Page 102 of The Saviors: Part One
“You’re both crazy,” I chuckle and pull the rest of the way out. They look at each other and start laughing.
Sean looks over his shoulder at me. “What does that say about you?”
“That I’m attracted to crazy.”
They look at each other and say, “Same.”
We lay there for a long time, just letting what just happened soak in.
“I need to get cleaned up,” Chelsea announces. She kisses Sean, then leans across him to kiss me. She jumps from the bed and saunters to the bathroom. Sean and I watch until her ass disappears through the bathroom door.
When the shower cuts on, he flops over to face me. “You good, man?”
“Yeah. I am.”
“Good. Because we’re doing that again.”
“Shut up,” I say with a laugh.
“What? You can’t tell me you don’t want to do that again. Maybe next time I can take your ass.” He waggles his brows, making me shake my head.
I think about it, and the idea doesn’t freak me out. “Maybe.”
He jerks up on his elbow. “Really?” I nod. He jumps off the bed. “Game on, Godzilla.” He stops at the bathroom door and turns to me. “In all seriousness, I’m glad we did this. All of this.” I know he’s not talking just about the sex. He means the relationship too.
“Me too. You’re still an asshole, though.”
He snorts. “And you’re still a dickhead.”
He disappears through the door, and I hear the glass shower door slide open, followed by Chelsea laughing. I take a deep breath and let the calmness wash over me. We can do this, even with Cole and Axel back in her life. Things might be changing even more, but I feel like we can overcome it.
Together.
Chapter32
Axel
Iwake up with Nolan draped over my chest. When we got to the house last night, I made sure he came with me to bed. It felt nice to wake up next to him.
It also felt damn good to see Sean, Kai, and Cole. Before Ari left my house yesterday, he said he would pull the team from her house so we could have that time together, and I greatly appreciated it. Seeing Chelsea again without that fucking chip on my shoulder was everything. I thought the day would be hostile, but I should have known better. That’s not how she handles things.
Nolan groans in his sleep and moves closer, throwing a leg over mine. I run my fingers through his thick brown hair, excited to see where this takes us. When Sean asked about the hickeys, it wasn’t even a question in my mind that I would tell the truth. Just like I told Nolan, I’m not ashamed of this. And I never will be. Everything that I told Chelsea is true. He’s the calm to this constant raging storm inside of me. I don’t think he realizes how much he matters to me yet. When he’s ready, I’ll make damn sure he knows, though. My phone pings on the end table, and I grab it, trying not to wake him. I swipe open Ari’s message screen.
Ari
Nothing left behind. These guys were professionals.
Shit. So we can’t track the casings. Was there anything else?
We found both perches. They were definitely snipers. What’s the plan?
We need to take down the rest of the warehouses. This motherfucker has to come out at some point. I’ll let you know when.
We’ll be ready.
Nolan still hasn’t been able to pin down the lady that picked up the documents for Charlie, so that’s a dead end. I should have taken my chance at the first warehouse, but I know how he is. He’ll just run back into whatever shithole he crawled out of. He’s never been able to face me. Too big of a coward since we kicked him out of the Saviors.
My phone rings before I can lay it down, and I try to crawl out of the bed, but Nolan tightens his arm around me. I look down at him and see him grinning, so I know he’s awake. “You like to cuddle, Naughty boy?”
