer bottle down on the bar, and Navy weakly smiles at me, my head swirling with dizziness. “I don’t think I can do this,” I whisper to no one in particular and move to stand, but as I do, my legs feel like jelly, and I begin to wobble.
Maverick is by my side instantly, wrapping his arms around my body and hoisting me up. “Whoa there, I got you.”
My eyes close while I zone in and out, tiredness completely overtaking me.
“Here, let me take her,” a deep, sexy tone growls.
Slowly, I open my eyes to Alpha reaching out for me. He swoops in, hoisting me up into his arms. I want to fight him. I want to yell at him to put me down, but honestly, my body betrays me and my arms loop around his neck, clinging to him.
“I told you that I got you, little lamb. I meant it.”
He makes his way to the hall, the one I couldn’t make out what was down there before, and proceeds to a set of stairs, taking us up them. I’m zoning in and out as he heads for the first doorway, kicks open the door, and walks us in. “Livvy said you are allowed to sleep, but I had to keep a close eye on you, so you’re staying in my room tonight. No arguments.”
He places me down on the bed, and I nod weakly. “Alpha?” I mumble and he pulls my shirt up over my head, followed by my bra, then throws them to the floor and begins on the buttons on my jeans.
“Yeah?”
“You’re not the tough asshole you pretend you are.”
