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“He’s still alive. Has to be. When I got back to her place there was only blood. No body. Can’t fucking tell her he is still breathing until I know. Have there been any sightings of him?” Rock shakes his head. The flecks of gray that were once in his beard have now taken over and his head is shaved completely bald.

“There has been no sign of him. If he needed medical attention, which I’m sure he did, he didn’t check in to a hospital. He knows people, and not the good kind.”

“God damn.” I keep reading through the file until I reach the part about a man named Mansfield. “This fucker is a politician. Why is it always one of them crooked motherfuckers? Sick bastards get their kicks from… Fuck.” I growl and toss the folder to the desk. My daughter isn’t the first girl this sick bastard has purchased. If I have anything to say about it, she will be the last. “He’s a dead man walking.” I declare to Rock. “Him and that piece of shit Mike.”

“Yeah. I figured you were going to say that.” Rock sighs and leans back into his chair. “He is a public figure running for office and projected to win. This has to be done carefully. Too many eyes and I’m sure you don’t want to be going to prison now that you just got your woman and kid back in your life.” He speaks the truth but I’d walk up in the middle of a crowded street and put a bullet in both of their heads just so I would know for a fact Pria and Rhylee were safe. “What are the chances he would come for her again? Do you know what she saw while she was with them?”

“She hasn’t said much, I didn’t want to try and make her talk about it. Looks like I’m going to have to now though.” Groaning I turn to leave Rock’s office.

“Use our resources Roman. Stay as long as you need to, and if it’s a fight coming our way? A fight is what we will have,” Rock promises me as I step through the doorway out into the hall. The lingering smell from breakfast still hangs in the air but it turns my stomach sour. The impending conversation I need to have with my daughter eats away at me the closer I get to where I left her and her mother.

When I reach the common room I think I have summoned enough courage to talk to her until I see her beautiful face. She is smiling with the other kids at the table. Two of the girls are daughters of club members. She fits in perfectly here. As does her mother, who I find with Rock’s wife Buggs and Reek’s wife Ari. Her long dark hair hangs down past her shoulders and has dried since she came down from the room. The clothes she was given fit her perfectly and I can’t help but admire her ass in those jeans. My cock stirs at the sight of her and damn it I can’t take one more minute of not being next to her.

It’s only a few short strides before I’m next to her and dragging her out of the room and upstairs to the bed. “Roman what the hell are you doing?” Pria gasps as I slam the door behind us and let her arm go.

“We have so much shit to work out, you and me,” I say turning around to face her. Them big beautiful brown eyes that look me up and down have an edge of contempt in them, but along with that, there is a fire I once sparked in her.

“We don’t have anything to work out. What’s done is done.” She tries to wave me off and walk past me only I don’t let her.

Hooking my arm around her waist I bring her to me. “The hell it is.” Before she can argue anymore I slam my mouth onto hers. She doesn’t respond at first only tries to back away, but I don’t let her. I just hold her tighter until she starts to melt into me. “You have always been mine Pria. I was just too stupid to allow it.” She lets out a whimper and I take it as my chance to lift her up off the floor before bringing us both to the bed.

“You hurt me so bad Roman,” she releases a small sob causing me to pull back slightly. The hurt etched on her face cuts me down so deep I don’t think it will ever heal.

“I know I did baby. I’m never going to forgive myself for that either, and I’m going to spend whatever years I have left trying to make it up to you. I promise you that.” I press my forehead to hers. “It’s always been you. Even when I tried to tell myself it could never be, I knew I was only lying to myself. I’m a complete failure at everything I do and my life will never amount to much of anything. I will probably hurt you again because it’s all I know how to do but I can’t walk away this time. It just about killed me before. But if you say you want me to leave you, I will accept it. I will walk away from you and go die alone because I love you.” I wait for her to respond, my heartbeat slowing to almost a halt in my chest. Then she says it, those words that make my heart beat again.

“I love you too.” She chokes on her words as tears start to pool at the corners of her eyes. “I love you too,” she repeats. That’s all it takes for our lips to find each other again. I fall back into her like no years have gone by, like we haven’t grown apart or hurt one another. None of it matters anymore. I have her in my arms and I’m not letting her go. Not ever.

Needing to touch every inch of her skin all at once I pull back enough to yank my shirt off and toss it to the floor. Her hands come up to my chest and trail their way along my stomach to my jeans, leaving a burning path in their wake. She flicks the button open on my jeans then unzips them. I lean back enough for her to find her intended mark. She pulls my cock from my boxers and jeans, circling it with her hand and giving me one long slow stroke that drives me mad. “Damn I forgot how much you liked to tease me.” She smiles and does it again.

“I forgot too.” She takes the bottom of her lip between her teeth as she continues to stroke me. “You’re so hard,” she whispers causing me to groan deep in my throat. “I need you inside me.” She doesn’t have to say another word. I’m up off the bed and dropping my jeans to the floor before pulling at hers after she undoes the button. I’m not even sure where they land before I reach down and pull her up into my arms only to spin us around so she is straddling me.

“Ride me, baby.” Her hand goes between us as she positions the head of my cock at her entrance before letting herself drop down. She is slow as she does it, always needing to tease me. And fuck do I love it. She takes every inch of me before pulling up and going back down. Damn, she makes every piece of me light on fire. I burn for this woman.

She still has her shirt on and it’s been far too long since I have seen her tits. My hands travel up her back to find the clasp of her bra and waste no time unhooking it. I don’t bother to pull anything off. There is no time. My mouth is watering to taste her flesh. I push her shirt up and take the first nipple into my mouth, tugging on it slightly to get a whimper from her. “Mmmm Roman. Yes.” I smile and go to the next one, doing the same.

“Fuck I missed these.” She lets out a small giggle I drown out with another kiss as I find her mouth again. “I hope to hell you’re close baby because I don’t think I can last much longer,” I warn when I flip her onto her back, not once breaking the connection.

“So close,” she moans and squeezes me tight with her hips. “Harder. Fuck me hard Roman.” Damn she had to go and say it. I swear it’s like she pushed a button on me or something. I do as she says and fuck her good and hard nearly coming instantly when she starts to tighten around me.

Stars are all I can see for a few minutes and when it clears, I realize I have dropped to the bed and pulled her with me. We are still somewhat connected and she is breathing heavily with her face on my chest, making circles around my nipple with her finger. “I missed you.”

“I missed you too baby.”

23

Pria

In the light of day, I expect everything to go back to Roman being himself and pushing me away. So, when I wake to find him watching me sleep, I’m at a complete loss for words. “I know things are a bit crazy right now, and the only reason you are here is because of… well that, but I want you and Rhylee to stay with me in Rhino. Not just until its safe.” I didn’t expect that one either.

“Roman I-”

“Mom? Are you in here?” Rhylee’s voice comes from the other side of the very unlocked door and in a panic, I grab a pillow and try my best to cover Roman with it. I fail miserably.

“Hey, sweetie. Is breakfast ready?”

Her brows knit together then she smiles a sly all too knowing smile. I have been busted. “Um no, but lunch is.” She giggles a little. “Hey, dad?”

“Yeah, kiddo?” Roman asks still sadly hidden underneath the pillow. “Rock said he needed to talk to you.”

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