Page 53 of Breaking the Rules (Roaming Devils MC 1)

“You slept on the couch?” he asked, drinking his water.

“I didn’t sleep.” She ran her fingers through her hair. “I haven’t slept well since everything happened.”

She was irritable and agitated. Nothing seemed to ease it either. Ryker walked over to her and held out his hand. She glanced up at him.

“I can’t bend down. Just take my hand.”

She took his hand and he pulled her up. He kissed her cheek and held her close. “I love you, Ella. I don’t know what you want from me, but I’d give it to you in a heartbeat if it would make you happy. I don’t know why you hate me so much.”

“I don’t hate you.”

“You don’t exactly love me either.”

She shook her head and tried to pull away from him. “You’re infuriating.”

He turned her around and pulled her shorts leg aside to touch her bare pussy. “Probably. But I need you and I think you need me too. We’re made for each other.”

He slipped his finger inside her and she closed her eyes. Pressing kisses along her neck, he darted his tongue out to tease the sensitive spot behind her ear. They were really going to do this. She should have said no, but she was tired of fighting with him.

“Where did you go?” Ella asked.

He scraped his teeth along her shoulder while his fingers played with her clit. “I rode around the city with Vampire.”

“You didn’t fuck some club whore?”

“No.” He slipped another finger inside her. “I want you. You know that.”

Ella clutched at his arm as he held her against him, kissing and licking her neck while his hand played between her legs. She needed to say no, but she couldn’t. His touch felt too damn good.

“Can I please have sex with you?” he whispered. “I need to be inside you right now.”

“You’re not supposed to overexert yourself. It’s only been a few days.”

“Then you fuck me.” He turned her to face him. “I’ll lay perfectly still and you can have your way with me.”

She stared at him. How did she tell him that she didn’t know what to do? It was so fucking embarrassing. She’d only had sex twice. Both times with him. He dominated everything. How could she really share that with him? She was nearly thirty and she didn’t know the first thing about pleasing a man.

“What are you thinking about?”

“It’s not a good idea.”

“Why?”

“You just had surgery.”

“Give me something better than that. I said I’d lie still.”

His hands cupped her ass and squeezed. Ella pushed him away. “I need to get ready for work.”

She moved away from him and went to the bathroom. It was too early to go to work but she wasn’t going back to sleep. She turned the shower on, still feeling the tingles from his touch. She stood there as long as she could. Eyes closed and the water dripping down her body, she thought about the scene over and over. She’d never been so scared in her life. She’d been in numerous trauma situations, but that one had really taken its toll on her.

“Please talk to me.” Ryker knocked on the bathroom door, surprising her by not barging in.

She shut the water off and dried her face. Wrapping the towel around her, she went to the door, swinging it open.

“What?”

He rubbed a hand over his face. “Do you want me to leave?”

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