Unbreakable (Highway Reapers Motorcycle Club Book 2) (7 page)

“Wow,” Ella said, and he felt as well as heard that contented wonder that filled her voice. With her laying on top of him, he felt like she was a part of him. Her warm breath blew across his chest, and he could feel her heart beat against him. This was almost more intimate than the sex itself. They lay there so long he wondered if she had fallen asleep. He was relaxed and content, but he didn’t feel sleepy. It was only after a long while had gone by that he noticed he hadn’t responded to what she’d said. True it hadn’t been a question or something that required a response, but he should have said something.

What was he… a girl? He didn’t think there had ever been a time when he second guessed any and every thought that came to him, and he wasn’t sure he liked that at all. Her breathing was even, and she’d grown relaxed against him. Taking the time to enjoy the way she felt laying on top of him like a human blanket, he decided he was going to find pleasure in this moment and not think about all the rest. They had the funds to pay their debts, they were both well fucked, and whatever the day brought tomorrow couldn’t be worse than what they’d been through during all of their yesterdays.

CHAPTER SIX

Ella was hotter than she could ever remember being before, and she smiled before she’d even opened her eyes. Laying across Tyson’s chest after the best orgasms she’d ever experienced in her life was like using knock out drops, apparently. She didn’t recall another time where she’d fallen asleep right after sex… weren’t there jokes about people who did that?

She knew he was sleeping by the way his steady, even breathing made his chest rise and fall under her cheek. It was hard to see his face from the position she was in, and she wanted to look at him as he lay vulnerable and see how sexy he looked in his sleep, but she also wanted to go to the bathroom. The impulse buy to get this room had sprung out of the need to share her good news with him, and she couldn’t wait to get back to his place. Two hundred and seventy two thousand dollars. She didn’t think she’d ever seen that much money at one time that was legally hers. The moment it came to Tyson that she wanted to pay his debts with that money was one of the best things that had happened. Ella knew she didn’t have to do it, but then maybe Tyson would see that he meant something to her and know how sorry she was for lying to him about why she was introduced into his life.

She didn’t know how this was going to end, but she would try her hardest to stick with Tyson for as long as she could. They were good together. She wasn’t sure how he felt about it, and she didn’t feel comfortable asking him because now it may seem like she was saying he had to be with her because she’d gotten him out of a jam. Her thoughts must have been loud or maybe it was because she was staring at him so hard because his eyes popped open and he lay there looking at her.

“Good morning,” she said not knowing how to behave as she got caught staring at him.

“Is it morning?” he replied.

She really didn’t know if it were morning or not, but it was at least the middle of the night, because It was dark outside. Her phone was somewhere in the room, but she hadn’t wanted to get up and look for it when she woke to find Tyson looking like he needed to be explored. Ella stood up and enjoyed Tyson watching her walk across the room.

“It’s only midnight. I thought it was much later than that,” she admitted. Maybe they could go for another round of hot sex, take a shower, and order in. That sounded like something spectacular because she was starving.

“We have to get going,” Tyson got up and went into the bathroom but continued to talk to her from behind the door. “I have to see someone, and it may not be too late to do it tonight.”

“Do you have to do it now? We have a luxury hotel room, and we haven’t come close to getting our money’s worth.” Ella was trying not to pout, but she wanted more. They hadn’t really talked about what it was they were doing together, and as far as she knew, he could be ready to split from her as soon as he had his debts paid off. Not that she would blame him; being hooked up to a woman with a criminal past and a penchant for lying was probably not something he’d want for the long haul. She wanted to use the time they had together to make memories for when they were apart, which would probably be the rest of her life.

He came out of the bathroom, and he had made good with the supplies they had in there. Tyson walked over to where she sat slumped on the couch and sat down next to her.

“What’s the matter?”

Ella wanted to be happy-go-lucky and have the jovial outlook that Tyson was now wearing on his face, but she didn’t know if she could. The end was coming, and she was just feeling sad, but she would die before she would ask him to stay with her or try to find out what was going on in his mind.

“Nothing. I was just having a good time, and I wanted to enjoy this room a bit more, but I understand if you have somewhere you need to be.” She knew she sounded like a sullen baby, but she couldn’t help it. It felt like if they left this room and did what they had to do, the magic would be over, and she would be back on her own. He hadn’t said that, but he hadn’t said much at all about how he wanted this to go or what he wanted afterwards.

He looked at her so long, she wondered if she’d just thought she’d spoken, but the words just were rattling around in her mind.

“Let’s look at the menu and order a feast. I did want to go somewhere tonight, but it can wait until tomorrow. You deserve a night to relax, eat, and be pampered, and by pampered I mean fucked within an inch of your life. Since we had the last, part you should get the first part as well.”

Ella hoped she didn’t look as pleased and excited as she felt because that would have been embarrassing, but the look on his face had to resemble hers.

“Tell me what you’re in the mood for.” He went to get the large menu that resembled something you’d see in a fancy restaurant. She watched him bring it over as he skimmed over the selections. She reached for his belt loops and pulled him toward her.

“I’m in the mood for more of your cock.”

He laughed and pulled her up into his arms. Tyson’s natural scent was more erotic than any cologne, but tonight it hit her more forcefully. Maybe all that sex had her senses on hyper drive, or maybe she was just more sensitive right now. Either way, she wanted to taste, suck, and bite every inch of skin on his body. That was saying a lot for a woman with her appetite.

“And you will get as much of that as you want, but I know you have to be hungry. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone pack away as much food as you do, but lately you haven’t been eating much,” he said into her hair but then pulled back to look into her face. “That was a compliment, by the way.”

“I wouldn’t take it any other way.” She knew she ate a lot, and she knew she was thin so people always marveled over how much she ate. It was a good thing she had a high metabolism.

