Burning Desire (13 page)

“Well then, are you two just going to fuck and get it over with already?” I laughed at them, walking to Jeremy’s den.
 

“Nice, Chase,” Nicole called after me.
 

“Chase, I gotta make a run to the club, there is an emergency church meeting. Can you stay with the girls? Nic has a class to run to but she shouldn’t be long. Roxy is upstairs-try and keep your hands off my sister.”
 

“Yeah, bro. I got it covered.”
 

Jeremy headed out, soon after Nicole left. Leaving me with her.
 

“Hey.” I heard her small voice from the doorway.

“What’s going on?” Why was she acting so embarrassed? I have seen her naked as the day she was born and yet she gets caught with her hand down her pants and it’s the end of the world. That thought made me break out into a smile.

She wore a tight ass pair of yoga pants and a purple hoodie with matching black and purple Nikes. Her hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail- perfect for pulling on.

“Chase?” She raised her eyebrow looking at me.
 

“What?”

“You’re looking at me like you’re undressing me.” She giggled and plopped down on the couch next to me. Her perfume was intoxicating.
 

“And your point?” I sat up, resting my forearms on my knees.
 

“I need to go shopping. Come with me?”

“Well, it’s kind of my job, Rox.” I reminded her.

“Well, is it also your job to watch me touch myself?” She stood back up with her hands on her hips glaring down at me.

“Actually, that’s just for me.” I stood up in front of her. Her deep breaths bumped her chest into mine. My height caused her to drop her head back and look at me. She wasn’t backing down. My little badass.

“Well then, if it’s for you, then maybe you should do something about it.”

“Like?” I gripped her hips pulling them against mine, so I could palm her ass.

“Like partake in it, Chase. Unless…” She brought her hands up to rest inside my cut; I flexed my pecs under her hands.

“Unless what, Rox?” I pulled on her long ponytail, twisting it into my fist, forcing her to look at me. She gasped in surprise.

“Unless you can’t handle it.” I cut her off right there. My mouth claimed hers. She moaned into my mouth while throwing her arms around my neck. Her long nails scraped my scalp. My tongue slipped between her lips, I fisted her ponytail to force her head to the side allowing myself to invade her mouth fully. I gripped her ass harder to me.
 

My phone ringing interrupted us.

“That fucking phone.” She groaned as I released her and she wiped her lips dry. They were already swollen and red. Damn, Rox is beautiful.
 

“What?” I shouted in my phone.

“What the hell did I say?” Jeremy yelled back.

“Yeah, yeah. What’s up?”

“We need you here for this meeting. Bring Roxy.”

“Okay.” I hung up, and Rox was slinging her purse over her shoulder and grabbing her car keys.
 

“Oh, no shopping for you, baby. I’m needed at the club. Let’s go.” I slapped her ass and led the way out.

I drove us in my black Ford 150- Raptor, she looked so damn good riding in it. I put my elbow up on the windowsill and looked over at her as she twirled her ponytail around her pointer finger and blew a bubble with her gum. I could eat her up right the fuck now.
 

“You gonna watch me or the road, Romeo?” she smiled over at me.
 

I didn’t say anything as I refocused back on our drive to the club. We pulled up and we headed in. Rox headed to the lounge and I headed into the meeting.

“Good, you’re here.” I heard Moretti say as I sat at the table.

“What’s going on?” I took a seat at the end of the table.

“Well, I have been looking into that little hunch you had about Jake. We’ve spotted him with some members of Devil’s MC.”

“Shit.” That MC was known for their ways. They deal with drugs and weapon trafficking. Not a good pack to run in.

“Exactly. Jeremy and I have been going over the books as well. Something isn’t adding up here. I’m not sure what Jake has been doing, but looks like all the money that is going into the Condemned Angels isn’t all accounted for. I hate to accuse one of our own, but we need to get to the bottom of this and fast.”

“I bet I already know what’s going on.” I shook my head.

“Chase…” he warned me to back down.

