Danielle
SATURDAY NIGHT, AUSTIN arrived just before six and settled himself on my sola. Although my makeup was applied, my hair was still in a towel, I was in a robe, and I had no idea what was going to wear. We’d talked for less than five minutes during the day and he hadn’t given me any details of the date.
“You haven’t told me what we’re doing”
“Get together at the club,” he said.
thought we were going to dinner
He smiled up at me from his position on the couch. “We are, Club’s grillin
“So, we’re not actually going out?” I frowned. “Like on a real date
“It’s a real date, baby. And we’re leaving your apartment, so it’s out
“What am I supposed to wear?” I asked,
Austin gave me a lascivious grin Jeans, tighter the better, low–top somethin‘ like that.”
“I don’t own anything biker slut, Austin”
He shrugged and studied me. “Babe, it’s family. Wear whatever the fuck you wanna wear
-Well, the
that’s so freaking helpful, honey. Thanks.”
I stomped back to my room and into my closet. In the last thirty seconds or so, Austin had informed me that I’d be meeting his family.” He’d also not denied my need to wear something shery. I didn’t own anything slutty. I could maybe wear something a little low–cut, or wear one of the two little black dresses I owned, but he was in his “uniform” of jeans, tee, and cut, so I’d be way overdressed if I did.
I should probably bow out. If it was at the club, then it was probably going to be filled with crimi really bad for my family 1 sat on the floor of my closet and dropped my face in my hands. God. hell did Leven entertain the thought that this could work out?
“Dant, Austin said with a sigh
I glanced up at him standing in the doorway. “What?”
“You’re way overthinking this.”
“I can’t go with you tonight, Austin. I think it would be best for you to go alone.”
He hunkered down beside me and smiled. “No”
“I think it’s too soon.”
“For what?”
“For me to meet your club. I frowned. “I hardly know you
“Babe, it’s a casual get together. No pressure.
“And just how many women have you taken to meet your club?” asked.
it would look
idiot. Why the
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“You’re jealous?
-No,” 1–snapped. “Tin just wondering if we should wait to see if this goes anywhere before we start dragging our friends and family into it.”
“Stop fuckin‘ around. Dani, and get dressed”
“No” I rose to my feet. “Tin not going”
“Yeah, you are”
“No, I’m not. It’s a bad idea and you know it.”
“How’s it a bad idea?” he demanded.
“You’re going to bring a kindergarten teacher who happens to belie daughter of a cop to a place filled with criminals! They’re going to see me coming from a mile away and they will hate ine just because I’m not like you.”
His eyes
you.”
widened. “Well, fuck me, baby. Thanks for puttin words in their mouths and judging them before they can judge
“You’re welcome,” I retorted, and moved past him, but he caught my arm
“Dani, the club’s clean and no one’ll hate you.”
“You can’t know that.”
He smiled. “Babe, I can know that. We’re not one percenters?
“I don’t even know what that means”
Tl explain it to you one day. I promise.”
“I’m not good with crowds,” 1 confessed.
Austin gave me a sexy grin. “We can go to my room anytime you want to just say the word”
“You live there?”
“No. But I have a room there should I need in.”
“See? I don’t even know where you
“I’ll take you home sometime. We’re gettin‘ to know each other. l happen.” He cupped my neck and thumbed my pulse. “What’s really goin‘ on inside your head, Dani!”
“It’s just that I know nothing about you and you’re taking me to place with people who know everything about you and with whom I have nothing in common. What will I talk about?”
“Whatever the fuck you wanna talk about.”
“Well, that’s helpful. Thank you.”
“Babe. Get dressed. It’s gonna be fine.”
I drew my eyebrows together. “What if I follow you?”
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I hit my lips “I’ll follow you to the party. That way, you can say if you want to, but I can leave if it’s too much”
“Hell nok
“Why not?”
“My woman is not driving herself to a fuckin‘ family get together Dani That’s why”
“I’m not your woman!” I pointed out,
“What the fuck?”
