Page 42 of Falling Hard

Chapter 11

Emmie

Libby hummed to God knew what tune, I sure as hell didn’t know it, but she was in her own world while going through my bag.

“You do realize nothing is exciting in there, right?” I questioned her after she had spent five minutes going through it. When I saw the evil grin on her face, I knew what she had found.

“No.” I started shaking my head. “No, no, andno!”

“You’re the one who packed it.” She looked like she had discovered gold when she came across my Victoria’s Secret underwear, which I didn’t usually wear.

“I only packed them because I hadn’t done washing!”

“Sure, sure, more like you were planning on a sexy retreat with Critter.”

Those words scored a pillow in her face.

She was killing herself laughing at her Critter joke, and I knew I would never live it down. I just hoped she didn’t mention the position Critter and I were in when Maiden got here. God forbid that. Critter wouldn’t be able to walk again, or worse, Maiden might just kill him.

“Isn’t Critter and Lynx having some sort of fight? Why don’t you go annoy them?” I went to snatch my underwear off her, but she continued to daggle them in front of me.

Huffing, I gave up. “Fine, do your worst to me,” I muttered and walked back to the bed.

“Well, you have to do your makeup because there is no way in hell I’ll do as good as job as you.” Libby handed me my makeup bag. “Just touch it up so it’s perfect. The water from before might have ruined it.”

“And whose fault is that?” I snipped at her. “Someone whose legs turn into an octopus when in the water.”

She hushed me, which made me roll my eyes.

Her pink hair was out and free, and I had forgotten just how breathtaking Libby was. It had been years. I could see why Lynx was making a claim on her—honestly, I could. She was one of a kind, and everyone knew that Libby Paxton was a girl no one messed with, not only because of her father but also because of my dad, her uncle. It would take a man like Lynx to be able to stand up to Uncle Rusty and Dad, who were deadly when put together. They were able to strip members from their ranks, but most of all, when they were mad, fuck it was scary.

I had never copped the full wrath of Dad, but I had seen members who had, and I never want to be in that position. So Lynx was the perfect man to claim Libby.

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