Page 65 of Secrets

"You dream of me?" Marnie whispers into his ear as he slams into her, her body lifting with every thrust.

"Every fucking night," he admits, loving the moan deep in her throat as he hits a spot she appears to love.

Her hands pull his face down to hers, and their lips touch. He lifts her other leg, his hands holding her bare ass, as he continues to hit the spot that makes her shutter and moan into his mouth. It doesn't take long before her pussy has him in a vice grip, and she cries into his mouth while he rubs her tongue with his.

Her pleasure sends him over the edge, and he pulls out of her just as he comes hard against the building beneath her. "Fuck."

"Wow," Marnie pants. "That was... wow."

"You're telling me," Lex's voice says from a few yards away from them, and he can feel Marnie's panic before he sees it in her eyes.

Releasing her, Venom lets her stand on the ground and adjust herself behind the shield of his body while he fixes his jeans.

"Lex, this isn't what-"

“If you don't want people knowing you're fucking, Marnie, it's best not to do it on the side of the clubhouse," she says.

He hates how Marnie looks ready to cry, and she hurries to the front of the lot without a word. Venom always knew that if they ever truly got together, it would need to be a secret. He just hadn't imagined how badly it would sting to see the fear in her eyes as she's caught with him. No, not fear. Shame. That's what it was. Shame.

"Lex, if you tell anyone-"

"Are you going to threaten me?" Lex asks with a laugh. "Oh, man, that's priceless."

He stares in confusion. She's not scared. Everyone's scared of him. "What?"

"Venom, I'm the daughter of the club. I've been part of this club as long as you've been alive. Besides, what are you going to threaten me with? My father's the VP of the mother charter and an Original Ten. Which, granted, we're estranged right now, but still. My father-in-law is the Sergeant at Arms for them, too. Not to mention that one of my best friends is the Black Valley President. You don't scare me. Trust me, I've seen worse."

"So, you're going to rat us out."

"Fuck you," she says and pushes him against the building where he came. "I'm a daughter of the club. I'm no fucking rat."

Frowning, he stares at her. "I don't really know where we stand right now."

"I'm not going to lie for you because I don't really know you. And I don't know if I like you yet, but I'm not going to say anything unless I'm asked. At the end of the day, though, who's going to ask if Venom is fucking Marnie?"

Looking at the ground, Venom sighs. "It's not something anyone would ever think is possible, huh?"

"I see the way you look at her. And something changed in the past week or two because she looks at you differently now, too."

"But I'm the guy no one likes."

She shrugs and looks around. "You scare people. You take care of things no one else has the balls to do. It's a cross to bear if something comes out of this relationship with you two."

"Snake will have my kutte if he finds out about me and his daughter."

Lex laughs. Hard. "Sorry, I just realized her father's name is Snake, and she's fucking Venom. What are the odds of that?"

"I can't keep her, can I?"

"Depends on how much you're willing to sacrifice. The both of you. Right now, if she was given a choice, she wouldn't pick you."

His eyes stare into hers. She's one of the few people besides Marnie who can look him in the eye, including those who wear the same leather he does. "How do you know?"

"If she was willing to pick you, she would've stood up to me. Said something. Been the one to threaten me, which I would have still laughed at. Instead, she ran away in tears at the prospect of being caught."

Her honesty feels both painful but relieving. "You're right. I know that I'm not worthy of her, but for a few brief minutes, when we're together, it feels like I am."

"What are you talking about?"

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