Page 83 of Ruin

Botan glared at him. “I wasn’t speaking to you.”

“Too bad,” Josh retorted.

I pushed at his back again. Holding my shirt closed tighter since I had a feeling, from the hostility Josh was emanating, that he would punch someone if they caught sight of my chest. I thinned my lips, desperate to laugh since I had never had anyone act possessive of me before. Strange how it had made me happy.

“We’re fine, Botan,” I told him and gave another shove to Josh’s back. He started forward again.

“I don’t like that guy. He’s always had a problem with me,” Josh said.

Oh….

“Um, it could have something to do with you being in my bed. Botan was once a lover.”

Josh halted immediately, only that time he turned and started off after Botan. Laughing, I grabbed his arm. “Stop.” Smiling, I said, “He never meant anything, just someone to pass the time with, and it was a long time ago.”

“Fucker,” Josh snarled. “No wonder he was a dick to me the whole time. He saw somethin’ between us.” He glared down the hall, and I glanced over to see the other men had moved on, but Botan stood scowling at Josh.

I ran my hand up Josh’s chest. “Forget about it.”

“He’d better not try anythin’ with you, or I’ll kick his arse.” That I believed. Josh’s hands slid to my arse cheeks and gripped. He pulled me close, our groins rubbed, and I sucked in a breath, wrapping my arms around his neck. I heard a noise down the hall but ignored it because Josh kissed me. It wasn’t soft, but hard—a declaration to the other man that I was his.

I liked it. A little too much.

Josh pulled back, and I blinked dazedly. He smirked at me. “I think he got the message.”

Grinning, I shook my head at him. I couldn’t scold him for his actions. If it was the other way around, I would have done the same.

“You could pee on me,” I offered. “Though, I do prefer this instead.”

His brows dipped. “Wait, so I need to? How many guys have you slept with in your security?”

Fuck. “Ah….”

“Jesus Christ, this place will be a bloodbath. I want their names, where they work—”

I placed my hand over his mouth. “How about you remember that none of them meant anything. No one, until you. I don’t care about them like I do you.”

He glared and removed my hand as he sighed. “Fine. I suppose I can’t kill them all off since they do help guard you and this place. Just get Ryo to make sure none of them look at you like they want a piece of you, or I won’t be held responsible for my actions.”

I smiled. “Have you always been this possessive?”

His head jerked back, and he was silent for a moment. “No,” he said softly. “Never seen the point before. No one mattered that much to me. Until you.”

My heart swelled in my chest.

I took his hand in mine and dragged him down the hall and all the way to our bedroom. Thankfully, we didn’t run into anyone else.

Chapter Twenty-One

Ruin

My words said to Taro had meant something. That was clear by the urgency in his steps as he dragged me towards and into the bedroom. All I could do was grin like a fool because I finally fucking understood what I’d been missing. The others in the Hawks MC had found, even Coyote, their someone who they’d do anything for, who they would protect at any cost, even if they had to use their own body. Their person who drove them wild and brought out their possessiveness.

Mine was definitely Taro.

I’d never acted this way with anyone before, and the knowledge of him being my one cemented itself inside me.

I kicked the door closed as soon as we’d entered and spun Taro around.

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