question that I wasn’t sure I was ready for the answer to or not, but I still needed to know. Add to the fact that the question just fell from my lips anyway before I had a chance to stop it.
“I think we are,” she said softly.
Kissing her one last time, I released her and went to my cut that was hanging over the arm of the love seat. I wasn’t sure why, but something was stopping me from putting it on. It was like a part of me felt that I didn’t deserve to wear it.
“Did you want to wear that?” Piper asked.
I caught her gaze.
“I mean…” Her cheeks reddened. “I’m not sure of the rules or anything but shouldn’t you be wearing it all the time?”
“Tonight, I’m not a biker. I’m just a man taking his girl out on a date to try and save their relationship.”
“Okay.” She gave me a small smile.
My body stirred. Fuck me, she was beautiful.
Her long dark hair fell down around her shoulders in waves. Her lips were red from the many times I had nibbled at them over the past hour or so. Her eyes were dark with lust. From that point on, I vowed to myself that I would do everything I could to keep a smile on her face. She deserved it. She deserved all of it.
Holding out my hand, I waited. I often wondered if she would run. When I had gone to jail, a part of me feared that I would come home, and she would be shacked up with another guy. Maybe even with one of the twins or both. I hadn’t seen them yet. Hell, I hadn’t seen anyone yet. I didn’t want to, but I knew at the same time that if I was going to be with Piper, I had to make an appearance and not be so damn grumpy and broody.
When Piper finally closed the distance between us and took my hand, all the struggles we bore, left me. Even if it was just for a moment.
Jaron
With my hand in Piper’s, I drove us to a small Italian restaurant that my cousin, Zach, had recommended. He said it was a little on the expensive side but the atmosphere and food were well worth the cost. It also always put a smile on his fiancée’s face, so that would definitely be worth every penny dropped.
Piper had been silent on the drive over. She kept looking out the window, chewing her bottom lip. She was thinking. And I knew it had to do with us, Brynn, her future. Our future.
Was she thinking about the mayor and what he wanted? She shouldn’t. That was my job. It was because of me that he came around. It was because of me that he threatened the lives of my girls. For that, he would die.
Piper squeezed my hand then.
I blew out a slow breath, her touch calming my anxiety.
No matter how much we fought, I wouldn’t rather be anywhere else. She was the only one I wanted to fight with. That I wanted to fight for.
Something deep inside of me thought that maybe once I told her that I loved her, that everything would be fine. All of the pieces would fall into place and we would no longer fight. But I was wrong. There was still a wall between us. It was smaller than before, but it still lingered.
I told her that we needed time, but time was also a dangerous thing. Especially if I didn’t man up and tell her the shit I did in jail. I didn’t want to bother her with it, but I knew that I needed to talk to someone. There was no way in hell that I would see a shrink over it, so Piper would have to be the person I spoke to.
She felt like we didn’t know each other enough but we did, and we would continue to learn. I already knew that I liked what I did know. She was passionate and kind. Caring and so damn sweet. It made me want to take a bite out of her just to get a little bit of that flavor.
“I can feel you watching me.” Her head turned around, a small smile creeping on her face. “You should be watching the road.”
“I can do two things at once,” I told her, my gaze flicking back out ahead of us. But she was right. She was a distraction and I never