Total pages in book: 33
Estimated words: 30245 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 151(@200wpm)___ 121(@250wpm)___ 101(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 30245 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 151(@200wpm)___ 121(@250wpm)___ 101(@300wpm)
“Please,” I beg him, looking into those dark eyes. Those orbs filled with need and desire. He wants this as much as I do, and it gives me the confidence to finally voice my needs. “Please, let me forget. Make me forget. I want to think about nothin’ else but ye.”
“We’re leavin’,” he says suddenly.
Dropping me to my feet, Tye takes my hand and leads me out to the party. He announces to everyone that we’re off, but he doesn’t wait for the goodbyes. He practically drags me to his bike.
“We didn’t say goodbye,” I mumble when he hands me the helmet I wore yesterday when we arrived here.
“Aye,” he responds. “They’ll understand. It’s time I took ye to my home.”
I look at him in surprise. “I thought you lived here.”
He helps me onto the bike, and I wrap myself around him. I have a feeling he isn’t going to be riding slow.
“If ye decide ye want this,” Tye says as he glances at me from over his shoulder, “ye’ll have to live with me. I won’t let ye out of my sight.”
I don’t have time to reply, because he starts the engine, which rumbles to life, and soon, we’re pulling out onto the road that leads us back into Belfast. I hold on tight, and I know that no matter what happens from now on, I’ll always have Tye.
NINE
EININ
Walking into his home feels like coming to a place I longed for. It’s as if I had seen it in my dreams time and again, and now, it’s a reality. When I was younger, I would imagine what it would be like to have Tye love me, to be with him forever. There wasn’t a moment in my life I didn’t want to share with him.
He was my best friend.
We shared everything. All those secrets you would usually write in a diary, I told him. But I kept one of the biggest things from him—my feelings. I knew if I told him, he would appease me because he never wanted to see me sad. I didn’t want that. Instead, I dreamt of the moment when he would be the one to confess first. Granted, I thought it was a teenage fantasy. A silly thought I put out of my mind. It was only in the dead of night, lying in my bed, when I pondered what it would feel like to have him be my first kiss or my first everything.
And, for the most part, he was.
Now all I’m hoping is that he’ll be my last.
There isn’t another man for me. Tye is it. He’s always been it. Even though all these years have passed, I don’t feel nervous.
He leaves me for a short moment, and I wander around the lounge. It’s comfortable, with manly colours of brown and grey. What I do notice, though, is that there aren’t any soft touches, like cushions or throws. There isn’t a woman in his life. I can’t stop the smile that pulls at my lips.
He didn’t move on. The same as me. That fills me with warmth. He is mine, and I was always meant to be his. Time was stolen from us, and we have a lot of making up to do.
“Come here,” he says with a smile, and I turn to find him right behind me.
Gently, he scoops me up into his strong arms, and I’ve never felt so safe before. He walks us down a hall that leads to his bedroom. Just like the lounge, it’s stark. There aren’t any photos or any personal touches.
“Do you live here? Or just sleep here?” I ask when he sets me down on my feet.
He looks around, taking in the space as I am. “I’ve never felt like anywhere was home. Even though the club is basically like family to me, this place has never felt warm.”
“Why?” I’m curious. My gaze is focused on his expression. There’s a flicker of something there, and when he looks at me, my heart stutters.
“Because I never thought of any one place as home. It was always ye.” He steps towards me. “Ye, my sweet girl, have been my home since I first met ye. I just didn’t have the balls to tell ye before. And this room was just a place to sleep. I’ve felt lost for a long time, Einin.”
My breath catches in my throat at his sweet words. My pulse is erratic at his confession. I wasn’t expecting it. But I find I’m smiling.
“I’ve had rough days, Tye,” I tell him earnestly. “I didn’t think I’d make it. Most of the time, I wondered if I’d live through the day or night.”
“Ye’re safe now.” He cups my cheek, a gentle touch that warms me as he skims his thumb over my lips. “And I’m never lettin’ ye out of my sight.”