STRAIGHT TO ME: The Rippers MC (The Rippers MC Series Book 1) by Emily Catlow

Author:Emily Catlow [Catlow, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-31T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

VP

Check-in is easy with only hand luggage. Mads has been shaky since leaving the clubhouse and I doubt it’s just her fear of flying. Rocco frightens her, and for the fucking life of me, I can’t understand why he’s so hung up about it.

Perhaps the fact I’ve never had a serious relationship? Not like this one anyway. Maybe he thinks it’ll make me soft.

I would never admit it to the club, but I know I’ve devoted all my free time to her lately, slacking in my duties with them. I just can’t get enough of her.

Call me dumb. Call me crazy. But she’s fast become my reason for breathing, my escape in this world I navigate.

The shit bubbling under the cracks with the Sodom Saviours will spill over eventually, and for right or wrong, being with Mads makes all that other shit seem less volatile. Not that I’d ever let her know just how on tenterhooks things really are. She’d only worry if she knew our enemies were trying to expand.

Word of my trip had made it to Australia somehow, so I had no choice but to meet with one of our European members recently. We were certain no one knew dates exactly, but due to our securing the port down south, Saviours would inevitably push back against us somehow.

If I didn’t feel the need to keep her close and keep her safe, I would have made this trip alone. Can’t let Rocco scare her off either.

Once we land, there’ll be no sightseeing or venturing far, we’ll stay with the club. Get business done and get home. It’s not an ideal first trip to Australia for her, but I won’t risk her leaving my side.

Mads yawns next to me, rubbing her eyes with the palms of her hands. Maybe my revelation of how I’d hurt an old member last night had unnerved her. But she seemed to have accepted it better than I ever could have hoped for. She was more worried about my safety than her own.

Because she loves me.

I get her to her seat where she slumps down, already looking exhausted. We’re sat near the back of the plane, conveniently close to the toilet. She sighs, relieved when she sees how close they are. She told me she once tripped on someone’s foot, crashing to the floor and bloodying her nose the last time she flew. I couldn’t help but laugh. That small, clumsy part of her that I love so much is exactly the kind of escape I mean.

Her ridiculous fears are like breaths of fresh air to me.

A little old lady sits next to Mads. She’s already got her eyes shut, clearly not bothered about the flight unlike my girl.

Having strapped herself in, Mads grabs her bag off the floor. “Where are they?” she mumbles to herself.

“What are you looking for?”

“The headphones Jess let me borrow. I’m sure I put them near the top.”

Her bag is packed very neatly, everything accessible in the order she’ll need it.

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