Page 64 of Slayin Villain
“If it’s his, you stay.”
“And if it’s Rome’s?”
“Then you figure out what kind of woman you wanna be.”
“Either way, I need to pick up my ride.Are you still taking me?”
By the time we got to Dawg’s garage, I’d filled Ginnie in.My beat-up Charger waited behind the gate like a damn horse itching to run.
I had my hand on the door when I heard my name.
“Ember.”
I turned and there he was.Villain.
Blond hair messy like he hadn’t slept.Vest half-open.Eyes red and wild.
My pulse jumped.
“You gonna tell me goodbye?”he asked, raising his brows.
“You already did.”
He stepped closer, his boots heavy on the gravel.
“You were gonna leave without even…”
“What?Without giving you the chance to ignore me again?”I threw the words like punches.“To pretend this thing between us never mattered?That I’m just another patch chaser who got too attached?”
His brow pinched.“It’s not like that.”
“Then what is it, Villain?Because I’m not your woman.I’m not your secret either.Not anymore.”
I waited.Let the silence stretch until it threatened to choke me.
Finally, he spoke.“I told you what the club decided.”
My knees almost gave out.“And?What are you gonna do about it?”
“And I’m still trying to breathe.”He looked so broken in that moment, it physically hurt.
But I couldn’t be the one to fix him.
Not anymore.
Villain reached out, fingers brushing my hand.“I need time,” he said.
“That’s the one thing I don’t have anymore.”
And then I pulled away.
If he wanted me, he’d have to fight for me.
Because I wasn’t just Property.
I was the Mother of Fire.
And I was about to burn every damn thing that tried to claim me without loving me first.
