Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 98255 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 491(@200wpm)___ 393(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98255 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 491(@200wpm)___ 393(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
Everything had gone so fucking wrong in such a short space of time. He had every intention of telling Aria the truth, in time. Possibly when she was pregnant, post-orgasm, and kind of just sliding it in as a revelation that didn’t mean anything. He didn’t have a fucking clue how he was going to tell her.
“So, she found out the truth.”
“Yes, in an anonymous fucking video,” Grant said.
Grant thought back to that day—the meeting he had with Miguel. Aria couldn’t leave, not until they sorted out the Miguel problem.
He tapped his fingers on the tabletop and then pulled Aria’s cell phone out of his pocket. She had left it on the dining room table last night. She didn’t have the thing locked and he was able to scroll through all the messages. Aria’s main contact was Lidia, her best friend.
Grant clicked his tongue and then sent off a quick message to Lidia saying that he’d snuck out of the clubhouse and they were to meet around the back of the veterinary practice.
Maddie came out of the kitchen with Lindsey on her hip, giving the perfect distraction for Bull. Finishing off his coffee, he headed in the direction that Maddie had come from, and lo and behold, there was Pat.
“Hey, man,” Pat said.
Grant ignored him.
Pat just laughed. “When are you going to grow up?”
He turned to glare at the other man. Pat had been sitting at the main table, but now he was on his feet and sending an almighty glare his way.
“Why don’t you fuck off?” Grant said. “I’ve got nothing to say to you.”
“This about the patch? Your woman?”
Grant’s hands clenched into fists and he’d been near the door, but now he spun around to face Pat. “What the fuck did you say?”
“I want to know why you’ve got nothing to say to me. We’ve got no bad blood between us.”
“No bad blood? You seem to want to take everything from me!” He slammed his palm flat against his chest. “You want to be Bull’s brother, his VP. My woman’s man, is that it?”
Pat smirked and shook his head. “You are way too emotional.”
Grant swung, hitting his fist to Pat’s face. The man barely moved.
He touched his face, next to his mouth, and came back with blood on a couple of fingers. “Now, I’m going to allow you to have that one, because clearly, you’re going through some fucked-up shit. I’ve also heard that your body is covered in scars. I remember your old man. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that he fucked your head up good.”
Pat rarely spoke. He was known for being quiet. It would seem Grant had opened a dam.
“But you’ve got to learn to own up to your mistakes. You fucked up with Aria, not me. I’m not the one who pretended to not fuck her sister. You did. I’m not the one who’s so fucking flighty he doesn’t even stick to a steady job, for fuck’s sake.” Pat shook his head. “Bull loves you.”
“Oh, fuck off.” Grant had heard enough.
“What makes you think he doesn’t?” Pat asked. “You’re still around. You’ve challenged him enough times. Pissed him off. Come on, Grant, think. Time and time again, he lets you get away with shit. You’re rarely at the shop. You’re unreliable for anything but club stuff. Bull will always have your back here. You know that.”
Grant had heard enough.
“And next time you throw a punch at me, make sure it knocks me clean out, because I won’t be responsible for what happens next,” Pat said.
The threat was real.
Heading out of the kitchen, he rounded the parking lot and went to his bike. Climbing onto the machine, he straddled the beast, and then headed his way into town.
It was nearing lunchtime, which meant Lidia was at the diner, so it wouldn’t take her long to get to the veterinary practice.
Aria had once told him that Lidia was her closest friend. Since they were kids, they had shared a lot together. Not much had changed after they left high school, much to her mother’s annoyance. Lidia was another person Joan Taylor couldn’t stand. He figured it had to do with the fact that Lidia helped Aria escape the nastiness of her mother’s words.
Heading through the main town, he went straight to the veterinary practice and saw Lidia’s car already parked in the main spot. Andy and Phil’s cars were there and he saw several customers inside.
Parking his bike, he climbed off, and then rounded the building to find Lidia waiting.
She turned to look at him and then he saw the instant change. Before he got a chance to say anything, she walked right up to him and slapped him across the face.
“You fucking asshole. I cannot believe you did that to Aria. Do you have any idea how she feels about you?” She went to slap him again but he caught her wrist, stopping her from connecting with his face.