Chapter 10
Natasa
It’s been a week. He left a week ago and hasn’t come back. I’ve snuck across the hall and into his bed almost every night because I couldn’t sleep. Then Kiki told me they were arrested and that their lawyers were working on things. I thought about leaving, but I told him I wouldn’t.
“Why are you here?” Jane, one of the club girls asks me. She’s asked me this every day for the last week, and I give her the same answer.
“Why are you?”
“Don’t get smart with me. You’re not a club girl. I would know.”
“How do you know they just didn’t tell you?” About that time, Whip walks over and throws his arm around my shoulder, pulling me into his side.
“What’s the issue?”
“Who is she?” Jane asks him.
“Thought you already met Nat.”
“I mean, who is she to the club?” Whip looks down at me under his arm before looking back to Jane.
“You know what she isn’t? She isn’t a club whore who asks too many questions. In fact, she’s off limits, Jane. That means to you, too. Don’t give the girl any shit,” Whip snaps at her. Jane doesn’t seem satisfied as she grabs my arm and yanks me away from him. She grabs my face roughly in her hands and demands I tell her who the hell I am. Whip moves quickly to stop her when the door opens. Everyone’s attention seems to turn in that direction but mine. I’m too focused on Jane and what she’s about to do.
“What the fuck is goin’ on?” I hear Gunner’s voice as it booms through the room. A chill runs down my spine as I slowly turn my head to look at him. His eyes are on fire as he looks between the three of us. Whip shoves Jane back a few steps before turning back to me. He cups my face in his hand gently.
“You okay?” Before I get the chance to nod, Whip is being yanked away from me and Gunner is stepping up in his place.
“What happened? Why the fuck does he have his hands on you?”
“I was just checkin’ on her, Gunner.”
“With your hands all over her?” He growls as he keeps his eyes on mine. I open my mouth, but nothing comes out.
“Talk, baby girl.”
“She grabbed me. He was just making sure I was okay,” I tell him.
“Who grabbed you?” Now, I can feel the fire as it burns through him. Does he really care that much? I nod toward Jane as his head slowly turns to the side. He looks at her and then smirks.
“Kiki! Get the girls and handle this bitch,” he announces loudly. Everyone moves quickly as I try to take it all in. Kiki grabs Jane and smiles as she drags her toward the side door, a line of girls following her.
“What’s happening?” I ask. Gunner turns his gaze back to me and smiles.
“She doesn’t get to put her hands on you, baby girl.”
“Are they going to hurt her?”
“Oh, they’re gonna fuck her up for touchin’ you.”
“Don’t do that.”
“Why not? She has no right puttin’ her hands on you.”
“Gunner, please.”
“Club rules, baby girl. Nothin’ I can do. Now come here,” he orders me. He stands there offering me his hand, which I slip mine into. He pulls me closer to him, and then his hands are all over me, checking me.
“Where did she touch you?”
“She just grabbed my face. I’m fine, Gunner.”
“No, you’re not. She put her hands on you. That’s not acceptable.”
“She good?” Whip asks. Gunner’s eyes blaze as he turns to look at him.
“You’re next.”
“What the fuck did I do?”
“You’re tryin’ to get too close, Whip!”
“I was just checkin’ on her!”
“And now I’m gonna beat your ass,” Gunner tells him. My mouth hangs open, not sure what to say. Whip didn’t do anything wrong. He was just checking to make sure I was okay. I tug my arm away from Gunner, which causes him to pull his eyes back to me.
“You can’t beat everyone up.”
“Why not? Club rules.”
“What rules?” I ask, exasperated with all of this.
“No one touches what’s mine!” He roars.
“I’m not yours, Gunner.” Those three little words do something to him. I can see the way darkness flashes in his eyes. I can see the way his demeanor changes. His body goes rigid, his hands balling at his sides.
“You don’t think so?”
“No. I don’t. We just met,” I remind him. There’s that flash in his eyes once again. He steps closer to me, fire igniting in that beautiful gaze of his. If I were smarter, I would run. I would get the hell out of here, but I’m not that smart, and I’m curious. So I just watch him. He grabs my face in his hands, his thumb caressing my bottom lip as I watch his face.
“I’m a possessive man, baby girl. And protective. And a whole list of shit. Pushin’ me right now isn’t a smart move,” he warns me.
“But it’s true, Gunner.” Before I can think or even speak, he tugs me against him and lifts me in his arms. The next thing I know, I’m lying over the edge of the table, and my pants are being yanked down. I scream and try to get away, but then I feel his hand. He spanks my ass. He spanked me!
I should be embarrassed everyone is watching this. I should feel some kind of way, but warmth and heat spread through my body instead.
“You wanna say that shit again?”
“As many times as I need to,” I tell him before another pop on the ass. “That the best you got?”
“You want more, baby girl? I can give you more.” He spanks me. Hard. Another two swats, and my knees get weak. Then he rubs his hand over my ass and does it again. My pussy clenches, and that’s when I hear the zipper of his jeans go down.
“Been a long fuckin’ week,” he says before shoving into me. I scream his name as he fucks me over the table. I don’t care who’s watching us. I don’t care everyone can see. I claw at the table as he takes me harder and faster. Gunner doesn’t let up either, not until he’s finished. Then and only then does he pull out of me and allow me to stand. He reaches down and pulls his jeans back up before doing the same with mine. I don’t know what to say to him. I don’t know how to react around him anymore.
“Come on,” he demands as he heads for the side door. I follow along behind him because I have no will to do anything else, but when we step outside, I see what he wants me to see. The girls are taking turns beating the shit out of Jane.
“Stop them,” I tell him.
“No. She knows the rules.” He speaks as if this means nothing as if she means nothing.
“Shouldn’t I know the rules?” I ask, looking up at him. He turns his head and looks down at me before turning his whole body to face me.
“You don’t have rules. You don’t fuck anyone but me. That’s it.”
“So I can go around picking fights with the other girls?” He shrugs.
“Don’t matter to me as long as you’re not fuckin’ any of them.”
“This … it makes no sense, Gunner.”
“It will in time.” Then he turns back to watching Kiki punch Jane. This lasts a little while until Locke breaks them up. When Jane is helped to her feet, she’s then escorted off the property and told never to come back.
“That was fun,” Kiki says as she walks over and hugs her dad.
“Job well done. I knew you still had it in you.”
“You can’t take the fight out of me, Dad.”
“I see that. Don’t let anyone else touch her.” He warns, nodding toward me. Kiki smiles and then winks at me before walking away.
“Are we not going to talk about the fact they just beat her ass?” I ask as everyone goes back to what they’re doing.
“What about? She got what she deserved.”
“Did she? She didn’t do anything.” Gunner chuckles before turning and grabbing my face gently in his hands.
“She touched you. She’s lucky she’s still breathin’.” Then he drops a kiss on my forehead and walks away from me.