Chapter 10

10

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M y body felt as though it was boneless, but I still stretched out an arm when Grey pulled away to slide off the mattress. “No, don’t go.”

“I’ll be back in a second,” he assured me, bending low to brush his lips against mine in a quick kiss. “Just need to grab something for you.”

Curling around his pillow, I stared at his naked butt as he strode toward the closet, burying my face in it to let out a happy squeak when he disappeared from my view. Knowing that Grey really meant I was his forever had made our last bout of sex even better than the others, which I would have thought was impossible since every orgasm he’d given me had been mind-blowing.

My lips were still curved in a smile of pure feminine satisfaction when Grey exited the closet and padded back over to the bed. My gaze dropped to the leather vest he held, and I sat straight up, pressing trembling fingers against my lips. It was smaller than the one I’d seen him wear and had my name on the front. As he turned the back toward me, I saw the stitching on the back that was similar to what Karina had described to me. Just with one major difference.

Tracing my fingers over the letters, I whispered, “Property of Grey.”

“I was damn lucky Mac started keeping a stash of these at the compound when my club brothers started falling hard and fast for their women. Normally, we send them out to be embroidered, but since it was a holiday, he talked one of the old ladies into doing it for me.” He slid my arms into the holes and settled the vest on my shoulders. Then he stepped back to stare down at me, his brown eyes heating. “You’re always beautiful, but you look fucking amazing in nothing but my property patch.”

I glanced down and shook my head with a laugh. “Of course you’d think that. It barely covers anything.”

“True.” His fingers brushed over my pebbled nipples, making them pucker even more. “Which is why nobody else is ever gonna see you like this.”

“Then we probably should go get some of my stuff from my house so I’ll have more clothes to wear underneath it.”

“Your parents’ house,” he corrected, fisting the vest to pull me up for a deep kiss. “You’re my woman, and your home is with me now, firecracker.”

Our relationship was moving at warp speed, but now that I knew Grey was in just as deep as I was, I wasn’t too worried about it. Besides which, we’d spent basically every minute together since he carried me out of the cabin in Aspen. If we’d been dating like a normal couple, we would’ve gone out at least thirty times based on how long we’d been together. Thinking of it that way, moving in together didn’t seem too far-fetched. “You’re not going to get an argument from me.”

“And none of this ‘some of your stuff’ bullshit,” he growled. “We’ll get all of your things since there’s no reason for you not to move in with me now. Your parents won’t even be back from Europe for another week, and you're finishing your classes online. Unless you’ve changed your mind about me fixing things so you’re done?”

I shook my head. “Nope, it’ll give me something to do while you’re busy hacking.”

“I already ordered what I needed to build a new workstation for you. The parts will be here tomorrow, and it won’t take me long to get you set up.” He pulled me to my feet and brushed my hair away from my forehead. “Since you’re gonna be connected to my network, I needed to make sure your system was unhackable.”

The amount of thought this man put into my needs before I even considered them humbled me. Twining my arms around his neck, I went up on my toes. “Thank you so much for taking such good care of me.”

“You have to know by now that I’d do anything for you, baby.”

He captured my mouth in a deep kiss that had me rethinking my next request, but ultimately, I knew it was better to get this errand over with sooner rather than later. If I kept putting it off, we’d run the risk of bumping into my parents after they returned, and I didn’t want that. Plus, my brother should be at work today. “Hopefully, anything includes running me over the state line to grab all my stuff now.”

“It sure as fuck does,” he agreed.

It was chilly outside, so I pulled on a peacoat over my vest and a pair of lined winter boots.

Grey took now to mean immediately, and he drove us in a truck I didn’t even know he owned. Between the extended cab and long truck bed, there was enough room to pack up anything I wanted to take with me, so I made a list during the ride to my parents’ house. It was longer than I expected, which seemed to make Grey happy when I showed it to him.

“You don’t fuck around when you set your mind to something.” He brushed his lips against mine before helping me out of the truck.

Feeling shy, even though he’d been the one to insist that I move in instead of grabbing just a few things, I ducked my head. “I like to be organized.”

“Hey, now.” He pressed a finger against my chin until I met his gaze. “I meant it as a compliment, baby. Feel free to organize the shit out of our house, just so long as you don’t mess with any of my computers.”

“You have no idea what you’ve just unleashed,” I warned.

He chuckled until we walked into my room and saw the custom shelves with decorative storage bins lining one wall. “Damn, I see a trip to one of those places that sells all this shit in my near future. Or maybe I can just hijack a shipment. You could probably find something to do with a whole truck worth of their stuff.”

“I really could.” I beamed a smile at him. “But for now, we can just load all of my bins into the bed of your truck, which will make packing so much easier.”

“Works for me.” He strode over and stacked four of them in his muscular arms, making me smile while I watched him head out of my room.

The thermostat was set low since no one was home, so I buttoned my coat up to my neck as I padded over to my closet to pack my clothes into suitcases, and I was almost done by the time he returned after grabbing the last batch of bins. “Dang, you’re quick.”

“What I am is motivated, baby.” He wrapped my hair around his fist and gently pulled my head back to claim my mouth. “Want to get you moved in so we can celebrate.”

“I like the sound of that.” I beamed a smile at him. “And I’m almost done. I just need to grab a few things from the kitchen before I’m ready to take my suitcases out to the truck.”

“I’ll bring these outside”—he jerked his chin toward my almost empty shelves—“and then I’ll come back for the bags.”

I rolled my eyes. “I’m perfectly capable of bringing them out to you.”

“Not when I’m around.” He dropped his hand to my belly. “And sure as fuck not when you could already be carrying my baby.”

Although we’d had tons of unprotected sex, it was way too soon to know if I was pregnant, so I wasn’t going to touch on that part. “They’re on wheels, Grey.”

“Doesn’t matter, firecracker.” He nudged me toward the door. “Go get your shit from the kitchen so I can grab the bags, and then we can get to the celebration part of our day.”

“Whatever,” I mumbled as I wandered toward the back of the house to find my favorite cookie cutters. I was digging in a drawer when there was a sound behind me. Assuming that Grey had come in to help me because he didn’t think I could carry stuff to my room from the kitchen, I heaved a deep sigh. “I swear, I’m not grabbing anything heavy. I’ve got this.”

“No, I’ve got you.”

My head jerked up at the unfamiliar, deep voice, and my eyes widened when I saw two guys in leather vests standing in front of me. I didn’t recognize either of them, and the patch read Iron Rogues instead of the Silver Saints. I sucked in a quick breath to scream, but the sound was captured by the palm of the biggest one when he slammed his hand over my mouth. Then he tossed me over his shoulder and carried me kicking and screaming out the back door while the other guy followed.

It was the second time I’d been kidnapped in a week, but it was the first time I was truly terrified.