Page 14 of Reid
As we walked to the door, I glanced back and noticed that Max was at the bar ordering drinks, his eyes focused solely on Delaney as she talked animatedly to Nishia.Before we reached the exit, I caught my dad’s eye, and he gave me a grin and a thumbs-up.
Shaking my head at him, I followed Everly outside.
“I didn’t tell Evie I was leaving.”She turned to reenter the bar, and I caught her around the waist, shifting her back toward the parking lot.
“She didn’t even know you were there, sweetness.I doubt she’s aware of anyone other than Chance at this point.”I urged her in the direction of where her Jeep was parked, right beside my bike.
“Bloodhound,” she grumbled to herself.“Fleabag stray.”
Laughing, I maneuvered us through the lot, past the eclectic vehicles.The many different motorcycles that belonged to my MC brothers.The work trucks.The tank-like SUVs.The exotic imports driven by the spoiled college kids that would be useless when it snowed, just like the old clunkers they were parked side by side with.
We were halfway to her Jeep when another vehicle pulled into the lot.Recognizing Vaughn’s Audi, I tossed up my hand, giving him and my brother a wave without pausing.Just in case Everly got the notion to go back for her sister.
I felt Everly stiffen, and she sucked in a sharp breath.“No way…” she murmured, shaking her head and muttering something under her breath I didn’t catch.
“What was that, sweetness?”I asked, dipping my head to hear her better.
“Nothing,” she squeaked, turning her attention straight ahead when Elias climbed out of his brother-in-law’s ride, his hearty laugh reaching us.“Just…talking to myself.”
“About my flea-infested cousin?”I asked with a smirk.
Her beautiful eyes glittered.“How can your family let him run around without a leash?He needs to be better trained than that if he’s going to be allowed to roam unchecked.Does he even have his rabies vaccination?”
“Hmm, you know what, I think he’s due for his yearly inoculations.I’ll send his mom a text to remind her to get him an appointment with the vet ASAP.”
She huffed out a laugh that was so damn pretty, the sound did weird shit to my chest.I tapped her on the ass, distracting her.Damn, she had a perfect ass.She whined so sweetly when I gave one globe a hard squeeze, her body turning into me as we walked.
Shit, now I needed a distraction from my distraction before I fucked her against some random car.“Stop worrying about Chance and your sister.She’s a grown woman and can decide for herself if she wants to get involved with him.”
Not that the girl truly had a choice.After seeing how gone he already was over Evie, I knew there was no way he was going to let her go.Not without at least a few bodies having to be liquefied and dumped in the sewer.But Everly didn’t need to know that.
“Fuck!”She muffled a scream behind her teeth and stomped her feet.It was equal parts sexy as hell and adorable.“Ugh, damn it, you’re right.”
“I usually am.Along with being humble and honest.”
There went her nose, scrunching up again.And then, to my delight, she laughed and shoved playfully at my arm.“You’re an arrogant asshole, aren’t you?”
“Sometimes,” I admitted—because, again, honest.At least with her.I never wanted to lie to her, and I vowed I wouldn’t.This woman was my life, my future, my everything.She just didn’t know it yet.
When I lifted her hand to my lips, she rewarded me with a little mewling sound as my scruff rubbed over her soft palm.Her teeth sinking into her plush bottom lip sent a shot of white-hot need straight to my already-throbbing cock.
It was definitely time to get her home before I fucked her for the first time in Hannigans’ parking lot.I wouldn’t even care if my brother or Vaughn saw us.
Everly
Reid’s apartmenton the third floor had the same layout as mine.He was tidy—no empty bottles sitting around, no dishes in the sink, no dust on his dark furniture.It smelled like well-brewed coffee and him.He had this delicious, spicy scent that I wasn’t wholly sure was all cologne.It was earthy, with hints of cinnamon, amber, and vanilla.
I’d never considered vanilla an earthy smell before, or even remotely masculine, but combined with the cinnamon and amber, it was a savory decadence.One I wanted to binge on.
“Would you like a beer, sweetness?Or I’ve got whiskey and tequila.”
I hesitated.Being around him was already dangerous enough.Adding alcohol to the equation wouldn’t help me keep my clothes on, that was for damn sure.
As if he could read my mind, he opened the fridge and extracted a familiar can of soda.“I’ve got plenty of Diet Coke as well.I keep it stocked for when my mom drops in unexpectedly.”
Taking the offered can, I popped the top and took a fortifying drink.He’d just given me my drug of choice, and I needed something to do besides standing around, pretending this wasn’t my first time being alone in a guy’s apartment.
Even though it was.
