Total pages in book: 87
Estimated words: 83236 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 83236 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
The damn woman has captured me. There’s no other way to put it. She has for a while. I just tried to deny it because she was too young. Plus, I felt she deserved better. I didn’t really see a way the two of us could ever be together. That somewhat changed when Spider, or Carlos, mentioned her family gave him the green light. If they don’t mind this life for her, then I’ll bust my ass to make sure she has the best of everything.
I almost get carried away with my thoughts. Then, I remember the way Skylar stomped off this morning to spend the day with Trudy. I’m not stupid. I know she’s avoiding me. My woman doesn’t realize just yet that there’s nowhere she can run that I won’t find her.
Tonight, she’ll get her first lesson …
Chapter 19
Skylar
“Are we hiding out today?” Trudy laughs.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I bluff. Unfortunately, she doesn’t fall for it. I mean, I knew she wouldn’t, but I had hoped.
“Liar,” she snorts.
“I’m just not ready to deal with him right now,” I admit. “My thoughts about Torin are kind of a mess. I’ve been more or less in love with him since I was seventeen. I finally let him go, decide to go on with my life, and he shows up and acts like he’s claiming me.”
“I didn’t really see an act, honey. The man put Debbie in her place and you’re even wearing his cut today.”
“Because he made me,” I grumble. “Damn man wouldn’t let me leave the room if I didn’t wear it.”
“See!”
“No, Trudy. I don’t see anything. I still have no idea how Torin truly feels about me. I honestly think he’s just reacting out of jealousy.”
“Jealousy?”
“Skull’s boy, Carlos, basically let me know he was interested in me—so much that he even told my family. He did it in front of Torin, and I think Torin got jealous.”
“Isn’t that a good thing? I mean, you care about him. I would think knowing he doesn’t want another man to touch you is reassuring.”
“Jealousy isn’t love, Trudy.”
“Honey, love intensifies jealousy in certain men. Joker is a lot like my old man. Hell, all these men are.”
I can’t help scoffing at her response. There’s no way I’m going to believe that Torin loves me. No way in hell. I immediately shake my head. “C’mon, Trudy. You’re dreaming. I’ve made it clear for three years that I was his for the taking. Instead, he spent his time being the Savage Brothers’ biggest man-whore. He had his favorite twinkies in not just one state, but three. So, nope. I’m not buying that love thing at all. Lust? Yeah, I could see that. It’s the only emotion that Torin recognizes for a woman. In the end, I’m no different from what Debbie was to him.”
“Bullshit.”
“I’m serious. I just find it weird that after three years, Torin, all at once, has decided he wants me. I’m still the same person, Trudy. You know that. I haven’t changed. So, this one-eighty by him is just impossible to trust.”
“Let me ask you one question, baby doll, and I want an honest answer from you.”
“I’m always honest. That’s why I annoy Thea and Mattie,” I mutter.
“I don’t know Thea, but I have met Breaker—”
“She’s like my brother, just doesn’t bleed the MC life. I mean, she has Dom now and they’re happy. She’s going to be more like Mom when it comes to being an old lady, though. She’s knocked up and happy. Thea may go by the club and put bitches in their place if she needs to, because now that she has Dom as hers, she will not give that up. Still, she’s not going to embrace the life completely. She never has.”
“You’ll embrace it all, but I think you’re wrong. It’s not your honesty that annoys your family. The problem arises from the fact you’re blunt as hell.”
“That’s who I am. I call people on their bullshit. I always have. Mom swears I was born with an old soul because I’ve never acted as young as I am.”
“That’s why you’ll be a fantastic biker babe.”
“Whatever,” I respond, shaking my head. “Ask your question, and I will give you my blunt as hell answer.”
“You’re accepted here because you’ve let your defenses down and just let it all hang out. Do you do that in Kentucky? I watched Torin’s reaction last night. He had no idea how tight you were with the club. He was shocked as hell at times. It was written all over his face.”
I think about everything Trudy just said, and I sigh. “I’m rarely at the club. Dad and Mattie didn’t want me to be part of it when I was younger. After Torin basically rejected me and told me it would never happen on my eighteenth birthday, I stopped going around the club much at all. I still don’t.”