throat, I drag my lips up her neck and toward her chin, she moans.
“You can’t handle me, little girl. Go on back to your friends,” I rasp against her chin.
She tries to straighten her head, but I don’t let her. I keep a tight grip in her hair. “I want it, Ford Matthews.”
“Yeah? You know who I am, does that mean you know my reputation?”
Her entire body shivers. “You want to watch a Sterling LaRue movie in the background? You want to call me Sterling, whatever you want to do, I’m ready. God, you’re like a legend in bed. I heard you’re so rough that you leave a woman’s body not only bruised, but aching for days after.”
Releasing my hold on her hair, she tumbles backward and I don’t even flinch or try to catch her. She straightens and narrows her brown eyes at me. I don’t bother staying around to listen to her bitch me out for being a dick.
Instead, I stand to my feet, and walk past her, toward the back of the bar. Digging my phone out of my pocket, I look for Louis’ number. I know he’s in town and he’s the only one of my friends who doesn’t have to work tomorrow, aside from Beaumont, but he’s got a six-month-old at home.
“You okay?”
“If by being drunk off my ass and being at Pardners is okay, then yeah, I’m okay.” Louis chuckles and I hear Tulip’s voice in the background. “I didn’t know who else to call. Wyatt and Rylan have to work tomorrow and Beaumont has the baby…”
“You did the right thing. Sit tight and I’ll be over in a few. Want Tulip to drive your truck home?”
Shaking my head, I let it fall back against the metal of the building with a thud. “Nah, I’ll figure out a way to get it tomorrow. I don’t want to put her out.”
“It’s no problem, Ford,” I hear her say in the background.
Fuck me, but she’s a nice girl. I should have gone after a girl like her, should have made someone sweet like her my wife instead of sitting around being bitter and fucking every girl that spread her legs for me like it was a goddamn competition.
“Tell her to sleep, she’s pregnant, she don’t need to be runnin’ around town late in the dark with all the deer out and about. She wants to help me out in the daylight tomorrow, I’ll take her up on it,” I mutter.
Louis chuckles, but I know he appreciates me turning her offer down. I would if she was my woman. “See you in about thirty, brother,” he grunts before he ends the call.
“You know, you’re a total asshole,” a feminine voice murmurs from beside me.
Turning my head, I tilt my chin down to look into the brown eyes from inside. “What’re you doin’ out here?” I ask, feeling really fucking woozy.
She smirks, licking her bottom lip as she takes another step closer to me. “I decided that I wanted a taste of asshole tonight.”
“Why’s that?” I ask, tilting my head to the side.
She reaches out, grabbing my belt buckle and tugging my hips forward slightly. “Seems everyone talks about how fantastic Ford Matthews is, and here we are, all alone.”
“You shouldn’t. I’m a fuck’ve a lot older than you, girl.”
She hums, rising to her toes, and slides her lips along the underside of my jaw. “I like that, maybe your hand won’t shake when you touch my pussy.”
“Fuck,” I groan.
“Exactly.”
STEPHANIE
Feeling a renewed sense of not only energy but also purpose, I inhale a deep breath as I guide my car over to the side of the road in front of Ford’s gate. Shifting the car into park, I turn it off, but don’t make an immediate move to get out of the vehicle.
I sit and stare at his gate, wondering why he hasn’t added a nicer one. Why he hasn’t updated the entrance at all, it is completely frozen in time, except unlike the inside of my parents’ home, it hasn’t been kept up at all, oh and he added a metal piece hanging down of his initials.
My phone rings next to me and I reach for it, grateful for the moment of distraction before I attempt to walk down Ford’s bumpy ass dirt driveway. I smile when I see that it’s Damion on the other end.
“Hey,” I greet softly. He groans, and that’s when I know that this isn’t a happy call, this is going to be