“I’m fine,” she looked at me and her eyes softened. “I’m…”
“You’re not,” I walked over to her and cupped her cheek, stroking away the tear that fell. “It’s okay,” I said pulling her back into me.
At least she came willingly. I didn’t like having my back to the asshole, but I didn’t want him to see this. Still, I didn’t have a choice. I turned and sat on the bed, pulling her into my lap. Her arms were looped around my neck, her face buried into my shoulder. I didn’t look at Mace as Istroked her hair. I took her chin and tipped it up, so she was looking at me.
“I will never let anyone take you again. I won’t let anyone hurt you,” I whispered to her.
She didn’t look as if she believed me. Fuck everything going on, fuck him, I needed to let her know that this was real, that I meant everything I said. She was mine. I caught her lips with mine and kissed her. She opened up and let me in. I cupped the back of her head, pulling her closer as our tongues tangled together.
This woman was all I ever wanted. She moaned and my hand moved up to her hip, gripping her tight. But I wasn’t about to take this any further in front of this asshole, although I got some perverted sort of pleasure out of him knowing she’s mine. I pulled back and stared into her dark eyes. She was still crying, and I hated it, it tore me apart inside seeing her like this.
“They told me about Connor,” she whispered, looking like the world had ended.
“He woke up yesterday,” I reassured her.
She stiffened and sat up, her nails pinching into my shoulder. “What?”
“He woke up, he isn’t out of the woods, but he was talking. Rosa is at the hospital with him and some of the girls.”
“He’salive?”
“Yes. You said they told you.”
“They told me he was dead. She said she killed him.”
My jaw clenched. “Lily?”
Waverley covered her face with both hands, I kept a tight hold of her hip, keeping her close to me. “Oh God, I can’t believe he is alive. He’s going to be okay?” she begged.
I nodded, brushing her hair back behind her ear. I could see Mace behind her, his head was averted, looking at the door. We had to deal with him. I needed answers but she was fragile, slumped slightly against me, tears on her cheeks. All I wanted to do was whisk her away from here but that couldn’t happen.
“Her real name is Kristy,” she said after wiping her tears and straightening on my lap. “She’s a fucking bitch. But I kicked her ass.”
“Yeah?” my lip kicked up. “Good.”
I kissed her forehead, then tapped her hip. She got up, I steadied her, making sure she was okay. Then looked back at Mace. He watched us, his eyes flicking from me to her. I didn’t like the way he was looking at her. I felt the violent urge to punch him in the face but Wave grabbed my arm, I guess she could see what was going through my head.
“About this,” she waved her hand towards Mace. “He got shot saving me.”
I frowned. “Saving you from what?”
“Their President, him and another guy came into my room, they were… Doesn’t matter what they were going to do,” she looked away.
“The fuck it doesn’t,” I whirled on Mace. “What were they doing to her?”
He looked up at me with those arrogant green eyes.
“Hudson will you stop and just listen to me. I have a fuck of a lot to tell you, not least about my mother,” she shook her head and sat back down on the bed.
“Your mother?” I was starting to sound like a parrot, repeating everything she said.
“I know you think he isthe enemy,” she made sarcastic quotations with her fingers which she knew I hated. “Without him I’d be dead right now. He fought his President for me, Hudson. Then he got me out of there. If they catch up with him, they’ll kill him.”
I scoffed, about to say let them but she got up and took hold of my arm.
“He took that bullet for me. Six men were coming for me, Hudson.Six. And he knocked out his President and got me away from them all.”
I looked over her shoulder. Mace wouldn’t meet my eye this time, his jaw was clenched tight. Fuck, if what she just said was true, this guy was well and truly screwed. And I did owe him. I owed him for getting her away from that nightmare, from what would have happened to her if six men…
