Page 29 of Riggs
"I was coming to see if Luna wanted to eat lunch with me and Payton. When I got to your office, Lexi was in Luna's face. She was talking shit about how Luna being here was messing with what you and she have going on and how she was going to be your old lady." Josie stops speaking long enough to look at Lexi with a sneer. When she speaks again, her next words set shit off. "That was after she called your woman a deaf bitch." Josie's last statement has Riggs dropping his hands and advancing on Lexi. The woman is so shocked and scared she takes two steps back plastering her body against the wall as Riggs gets in her face. The whole time he doesn't miss a beat relaying to me what he is saying.
"If you think you can come to my club and threaten my woman, you are a special kind of stupid. I told you the moment you stepped foot into my clubhouse months ago, I wasn't interested in you or what's between your legs. You never had a chance at riding my dick or wearing my patch. You have ten minutes to pack your shit. Wick will escort your ass out. You are not welcome on Kings property again. You are done." With that, Riggs turns to Wick and says something. Wick nods and grabs Lexi by her arm and ushers her down the hall out of view. But not before she looks back over her shoulder with her venomous eyes aimed straight at me. A look that says she is far from done. Something about that woman doesn't sit right with me.
Stepping into my line of sight of Lexi and Wick's retreating backs, Riggs brings my attention to him. "You okay, baby?"
I nod. "Yeah. I'm good."
"I'm so damn sorry that bitch said that shit to you. I want you to know everything she said was a lie. I never touched her."
"I know you haven't. Even if you had, it's not my business, but I believe you."
"Do you believe me when I say, I'll never let anyone get away with hurting you? I had a feeling Lexi was going to be trouble. I should have listened to my gut and kicked her ass out of here yesterday. I actually should have done it weeks ago."
"I believe you, Riggs. You can't protect me from everything."
Riggs steps closer to me. "I can and will protect you to the best of my abilities, Mon Tresor." He kisses me. "Let's get out of here. I got someone I want you to meet."
By the time Riggs and I walk back through the clubhouse, Wick is sitting at the bar and Lexi is nowhere in sight. When I cut my gaze over to the other side of the room, I see Josie sitting on the couch with Payton. Not knowing if she will understand me, I sign anyway. "Thank you." She and Payton both smile and wave in return.
When Riggs and I step outside the clubhouse and up to his bike, I turn to him. "I like Josie and Payton."
"They're good girls. You don't have anything to worry about with them. They don't pull the kind of shit Lexi did. If a brother is attached, they respect that and keep their distance."
"That's good to know. I appreciate what Josie did for me back there. I don't like confrontation. It can sometimes be difficult to defend myself with words when the other person is unable to communicate the way I do. It makes me feel at a disadvantage when I'm faced with a situation like now with Lexi; I want to dissolve disputes with words. I don't like feeling as if I have no way of defending myself." I let out a relieved breath feeling better now that I have purged my feelings. "I'm sorry I dumped all that on you just now." I shake my head suddenly feeling stupid for admitting all that.
Riggs kisses me. "Don't ever apologize for telling me your feelings. I want to know everything about you, Luna."
"I want to know everything about you too, Riggs."
"Looks like we're on the same page then, baby." Riggs takes me in his arms and kisses the hell out of me.
Stepping away, he lands one last peck before handing me a helmet. "Where are you taking me?" I ask.
"I'm taking you home to meet my grandad."
I freeze. "Why are you taking me there?"
"I'm taking you because my grandad is one of the most important people in my life, and I want him to meet another important person in my life," Riggs says all this as if it's not a big deal.
"Are you sure? We hardly know each other. Not enough for me to meet the man who raised you anyway."
"Hell, yes, I'm sure." Riggs straddles his bike. "Now,hop on babe."
Riggs' grandad is the most important person in his life, and he wants me to meet him. Am I ready for that? We've known each other for a week, and he wants to take me home. When I don't make a move, Riggs slides off his bike and stands toe-to-toe with me. "Tell me what you're thinking?"
"I'm freaking out."
Riggs grins. "No, you're not. What's bothering you is the fact you are not freaking out, but you think you should be."
Damn, he's right. When I peer up at his face, he has a brow lifted knowing he's got me there.
"Look, babe. When I'm sure of something I want, I go after it; no holds barred. I knew from the second I laid eyes on you, I wanted you, and I knew the moment I pulled you from that closet at the lumber mill, I was going to have you. You. Are. Mine. I also know for a fact you feel the same way. So, stop thinking so hard, and let's go." He kisses me, stealing my breath from my lungs and sealing the deal.