“We’ve known each other for less than a week,” I continued. “Thot your woman. We’re not anything yet.”
His mouth landed on nine with an intensity I wasn’t prepared for. He hugged the towel from my head and slid open my robe, cupping my breast and rolling my nipple between his fingers. Guiding me to the bed, he pushed me down, placing one hand on my chest to keep me planted where he wanted me while his mouth moved from my lips to my neck.
“Austin?” I rasped.
He didn’t reply as he drew a nipple into his mouth and bit gently I gasped at the sensation. Austin pushed open my knees, sliding my thighs over his shoulders and began a delicious assau on my chr, I whimpered as he sucked, licked, and kissed his way around my most private area.
He slid one finger inside of me, and then two, and as much as I used to resist the fire burning inside of me, it was useless. I cried out as my orgasm hit and he kissed my inner thighs before releasing my shaking legs and climbing back up my body. “You are absolutely my fuckin‘ woman, Dani, Got me?”
1 squeezed my eyes shut.
-Dani,” he pressed. “Do you get me
“No, Austin, I don’t, I admitted as I pulled my robe closed again and sat up, “You confuse me,”
He leaned up on his elbow and raised an eyebrow. “How so?”
-Like you
care,” I ground out.
“Oh, I do care, baby, he droned. “Please tell me all the ways I confuse you so that I can clarify thin
Screw you, Austin.”
He laughed and sat up. “I was just tryin‘ to do that. You stopped
a jerk!”
“You are such a
“I’m not tryin‘ to be, Dani.” He dragged his hands down his face. Tell me what’s on your mind.”
I sighed. “You’re everything my parents warned me against. Youge secretive, but you’re also honest. I feel wholly protected by you, but then you scare me more than anyone I’ve ever known. You’re a bad boy, but when I dated a so–called good one, he turned out to be the devil, so, yeah, I don’t get you because you’re not what I expected. You drive me crazier than anyone I’ve ever met, but then you make me feel complete. I’m feeling things I don’t quite know how to process and that makes me want to run. I don’t want to give up something that might be really, really good, but I also don’t want to be stupid and fall for a boy just because he’s super pretty and makes me come.”
He shrugged, his nonchalance back in place. “I did tell you I wou
You also promised you’d
lo it more than once.”
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“Happy to oblige
1 tied my robe with an angry swoosh “I’m pouring my heart out you and you’re talking about making me come a
He sighed and dragged his hands down his face “Dani”
“What, Austin? I don’t know what kinds of women you’ve dated in the past, but I’m not one who can be manipulated with your ability to be really good at oral sex, or kissing, or well, anyaing oral, I said, lamely 1 deserve to be treated with respect and if you’re not willing to do that, then see you later.”
“Pain in my ass,” he grumbled.
“Then leave!” I stepped into the bathroom and slammed the door
My tirade had completely counteracted my body’s sated state past moments before and that made me mad. I wanted to go back to my post–climax glow. I stared in the mirror and sooaded at myself I shouldn’t look this way. My eyes were bright. my skin was flushed, and I looked more alive than I had in a lume. Desgate my tirade. I felt happy Austin did that for me. I knew that I could be totally honest with him. Show him one hundred percent of myself, even if it wasn’t pretty. The door opened and I caught Austin’s eye in the mirror. “I thought you were leaving
He wrapped his arms around me from behind, pulled my hair to the uide, and kiwed my neck. “You show me that and expect me to leave? be challenged.
“Yeah, kinda, It’s been three days and I’m showing you everything I sighed. “So much for wanting to be sexy and mysterious”
He turned me to face him. “You couldn’t be more beautiful to me.
“I think there’s something psychologically wrong with you”
Dani
You could be onto something” Austin chuckled. “Meeting my brothers is a big deal, but I’ve been trying to downplay in, so you don’t panic on me?
“Maybe it’s too soon,
then.
He shook his head, cupping my neck. “They need to know who you are to me.”
-Who am I to you?