“We will get to the bottom of it and go over everything with a fine toothed comb.” Jeremy patted his father’s shoulder.
 

“And Roxy’s safety?”
 

“The most important thing is to keep my family out of harm’s way. You keep doing what you’re doing, Chase.” He encouraged me, which was something new for him. Is the old man going soft on me now? Ha, yeah fucking right.

We heard commotion and glass breaking outside church, and we all stood and rushed out.

“What the fuck?” Jeremy shouted. We all stood back, taking in the scene in front of us.

Rox and Monica were going at it, grabbing each other by the hair, until Roxy pushed her down and straddled her waist, getting a few good punches in.
 

“You fucking bitch!” Monica screamed as Roxy clocked her one right in the nose.
 

“Fuck you, you cunt. You stay the fuck away from Chase- I swear to God, I’ll fucking kill you with my own two hands.”

“I would, if he’d stay away from me! I was just at his house the other night- right after he left you. Why don’t you ask him?” Oh, here we fucking go. I ran over to Roxy and pulled her off while Jeremy and Hunter, one of my right hand men, pulled Monica up off the floor as Monica kicked her feet at Rox.

“Get her out of here!” I yelled as I pushed Rox to the kitchen, which looked like a war zone. The club girls scattered out of there.
 

“Mind telling me what the fuck that was about?”

“Why don’t you tell me?” She shoved at me as she put her hair up in a messy bun. Her lip was busted and her hoodie was torn open, exposing her chest in a tight black tank top, which momentarily distracted me.

“Tell you about what?” I grabbed a handful of ice and threw it in a towel and handed it to her.
 

“Was she at your place?” She glared over at me.

“That’s not important.”

“What?” Her eyes narrowed at me.

“Yes, fuck- she was at my house, but I kicked her ass out.”

“Oh my god.” She threw the towel down and walked away from me.

“Rox.”

“Don’t you Rox me, you son of a bitch. I trusted you! We didn’t even use...” I hushed her looking around to make sure Jeremy or her father wasn’t within hearing radius.
 

“Don’t shush me, you asshole. How can I believe you? Hmm? Tell me right now.”

I couldn’t tell her…
 

“I…” I rubbed the back of my neck.

“That’s what I thought.” She pushed past me.

I grabbed her wrist.

“Fucking listen to me, Rox!”

“You can’t even say it!”

“Look, she was in my house when I got home, she tried to do some shit but I told her it was over. Period. She is probably trying to get a rise out of you because she knows that...” I stopped myself. I couldn’t tell her.
 

“Knows what?” She looked up at me with those brown eyes, her eyebrows knit together. Fuck me.

“Baby… I” I pulled her into the hallway where we were hidden from view. I pulled her to me, cupping her face. Her head tilted back and her lips parted. Even going a few rounds with Monica left her on edge, full of adrenaline, her lip swollen and a crazy look in her eye. I licked my lips. She was fighting wanting to touch me. Stubborn. Just tell her you love her, you dumb fuck.

“Chase DeLuca, I swear…” She pushed at my chest but I held her tight.

“I promise, nothing happened.” I stared her in the eye.

“Chase! Time to go.” Moretti’s voice boomed in the clubhouse, I immediately let her go. God knows what he’d do if he knew I was even touching Rox, let alone sleeping with his daughter.
 

“I gotta jet. Hunter will take you home. Get some ice on that.” I ran the pad of my thumb over her bottom lip

“Fine,” she grumbled.

CHAPTER 19

~ Roxy ~

After the boys headed out, I dialed Nicole.

“Hey babe, what’s going on?”

“Fucking Chase.”

“What did he do? Do I need to kick his ass?”
 

“Not yet. I found out Monica was at his house that night he was with me…twice!”

“Say what?!”

“Exactly. I don’t know what to do. I just beat her ass.”

“Fucking good! Where are you? I’m about to head out of here. I’m just putting some stuff away.”

