Page 43 of Dirty Secrets

“Talking from experience?” I retorted, making Beckett laugh.

“Yeah, Dad. Mom walks all over you.”

“Your mother’s let me do a lot of things to her over the years, she earned it,” he smirked, making Beckett gag. I laughed, hoping one day I’d have the kind of love him and his friends shared with Rory.

They acted like teenagers half the time, still craving each other like the honeymoon faze never left.

They weren’t perfect, but they had the strongest love I’d ever seen, and I wanted that.

I finished my cigarette and stood, knowing I needed to leave before it caused problems. They didn’t mind me hanging around, but only if I stayed out of the way.

It might have seemed like Beckett was just stabbing someone for fun, but it was Psychos’ business of some kind. She was working.

“I’ll see myself out.”

“Didn’t Reid drop you off?” Beckett asked with a frown, and I shrugged.

“Yeah, but I can walk. Logan can probably come and get me since he’s got the Challenger.”

“Why did they switch cars today?”

“Raven had Reid’s and we dropped Logan off to her. She wanted some space,” I said dryly, knowing it was more than that.

“If you want to wait, we can drop you off on the way to the docks?”

Slash gave her a dirty look, so I shook my head. “It’s fine. I’ll see you later.”

I headed outside, waving goodbye to Tyler, who was still pacing on the phone, and I pulled my phone out to call Logan. He answered, sounding annoyed. “Hey, man. What’s up?”

“You feel like picking me up from Ashburn?”

“I guess. Where’s Reid?”

“He’s with Riley somewhere. I’ve just left the Psychos’ shed. Are you still with Rae? Is she okay?”

“She’s fine. Glaring at me from across the car as we speak,” he grumbled, cursing after a second. “Hey! Watch the road, stop hitting me!”

“She’s driving?”

“Yeah. Driving me up the wall.” She obviously hit him again because he cursed at her just as the phone cut out.

Hopefully, they were coming to get me.

It wasn’t too long before I heard the Challenger, and Logan climbed out with a scowl. “You’re up front with her.”

“Okay,” I said slowly, watching him climb into the back before I got into his vacated seat, giving Raven a smile. “What did he do to you?”

“We’re just disagreeing on things,” she muttered, relaxing slightly as I dropped my hand to her thigh and gave her a reassuring squeeze.

“You can hang out with me for the rest of the day, if you want.”

Logan reached between the seats and swatted at my arm, trying to dislodge my hand from Raven’s leg. “Why do you have to touch her all the time?”

“Because I like touching her,” I said lightly, grinning when Raven’s cheeks flushed a little.

Would Logan and Reid beat my ass if I got with her? Absolutely.

Totally worth it though, and I wondered if her body would flush all over if I put my mouth on her.