Hero: Claimed (Brimstone Lords MC Book 5) by Sarah Zolton Arthur

Author:Sarah Zolton Arthur [Zolton Arthur, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

11.

Brinley

Things don’t make sense this morning. I roll those words around in my head over and over “Things’ll make sense in the morning.” But no, I can’t get them to. Levi holds me close, wrapped around me like I matter.

I look over to the half-drunk bottle of bourbon setting next to the television, then back down at Levi. That was a lot of alcohol consumed last night and shoot, I gave him my virginity last night. How different would the evening have gone if sans alcohol? He’d have taken one look at my lumpy body and laughed his fool head off.

The best night of my life would never have happened if he hadn’t been drinking. My heaven was his drunken roll in the sheets. As far as I know, he hadn’t gotten laid in a while—not since the night before he shoved naked woman from the room that first day I came to stay. Destini tried to get it on, but I’m sure he turned her down. The man’s hero complex is as strong as ever, meaning he wants this to work between us, but is he really going to run out to buy bourbon anytime he’s horny? Ugh! Insecurities suck. I want to know how he feels about me but I’m too scared to find out the answer. After last night, I couldn’t take the rejection if it turns out he regrets being with me. What I need to do is get out of here, to clear my head a little.

Levi shifts, moving his arm enough for me to slip out from the covers and off the bed. He shifts back, hugging the pillow I had my head on minutes ago. Still, he doesn’t wake up, allowing me to tiptoe into the bathroom to take a shower.

I start the water, turning the hot until it’s scalding. Only then, do I add the cold in, but just enough for my skin not to blister. I need to clean him from my skin. When I smell him, I remember every intimate way he touched my body and the ache sets in. I despise the ache. That reminder of how ridiculous it is for me to want things, in this case, it’s a chance at something special with Levi. Because the part of me that says maybe he really does like you, Brinley gets lost in the mire of a lifetime of cruel words and crueler behaviors. A lifetime of being judged for my outward appearance. A lifetime of being let down by the people who were supposed to love me. As the start of tears prickle the backs of my eyes, I scrub harder.

After re-sudsing the washcloth with the small, complimentary bar of soap, a certain intimate area of my body gets the cleaning to end all cleanings. Horrifyingly, there’s dried blood smeared on the inside of my thighs. Oh, holy God. Didn’t he clean there? Leave it to me to bleed more than other women. Who needs scalding hot water

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