“Already? The party isn’t over yet.”
“Says the woman who barely even wanted to come.”
“I was having fun,” she said defensively.
His brow rose. “Pullin’ on that girl’s hair?”
“She couldn’t keep her hands to herself, so I thought I would return the favor.”
Gideon chuckled before he lifted her hand up and kissed the inside of her wrist. “You’re cute, you know that?”
Glimmer simply grunted and waited for him to mount the bike. After he did, he held his hand out to help her climb on before he put his helmet on and started the bike. It came alive with a roar that didn’t feel so thrilling this time around. Her stomach churned from all the shots she had, but as soon as she rested her cheek on Gideon’s back, everything seemed to settle.
The ride back to the house seemed to happen in a blur. Glimmer hadn’t realized how much she had to drink until she was on that bike and fighting to stay awake. She wanted nothingmore than to fall asleep in the comfort of Gideon’s presence, her anger toward him completely gone at that point.
When he pulled onto the lawn of the compound, Glimmer released a yawn.
Gideon took his helmet off and waited until she got off the bike before he did the same. After their helmets hung from the handles, Gideon looked down at her, amusement in his eyes again.
“What?” she asked as she avoided his gaze. Suddenly, she felt hot all over and also like she’d made a fool of herself back at the bar. Her actions hadn’t reflected her character at all, but that didn’t mean she regretted it. Another flash of irritation filled her as she thought about the woman with her hand on Gideon.
Gideon leaned down, balancing his hands on his bike on either side of her so she was trapped in. “You territorial over me, baby?”
His voice sent a chill straight down to her pussy, and goosebumps filled her flesh. The sun had already started to set. She couldn’t believe the day had passed by so quickly as she stared up at his handsome face, illuminated by the setting sun behind her. His thick brows naturally pulled down and made him look like he was always angry, but when he smiled . . . oh, when he smiled, his warm brown eyes pull her in and cradled her with a love she had never felt before. Luckily for her, he smiled often in her presence.
“No . . .” she finally mumbled.
“Eyes on me, Glimmer.” Her eyes snapped to him on their own accord, just in time for her to catch him licking his lips. A shiver ran through her entire body. “You don’t like when women talk to me?”
Her brows rose. “That’s not true. Deja and Kyomi?—”
“Are my family. You know what the hell I’m talking about,” he said with laughter in his tone.
Glimmer sighed. She knew how persistent he could be, so she decided to just be honest. “I don’t know what came over me. I just didn’t like seeing you flirt with her.”
“I ain’t flirt with that girl. I wouldn’t disrespect you like that.”
She looked back down at the ground. “She definitely wanted you.”
“And you think I wanted her?”
“She’s beautiful.” She shrugged.
Gideon used his finger to tilt her chin so she looked at him. “You’re more beautiful.”
“Yeah, but . . .”
“And I’m married.”
She gazed at him as her thoughts tumbled around in her brain. “We never really talked about what being married means, so I guess I wasn’t sure what the rules were.”
Confusion formed on his face. “Rules?”
“Yeah . . . like, if we can be with other people. I mean, I’m assuming we would have to be careful about it and do it in secret because of Trick and putting on this facade?—”
“Glimmer,” he said, cutting her off. “I ain’t seein’ no other women, and you better the fuck not think you gon’ get away with seeing any other niggas.”
His words sounded an awful lot like a growl, and that startled her. Her mouth hung open slightly as she searched for her words. Finally, she said, “I just assumed because we married out of convenience for my safety . . .”
