Total pages in book: 30
Estimated words: 27304 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 137(@200wpm)___ 109(@250wpm)___ 91(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27304 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 137(@200wpm)___ 109(@250wpm)___ 91(@300wpm)
My head reared back in shock, as I pictured all the reasons so many of them would need to go to the hospital. “What happened? Is Link okay?”
“What?” She lifted her head to scan my face and swore, “Shit!” Hurrying to my side, she wrapped her arms around my back and gave me a tight squeeze. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you like that. Nobody is hurt. Bridget had the baby today, and I know the guys will want to offer her and Mac their congratulations. And they’ll definitely want to see Molly. That little biker princess is going to have all of them wrapped around her tiny fingers in no time at all.”
She grabbed her cell out of her pocket and pulled up a picture of the happy family. I stared down at the screen and grinned. “She’s so adorable.”
“Yeah, the guys are definitely going to have their hands full watching over her.” Her eyes filled with a mischievous gleam. “Luckily, they already have a lot of practice at it since Larissa was a handful growing up. Not that I can blame her since she had her dad and a bunch of uncles hovering over her without a mom to keep them in line.”
“Yeah, they definitely got the hang of it with Link’s daughter.” I turned so she could see the back of the vest I was wearing.
“Seeing you in Link’s cut yesterday was a bit of a surprise, but I have to admit that I’m flat-out shocked to see you in this.” Cat traced the lettering stitched into the leather. “As much as Larissa gave her dad a hard time about the threat to any man who touched her, she treasured this gift more than anything else her dad ever gave her. Him letting you wear it makes a pretty damn big statement.”
I felt my cheeks heat as I shrugged and tried to play the whole thing off as though it wasn’t a big deal. “Don’t read too much into it. Link just wanted to make sure I was safe when he wasn’t around.”
“Don’t read too little into it,” Cat retorted, wagging her finger at me. “The guys work hard to earn their cuts and handing them over to a woman means more than you realize.”
Thinking about how Link had told me I was going to be his when he took my virginity, my cheeks filled with more heat. “You may be right.”
“Uh-huh, I’m willing to bet that I am.” She flashed me a smug grin. “You didn’t seem surprised when I mentioned that Larissa’s mom wasn’t around.”
“Yeah, he told me what happened,” I mumbled, feeling a little weird talking about Link’s personal life even though I wasn’t the one who brought the subject up.
She rubbed her hands together and bounced on the balls of her feet. “Hoo boy, this is going to be fun to watch.”
I rolled my eyes. “You always had a twisted sense of humor.”
“And you were always much quieter than this,” she shot back.
I shrugged and flashed her a grin. “Yeah, eventually all the snarky things I’ve been thinking started popping out of my mouth, and I realized it was more fun to just say them.”
“Feel free to do whatever you want with your mouth while I’m watching over you.”
I mimicked Cat’s earlier reaction and yelped at the deep, masculine drawl that came from behind me. Spinning around, I found a big guy leaning against the doorframe with a devilish gleam in his eyes.
“Cut it out, Dom,” Cat chided, jerking her thumb at the leather vest covering my back. “You know I’ll tattle to Link just so I can watch the fireworks when he goes after your ass.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Dom held his hands up and grinned. “I’ll try to tone it down so I don’t piss off the old man. I’d hate to have to hurt him.”
“Old man?” I huffed, narrowing my eyes. “You better not be talking about Link. I’d hate to have to hurt you if you are.”
Dom’s gaze scanned down my body and back up again, his smile widening. “Calm down, honey. Link’s used to me giving him shit. He won’t care.”
“Maybe so,” I conceded, crossing my arms over my chest and tapping my toe against the floor. “But that doesn’t mean I won’t do something about it.”
“As I said before...this is going to be so much fun to watch,” Cat chuckled as she jerked her chin in Dom’s direction. “Especially since this is the guy who’s in charge of your protection while Link’s gone.”
“Ugh,” I groaned. I’d caught his comment about watching over me, but it hadn’t really registered until now. “Hopefully he’ll be back soon.”
“Ooh, burn.” Cat licked her finger and lifted the digit in the air, making a sizzling sound just as my stomach let out a loud growl. Turning to me, she asked, “Have you eaten anything today other than the snack I brought up to you earlier?”