He let her sit down, and he sat next to her while they figured out what to eat and shooed her into the bathroom after helping her get the bubbles into the large whirlpool tub. This night might even be better than she thought, and that was unbelievable in and of itself.

***

She’d been in the bathroom so long, she wondered what he’d been doing without her, but she found him staring at the money on the bed. Looking at all those big bills like they were the most beautiful art he’d ever seen in the world, he sat there looking like her favorite wet dream. His shirt was off and his pants were unsnapped, but he was decent… unfortunately. She knew what it was like being overwhelmed by a lot of money, and they didn’t even blink when she’d asked for it all in cash.

A new addition to the room had been added since she’d been relaxing in the large tub. There was a decently sized dinner table in the middle of the room, and it was filled with all of the food they ordered. She probably shouldn’t have been the one to help with the order because it looked like they could feed a small colony of people with the amount of food they’d purchased.

“Are you ready to eat?” Tyson closed the suitcase full of money before he got up from the bed and walked over to join her at the table.

She didn’t think she would be able to find the words to describe what was going on inside of her. Overwhelmed with emotions, she didn’t know what to do with herself. Life was getting ready to be exciting. After they did what they needed to do with the money, they’d have a bit left over, and she’d spent her time in the tub thinking about the life she would lead after this. She was getting out of that one bedroom filth bag she rented with the shared bathroom and would get herself something a bit more private.

She looked up at Tyson and remembered that he’d asked her a question. “When am I not ready to eat?”

When they had all their food served up and ready to eat, she just couldn’t let it go any longer. Whether he shot her down and told her it was none of her business, or if he stood up and started a slow clap, Ella was going to have to figure out where they stood.

“It’s funny how the tides turn,” she said as she watched him inhale his food, “yesterday we were just trying to find a way out of this mess, and today we’re free and clear.”

He studied her as she put a bite of the succulent roast beef with cheddar mashed potatoes in her mouth, and he looked at her so long she wondered if she had food on her face.

“Sometimes I wonder how I get into the things I get into, but there are times it is amazing how I get out of them. You were sent to be my undoing, but they sent me a woman to answer my prayers.”

She knew he was just talking about the money, but the look on his face as he did it was somewhat overwhelming. Ella wanted that look to mean he valued her in the same way he valued his exit from debt.

“So what are you going to do now that you’re a free man?” Ella wanted to know the answer to that more than she wanted to know almost anything, but she was trying to keep this conversation light.

“I don’t really know yet.” Tyson looked at his plate and moved the little amounts of food around with his fork. “After settling the loose ends, I think I’ll take a mini vacation and figure out what I want to do with this life I have. See if I can stay out of trouble for a few minutes.”

“Staying out of trouble would be a good thing… for both of us. I just want this whole thing to be over and to have the fresh start I thought I was going to get when I got out of prison.”

She didn’t know what she’d said to make the smile on his face whittle away to nothing and have a serious look settle in, but she wished she could take it back.

There wasn’t much said during the remainder of the meal, but she didn’t mind that much because she was thoroughly enjoying it. They topped it off with a fresh strawberry platter and sweet cream that had been slightly sweetened and whipped into firm thick peaks. This would have been even better if she could have decorated Tyson’s body with the cream and then licked it off at her leisure, but it didn’t look like he was in the mood for that, so she just ate most of the tray of strawberries and most of the cream.

When they were done, he brought her over to the bed, and she was expecting dessert in the form of his hot cock and all the wonderful things it could do. Unfortunately, he crawled up to nestle her against him and didn’t say a word. She wondered what he was up to, but she didn’t want to say anything as he had been pensive at the table. She’d give him a few more minutes, and then she’d jump his bones.

***

Tyson didn’t think she’d ever go to sleep, but he couldn’t rest until the deed with Bruce was over. Slowly he disengaged his arms from Ella, and her breathing pattern only changed for a second. She had to be tired just from the emotional chaos they’d been through the last few days.

He looked around the room and found the suitcase full of money. Tyson knew she’d told him how much she’d won and he remembered that she would have about ten grand after all was said and done. He thought about leaving a note, but was horrified by the thought that she would come and try to help, so he decided against it.

Counting out the ten thousand, he placed it on the side table and looked down at Ella. She was beautiful and deserved a brand new chance at life. He could hear in her voice how much she longed to stay out of trouble and walk the straight and narrow path of her idea of the non-criminal citizen, and he wished her the best of luck with that. What he didn’t know is if he could be a part of that world with her. He’d been on the edge of illegal activity for so long, he didn’t know if he could exist in the world Ella was trying to create for herself. Just watching her talk about what she wanted for her future made him apprehensive about where he fit in with her even though the more he was with her, the more he wanted to be around her.

She drew in a big breath and released it on a sexy sigh. Wanting to be with her for his sake is what he wanted to do, but her giving nature made him rethink it. She was going to pay off his enormous debt and her small one, and he’d never once heard a warning of not to do it again or a complaint that she had to give so much of her money for him. Ella had taken it in stride like that is what was supposed to happen. She deserved someone better than him… someone not as jaded and cynical, but damned if he didn’t want her sweet wholesome nature wrapped around him twenty- four/seven.

He quietly turned, left the hotel room, and wondered if he’d ever see her again. Fucking around with the Highway Reapers was always an event, and he knew in his heart that she would want to come along with him. Ella needed to stay far away from the men who would use her for what they could only to throw her away when they were done.
Isn’t that what you’re doing?
When that question popped up in his mind, he denied that thought so hard he shook his head in the empty elevator. The trip to the ground floor had taken longer than when he’d gone up, but that was probably because every second was taking him further and further away from the woman he’d have never found if it weren’t for the bunch of jackasses he was getting ready to deal with.