Wild Ride (Wind Dragons MC #4.5)(20)
“Our clubhouse is different from the Wind Dragons’,” is all I tell her. No need to scare her off before I’ve even gotten her.
“You go there a lot, do you?” she teases, smirking. She cups my face in her hands and kisses me gently. “As long as you don’t try to stop me from seeing my friends, I don’t care. If you get all controlling and shit, telling me I can’t go see Bailey and Rake or whatever, that’s a deal breaker for me. I’m not the kind of woman who ditches her friends the second she gets a man.”
“I’d never try to pull you away from the people who care about you,” I tell her, scowling and feeling a little f*ckin’ insulted. “I’m not like that. Yeah, I can be demanding, and a little bossy or whatever, but you’re your own woman, and I like that you’re strong and independent. I push you, then you push right back, and we work it out. I can be a bit much, Tia, and I need a woman who can give that right back to me, do you understand what I’m saying?”
“You don’t want a weak woman who will just take all your shit and let you push her around?” she says, smirking. She points her index finger at my chest. “Good, because I won’t take any of your shit.”
“Good.”
“My ex, Rhett’s father, was super controlling. He was the one making the money while I stayed at home, so he used to hold that over my head. It’s probably the reason I’m so hesitant to rely on other people now,” she explains, then pauses. “I don’t think I’ve ever admitted that out loud before.”
I grit my teeth at the thought of any man not treating her right. “Does he still see your son?”
“No,” she says, looking sad for a moment. “He remarried and has more children. I told him if he signed away his parental rights, he didn’t have to pay me a cent in child support, so he did. At least I don’t have to worry about him coming back further down the line and trying to take Rhett away though.”
My eyes widen as I hear her words. “You’re superwoman, you know that? Most women would have tried to take him for every cent that he was worth.”
“I just wanted him gone, to be honest,” she admits, shrugging. “I know it sounds selfish, because he is Rhett’s father, but he never acted like a father. I don’t know. We were too young, living the lives of grown-ups. I never had any regrets, I fell in love with my son the moment I felt him move inside me, but Oliver just never connected with him for some reason. Rhett asked about him once, and I tried to explain as best I could. He never brought it up again. I told him that we’re a family, and that all we need is each other.”
“Your ex is a pathetic excuse for a man,” I say between clenched teeth. “And if you give me his name . . .”
She surprises me by laughing. “No, it’s okay. I don’t even think about him anymore, but he impacted the way I behave now, for sure. I’ve changed a lot. I used to be much meeker. Gentle even. I’m harder now. . . .”
“You’re strong,” I tell her, lifting her chin with my finger. “Like a f*ckin’ diamond.”
“And I’m pretty funny too, while we’re naming my qualities,” she admits, grinning impishly. I can’t help it when I push her back on the couch and kiss her hungrily.
“And an amazing kisser,” I add to the list, covering the choker on her neck with my palm. “I’ve wanted to do this to you so many times.”
“Choke me?” she teases, licking her lower lip.
I grin and move my hand down her collarbone. “Only if you’re into that kind of thing.”
“What is it about you?” she asks me, her blue eyes softening.
“I’m amazing in bed,” I say with a straight face. When she laughs, I pretend to be offended. “What? Are you saying I’m not? Do I have to prove it to you again?”
“I think that you do,” she says, arching her brow. “I can’t seem to remember if you’re good or not.” She pauses, a smug look crossing her beautiful features. “And if I can’t remember, that’s not looking too good for you.”
Challenge accepted.
I move down her body, lift up her skirt, pull down her panties, and put my mouth on her.
I make her come three times before she tries pushing my head away, begging—that it’s too much, too sensitive. I lift my head and tell her to tell me how amazing I am.
She does.
And then she returns the favor.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Tia
IT’S a pretty scary thought that by the time you find out someone’s flaws, by the time you get to know them entirely, it’s almost always too late—you’ve already fallen in love with them. I guess all you can do is hope that their flaws aren’t deal breakers and accept them as they are.
It’s been a month since Talon and I had our first date, and the last few weeks have been nothing short of amazing. We’ve been spending as much time as we can together, getting to know each other, and just acting like any new couple does—being completely infatuated with each other. He hasn’t met Rhett yet, and we haven’t had any drama, until now.
I think that after a month of having no one question us, we kind of took it for granted. We decided to have a quick drink at Knox’s Tavern after seeing a movie together. What I didn’t expect, although I should have, was Rake, Sin, and Arrow walking in together, and the three of them joining us at our table. Out of all the Wind Dragons, these are the three I least wanted to see. I’d take Tracker, sure; Vinnie, yes—anyone other than these three. Rake hates Talon, Arrow hates him but will try to behave for Anna, and Sin is the president, scary as hell, and calls all the shots.