“No.”
“Am I in the running?”
“To fall in love with?” he asked, and I nodded. He smiled slowly. “Abso-fuckin-lutely.”
I let out a quiet squeak and kissed him. “This makes me really happy.”
He chuckled. “You ready to eat?”
I kissed his chest. “I want more of you, honestly.”
“We need to wait a bit for that, baby. Your body needs time to reset.”
“But I feel good.”
“Go pee and see how you feel after that.”
I wrinkled my nose, but slid off the bed, pulling the washcloth away and grimacing. “You seriously destroyed my vagina,” I teased, staring at the evidence of my virginity.
Aero wrapped an arm around my waist from behind and kissed the nape of my neck. “I’m gonna seriously destroy it even more later.” He patted my bottom. “I’m gonna get cookin’.”
“Okay. I won’t be long.”
I took a few minutes to clean up, then got dressed and headed out to the kitchen. Aero was on his phone but rang off when he saw me.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“Why would you think something’s wrong?”
“Your face is all scrunchy.”
He sighed. “How do you like your steak?”
“Okay, so this has to do with club business,” I mused. “And medium, please.”
He nodded and seasoned the gigantic steaks in front of him.
“We’re in a relationship, right?” I asked.
He met my eyes and frowned. “Yeah, baby, why?”
“Because I need to take the temperature of the room in regards to how happy we’re going to be.”
Aero gave me a slight smirk and crossed his arms. “Meaning?”
“Meaning, if you don’t share everything with me, I won’t be happy, and I’ll make sure you aren’t either.”
“You understand I’m prospecting, right? I haven’t earned my patch yet. I can’t tell you anything that’s goin’ on with the club. If your father or brother want to, that’s on them, but I can’t.”
“Then how can this possibly go anywhere?”
“Are you serious right now?”
“Deadly,” I said. “This is why I was so hesitant to start anything with you.”
He scowled and I scowled right back. “I warned you, Violet.”
“Oh my god, don’t you dare talk to me like that. If this is going to work, I need to know I’m a priority. I will not take a second seat to the god damn club.”
