It doesn’t matter.
I dig around in my bag for my birth control pills and find that stupid present I bought him or that he bought for himself.I take the Santa on a motorcycle snow globe out of my purse and leave it on the coffee table.I want to smash it into a million pieces, but for some stupid reason, I grab my coat and slip my boots on.Before I know what I’m doing, I’m across the field and knocking on his door.
He opens it immediately.“Bean?”His eyes widen at the sight of me.
“Here.”I thrust the novelty gift at his chest.
He smiles.
“Wipe that smile off your face.This doesn’t change anything.”
He puts the snow globe on a nearby table.“Can we talk?”
“No.”I shake my head.“I’ve got to get back.”
“Five minutes, Neva.You can give me that, can’t you?”
God looking at his stupid jerk face pisses me off.“Oh my God, what happened to your face?”I go to touch the puffy bruise around his eye.
“Give me five minutes.”
“Fine.Five minutes.Not a second more.”
I kick my boots off and shrug my jacket off to lie across the back of his couch while he shuts the door behind me.
I drop down onto the cushions and fold my arms across my chest.“Start talking.”
“I told your father no.About the deal.Told him he’d have to find another way to get what he wanted.That he could kick me from the club, but I’m not going to marry Tawny.I don’t love her, and nothing is going to change that.I love you, and I told him that, too.”
“You what?”
“I told Devil that I’m in love with you, Bean.”
“Did he hit you?”
“No.That was Storm.”
“I’m going to kick his ass.He has no right.”
“It wasn’t just about you.We’ve got some issues to work out.”
“Let me guess.Club business.”
“Yup.”He pulls my arms apart.“Fuck, baby.I’ve missed you.”
“I’ve missed you too, but this doesn’t change the fact that Tawny is having your kid.”
“It’s not mine.The baby.Tawny confessed she slept with your brother.”
“Oh.”I make a disgusted face.
“We can be together, Neva.”
He pulls me to his side.
“Wait.Why aren’t you at the clubhouse for the party?”
“Because I’m out.I chose you, Neva.”
