Page 25 of Kingston

Sleeping on the couch for a week hadn’t been so bad.I’d gone on many club runs and had had to sleep in some wild places.Waking up with fire ants biting my balls had been pretty bad.The venom from their bites caused blisters that made it look like I had an STD.Recovering from that shit had been agony, but since Maverick had been just as miserable as I’d been at the time, suffering the same fate, I’d thought it was hilarious.Neither of us sat down without checking for those little assholes now, though.

It was not getting to cuddle up to Demi every night that had been the worst part of having to sleep on my couch.Now that I’d been inside her, there was no way I was going to be able to sleep anywhere but with her snuggled against me.I needed a bigger house, with plenty of beds, so our little one would have her own room.I could fuck Demi without fear of scarring our kid for life.

After pulling up my jeans, I bent to pick up Demi’s leggings and panties.Holding the soft fabric between my fingers was enough to get me hard again, but there wasn’t time for another round.“Come here, babe.”

She moved slowly, still dazed from the last orgasm when I’d filled her full with my come.For the moment, she wasn’t concerned about that little detail.I was an asshole for getting off so hard on the idea of knocking her up, but the thought of her giving me another baby to love was too much.I wanted a life with her, and locking her down with my kid was all I could imagine.Once she did realize what I’d done, we could talk about it.But for the moment, I was going to keep my mouth shut.

Her hair was wild, giving her that freshly fucked glow I wanted to see every single day for the rest of eternity.Standing on shaky legs, she let me clean her up with my shirt before redressing her in her clothes.Once she was covered up, I sat back down on the couch and pulled her onto my lap.

“You want to talk about what happened at the diner?”

“Not really,” she said in a small voice.

I nodded.“Okay.We don’t have to discuss that yet.Tell me about your ex instead.”

It was a long overdue conversation.Other than asking a few questions here and there, I hadn’t pushed her for more information about Charlie, but that was mainly because I already had many of the answers to that piece of shit’s history.

Jack had him strapped to a table in one of the MC’s cabins thirty miles north.I’d been to see Charlie-boy every day since he’d become a guest, and each time I left, he was screaming in pain and terror like the little bitch he was.

So, yeah, I had plenty of answers to my questions about that motherfucker.

But I wanted Demi to tell me all of her bad memories, and then I’d replace them with good ones.

“I want to tell you, Kingston, but I feel like he can see me if I say his name aloud,” she whispered.“Logically, I know he can’t.But his family has the kind of power where they could destroy your entire life if they thought for a moment you were important to me.”

She traced her finger over one of my tattoos, as if she was unable to not touch me, torment in those pretty eyes I loved so much.Seeing her like that killed me.I wanted to make everything better for her, no matter what was causing her pain, and I knew I could make all her worries disappear if I told her the truth about myself.“And you are very important.”

Hearing her say that was on the same scale as having her say she loved me.One sentence and this woman had me ready to give her anything and everything.

“The Johnson family isn’t as all-powerful as you think they are, sweetheart.”

Demi gasped, her entire body tensing in my arms.I hated dropping their names on her like that, but she had built them up in her mind as an untouchable entity.Like a monster that couldn’t be beaten.When, in reality, I’d already wiped out their reign of terror.

Mieke had taken care of Charlie’s parents without them even making national news.His father had withdrawn from his Senate run earlier in the week, and then he and his wife had taken a break from the public eye for personal reasons.Their security detail had been released, and they were taking time to themselves for the foreseeable future.

That had happened three days ago.

Jack’s IT genius was more terrifying than Charles Johnson and his vapid wife could have ever hoped to be.She’d wiped all traces of them from existence with a few taps and clicks on her computer screen.Bank accounts, emptied.Social media, erased.

Once she had their digital footprints cleaned up, I’d taken care of the rest.Charlie’s mommy and daddy were as dead as he was going to be when I was done torturing the sonofabitch.They were gator food in a Louisiana swamp, thanks to a few favors I’d called in.

Wide eyes scanned my face, her heartbeat fluttering in her throat.“What did you do?”Tears filled her eyes, but she closed them before one could spill out.“Oh my god, Kingston, they will hurt you!”

“Baby, I don’t want to scare you, but you have to face the reality that I am more dangerous than Charlie Johnson.”I tipped her chin up and kissed the tip of her nose.That crease in her brow appeared, melting my heart in a way I’d never be able to make her understand.

“You aren’t afraid of me, are you?”Frightening her was the last thing I wanted to do, but I couldn’t hide who I was forever.

She shook her head.“No, of course not.You make me feel safe for the first time in my life, Kingston.”

“I don’t want that to change.Please always remember that I would rather die than cause you a single moment of fear.I want to be your safe place, babe.You and Iris never have to be scared of anything as long as I continue to breathe.”

“But they might—” I covered her mouth with my hand, stopping her frantic flow of words.

“Promise me you will remember.”

After a moment, she nodded, and I dropped my hand, tucking it between her legs.Fuck, that felt good.She was so soft and warm.I could have sat there holding her for the rest of my life and died a happy man.

Telling her was going to change everything.She wasn’t going to see me the same way.It scared the fuck out of me, but she needed this.To move on.To heal.To know she was the one who wielded all the power now.

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