Chapter 23 Skull
SKULL
By the time Bones returns Isla, I’d almost decided to go down and bring her back. I know he wanted to clear the air with her and make sure everything was okay, but who knows what she’s seeing down there.
“She’s safe and sound,” Bones says as soon as I open the door. He steps in and smiles down at Natalia before pulling my woman in for a kiss to her temple. “I’m off to get laid. I’ll come grab Natalia in the morning. Thanks for the chat, little nurse.”
“Anytime, Bones. Let’s wait a little while before I start calling you my brother-in-law. It’s a little too soon, if you know what I mean.”
“Fucking hell.” He laughs, walking out of the room and closing the door.
Seeing them joke together eases some of the tension for me. “You okay?”
“Perfect,” she replies, cuddling under my free arm. “Everything is perfect.”
“Let’s go to bed,” I say to both my girls.
So this is what it feels like to be wealthy.
And it has fuck all to do with money.
* * *
When Isla walks out of her bedroom wearing a short, black leather dress, my breath catches in my throat.
Her lips are red, her eyes are what I’ve heard Atiana call smoky, and she’s wearing her glasses.
Her dark hair is pinned straight and falling to the curve of her ass.
Her heels are strappy, and I’m not even into feet, but I’d suck her toes right now to make her stay home and fuck me right now instead of going out.
She starts laughing. “You aren’t sucking my toes, Skull.”
Guess I said that out loud. “I don’t think Romeo and Patch are going to be enough to keep the men away. You look so sexy. Come over here right now, I need to see what’s underneath that dress.”
“No, if I let you get your hands on me, then I’m going to be late, and my hair and makeup are going to get messed up!” She walks around the couch I’m sitting on, grabs her handbag from the counter, and checks her phone. “Romeo is picking me up on the way to Strike.”
“I can take you to Strike,” I growl, not wanting her alone with Romeo. There’s a reason that fucker was given that name.
“I can’t go on your bike in this dress. Romeo is bringing a car,” she says, checking her lipstick as she passes a mirror hanging on the wall. “You can go back to the clubhouse now, and I’ll meet you back there later tonight.”
“You think I’m leaving you alone dressed like this?
” I ask, unable to stop myself from touching her any longer.
I walk up behind her and place my hand on her hips, her vanilla scent making me hard.
“Maybe I’ll come and hang out with the prospects, just in case any man decides he wants to touch what’s mine. ”
She spins around, placing both her hands on my chest. “No, you’re going to let me enjoy my first girls’ night in a very long time, and you’re going to trust that your prospects will keep us safe.
” She goes up on her tiptoes and presses open-mouth kisses down my neck.
“And then I’m going to come home to you and fuck you while I’m drunk. Be hard and waiting for me.”
And then she steps around me just as her phone goes off and walks outside.
I follow behind her, gripping her hips and stepping out in front of her.
Romeo gets out of the car, coming in to get her, stopping when he sees me standing there, scowling.
“You get her there safely. You don’t let any men even breathe in her direction. You call me if anything happens.”
“Skull.” Isla sighs, wrapping her arms around me from behind. I glance down at her red-tipped fingernails on me, and my cock twitches.
“I know, Skull. I got the same threats from War, Haze, Lore, and worst of all, fucking Ghost. Oh, and Bones too, who doesn’t even have an old lady,” he growls.
Ghost?
Yeah, I don’t even want to know.
But the thought of Bones getting protective of her has me smirking.
“Patch has the other women?” I ask, wondering why he’s here alone.
“Yeah, after this, I just have to pick up Xanthe,” he explains, smiling down at Isla. “You look beautiful, Isla.”
My fists clench, but the bastard smirks.
She beams, stepping out from behind me. “Thank you, Romeo. And thanks for coming to pick me up.”
“Of course,” he replies, winking at her. “Now we better get going. We’re meeting Patch and the other ladies in front of Strike.”
Taking her hand, I open the passenger-side door for her. When she gets in, I put her seatbelt on and give her a deep kiss, reminding her who she belongs to. “Have fun, baby.”
I’m not going to lie. I want to kick Romeo out and take her myself. I want to be the one watching her all night, protecting her.
But her words come back to me.
She wants this night with them, and she doesn’t want me hovering over her.
I can give her that.
Or at least I can fucking try.
“I love you,” I tell her, and she smiles widely. “I love you too. See you later tonight.”
I close the door and watch them drive away.
Then I lock up her house and get on my bike, heading to the clubhouse to meet the others.
“What’s our plan for the night?” I ask my brothers when I find them sitting at the bar.
“We’re going to head to Club Cobra, and then meet the old ladies at Strike,” Lore says, grinning. “You didn’t warn your woman we’re going to the strip club?”
I don’t think she even knows we have a strip club, but I’m not going to mention that.
“Where’s Ghost?” I ask.
“Where do you think he is?” War smirks, his dark eyes full of humor.
“He’s at Strike, sitting in the security room watching the women from the cameras. Patch and Romeo are with them,” Haze adds, handing me a beer.
Ghost being there makes me relax a little. No one is getting past him.
Fuck it. I’m going to enjoy some time with my brothers and then take my woman home to be inside her all night.