Wicked Secrets: A Dark Mafia Romance (Ashby Crime Family Book 5) by KB Winters

Author:KB Winters [Winters, KB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBoyfriends Publishing Inc
Published: 2023-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Savannah

“If you don’t relax, everyone will think I’ve kidnapped you.” Charlie’s dark brows knitted together in a worried frown as his gray gaze darted around the Chinese restaurant.

I let out a bland laugh and stared back, one brow arched. “They wouldn’t be too off the mark.” Though I guessed that wasn’t true anymore. Charlie had fattened me up enough that the size six clothes his mom brought over no longer hung off my body, and gone was the gaunt, sunken cheeks that had stared back at me in the mirror for months. My ribs hardly hurt at all and the bruises that still stuck around were mostly a disgusting shade of yellow.

“Don’t worry, Charlie, they aren’t paying that much attention to us.” That was why it was so easy to grab women off the streets. A person could stare right at you without seeing any significant detail they could recall later.

Another lesson from dear old dad.

Charlie sat back, a knowing smile on his face. “Kidnap? Fairly sure I rescued you, Princess, so they should see a hero.”

He was a hero, dammit, even if he was a reluctant one. “The only thing you’re missing is a cape. And tights.” His body was pretty fit, lean and wiry, and now I was thinking of Charlie in body hugging tights.

“Wouldn’t go with my kutte though, would it?”

I shrugged. “They do make leather tights if you’re in search of a new look. I hear that eighties fashion is making a comeback.”

“Pass.” He took a sip of beer and nodded at the sparkling water in my own glass. “Ready to grab some food?”

I was starving. The withdrawals were behind me and it was like my stomach was trying to catch up on months of food deprivation. “The waiter can’t come soon enough. I’m starved.”

Charlie chuckled and stood up, extending his hand to me. “This,” he motioned around the restaurant decorated in casual fine dining Asian décor, “is a Chinese buffet, Princess. That means you serve yourself but in exchange for that, you can eat as much as you want.”

Laughter sparkled in his eyes and I hated that my smile came automatically, as big and bright as his own.

“Princess? In case you haven’t noticed, I’m more like the Princess’ poor enslaved stepsister. But I’ve never eaten at a buffet before and right now I can eat plenty, so lead the way Biker Boy.”

“Biker Boy?” His lips twitched with humor and I laughed.

“It’s better than princess, not to mention much closer to the truth.” I motioned toward the back half of the restaurant where I could now see the rows of food under heat lamps. “Starving ex-princess here.”

He laughed, and I swear I was becoming addicted to the sound. Addicted to him. Who knew bikers laughed so often or had such great, rich laughs that burrowed under a girl’s skin and made her think of things she shouldn’t, like sex and fun and orgasms? Especially after the shit I’d gone through.

And yet, here I am.

“You can

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