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His comment has Bianca’s eyes widening as she looks between Rattler and me. “You didn’t have sex with her this morning?”
Rattler looks as disgusted as I feel. “No! Why would you think that?”
“She was changing the sheets on your bed this morning when I went looking for you. She said you had sex after I fell asleep,” Bianca says. “I figured you only stayed with me long enough for me to fall asleep and then went back to your room. She said that all the men make use of the Bunnies, even the men who have Old Ladies. That they wait until their women are asleep and then come looking for action.”
Rattler bursts out laughing, causing Bianca to jolt and me to scowl at him. Rattler reaches over to grasp her hand as he tries to control himself, but he’s laughing so hard, I think he’s likely to hurt himself. If he doesn’t stop laughing soon, I might have to hurt him.
“I’m sorry,” he says as he wipes a tear from under his eye and gets a look at the anger on Bianca’s face. “Don’t be mad. I’m not laughing at you. I’m laughing at the ridiculousness of her assertion. Jasmine is a bitch. She’s been a Kutte Bunny since before Alisa arrived and stole Puma’s heart. Since then, she’s watched Wildcard and Dice also find women. She knowswhat will happen once all the single guys find their ride or die. She told you that shit because she wanted you to leave the clubhouse.”
“And she got her wish,” Bianca mutters. “Are you certain the Puma, Wildcard, and Dice aren’t hooking up with the Bunnies?”
“I’m positive. I know you don’t know Dice very well and Wildcard just hooked up with Brigit, but you’ve been around Puma enough to know he’d never cheat on Alisa. He adores her.”
Bianca nods slowly. “I didn’t immediately believe her, but she was changing the sheets on your bed. You told me you had just moved into that room. Why would you need the sheets changed so soon?”
Rattler’s cheeks pinken, which I find amusing. How often does a big, bad biker blush? “She has a good question,” I grin. “Did you roll around in mud before going to bed?”
Rattler rolls his eyes. “I haven’t slept in that bed, not yet. I slept with Bianca because she was scared to sleep alone,” he tells me before turning his attention back to Bianca. “When I went to my room this morning to change, I found Jasmine had slept in my bed. I ordered her to change the sheets because I didn’t want to smell her on them.”
Now it’s Bianca’s turn to blush. “I’m such an idiot.”
“No, you’re not,” Rattler and I tell her together.
“Jasmine told you those things because she knows you’re new to the clubhouse and don’t know the truth. She’s been around long enough to know that women who are new to the biker world have likely watched shows like Sons of Anarchy or read about the biker life in romance novels. Most of those portray a patriarchal society where the women are objects and nothing more. It’s easy to assume the guys all make use of the Bunnies, even the guys with women. I can promise you that Puma would throw himself off the roof of the building before he cheated on Alisa. He adores her. The same goes for Dice withAvery and Wildcard with Brigit. Hell, Viper and Chill are the same. They’d never hook up with other guys.”
“Have you been with Jasmine? Is that why she’s so territorial?” I ask him.
Rattler’s look of disgust is so intense that I have to smirk. “I’ve never liked her. Some of the other Bunnies are good girls. A few are in college. They live with us so that they don’t have to spend money on rent. Some live at the clubhouse because they feel safer with us than living alone. All of them know and understand the score. They clean up after the guys and offer sex to the single guys. They know if they hit on the committed men, they’re out. They have to watch themselves, especially around the kids. Most get it and don’t cause problems. Jasmine is always pushing the limits.”
“Are you going to talk to Puma about kicking her out?” I ask Rattler.
Rattler nods just as his phone rings. He pulls it out of his kutte and checks the display. “It’s Puma. I need to get it.” Standing Rattler goes outside.
“Feeling better?”
She nods. “I feel like a fool. I should have waited and talked to Rattler.”
“I’m glad you called me. It was good seeing you again. I don’t want you to hesitate to call me if you need me in the future. Even if you just want to talk.”
She gives me a speculative look, and I know she wants to ask me something, but is hesitant to do so.
“You can ask me anything,” I assure her.
“I can’t figure you out. Sometimes I think you’re attracted to me, but then you do this.”
“This?”
“You called Rattler to come down here so we could talk it through. I feel like you’re pulling me towards yourself while atthe same time pushing me towards Rattler. What are you trying to do here?”
I study her face for a long moment before I lay it all out.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: RATTLER
Grabbing my phone, I answer it.
“Did you find Bianca?” Puma asks.
“I did. We’re at Bet On Red. Bianca called Randy to pick her up, and he called me. Bianca explained what happened.” I tell her about what Jasmine pulled that morning, both her actions against me and the comments she made to Bianca. “I want her gone.”
