“Need you to pick up something precious for me.Neva needs a ride home for holiday break.Some dipshit got hammered and sideswiped every car on her street.They won’t have a rental for her until next week, and she refuses to fly.Last time they lost her luggage, and you know how stubborn she can be.”
What he means is how fucking spoiled she is.She’s got her old man wrapped around her finger.Devil Knight isn’t the kind of man who takes no for an answer unless it’s coming from Neva’s lips.
He slides a piece of paper across his desk with her address and cell number on it.Bastard is about as old school as it gets.Still uses a fucking flip phone.Says he doesn’t trust smartphones.
He digs into his pocket and drops a set of keys on the desk in front of me.“Take my cage.I just had it serviced and got new tires.”
I snatch the keys off the desk and take a glimpse at the address and punch it into the navigation app on my phone.Fourteen hours there and back.Fuck me.Seven hours in a vehicle alone with Neva will be the death of me.
“I’ll leave early.”
“Better get on the road now.Big storm blowing in, and traveling will be a bitch if you don’t get in front of it.”
“Got it.”
“Take care of my girl and while you’re there.Give this to Diesel.”He hands me an envelope stuffed with cash.“Do it in private.Tell him I said it’s his holiday bonus.”
“Don’t be mad, babe.You know how it is.”
Tawny glares at me, unshed tears glistening in her eyes.“You don’t even know why I’m pissed.”
“I’ll be back by the time you’re off work tomorrow.”
“We were supposed to have dinner with my family, J.”She shakes her head.“Guess you forgot about that.”
I cup hand over the back of my neck and rub.Fuck.I forgot all about it.“Tomorrow.I’ll make it up to you.”
“You always do this.Make promises you don’t keep.This is your last chance.I can’t keep doing this.”
I should do the right thing.End things now.Because she’s right.I’m always letting her down, but she knew when we started I was in the club and the club will always come first.I’m not ready for something serious.She knows that too, but the sex is fucking great.I’m a selfish bastard.
“You know you can’t stay mad at me.”I tug her arms, making them drop to her sides.I wrap my arms around her and kiss the top of her head.
“I mean it.I deserve better than this back-and-forth loop we seem to be stuck on.”
“I hear you.You want more, and I’m not there yet.”
“You’re thirty-four years old.Don’t you think it’s time you wanted more than hanging at the clubhouse and getting wasted?”
“That’s not all I do.”I kiss her neck, and she pulls away.
“We’re never going to be on the same page, are we?”
“I can’t answer that.”
“Right.I’ll tell you what.While you’re on this road trip, decide.”
“Decide what?”
“If you’re ready to grow up.If you don’t show up for dinner tomorrow, then I have my answer.”
“Babe.”
“No.”She holds a palm up flat.“Think about what you want.We’ve been doing this for two years and you don’t even take me to the clubhouse.”
“Because it’s not your scene.”
“I need a commitment.I want to be with someone who sees a future with me.You freaked out because I wanted a drawer in your dresser.”
