She clutched my arm.
“Don’t stop, please, Bolt, don’t stop. Take me,” she hissed.
I thrust deeper into her. I could feel the deepest part of her. So soft and warm. So tight. She hadn’t been claimed by many others. I could feel that. She was mine now.
I plowed into her with force and our breaths got heavy. Not for long. I wasn’t going to be able to hold back much longer. I needed to release. Explode.
I shook and growled as I came inside her. Cassie pasted herself to me. Her back against my front as I emptied into her. The most glorious feeling. I’d been thinking about this non-stop since we first met, every night that she slept beside me. It was amazing I hadn’t fucked her already.
And just like that, it was over. I was done and pulled out of her.
Cassie was still breathless, and she staggered away from me. She crossed her arms over her body, like she was ashamed of herself for some reason. Her features were softer now, and she looked worried.
“Bolt…I don’t want you to get hurt tonight,” she said. I stared at her. I wished I could reassure her, but I never made promises I couldn’t keep.
“Put your clothes back on, Cassie,” I said. “We have to get back.”Cassie was mine. I’d claimed her as mine, but I didn’t know if it was the right thing to do. Our other circumstances hadn’t changed yet. She was still Chip’s sister. She’d threatened us with cops. I was still supposed to keep an eye on her.
We left her apartment and returned to the Clubhouse. Neither of us spoke the whole time. We both had a lot of things to think about. Maybe she’d change her mind about being with me too, I figured.
At the Clubhouse, she followed me up to the bedroom. I needed a shower. I needed to change. She remained silent as I went about my business. I knew the other guys would be ready and waiting soon. I’d have to part ways with Cassie shortly. What was this goodbye going to look like, now that we’d slept together already?
When I came out of the shower, she was sitting on the edge of the bed. She looked up at me nervously. She had her fingers clasped together tightly.
“Bolt, can we please talk before you go?”
Fuck. Talk. This was exactly the kind of shit I’d managed to avoid with other chicks all my life. But I knew Cassie deserved a conversation. She deserved my undivided attention.
“I’m listening,” I said.
She stood up and came toward me.
“Do you still hate me?” she asked, searching my eyes.
I wanted to tell her she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever met. “I’ve never hated you, Cassie.”
“But Chip…he ruined everything. He’s putting your life in danger. The entire Club’s life in danger. I thought you would hate me by association.”
“Chip’s actions have nothing to do with you.”
“But I threatened you.”
“You did what you thought you needed to do to defend your brother,” I said.
I was in the middle of changing while she stood in front of me, watching me closely.
“So what do you think of me now, Bolt?” she asked.
I stared at her. I was never good with words. I knew what I felt for her. It was more than desire. More than just wanting to fuck her. I’d claimed her as mine, didn’t want her going anywhere. I didn’t want any other man touching her. But how was I supposed to communicate all that in words?
“I want you to be my woman,” I said.
Her eyes grew wide and her shoulders heaved, then a soft grin was spreading on her face. She threw herself at me before I knew what she was going to do. She kissed my neck and I took her mouth into mine.
“That is exactly what I want too,” she said. “And I want you to come safely back to me.”
“I can’t make any promises to you, Cassie.”
Her eyes looked red, pinched…she was worried.
“I don’t…I don’t know what I would do if something happened to you, Bolt. I only just found you. How am I supposed to let you go?”
My hands traveled all over her, feeling the shape of her butt and her breasts.
“I am going to do my best to come back here in one piece.”
She smiled. It was a soft smile, but she was forcing herself to do it. “I feel so lost right now. With Chip and the house…and now your life is in danger. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.”
I held her tightly in my arms. The truth was, I didn’t know what to do either. I hadn’t exactly felt this way about another woman before. I’d never felt a desperate need to return safely after a raid. I’d never had anything to return to. Now I had someone.