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“Shh. I know. You don’t have to. There are no extras for you. Never. I will never let that happen to you. Fuck, I’m such a fuckup. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. You are safe. I promise you are safe.”
I keep repeating variations of my words to her as she sobs against me. I know that she was in a panic when I approached. I also know a little bit of what happened with her mother. I’m sure it’s much worse than I’m imagining.
When she finally settles down, she pulls back and looks at me. “Why did I get invited here? I’m not like the others.”
I shake my head. “I didn’t ask for them to be sent. Happy did thinking he was helping. You are here because, well, fuck it. I fucking missed you, Cami. I didn’t like being away from you and I couldn’t come to you, so Happy thought he was doing me a solid by bringing you to me. I now see that I should have thought that through. I’ve never been as impulsive as I am with you. You make me do crazy things. Like speed to get back here to you.”
She sniffles. “You missed me?”
I nod. “Like a fucking fool. You should’ve heard the guys making fun of me for looking at my phone so much.”
She smiles. “I might have missed you a tiny bit too.”
“Only a tiny bit? You’re breaking my heart, little dancer.”
She sobers a little. “I don’t like that guy.”
“Trust me, I don’t either. Savage is having a talk with him. I will too at some point. He won’t touch you again.”
“Okay.”
I lean forward, pressing a soft kiss to her lips. “You forgive me?”
She nods. “This time.”
I’m about to offer to take her home when there’s a knock at the door.
“Yeah?”
“I need extra eyes out here,” Savage calls through the door.
I sigh. “I’ll be out in a minute.”
Turning to Cami, I give her a sad smile. “I have to go back out there. We have a lot of out-of-towners in the place tonight. We need to be seen so they behave. I can walk you to your car.”
She shakes her head. “I don’t want to be alone. Can I stay with you?”
“Are you sure? It’s going to get crazier out there as the night goes on.” I cup her cheek, wiping her wet face, glad she’s no longer crying.
“You’ll stay by my side?” she asks.
“The entire time, and if I can’t, I’ll leave someone with you who will protect you.”
“I trust you. I’ll stay.”
If that doesn’t make my heart jump for joy, I don’t know what does.
“You won’t regret trusting me,” I promise her as I help her stand.
Taking her hand in mine, I lead her out of my room. There will be no doubt to anyone around.
This woman is mine.
Hand in hand, Fang leads me out of his room. My heart races as we make our way down the hall. To say that my introduction into club life has been less than stellar would be an understatement, but for Fang, I’m willing to give it a try again.
Fang scans the crowd and then leads me across the room where a couple of men and a woman sit on some couches and chairs. They look like they are hanging out while the party goes on around them. When the woman turns her head and looks at me, I bite my cheek to stop myself from cursing out loud.
Great. He’s taking me right to the woman who thought I was here to sex up the brothers.
