Page 35 of Ruin

“It’s okay. I’ll come over there soon.”

“Ryo” was all I said.

“I’ll get drinks,” he replied.

“Can my brother come with us?” Mimi quickly asked while Ryo walked off to the bar.

Josie glanced up at Pick, who looked to Ruin, and he gave a small nod. If I understood correctly, Pick was checking if I could be trusted around their women, and Ruin just told him I could be. I couldn’t decline the offer now, even when I wanted to sit with Ruin and hear things about him.

“Of course,” Josie said. “Coming?” she asked me.

If I said no, I guessed I would be frowned on by the bikers for ignoring their women. “I would like to.” I took Mimi’s hand in mine, and we followed Josie over to another table full of women. Even though I preferred men as lovers, I didn’t mind the company of women. It could come to my advantage of getting information on Ruin also.

“Who we got here, Josie-girl?” a woman with wild dark hair asked. Before Josie could say anything, she went on with “Ruin, get your cute butt here and give Low some sugar.”

A deep chuckle sounded behind me. Ruin moved around and hugged the woman named Low. “Where’s Dodge at?”

“In the back room giving Rommy another lecture.”

“What happened?”

“Tell you about it later.” She grinned. “Go greet the others while Josie introduces us to your people.”

His people. I liked hearing that.

“Bossy as ever,” Ruin teased.

She laughed and patted his cheek. “Of course.”

I watched as Ruin moved his way around and greeted every woman like they were his family. It made sense, since I heard the members of the club classed everyone as family.

Josie cleared her throat, and I looked back to see Low studying me when Josie said, “This is Mimi. She lives at the compound in Ballarat and is friends with Ruin, and this is her brother, Wolf. The gentleman at the bar is Ryo.” She glanced at me. “I hope I have that right.”

“You do,” I told her with a smile.

Low whistled. “Damn, boy, that hair, that body, and you have some sweet cheekbone structure going on. You must be popular with the ladies?”

My smile widened. “I cannot complain.” I had a feeling she was fishing to see if I preferred men.

“I bet,” she mumbled. “Come take a seat.”

A squeal echoed around the room. “Ruin!” A woman ran by us and launched herself at Ruin, who caught her easily. Distaste thickened my throat as I pulled up my top lip in a silent snarl. I didn’t like how he held her close. How he placed her on her feet and cupped her cheeks, beaming down at her.

“Fascinating,” I heard and looked back to see Low once again studying me. Mimi had already sat beside Josie while I stood there like an idiot staring at Ruin.

I didn’t comment back. Instead, I took the seat next to her and leaned back in the chair, acting calm when all I wanted to do was drag Ruin away from that woman. It would have been best to have picked a different seat. From this position, I had a good view of the people in the bar, including of the sweet look Ruin was giving the woman.

“Wolf,” Ryo said before placing a gin and tonic on the table.

“Thank you,” I replied, and quickly took up the drink for a long gulp while he went to Mimi to hand hers over.

Why did I want to come?

I sighed internally since I wanted to know more about Ruin and see him around his people.

“That’s Rommy,” Low said, and I lifted my gaze from the glass to see she was looking at me.

“Sorry?” I asked just when Ryo took the seat next to me.

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