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Deacon rolled his eyes. “What’s next? Having us toast to the happy couple?”

“Shut up,” I muttered.

“Uh-oh, I think he’s blushing,” Rev said.

Glaring at the two of them, I growled. “I really hate you both right now.”

When Deacon and Rev both burst out laughing at my response, I vowed to punch the hell out of them the moment I got them alone.

After breakfast, I took Samantha back to the clubhouse to hang out. We spent the rest of the day shooting pool, talking to the guys, and drinking. She seemed to like my MC brothers as well as she did my blood brothers. I was pumped that she was able to finally see us in a different light than she originally did. The way she thought of us got me thinking about the meeting I was going to in the morning.

“Hey,” I said.

“Hey yourself,” she replied with a smile.

“Why don’t you come with me to Chattanooga?”

Her dark eyes widened. “But I thought you had a meeting to go to.”

“I do. But it doesn’t mean I can’t have you along.”

“Well, I would, but I have work in the morning.”

I felt like a giant pussy for being disappointed. “That’s okay. Another time.”

Samantha leaned forward in her chair. “I could always call in sick.”

“You would really do that?”

“Actually, my boss has been a little more lenient on me lately.”

“Ah, I see.” Sensing we needed a subject change away from Marley, I grabbed her by the waist, and dragged her over to sit in my lap. “So you’ll stay with me tonight?”

Her eyebrows shot up into her hairline. “I thought you didn’t have women stay at your house.”

“I didn’t. Until you.”

Dipping her head, she let her lips graze against mine. “Yes. I’ll stay.”

I slid my hands into her hair, letting the silky strands fall between my fingers. “I’m glad.”

Just as I started to bring my lips to hers, she said, “But I’m going to need a change of clothes.”

With a laugh, I said, “You sure as hell know how to kill a moment.”

“I would really be killing a moment if I was in stinky clothes tomorrow.”

“Fine. We’ll throw your clothes in the wash.”

“And just what am I supposed to wear until they’re done?”

My mouth licked and nibbled across her jawline, causing her to shudder and tilt her head back to give me better access. “You’ll need to be naked for what I have in mind for the rest of the night.”

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: SAMANTHA

Iwoke the next morning to the bellowing sound of an unfamiliar alarm clock. When I shifted in bed and came up against a rock-hard body, the realization hit me that I wasn’t at home. I had stayed the night at Bishop’s. I had broken his rule not only of women not coming to his house, but of staying over.

Today we were rising early to go to Chattanooga on some club business. Last night when the secretive meeting was broached by Rev, I had immediately felt divided. Part of me wanted to go to see what I could uncover, while the other part of me feared what I might find. I wanted more than anything to believe Bishop when he said his club was going legitimate. It was just incredibly hard to imagine the Raiders going clean after years of illegal dealings.