Total pages in book: 28
Estimated words: 25932 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 130(@200wpm)___ 104(@250wpm)___ 86(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25932 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 130(@200wpm)___ 104(@250wpm)___ 86(@300wpm)
“That man broke my dad’s hand,” I whispered, tears filling my eyes again as I thought about everything I’d heard while hiding in that closet. “He really did those horrible things you said, and now he’s so scared that something is going to happen to me that he practically begged me to call you for help. There’s so much I don’t understand. How could he betray everything he’s always stood for? How could he hurt…I don’t even know how many people?”
A muscle jumped in his jaw as he shook his head. “I don’t know, Kiara. When we started looking into your dad, it was to make sure Rom didn’t get jammed up for something he didn’t do. Then when we realized it went deeper, we kept digging because we couldn’t walk away knowing innocents could get hurt. We didn’t turn up any motive at the time, but we weren’t really looking for it. Honestly, after talking to him, I think he made some really bad decisions and ended up in so deep that he did what he had to in order to stay alive. That doesn’t make it right, but it’s at least an explanation.”
Life was so unfair. People looked at Knight and the rest of the Silver Saints with fear, while my dad got instant respect because he was a judge. Yet they were the honorable ones. Not him. “Was he ever really the dad that I grew up with, or has he been pretending this whole time?”
Knight stroked his thumb across my cheekbone, sending a shiver of awareness down my spine. “I think he loves you. It’s probably the only redeemable thing about him.”
As angry as I was with my dad, I was equally in awe of Knight. “Can I ask you a question? ”
“What’s that, baby?”
“Why are you helping me after my dad tried to send your friend to jail for a crime he didn’t commit?”
6
Knight
My gaze dropped to Kiara’s pink rosebud mouth, and even though I knew the timing was shit, I couldn’t stop myself from claiming it. I cupped her face in my hands and sealed our lips together. It took her by surprise, so when she gasped, I swept my tongue into her mouth.
Fuck, she tasted amazing, better than I could have ever imagined. She let out a soft whimper, and my already hard dick turned to stone. The next time she made the noise, the head of my cock leaked enough precome that I was sure I’d made a fucking mess in my jeans.
Not that I cared one fucking bit when I had heaven in front of me. Better yet…under me. Without breaking the kiss, I gently guided her back until she was lying on the bed and I hovered over her, balancing with a fist buried in the mattress on both sides of her head. After ravishing her for another few minutes, I finally released her mouth and looked into her deep blue eyes as I whispered, “That’s why.”
Kiara’s pretty mouth formed a cute little O, tempting me to kiss her again. Instead, I rose up just enough to swing her legs up onto the bed so she was fully lying on it. Then I climbed on and covered her body with mine. She was so tiny that I eclipsed her from head to toe, and the difference in our sizes made possession well up inside until I was almost choking on it. I was more determined than ever to protect her. And to make her mine.
“I’ve wanted you since the moment I laid eyes on you, baby.”
Her mouth curved down into a frown. “It didn’t seem like it. When we met this morning—”
My laughter cut her off, and she looked at me as if I’d grown another head. “I’ve wanted you for so much longer than that, baby. I saw you at the courthouse a little over a month ago and instantly knew you were mine. We were in the middle of all this shit with your dad, so I decided to wait until it cleared up before finding you. The other guys have had some hard-core shit go down when they found their women, and I didn’t want to risk the same thing happening with you.”
I closed my eyes and shook my head with another chuckle. Then I met her softened gaze and bent my head until our lips were millimeters away. “You’ve got no fucking idea how hard it was—and I mean that literally and figuratively—not to drag you to my apartment and sink deep inside your sweet, virgin pussy. Might have been a little gruff, but only because I was fighting to stay in control.”
“Oh!” she squeaked as her cheeks bloomed with pink, and her mouth formed a shy but gorgeous smile. “You’ve really thought about me all this time?”