Ten
Sager
She stares into my eyes, and I can see her slowly starting to give in. She wants to say yes to me, but she still doesn’t trust herself enough to do it.
Every minute that I spend with her, the more I want her. Every inch of her body was made for mine, and I will get her to give in.
“Can we just be here right now? I don’t want to think about anything other than right now.”
I stare into her eyes. She isn’t really answering me, but I’ll agree to what it is she wants because it keeps her in my bed until then.
“Yeah. You tell me what you want and when you want it. I won’t push you for more, but if you want more, you have to be the one to tell me.”
She nods her head, and I press my lips to her forehead before moving us up the bed. I’m going to get her to stay here tonight. She wouldn’t have been waiting for me for three hours if he were at home waiting for her. Cameo would have been back home doting on her fiancé.
“Tell me something that I don’t know.”
Her eyes search my face for something as I lay her head on my pillow.
“I was once a nerdy girl that never had anyone look at me twice. No one wanted anything to do with me in high school, and I thought that I would always be single until I moved here.”
“Then you met him.” I know she can hear the distaste in my voice as I say the word him.
“You don’t even know Alec, how can you hate him so much?” I press a kiss to her neck before I answer her.
“Because he has you.”
“You have me right now.”
I sigh and bury my face into her neck. He shouldn’t matter so much when she’s in my arms, but my jealousy gets the best of me. Knowing I have her right now should be enough, but I’m a selfish bastard and want more. I want all of her even if she isn’t ready to give it all to me.
Taking what I can is all I can ask for right now. Knowing that it’s me she’s thinking of.
“I do,” I whisper against her throat. “I’ll just tie you down to my bed to keep you here.”
A laugh bubbles up in her throat, and she pushes me away from her. She rolls over to her side, and I pull her body into me, her back to my front.
My arm under her neck wraps around to her shoulder where I pull her closer and my other hand moves between her thighs.
“Did you wait the whole time outside?” I ask as I kiss along her neck.
“Yes.” I can feel her body shiver with her answer.
“Did you read a smutty book?” She nods her head, and I grin. Maybe she was reading the dirty part of the book, and that is why she waited and got brave enough to sit in my lap.
“What was it about?” My tongue runs along the back of her neck, and she shivers again.
“The man was a biker. He had a foul mouth, kind of like you. Before he found the heroine in the story, he was a manwhore who slept with a bunch of women. She brought him to his knees in a way.” I pull back from her, and she moves to her back.
“You think I’m going to be brought to my knees?”
She shrugs her answer.
“Well, I’ll be on my knees begging you to stay longer if that’s what you want.”
“I don’t want you begging. I want you to be you, plain and simple.”
“I’ll be whatever you want.”
“You. I want you to be you.” She cups my face, bringing her lips to mine.
Just as I’m about to roll onto her body, my phone starts to ring. Groaning, I rest my forehead against her chest before I move to grab it. When I look at the phone, I see Jenner’s name on the screen. Putting my phone to my ear, I answer it
“This better be good, fucker.” There’s a smirk on Cameo’s face as she watches me.
“You need to get down here. Fuck, brother, you need to be here now.”
His tone catches my attention. “Get where? Where are you J?”
“Fuck, it’s bad. We are at Sixth and Falcon. God…” he stops talking, and I get up and out of bed.
“Tell me what’s going on.” I demand as I pull on a pair of jeans and a shirt. I force my feet into a pair of boots as I wait for him to answer.
“Ryker. We were at the bar, and the fucker came out of nowhere. He stabbed Ryker, and he was taken to the hospital. They won’t let me leave the scene. Someone needs to be there.”
“I’m on my way.” I hang up and go to the bed, kissing her on the forehead before telling her, “I have to go. My friend just got stabbed, and I need to head to the hospital.” She gets out of bed, pulling on her own clothes.
“I’ll go with you.” I nod my head even though I can’t focus on her. The only thing I’m focusing on is Ryker. I need to be there for him.
By the time we get to the hospital, the woman behind the desk tells me that he’s in surgery and that they won’t know anything until he’s out. Running my hands through my hair, I lean back against the wall and close my eyes.
Cameo puts her hands on my stomach, and I can feel her watching me, unsure of what to do. I know that I shouldn’t put my hands on her in a public place like this, but I can’t help it. I wrap my arms around her and pull her into my body.
Putting my lips on her forehead, I hold her just so I can breathe.
Closing my eyes, I bury my face into her neck and hold her tightly, not caring who is around us. I need to hold on to her so I don’t fall apart while waiting for word on my best friend.
