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“They don’t have Snapple Apple!” I defend myself

“So you destroyed the store?” Hawk points to the cashier “This idiot was about to call the cops, Raven! If I hadn’t seen your car and stopped in to see what the fuck you were doing, you would probably be in handcuffs by now” He pulls his wallet out of his back pocket and tosses several hundred dollar bills on the counter “Clean it up That’s for whatever she destroyed”

Then he tosses“This is beneath you, Raven” His tone is calone—irl to have her heart broken? Well, you aren’t Get over it Bash has a daughter, deal with it He didn’t tell you? Maybe it was because you don’t act much older than his kid”

I jump to my feet, ready to smack him across his handsome face Instead his last words scrape over raw, eht to my heart

I burst into tears, hating ht

Chapter 15

Bash

I honestly can’t reirl I had sex with for the first time Everyone after her is just asI’ve done it a hundred times with just as many different females

But the first night I made love to Raven? I’ll remember thatht The taste of her lips—sith just a little bite of tartness—as I kissed her The sound of her sighs as I touched every inch of her body The feel of her nails clawing down e Every daraved in my mind …

It wasn’t easy to get the alone tiht like that Raven’s brothers were starting to notice the way Raven couldn’t help but look atit harder and harder to not let h my eyes when I looked at her too The memory of the kiss we had shared on her birthday—and every kiss since—kept my body on simmer with need for her

Spider was the only one who kneas going on It was crazy Dangerous I shouldn’t have involved my friend Not when Jet would beat his ass just as hard as he would mine if he found out Spider knew But I needed his help How else was I supposed to have the time I needed with Raven alone? I wanted her to decide if I orth keeping, and unless we had so to be able to decide

So with Spider keeping the entire club entertained with some new sheep down at the warehouse, I was at Raven’s house

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sp; Raven smirked atto explode if you don’t calm it down”

I tucked her in closer It was insane that I was nervous I doubted I was this anxious when I had lost inity at thirteen Here I was, twenty-six and about to e of a fucking heart attack Spider would never let me live this shit down if he ever found out I was such a pussy