“It’s just …”
“I wouldn’t hurt you, Beau. Anything I do would be done to make sure you feel nothing but extreme pleasure. I won’t spank you if you don’t like it. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“It’s not that,” I murmur, feeling out of my depth.
“What is it, baby?” he asks, and I can hear the concern in his voice.
“We can talk about it later, Hunter. I’ve just parked at the school.”
“Tell me, please?”
Well, shit. I could fight almost anything but Hunter saying please is impossible to ignore. “The thought of you …”
“Baby, I said stop worrying I won’t do it?—”
“I think I’d like it.” The line goes dead silent. Embarrassment fills me and I feel it heating my face. “Hunter …”
“We can’t talk about this right now, baby. Just thinking about spanking you and you enjoying it has a chubby popped up so hard that my cock is being choked in my pants. Normally, I wouldn’t mind, but I’m in a garage surrounded by men and the zipper of my jeans is currently making permanent impressions on my cock.”
“Ouch,” I whimper, wishing he was here with me. “I’m sorry.”
“I’m not. I love how my body fucking reacts to you. It’s just not as much fun if you aren’t with me,” he points out, making me grin like a loon as I listen to him.
“I better go get Ty. Hurry home to us, Hunter.”
“I like that,” he says, taking a deep breath.
“What?” I ask confused.
“Home. I don’t think I’ve had one since I moved out of my parents’ house.”
“Hunter,” I whisper, the weight of his words thick in my voice.
“Be safe, Beau. I’ll be home soon. Love you,” he says hanging up.
My heart is slamming against my chest. It’s hitting me. What Hunter and I are building is not only real, but also permanent. The two of us are building a life—the forever kind. Slowly a smile blooms on my face and it’s one I feel to the tips of my toes. Suddenly, despite the chaos that has become my life the last few days, everything in my world is perfect.
That’s the thought floating in my head as I open the car door and walk toward the school. I stop a few steps away from the front door to the school. The hair on the back of my neck stands on end. I look around carefully—a habit that has been forged in steel from the shitstorm I faced in my past. It’s part of my life that I haven’t shared with Hunter. He’ll be pissed if he finds out. The thing is, it’s not something I want anyone to know about. His dad and Skull know, but that was out of my control. I know they won’t say anything but there’s a fear of Hunter finding out. I don’t want him knowing how stupid I once was. The shame I feel from my past is something that will forever hang over me like a dark cloud that refuses to dissipate.
I sigh as I see nothing out of the ordinary. I don’t know why I’m freaking out. Maybe this shit with Robin has me more freaked out than I realized. Besides, I know Apex and Cal are out there somewhere, watching over me.
I’m safe.
I know Cal would never let anything touch me. That thought makes me smile. I need to let the past go. I have a family now. I’m not alone and vulnerable. I’m not young and naïve. The past is dead and now, my future is brighter than I ever dreamed possible.
I walk into the school with a smile on my face, feeling energized. I’m going to pick up Ty and watch him play ball. Hunter is going to join us and the dream I’ve always had of livinga good, normal life with a man who loves me, and a child will be mostly true.
That’s all that counts.
Chapter 27
Robin
I white-knucklethe steering wheel of my seventeen-year-old Jeep. I watch that bitch get out of her custom car. BB probably bought her that vehicle with money he should pay me. Don’t get me wrong. I’m in my brother’s clunker so that BB or someone from the club don’t recognize me easily. Still, I deserve to drive something flashy like this bitch has.
I mean, I have a decent car, but I tried to get the asshole to get me a new one this year. I thought once Ty convinced him he wanted to spend time with me again, I could make him relent. I tried to tell him that a new SUV would allow me to take Ty to his games and carry equipment for the team. Before I could get him to cave this bitch moved into the picture.
I swear, BB has never given me the respect that I deserve. I was supposed to be his old lady—the mother of his child, but from day one he’s treated me like nothing but a whore. My hand goes up to brush the scarf I’m wearing to hide the horrible bruises on my neck. That bastard Allen is completely unhinged. He sent me here today to try and con that bitch BB is sleeping with into letting me meet with her and my son to say goodbye to him. He said my excuse could be that I was moving away to start over and make better decisions. It was a stupid plan, butI agreed. After last night, I know I can’t challenge him. I need to find a way to get free of him at this point. Right now, he’s distracting the men who have been tailing her so that I can try to talk to the woman.