“Sager.” Her voice is soft and hesitant.
“Yeah, babe?” I run my hand down her back and she pulls back and looks at me.
“Do you want me to get you coffee or something?” I close my eyes for a minute, and when I open them again, I see the genuine concern for me.
“No, I’m fine. I just want you here with me.” She nods her head and rests her cheek against my chest.
It takes a good two hours before Jenner finally makes it to the hospital and when he does, he asks, “What have you heard?”
“Nothing,” I answer, running my hands up and down Cameo’s back. I felt her tense up as soon as he showed up, but I know he won’t say a word about what we are doing. He may give me shit about it, but he’ll never say a word to her. “He’s still in surgery.”
“Fuck. I should have fucking done something.” He leans against the same wall as me before he sinks to the ground, resting his head in his hands.
“There was nothing that you could have done J. You and I both know that Ry wouldn’t have let you fight his battle.”
He laughs, and it’s a bitter sound. “He wouldn’t have, but he didn’t deserve this shit. I warned him that this shit would happen. It’s why I told him to stay the fuck away from her, but like normal, he didn’t listen.”
Part of me feels like he’s talking directly to me about Cameo, but I also know what he means about Ryker. I know that he’s been fucking some motorcycle club princess. He knew what might happen, but he didn’t care. He wanted her, and he did what he had to in order to keep what he had.
“Was West there too?”
“Yeah, they all but drug her out of the bar after he stabbed Ry. I’m going to kill those sons of bitches for this shit. I don’t see why they won’t just leave them alone and let them be together.”
I shake my head as I think about Westlyn and the dysfunctional family of biker’s she comes from. One thing that I am glad for is that I never fell for the dark-haired beauty. Instead, I fell for a girl that is practically married.
Just as I’m about to say something to Jenner, a doctor comes around the corner. “Are you family of Ryker Burton?”
“Yes, we are his brothers. How is he?”
Cameo grips the back of my shirt and she stands off to the side a step behind me.
“Ryker is lucky to be alive. If the knife had been an inch or so to the left, it would have got an artery, and he would have bled to death. We stopped the bleeding, and he will be sore for awhile.” I nod my head as I listen.
“You can go back to see him in a few minutes. Just make sure he stays off his feet for a few days at least.”
“Thank you, doc,” Jenner says as the doctor walks back toward the room he is in. We follow him, and when I look into the room, I see Ry in a hospital bed, eyes closed. Walking in the room, I finally let out a deep breath.
“Ry,” I whisper. Cameo’s hand is now in mine, and she gives it a little squeeze before Ryker’s eyes open, and he looks right at us.
“Sager. You didn’t have to come here. You had plans with your girl, I told that asshole not to call you.” He starts to cough and frown.
“Fuck you, Ry. You knew I would call Sager,” Jenner says as he walks into the room.
“Yeah, but you could have waited.” As they continue arguing, Cameo whispers that she’s going to get a coffee from the vending machine. I grab some cash from my wallet and hand it to her, and she looks down at her hand before frowning.
“Just take it,” I whisper to her before I press my mouth to hers quickly. She gives me a sad smile before she walks out of the room.
“See, you should have let him just spend the night with her. She clearly isn’t comfortable here with us all.”
I roll my eyes at Ryker, and then Jenner opens his mouth, pissing me off even more.
“Yeah and he’s going to be the next one in a damn hospital room because he’s fucking a woman that’s engaged. Stop thinking with your dicks and go back to fucking them and leaving right after. It keeps us having shit like this happen.” Jenner looks to me, and I clench my fist.
“Fuck you, J. Don’t talk about the shit you don’t know.”
He shakes his head at me and looks to Ryker.
“You are fucking her, and she’s practically married. The only one going to get hurt is you. Kick her to the curb already and find someone that isn’t already promised to someone else. If she cheats with you, she’ll only cheat on you.”
“Don’t say a fucking word about her again, J. I swear to God, if you knew what was good for you, you’d leave her out of it.” I turn toward Ryker, and he motions for me to leave. “I’ll come check on you tomorrow. I’m going to get Cameo back home.”
I walk over to Ryker’s bedside and give him a hug before I walk to the door. I don’t bother looking back at J as I walk out the door. As the door closes, I see Cameo standing there with a hot cup of coffee.
Walking over to her, I wrap an arm around her and press my mouth to hers. “Thank you for coming with me.” She smiles at me, and for once, all the shit I’ve been dealt isn’t as bad as it might have seemed before.
She is the only thing I want.