“I’m at the club. But don’t worry, Hunter is taking me home.”

“Hunter?”
 

“Yeah, Chase’s right hand man, I don’t know. Apparently him and Chase go way back- who knows. We will meet you at the house then?”

“Yeah babe, see you soon.”

As soon as I got off the phone with her, a tall dark and handsome hunk of a man came walking up to me. His black hair was in an Adam Levine style. He wore a black beater under his cut, which was filled with patches. He must have been 6’ 3”, a gym rat body and tattoos for days. His strong features made me swoon- he was hot. He was no Chase, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the view.

“I hope you won,” he stated.

“What’s that?” I shook my head out of my “slow- mo check out”.

He pointed to my mouth.
 

“Yeah, I fucking did. Hunter, I suppose?” I laughed.

“Yeah, come on. I’m taking you home, per Chase’s orders.”

“I bet.” I grabbed my purse and followed him out to his dark gray Cadillac Escalade pick-up.
 

I noticed Nicole’s BMW in the driveway as we pulled up.
 

“Honey, I’m home,” I called out. Nicole was cooking up a storm in the kitchen making a pot of fresh chili and corn bread.
 

“Hey! Please tell me that bitch looks worse than you,” she said as she wiped her hands on a towel and inspected my face. Nicole is such a domestic woman. I love her.
 

“Yes, I’m fine- don’t worry, mama bear.” I smacked her hand away and let Hunter in.

Nicole stopped in her tracks as she gawked at him.

“Hey.” He had a side smirk. “You must be Nicole.”
 

She put out her hand to greet him. “Yes, I must be.”

“Oh come on, I practically know you already.” He scooped her up in a big bear hug.

She squealed in delight.
 

“Oh boy.” I shook my head at them while getting a bowl out of the cupboard, dishing up some chili and started to head to the living room.

“Something smells good.” I heard Jeremy say coming in from the back door.

He stopped in his tracks once he saw Nicole wrapped up in Hunter’s arms. He tried to quickly compose himself. I started laughing as I continued my way to the living room.
 

~ Jeremy ~

This motherfucker. I come home to my house smelling fucking amazing, picturing Nicole running around the house in something skimpy like a little apron, just begging for it. Instead, I got to walk into my own house to find Chase’s friend all over my woman. I mean… technically she isn’t mine, yet.
 

“Jer.” Nicole quickly shot out of Hunter’s arms, her cheeks instantly turned red. She pushed her hair out of her face.
 

“What are you making me?” I said walking over to the stove, lifting the lid to the bubbling pot.

“Turkey chili, just how you like it. Hot and spicy.” Fucking right! She bent over to grab a bottle of water out of the fridge. I watched as Hunter’s eyes immediately glued to her ass. Then he looked at me with that dumb ass look and a wink. He wanted her. Oh no the fuck you don’t, buddy.

Nicole took a long drink from her bottle. She was still in her work clothes- tight capri black leggings that encased her long lean legs and perfectly round ass and a racer back tank top, pushing her perfect breasts up for my viewing pleasure. She had kicked off her shoes at some point and let down her hair, she looked like she belonged here. In my house, in my kitchen, cooking MY goddamn chili.
 

“Thanks for lunch, Nic.” I pulled her into my chest and hugged her tight to my chest. I buried my chin in her long hair and stared up at Hunter with a smirk on my face. My silent “she’s mine, fuck off” face should have come in loud and clear to him.

Nicole giggled and pulled away from me, “It’s just chili. Fall back, Jeremy.” She pushed at my chest.
 

I heard Hunter chuckle. “I’m heading out. Nicole, it was,” he walked up to her and grabbed her hand and kissed it. “My pleasure meeting you, beautiful.” I looked over at Nicole- blushing and biting her lip. Motherfucker.
 

“I’m sure I’ll see you around.” She batted her lashes at him, and my fists clenched.
 

Hunter headed out the back door, and Nicole had that schoolgirl crush face on. What the fuck?