Razer suddenly leaned across the table, his hand covering the one flicking the rubber band repeatedly against the bright red flesh of her skin.
Winter swallowed hard.
“Lil sis, you’re breaking my heart, please stop.” Lily’s hand became still under his, he nodded toward Winter.
“You trust her?” Lily turned her head to observe Winter before turning back to Razer.
“Yes,” answered Lily.
“Do you trust her enough that she would tell Beth if I’m stepping out on her?”
This time Lily didn’t look at Winter, but her answer was the same.
“Yes.”
“She’s attached to my hip the rest of the night, when she leaves I leave.”
“Okay,” Lily smiled at Razer in relief. Geez, the girl was too beautiful Winter thought in worry.
“I am marrying Beth because I love her, which means I’m not going to do stupid shit to hurt her again. Beth has learned to trust me and I want you to also.” He moved his hand touching the rubber band, “You don’t need this anymore to keep from being afraid, lil sis.” Razer leaned further across the table. “I swear on my life, I’ll never let anyone hurt you again.”
Lily gave him a heartwarming smile before getting up from the table and hugging Razer, who hugged her back before sitting her away from him several inches.
“Now, let’s get you out of here, you have another year before you can legally be in a bar,” Razer joked. “Mick made an exception for Beth’s bridal shower, but he might get pissed off we start making a habit of it.”
Lily laughed. “He can’t get in trouble. I turned twenty-one my last birthday. I thought Beth told you, everyone just thinks I’m a year younger because mom and dad were so concerned I was behind in school when they adopted me.”
“Is that so?” Razer said.
“I would have thought she would have told you. I guess she was waiting for me to tell you, now I have. Now Beth has no more secrets from you, does she?” Lily teased as Razer ushered her quickly out of the bar.
“I think she might have one or two,” Razer replied grimly, already hearing the commotion from the back. Startled screams of the women were heard as they tried to get out of the way.
“Are you sure everything’s all right? Mick should really take care of that problem.”
“I imagine that’s what he’s doing right now,” Razer said walking faster, looking back over his shoulder.
Razer escorted Lily to her car, watching until he no longer saw the tail lights before going back toward the bar. The women had all escaped outside, staring back inside as the bar became engulfed in fighting.
“Fuck.” Razer was sure he didn’t want to go back inside.
“Looks like Beth isn’t as unaware of what was going on as you thought she was?” Winter mocked Razer’s reluctance to reenter the bar.
“You told Lily you would protect her, you swore,” she reminded him, amused at his predicament.
“He’s going to fuck me up for my wedding night, Beth hasn’t let me touch her the last month to build the suspense. When he gets done with me, I won’t be able to do shit.” Razer winced as a loud crash resounded from within.
“I’m sure Beth will show her appreciation,” Winter consoled.
“She fucking better,” he said before striding into the bar.
Chapter 20
Winter came out of the bathroom wearing a towel crossed at her breasts. Viper was sitting at his desk with his hand in a bowl of ice. Luckily for him, he kept extra ice trays in his mini fridge. What ice was in the freezer downstairs was quickly used for the other brothers’ injuries.
“Feel any better?” Winter tried not to smile.
“No, my hand is stinging like hell. I don’t know what you think is so fucking funny.”
“I don’t know, maybe because you let one man beat the crap out of the whole group of you.”
“He’s a mean mother fucker and he knows we don’t want to hurt him, he unfortunately doesn’t give a fuck.”
Winter crawled across the bed on her hands and knees. “That adrenaline you were telling me about kick in yet?”
Viper watched intently as she unknotted her towel baring her body. “Of course if you’re too sore, I can understand. Want me to see if I have a pain pill left?”
“No I took some Ibuprofen, how many beers did you drink?” Viper questioned her.
“A couple, why? You think I’m drunk?”
“No, I think you’re horny. I’ve noticed beer does that for you.” He watched as her finger traced her nipple, her fingernail leaving a faint white line.
“It’s not the beer, it’s your cock,” Winter smiled in the mood to be naughty, loving the reaction it was bringing out in Viper.
“I can solve that problem, real quick,” he said getting to his feet. Pulling off his vest, pants, and boots, he stood naked in front of her. He turned off the lights by the door, leaving on only the small lamp by the desk.
“Shade told me I must not be doing something right if you thought sex lasted only ten minutes.”