Mag-log in“We have money we saved up for it, yeah,” I said.I watched the guys look around the table at one another, and I knew what they were thinking.“Oh no, please don’t do that. You guys have done enough for me.”“Sofia. I can’t put them off any longer,” Jane said.“We aren’t thinking anything,” Matteo answer.“Yes, you are because I know you guys and don’t look around the table at each other like that. It’s not allowed.”“And since when did you become the boss of us?” Michael asked.“Since the five of you slipped into my life and made me give a damn about you,” I said.I felt their eyes hot on my skin as I stood from my seat and I walked over to the front door and unleashed the anxious crowd, seeing them all pile into the bar. I turned around and saw the guys staring me down as I walked up to the bar, a healthy glow tinting my cheeks.“So? How’d the conversation go?” Jane asked.“Perfect,” I said as I eyed them closely. “The conversation was perfect.”After my days work, I met the twins f
Mike leaned forward slightly, his voice cutting through the tension at the table.“Should I start?” he asked, his tone carrying that usual edge of authority and Matteo shook his head almost immediately, lifting a hand as if to slow things down.“Maybe not, let me handle this,” he said calmly before turning his attention to me and his gaze softened just a little.“Sofia, you look beautiful tonight.”I exhaled sharply, already feeling the weight of whatever conversation they were trying to have.“Can we skip the compliments and get to the point?” I said, folding my arms.“Told you,” Michael muttered under his breath, a smirk tugging at his lips.Luca shifted closer, his expression more serious than I’d ever seen it and he reached for my hand, gently threading his fingers through mine like he was grounding himself as much as me.“We just… want to know how you’ve been feeling since the last time we were together,” he said carefully, choosing each word like it mattered.My stomach tightene
“Are you okay?” Jane asked, glancing over at me as we prepped the bar for opening and I paused for a second before answering. “Yeah… why?”She gave me a look. “Because last night was a complete mess with your mother.”I let out a dry laugh. “Yeah… well, this afternoon wasn’t much better.”Her brows shot up. “Seriously? What did she do this time?”I shrugged, wiping down the counter a little harder than necessary.“Nothing new just the same attitude and bullshit she always say but I think I finally figured out why she’s been acting like this, so I called her out on it.”Jane leaned against the bar, curious. “Alright. Let’s hear it, what’s your theory?”I exhaled slowly. “I think she’s jealous of me. It started with the Steele brothers for sure but it’s more than that.She’s jealous that I’m actually trying to build something for myself and something she never had the opportunity to do.”Jane tilted her head. “She had you and that counts for something.”I shot her a look. “You’ve met my
I knew the guys had been trying to reach me all weekend and my phone had lit up more times than I could count with calls, messages and missed notifications stacking on top of each other but I ignored every single one of them.I just wasn’t in the headspace to deal with any of it not with the emotions, confusion and the way they made me feel.So I told Jane I’d see her after the weekend, then I shut myself away and stayed in my room.My mother came and went like nothing had happened between us and she hadn’t screamed those things at me and humiliated me in front of everyone and honestly? That made it worse.While she drifted in and out of the house, I kept myself busy by packing.Box after box including clothes, shoes and random belongings I’d accumulated over the years and I shoved everything into suitcases and storage bins, hauling them downstairs then loading them into my car as quickly as I could.I didn’t care if the loft wasn’t ready and I didn’t care if it was dusty, broken, or
“One shot of whiskey, coming up,” I said and I went to take the money from her before her hand came down on top of mine.“I want just want to have a conversation with my daughter,” she said and her eyes held onto mine as a look came over them. A mixture of maybe emptiness and curiosity but then I wasn’t sure what deck of cards my mother was playing with tonight and I didn’t smell any booze on her breath.I looked over at Jane who was watching the entire exchange and she nodded her head to urge me on. “Okay,” I said.I poured my mother’s shot and slid it to her as I cashed her out. I handed her a wad of money back that she stuck in her pocket then she threw the bitter whiskey back. She swallowed deep and grimaced hard, really making a show of it as she wiggled her tits.I rolled my eyes as the men around her stared.“Another,” she said. “So much for that conversation,” I said, murmuring.Shot after shot was fed to her and each time she made a show of paying me like she wanted to show t
It took a couple of days for the money from the boys to hit my account finally but once it did, I made a call to my bank and informed them I had money to use to pay down the loan and they took care of it for me.Once I was done with that phone call, Jane and I had only twenty thousand dollars we owed between the two of us for our building and I knew I would get a phone call from her the moment the notification of payment went through.I was excited because never in my life had I felt so hopeful about my life.All the biker brothers wanted me and they were helping me pursue my dreams, now I officially owned the site that would become my clothing store and my next home soon. I went upstairs to get ready for work and grinned when I heard my phone ring. I knew that would be Jane but I couldn’t wait to tell her the good news.“Well hello there, beautiful girl,” I said.“What the fuck is this?” Jane asked. “What is what?” I asked playing innocent.“It says a two-hundred-thousand-dollar paym
I cursed under my breath for not having any of the brothers’ numbers.It had been days since any of them showed up at the bar not since that damn phone call and the silence was starting to get to me.The longer they stayed away, the heavier the unease in my chest became. Tension in town had been b
“Jane!Please I need two more beers while you’re down there!”“What kind?”“The two shots, make one strong and the other stronger . “Got them coming!”Tonight, the bar was fully fucking packed and people were just pouring in and, for the first time in the bar’s history, there was a line out the dam
A good job with me? Oh, no. I did a fucking good job with her.“I’m sure it goes something like that,” Michael said.Jane looked over at me, a grin crossing her cheeks as she tried to stifle her giggle but my mother was so entranced with their young ages and their dazzling blue eyes that she wasn’t
“The Biker Brothers, the five guys that ride with the Road Warriors?Black hair? Blue eyes?”“Couple of them twins?” she asked, yes. Those guys.”“I don’t know them, but I know their president is Adam Hunt. They’re right up her alley, aren’t they?” she asked.“Not helping. Though, the oldest the br







