Page 76 of Deception
She dips her head, and a piece of hair falls over her face. He tucks it behind her ear and lifts her chin to look at him as he smiles. “Because he’s yours. Holding him for the first time in that hospital room changed something in me. As far as I’m concerned, that boy is mine. He may not have my last name, but I will always be there for him the same way my dad was there for me. Nothing will ever change that.”
“You are something else, Kent Conway.”
“Yeah? Is that good or bad?”
Her lips touch his, and he slides his hands around her and up her back to press her chest against his. “Good,” she whispers, her lips tickling his as they rub over his.
“I really am sorry, Gracie. I never want to break a promise to you.”
Gracie gives him a small smile and nods, her nose bumping his as she does. “I know. And I forgive you. I think it all worked out, and I hope Klaire knows I never meant to hurt her.”
“I love how much you care about others.”
“You overestimate me.”
“I think you underestimate yourself,” he counters.
Climbing off his lap, she smirks. “Can I borrow your fancy new kutte?”
“Uh, sure,” he says, shrugging it off and handing it to her.
She disappears into the bathroom, and he leans back to lie on his bed. Tucking his hands behind his head, he looks around and can’t stop the smile spreading on his face.
This is mine. My apartment. My club. My girl. Life can’t get much better.
The bathroom door opens, and his jaw drops when he looks and sees Gracie walking out wearing his kutte.Onlyhis kutte.
“I’ve heard the guys around here talking about how much they like this outfit,” she says. “What do you think?”
“I… Wow,” Kent mutters and yanks off his shirt before standing to strip out of the rest of his clothes.
Correction:Nowthings can’t get any better.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Griffin’s Beach
Lex
“Hey, baby, can I borrow you for a minute?” Colt asks.
“Borrow me for what?” Lex asks with a wiggle of her eyebrows.
She can’t seem to get enough of Colt lately, and she doesn’t hate her constant state of desire. It did have her taking a pregnancy test because it reminded her of how she was with both Noah and Calla. It came back negative, but the craving to get naked with her husband hasn’t subsided a bit.
“Later,” he says and winks. “Come into the Chapel?”
She saunters in, half expecting him to toss her onto the table and take her, but she sobers up when she sees Ky and Venom atthe head of the table with all of their predecessors on the other end.
Colt shuts the door behind them, and he takes his seat at the head. She stands by the door staring at the six men in front of her. It feels as though she’s standing in front of the firing squad, and her stomach jumps nervously.
“Is this because I didn’t tell you about Gracie? I swear, I just found out this morning.”
“Yeah, you could’ve given me a heads-up,” Ky says, “but that’s not what this is about.”
Jennings smirks. “Why don’t you sit down, Lex?”
Taking a seat in the middle, she looks around. “This feels like I’m being called into the principal’s office.”
