Turning to Viper, who stared at her impassively, except for the burning fury in his eyes.
“You put yourself out for nothing. They said that you were still playing me, hoping Vincent would tell me something about the baby. You were way off base. Sorry, I couldn’t have been more help. But at least this time you didn’t have to waste two years of your life.”
“I see that Rider and Bliss were a fountain of information for you.” Both of them sat still as statues. Bliss had fear on her face.
“They didn’t know I was even there. I was in the hallway and they were in the hot tub.”
“But they were discussing my business?”
Winter shut up. She hadn’t wanted to get Bliss in trouble. She didn’t know Rider well but he had always been helpful and kind to her. She was beginning to regret her plan, especially now that she was afraid she had gotten Bliss in trouble. She had made friends with the woman and she hadn’t wanted to hurt Winter. Bliss had covered herself for the last month, something she was proud of, just to spare her feelings.
“Bliss and Rider didn’t do anything wrong, I was the one eavesdropping.”
Viper ignored her defense of the members. “So who did you call to come get you this time?” He huffed.
“The Sheriff.” Winter knew she had made a terrible mistake when Viper motioned to Shade, who immediately stood, pulling his phone out of his pocket before going indoors.
“He will still come.” Winter said bravely. This had gone so wrong. She was supposed to have made everyone angry enough to throw her out.
“Will he?” Viper mocked her.
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll just call someone else. I can take care of myself, I don’t need to stay here anymore.”
“So you feel fully recovered?” Why did she feel like it was a trick question? Winter thought frantically.
Definitely not liking the look in his eyes, Winter clutched her cane and began walking backwards away from Viper. She didn’t know where she was going. She just knew Viper was in front of her and Shade was inside the house. The only option left was to put a little space between them until Viper calmed down. He was furious with her. That night in the Pink slipper, he didn’t lose his temper fighting with the other motorcycle club members ganging up on him. Viper had handled them with calm control. Winter wished she could see a little of that control now.
Viper stalked her as she went backwards, edging her towards the side of the yard where there was a gazebo with a swing. Frantically Winter looked for an escape route but couldn’t find one.
“Aren’t you going to make a run for it?” Winter threw a dirty look at his question. He was throwing up to her that she wasn’t a hundred percent healed yet.
“You’re being ridiculous. I am the one with the right to be angry.”
“What have you got a right to be angry about? You don’t wear my ring; I have never told you that I am in an exclusive relationship with you. Have I ever once told you that you were mine? Did I ever, in all the time I have known you, let you believe that I was yours?”
The questions beat at her with each step she took.
“No.” Winter answered truthfully, finding herself cornered against the side of the gazebo and swing. When she tried to step around the swing, Viper blocked her path, pinning her against the gazebo wall.
“When I would go out of town, and you tried to make me jealous by going out with every single father in the fucking PTA, what did I tell you?”
“Have a good time.” Winter turned her head away unable to stare in his face as he mocked her.
“I could have fucked you silly as Loker James but I wanted you to know who I really was before I put my dick in you. I won’t always be so nice. I am not a nice person. Never was, don’t want to be. Nice people get fucked over. My brother was an example of that.”
Winter started to argue. “You’re a nice person. I fucked you over, deal with it, because I am done trying to make amends. I never led you to believe there was more to us than there actually was and until you come to grips with that, you are going to stay pissed at me. But I can deal with pissed, actually it makes me want to fuck.”
Winter stared at him in shock as his hand went to her breast, pulling down her sweater and bra, leaving her breast bare. Looking around in embarrassment, she tried to tug her top back up dropping her cane in the process. The other members were now dancing or engaging in their own sexual activities, ignoring them. Winter knew no one could see anything with Viper and the gazebo blocking their view.
He dragged her attention back to him when he caught her hands in his and lifted them above her head, knotting a soft cord around her wrists that she hadn’t seen nailed into the side of the gazebo.
“You guys are prepared for everything.” Winter struggled against him tying her hands.