I’ll have to figure out a way to convince her to stay.
Even if it means burning every one of her demons to the ground so she feels safe enough to stick with me.
“Nothing is infinite,” she whispers.
“Except us.” I finish the thought, whether she wants me to or not.
Aimee finally lifts, and my cum drips from her. It’s the most beautiful sight.
At least, I think so.
Aimee’s face puckers as she sits on the messy bed. “We’re going to need to clean these sheets.”
“I’ll take care of it today.” I hop up, stalking into the bathroom for a warm cloth for her.
When I come back, she’s sitting against the headboard, still completely naked and bare to me.
I kneel between her legs on the bed, expecting her to shove me away, but she just watches as I run the cloth up her legs, cleaning her up. There’s always been this unspoken intimacy between us. It’s terrifying how quickly we fall back into it.
“We should probably talk about this.” I set the cloth aside as she closes her legs.
“Don’t worry, I wasn’t a virgin,” she teases.
“Yeah, well, me either.” I chuckle. “I meant the fact that I didn’t wear a condom.”
“You told me it’s been a while since you’ve had sex. Since before I came back.”
“I haven’t,” I confirm quickly before she can think that was a lie. “And I’m good. That’s not what I’m talking about. But you… Are you on the pill or anything?”
Her eyebrows furrow, like she can’t figure out why I would ask her that. “No, I’m not on anything. But if that’s what you’re worried about, don’t. I won’t get pregnant.”
“Why not?” And why does my heart stop considering why she’d give me that answer?
“You know why, Levi.” She avoids my stare. “I was with Titan for almost a year, remember? Don’t you know what they do there to make sure accidents don’t happen?”
My gaze moves back down her body, to the rugged scar on her lower abdomen. Looking closer, I see now it’s a little too rough for a surgery that would have been done at a hospital.
“What did he do to you?” When I tried to ask her that question in the desert, there was room for her to refuse to answer.
Not now.
And she must sense it when my eyes meet hers.
“They did what they do to all girls they bring there.” She swallows hard. “They sterilized me.”
17
Havoc
I’m vibrating with rageas I storm through the clubhouse. Chaos spots me just as I reach the back door, but he’s smart enough not to cut me off. Instead, he meets my stride.
“Why did I get a call from Steel saying not to take my eyes off you until he gets here?” Chaos follows me on the long trek to the Shack.
My vision is dark around the edges. Corners of my sanity swirl with what Aimee said.
They sterilized me.
Out of the thousands of sick things I considered could have happened to her when she was with the Iron Sinners, I never considered that. Maybe I wanted to believe the rumors about what they do to women were exaggerated when I knew better. Maybe I wanted to stay in denial when there was no hiding the truth in her scar.