Total pages in book: 49
Estimated words: 45797 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 229(@200wpm)___ 183(@250wpm)___ 153(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45797 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 229(@200wpm)___ 183(@250wpm)___ 153(@300wpm)
The rest of the club were not interfering, and he figured they were all able to fill in the blanks, and none of them looked impressed. He didn’t blame them, not any of them. He had fucked up, there was no other word for it. He had fucked up, and this was the consequence of that. Savage had known better. He knew the dangerous game he’d been playing, and now he and Charlotte had been found out. All they could do was handle the consequences.
Savage didn’t know how it happened, but they ended up outside, where there was a small dusting of snow. It was fucking cold, and he shoved at Doc, hard, trying to keep some distance between them.
“I love her,” he said, trying to stall the attack.
He could be honest with Doc, he didn’t have to hide his feelings.
“You think you can fucking lie to me?” Doc asked.
Savage grunted as he got another blow to the stomach and one under the chin. He blocked the third hit coming his way, and he growled. “I’m not lying. I love Charlotte, and I want to marry her.”
“Dude, that is not what you want to say right now,” Doc said, who also let out an audible wince. He was not helping matters, not in the slightest.
“You’re not marrying my daughter. You’re not good enough for my daughter.”
Savage was pulled against Doc and his head ended up in some kind of chokehold. He hadn’t exactly put up much of a fight, because the truth was, he did feel incredibly guilty when it came to Doc. He should have told him the truth, and because he hadn’t and he’d been the one to fuck up, these were the consequences. He accepted it. He didn’t want it, but there was nothing else he could do.
He started to lose air and he couldn’t breathe.
“Dad, stop!”
He heard Charlotte’s voice, and much to his surprise, Doc did in fact let go and allowed him to breathe, which he took full advantage of, gasping as much oxygen as he could.
“What the hell are you doing?” she asked. “Dad, let him go, right now.”
“All this time, you’ve been sneaking around with him.”
“We didn’t mean to sneak, and it wasn’t like any of this was planned. None of it was. It just happened,” Charlotte said, and he couldn’t help but wince because that wasn’t exactly helpful.
“Happened. So, fucking this piece of shit just happened?” Doc asked.
He would accept that for now, because he did, after all, sneak around with his daughter, and fell in love with her.
“Piece of shit. I seem to recall you constantly being proud of him, and all he had been able to achieve. That was all you could say, and you couldn’t give a shit what Jake or I had been able to do,” Charlotte said.
“Don’t bring him into this.”
Savage pulled away, and he saw most of the club were outside to witness his humiliation.
“Don’t bring Jake into this. That’s right, I’m not allowed to talk about Jake. I’m not allowed to talk about a lot of things. Like the fact you and Mom hate each other’s guts, and had long before you got divorced, but we had to pretend to sit and make happy family. Just like you want me to be happy for you and Maeve, and I am, but you always want from me, don’t you, Dad, you never think about anyone but yourself.”
“Charlotte—”
“It was a pain in the ass to come by the school, to show your daughter any interest. Do you think they couldn’t see that, the bullies? It was so much easier to pretend nothing was happening, even as I was being punched and hit every single day,” she said.
Savage had figured this one out.
“I didn’t mean to fall in love with Savage, but I have, and you cannot even be happy for me. I never meant for you to find out this way.”
“You love me?” Savage asked.
“Yes, I love you, but I also know how important the club is to you, and my dad, so I am not going to ask anything of you. Your place is here, and I’m not part of this club, nor am I part of you.” She turned to look at her father. “You know, a small part of me had hoped you might ... be happy for me.”
She went to walk away, but Savage was not going to run from Charlotte. The club was the only family he had ever had, but Charlotte was the only woman he had ever loved. It was an easy decision.
He pulled off his leather jacket and handed it to Doc. “If you can ever find it in your heart to forgive me, I would gladly take this back. I love this club, but I love your daughter a hell of a lot more.”