Total pages in book: 63
Estimated words: 57341 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 229(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57341 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 229(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
“For as long as you’ll have me,” he swore, just as he always did.
Then, he drew me into his arms, holding me as I finally allowed myself to fall apart, sobbing and crying into his chest.
Chapter Nine
River
Icouldn’t fucking stand seeing her like this. I hated that even though she and Tristan weren’t together, he was still hurting her. Hadn’t she gone through enough for him?
She felt so fucking guilty, but honestly, in my opinion, she did what any woman who felt trapped and needed an escape did. She did what every woman who just wanted to be properly loved did.
She sought out someone who would take care of her, even if it was only for a brief moment.
I leaned down and lifted her into my arms. She curled her arms around my shoulders, burying her teary face in the curve of my neck. Silently, Sam held the clubhouse doors open for me so I could walk inside.
Tristan’s eyes landed on me, his eyes sad as he looked at Adelaide crying in my arms. I clenched my jaw, resisting the urge to knock his teeth down his fucking throat.
I needed to be with her, to take care of her. Something that he had failed to do when she was his.
I would deal with him later because making my woman this upset had fucking repercussions.
Once I stepped into my room at the end of the hall, I kicked the door closed behind us, then locked it before I carried her to the bed. She looked up at me through her beautiful, tear-filled eyes as I laid her down on the soft mattress.
I shrugged my cut off, tossing it across the room to the chair in the corner. Toeing my boots off, I also reached down to slide her sneakers off of her feet. She watched me all while those sad tears slid down her cheeks, those perfect lips trembling as she resisted giving into her pain completely.
She was so fucking strong, and she didn’t even realize it.
I laid my body over hers, molding our lips together. She moaned softly, her hands sliding into my dark hair. “I’m going to take away all of this pain for a little while,” I promised as I ran my lips over her jaw. I nipped at her earlobe, drawing a breathless whisper of my name from her lips. “I promise that the only thing that will exist right now will be me and what I make you feel,” I swore.
She pressed her palm to my cheek, turning my face to look at her expression. “Just stay with me,” she brokenly pleaded.
Leaning down, I slid my lips over hers again, breathing her in while giving her a part of myself to replace that part of her she’d lost to Tristan.
And then, I proceeded to make slow, passionate love to the beautiful woman who was mine, paying extra attention all the broken, torn parts of her.
I leaned over the bed and brushed my lips lightly with Adelaide’s before I walked out of my room, quietly shutting my door behind me. She’d fallen asleep a couple of hours ago, and I had stayed with her for a while, holding her as she slept before I finally decided to have a shower so I could go remind Tristan of his place.
I stepped into the bar room, my eyes instantly landing on Tristan and Jesup, who were seated at the bar with Sam. I stalked over, my jaw clenched, that familiar rage I’d felt earlier sliding through me like lava. I stood on the other side of the bar, my deadly, blue eyes locking with Tristan’s. He slowly lifted his eyes to meet mine.
“Let me make something fucking clear,” I quietly snarled as I shoved my hands in my pockets. Tristan glowered at me. “If you ever make my woman that upset again, to the point that she feels the need to destroy my fucking garage to alleviate some of that pain she’s feeling, I’ll put a bullet in you myself, do I make myself clear?”
Tristan clenched his jaw, his eyes flaring in anger. “What happened between me and Addy was none of your fucking business, River.”
My vision tinted red for a moment before I forced myself to bring my temper back under control. Addy would hate me if I fucked him up for hurting her.
I narrowed my eyes at him, my hands itching to beat the fuck out of him. Adelaide’s beautiful face flashed in my mind, calming me enough to restrain myself, but Tristan was treading on extremely thin ice. “It becomes my business when my woman is so fucking upset and tormented by whatever you two talked about that she went on a fucking rampage,” I corrected him. “Everything surrounding her fucking concerns me. She’s been calm and collected since I came back around, Grim, and I promise you, if I think you being here is going to cause too many fucking problems for her, I will send you right back to where the fuck you came from before you can even say goodbye to her.”