“Everything, baby,” he said, “Everything
“How can you say that?” I asked. “It’s been less than a week”
Austin smiled. “You’re what I want, Dani?
“Well that explains everything.”
“You want out at any point in the night, you tell me. Il take you wherever you want to go”
Ifsted my hands in his shirt. “I want you glued to me all night.”
Austin chuckled. “Cause that’s gonna be so hard for me.”
I couldn’t help but smile. “Okay,”
“Okay?”
I nodded and he grinned before he kissed me.
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“But,” I continued. “I want to stop off at Freddie’s and grab something to contribute.”
“You don’t need to do that, babe,” he countered.
“I was raised that when you are invited to someone’s party, home, get together, whatever, you bring something.” I patted his chest. “So, we’re going to bring something.”
He shook his head. “Okay, baby, we’ll stop.”
“Thank you. Now, seriously. What should I wear?”
Whatever you want. Dani”
“Jeans it is but not as tight as you might require.”
He laughed and patted my bottom. Five minutes.”
“What? No! I can’t dry my hair in five minutes”
“Then pull it back,” he said.
“Hell, no,” I snapped. “If I’m meeting your family, then I’m meeting them looking my best.”
“Baby, you’re gorgeous,
doesn’t matter what you wear
“Flattery will get you nowhere today, now go and let me do my thing?”
“It gets me nowhere every day,” he grumbled, and walked out the door
I blow dried my hair with a stupid grin on my face, and the grin stayed put as Austin ushered me out the door forty minutes later and into his truck. I chose jeans, knee–high black leather boots, a black cardigan and red lace camisole. Casual, but still nice, and Austin’s response after seeing me was to pull me in for another of his mind–blowing kisses, so I felt confident with what I was wearing.
After a quick stop at the supermarket for wine, beer, and a few stock items, we headed into Portland. An drove to another sketchy area in North Portland and I was glad we were in his truck, “Where are we?”
“Cully”
“Are all the businesses in bad areas of town!”
“The ones we don’t want noticed are,” he revealed, and reached over to link his fingers with mine. “I got you.”
ickly. “I’ve just never been here.”
“I know,” I said quickly.
He chuckled. “That doesn’t surprise me.”
Austin pulled into the large lot of Big Ernie’s Body Shop and parked. I couldn’t help but wonder who Big Ernie was, considering he had two businesses named after him. Austin opened my door and helped me out of the truck before grabbing the bag of groceries from the back. I looped my purse over my shoulder, took Austin’s free hand, and followed him through an unmarked door to the left of what looked like the actual shop.
A dimly lit hallway led to another unmarked door and Austin raised his face to the camera mounted on the ceiling and the door was pulled open. A small foyer with a few easy chairs and a desk with television sat in the space. A couple of bikers sat in the chairs, but they paused their conversation to eye me and Austin.
Austin released me long enough to greet the “brother” who’d granted entry. A man by the name of Cookie.
“Cookie, Dani, Austin said. “Dani. Cookie.
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Cookie was older, probably in his fifties, tall with tattoos that covered his arms and went up his neck. He hard patche cut as well, one of them read, “Vice President,” so Lassumed he was someone important. His dark hair was peppered with gray and he had a big bushy beard that worked very well for hin
I smiled and reached my hand out. “Nice to meet you.”
He gave me a sexy grin and stared at my hand long enough for me to lower it and feel like an idiot. I moved closer to Austin, who wrapped an arm around me.
“You too, babe,” he said, and turned toward the big room behind fum. “Mags”
“What?” A blonde woman with big hair and tiny clothes revealed herself from another doorway and walked over to him Cookie pulled her into a passionate and borderline inappropriate grope session before grinning and facing us again.
“My old lady,” Cookie said. “Mags, meet Booker’s new woman. Dani”
Mags glanced at Austin and then me. “It’s nice to meet you, hory,” she said, her gravelly voice indication she probably) smoked
“We brought a few things,” I said. “Where would you like them?
She smiled. “What kinds of things?”
“Just some beer and wine, a few snack things and dessert.
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