Page 53 of Sapphire's Gem
Sapphire cocked her head as she bit into a sandwich. “Why?”
“Because Hayden is the man, Wylde is the detective. I want you to understand the man, Saph.”
“Sapphire!”she growled out, but I saw a light in her eyes. Sapphire enjoyed battling with me.
“Babe, Saph is the girl I want to get to know. Sapphire is the MC President,” I teased.
Sapphire took another bite of the sandwich, and I watched her face. Usually, it wasn’t expressive; she was very adept at hiding her thoughts and feelings. Yet today, Sapphire didn’t seem to mind my viewing them.
“Are you doing this to lure me into being comfortable with you before you trap me somehow?” she finally asked.
“Nope. You want a confession, you can have one. Yeah, I’ve watched the club believing you were into illegal shit, and I’ve looked for ways to take you down. But the captain and I are seeing things a little different lately.”
“Why?”
“You don’t hide the fact you’re a one percenter, which led us to look at you for drug running, arm shipments, and trafficking. The three biggies for one percenters. Then you dropped the bombshell; it was you giving us tip-offs. Add to that, we’ve no evidence at all linking you to those crimes. You also fund a women’s shelter, so trafficking would be out for you guys. Most of your club members have been searched for drugs, and the most we’ve ever found is one or two joints. You girls are clean.”
“Just like that. In the space of the last few weeks, you and Hatton have decided we’re legit? After years of chasing us,” Sapphire said, and I heard the disbelief in her voice.
“Oh, I don’t believe you’re clean. But I don’t think whatever crimes you’re involved in are ones that hurt people.”
“And you can turn a blind eye to the fact we might be up to shit?” I could understand her disbelief. It had been a decade of law enforcement watching them.
“I don’t know how to answer that, Sapphire. I want to spend more time with you, want more than what we’ve got right now.”
“You want to fuck me,” Sapphire said baldly, and I laughed.
“Yeah, I want to be balls deep in that sweet pussy, and I want you screaming my name when I am. But I don’t want a casual fuck.”
“You want a relationship?” Sapphire sounded incredulous. “With me? President of the Royal Harlots, Portsmouth Chapter? Do you think a cop and an MC president can be together?”
That was a damn good question—and one I didn’t have the answer to right now. I could see and feel Sapphire’s disbelief, and it was honestly warranted. The rumours about us would be intense; I could even be accused of being a dirty cop. But turning away from Sapphire wasn’t an option. Was I willing to throw away my career? That was a damn good question.
“Can we take this one day at a time?”
“Whatever you want, cop,” Sapphire said with a grin, and I pounced on her. Wide brown eyes stared up at me.
“You gonna beg me?” I whispered, my mouth a mere whisper from hers.
“Never.” Sapphire looked smug. I let a wicked grin cross my lips, and Sapphire looked worried.
I pinned her down, setting myself over her crotch and tickling her. Sapphire shrieked with laughter and squirmed. My cock instantly stood up and applauded her efforts, and I realised how this had backfired. However, Sapphire hadn’t yet realised her power over me, and I kept tickling her.
Sapphire squealed with laughter as tears ran down her face, and she threatened my manhood’s existence. I kept the pressure up until someone tackled me and knocked me off her.
I fought back and found myself pinning Vengeance.
“It’s okay!” Sapphire yelled as an intense look came over Vengeance’s face. Under me, the ground seemed to move, and I could swear that the grass grew longer. “We were playing!”
“Playing?” Vengeance asked as if Sapphire had just told her she was an alien.
“Yes, he was tickling me, not hurting me,” Sapphire said, reaching out a hand and rubbing Vengeance’s arm.
“You were laughing?” Vengeance demanded as I slowly relaxed my grip and moved off her. Vengeance sat up, her gaze flicking between Sapphire and me as she looked completely confused.
“Yes.”
“Weird,” Vengeance replied. Then she waved a hand. “Go back to the clubhouse.”
