Renegade Lady (Renegade Sons MC 1)(85)
I shake my head. “I haven’t done anything yet.”
“You taking classes is the first step to making all of those other dreams come true. You stick with it, and when you graduate, I’ll pay for you to get a salon set up in town.”
I grab hold of his arms. “You can’t do that. Those things cost a boatload.”
“I’m the fucking president of the Renegade Sons. I can invest in anything I want to. Right now, I think you’re the best investment I could ever make.”
For some reason, I blurt out, “I love you.”
“If you had asked me yesterday if I could have loved you more, I would’ve said no, but I would’ve been wrong.”
He places his lips back on mine and gives me one of his slow kisses, the kind that makes my toes curl. I’m just about melt into him when I remember why I was so mad earlier. I pull back and gently push him back an inch or two. “Why was Krista crawling all over you tonight?”
He shakes his head and tells me what happened. When he’s done, he says, “I don’t understand why in the fuck she would even think about trying to get with me. I know you probably hate to hear me talk about her, but I was with Sarah for a while. What would Krista want with a man that had been with her sister, is what I don’t get. I’m sure Chipper and I have shared a club girl or two, but no way would I want to be with someone that had warmed his bed for nearly a year.”#p#分页标题#e#
Hearing him talk about Sarah doesn’t hurt me like it did before. I guess I’m starting to understand that their relationship wasn’t really a relationship at all. I hated Sarah for the longest time. Even after she died, I held on to my anger; not because she was with Kidd, but because she threw that shit at me on the day of Mindy’s funeral. I don’t hate her any more though. If anything, I feel sorry for her. “I don’t know why she would do it. There’s something about her. Something that’s just not right. She’s lying about her past, and she’s definitely hiding something. I’m not sure what it is, but I know for a fact that’s she’s keeping something from us, Kidd.”
“I agree. I thought something was up as soon as I saw her, but I just couldn’t turn her away. It doesn’t matter now anyway. I told her she has till payday, but then her ass is leaving Big Clifty for good.”
I nod, placing my hand on his face. “I’m glad. We don’t need her right now. If we’re really going to try to make this work, then we don’t need people trying to cause shit.”
His face gets hard. “I agree. I don’t want anyone causing us trouble. That includes Daisy.”
I start to defend her, but he places his hand over my mouth.
“Don’t even try to lie. As soon as she saw me, she ran out of here to get to you before I could even walk across the room. She didn’t give me a chance to tell her what the fuck was going on. Her actions led you to get up on that stage, which is something that should’ve never happened.” His eyes narrow, and his voice turns harsh. “It’s something that better not happen ever again.”
I jerk back, dislodging his hand. “You’re right, she should’ve stayed around to hear your side of the story, but you’re wrong if you think she was trying to cause trouble. She didn’t call me to make me mad at you. She called me so I wouldn’t listen to the bullshit when all the other girls called, and believe me, they did. Within five minutes of Krista climbing in your lap, my phone was blowing up with voice mails and text messages. Daisy was the only one that said I should talk to you. She told me that something didn’t look right.”
He looks at me and nods. “Fine, I guess Daisy’s not a bitch after all.”
“No, she’s not. She’s my friend. Other than Timber and Reese, she’s my best friend.”
He pulls me to him. “You mean other than me.”
A slow smile creeps onto my lips. “If I remember correctly, you used to be a pretty good friend.”
He kisses me gently and murmurs, “I’ll be the best friend you ever had, and I’ll be it for the rest of your life.”
CHAPTERTwenty-One
Jenna
Daisy and I are driving home from the city. We’ve spent the day doing girly shit. It’s not something I do often, but when I do it, I go all out. We went to Rocco’s and got our hair done, got full body waxes, and we even stopped off at Měilì Nails to get manis and pedis. It cost us out the ass, but we look damn good.