“In the next couple of days. Please, you don’t want or need her. You’ve got plenty of women.” Lydia cried out as he slapped her across the face. The pain was instant, and she fell off the chair onto the floor. Grabbing her face, she stared up at the menacing man. He was supposed to be a charming businessman, and instead, he was a nightmare in reality.
“I’ve not got a woman that looks like her, and I want her. My supplier met with an unexpected death. I’ve got to find my own women.”
She’d fallen right into his trap, never putting up a fight. He didn’t want her to talk to him.
“Jessica is not like those women. She’s not submissive or subservient. I promise you, you’ll have a fight on your hands.” She couldn’t let her friend face this. It was all her fault.
She’s got Snake. He’ll protect her.
When she’d gone to the diner several months back, she’d seen the way he looked at Jessica.
Master took a breath, smiling. “I’ve always wanted a challenge.”
He reached down, grabbing her hair, and tugging the length until she stood before him.
“I like a challenge, and this Jessica is going to be mine. You’re going to get her to me.”
“No, please don’t ask me to do this.”
“Chaos Bleed runs Piston County, and they’ve already taken my supplier from me. You’re going to get me this girl.”
She shook her head. He backhanded her, repeating his question. “You’re going to get her for me.”
“No, I can’t.” He slapped her across the face. She tumbled to the floor, gripping her face. He landed a blow to her stomach then another.
“You’re going to bring Jessica to me.”
She couldn’t fight anymore. Shame hit her hard. “Yes.” Gasping out the word, she rolled over. He backed away.
“Good girl. It’s about time you learned your place.”
He walked out of the hotel room. Tears spilled from her eyes as the pain intensified. She couldn’t let this happen to Jessica, and yet she couldn’t think of a single thing to stop what was about to happen.
Chapter Ten
“Do you want us to go with you?” Spider asked.
Snake ignored the ribbing the club was giving him. He held Paul in his arms as the whole club was on babysitting duty. Judi was being tended to by the midwife to make sure the C-section wound was not infected or causing her any problems.
“I’m going to see her fucking parents, not to some war.” He stared down at the little baby, and he knew in that instant that he wanted one.
“The brother and the father?” Pussy asked.
Across the room Pussy sat beside Sasha. The white cast on her arm didn’t look very comfortable. The guilt whenever Pussy looked down at her arm was clear to see.
“I think it’s good,” Devil said. “We’ll get to see what kind of balls the snake really has.”
Shooting a glare at his Prez, Snake flipped him off while still holding Paul.
“Stop that, Devil. It’s good for Snake to have found a woman he loves.” Lexie walked into the clubhouse with Simon following behind her.
“When’s Tabitha coming?”
“Soon,” Lexie said. “Where are you going for dinner?”
“Some fancy hotel. They’re staying at some hotel while they visit.”
“It seems a little strange to me,” Curse said. Mia slapped him on the arm. “There’s nothing wrong with him meeting the parents.”
“I’m not talking about Snake meeting the folks, I’m on about the fancy hotel. What’s Jessica all about?”
“Her father’s a lawyer and her brother a doctor or the other way around. I can’t remember.”
“Well at least none of them are going to come at you with shotguns demanding you marry their daughter or sister,” Butler said.
“Will you lot stop this,” Lexie said. “Anyone would think none of you have met family before.”
“None of us have met family like Jessica’s,” Curse said. “I bet they threaten you by the end of the night. Lawyers have balls of steel.”
“Doctors are the same,” Mia said.
Rolling his eyes, he looked at the club that he considered his family. “You’re not going to terrify me.”
He was shitting himself. Jessica loved him, and now he was meeting her family. He was terrified of screwing up something that was in fact the best thing that had ever happened to him.
“You’re all scaring him, stop it.”
Judi, Ripper, and the midwife started walking downstairs. “Take it easy and have plenty of rest. There won’t be any permanent damage, but the scar will be visible.”