“I love you.”

And that did it to me. I wasn’t irritated with him anymore. The butthead.

I jumped when the door next to us suddenly opened.

“Darn, you're decent, well, mostly.” Keith’s eyes traveled down to where my hand was.

I noticed Dillan’s head fall back with his eyes closed. Seeing as it wasn’t me that was exposed, I figured why not. And I was curious what Keith would do. So, I kept pumping Dillan. When he grabbed my head, I obliged and went down to my knees. Once again, I forgot about Keith. 

I kissed my way up the bare chest as I climbed back on Dillan’s lap, then snuggled into him. He hugged me tight before moving me to the seat. 

“I need to deal with this, then I will be back. Stay here.”

I curled up on my side and closed my eyes. I didn’t care about their little problem. I’d had enough drama lately to last a lifetime anyway.

Chapter 18

Dillan

“Where is the varmint?” I stepped out of the car while zipping up my pants. 

“Over near the backdoor. She’s been bouncing between trying to get into the studio and trying to get into the club. Don’t you wanna put a shirt on first?”

We slowly started making our way around the building. “I’ll probably regret it, but no. I gave it to Fiona. She hasn’t realized it yet, but I literally tore her shirt off her back at the hospital.” 

Keith scratched his jaw, trying to hide the smile of what he no doubt had seen in that car. He had more kinks in him than I did. “Is it just me, or are you two worse now than you were before?”

“We are. Mostly because every time I see the bruises on her face, I start freaking out again. I came so close to losing her, to her losing herself. That scene… it won’t leave me, Keith. I can’t...” I stopped walking and took a deep breath. “Being away from her today, for the first time since it happened, was too much. I couldn’t get the different scenarios out of my head. I worry the rest of the Bratva will come at her for revenge.”

“The Italians kept you guys out of it. And everyone involved was inside that building.”

“I know that. I do. But I still can’t stop worrying. She wants to go back to work as soon as the bruises fade, I don’t know if I can let her go that long.”

“You both have to keep living your lives. You can’t put them on hold. And if you try to hold her back, she will start to resent you for it. Besides, you know where she works now. You can take her to lunch or pick her up from work.”

“If she still has a job. She’s worried about what they will say now. If this had all been tied to them, that would be different. But it wasn’t. It was all due to Randy.”

“Hello, lover. It’s been so long.”

I cringed at the cold hands suddenly running up and down my bare chest. Behind me, Bunny rubbed her cheek on my back.

Before I could say a word, her hands were gone, and she was screeching.

“Back the hell off, skank. You’ve been warned time and time again. You spied, you shared information you shouldn’t have, and you nearly got us all killed. Get gone before I make you join your little boyfriend permanently.”

“Holy hell, that was hot.” Keith whispered. 

I nodded silently, watching my girl scowl down at the little runt. Bunny’s eyes jumped between Fiona and me, settling on my shirt that she was wearing. It was one of my favorites, one Bunny no doubt recognized.

“Baby?” She looked at me pleading, like she was honestly confused at what was going on.