All Chapters of Gentle Curves (Dangerous Curves 4): Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Chapter Nine

“No,” she said again. “It’s not that simple. What – King would have bodyguards follow me and Shane around for a few weeks? All Dad and Donovan would do was lay low until the bodyguards went away, then they’d make their move.”“Right.” Neil paused. “Yeah. I guess living under protection permanently isn’t an option.”“Nope.”“Well, what if this guy King sent his people to the MC clubhouse? Had them talk to your Dad and whoever makes the decisions?”“You mean negotiate?”“Yeah.”Mirrie almost laughed. “Yeah. No. Naomi told me that King actually negotiated with Trigger MacGee, the President of The Fallen Angels recently, and the guy went back on his word. Totally.”“So no way you can trust what The Fallen Angels say?”Mirrie thought about a woman named Gabi being buried alive after Trigger swore to King’s face that she was safe. “Uh, no. No way.”“So…” Neil shrugged, and decided to play devil’s advocate. “Maybe you’re right and it’s all hopeless.”“Yeah. It is.” She sighed a bit. “I can’t

Chapter Ten

Mac leaned against the bar at Dangerous Curves, staring at the pool tables as his friends chatted around him. To a casual observer, he was intently watching the games; in reality, he was gazing at nothing at all. He was thinking, and thinking hard.He’d been thinking hard all day, actually, ever since Mirrie had walked out of the café that morning. He’d let her go without a word – not wanting to push her or scare her – but that didn’t mean that he had any intention of letting her go for good. He’d lost her once, and he wasn’t letting that happen again. No goddamn way.The question, of course, was how to stop that from happening again. She’d been right about her asshole father and brother being threats. Mac knew almost as well as Mirrie what could and almost definitely would happen to her – and to Mac – if The Fallen Angels found out that she’d come clean about everything. And no fucking way Mac was letting those animals get their hands on her again. He’d die himself before that was go

Chapter Eleven

Jax shifted his attention to Mac now, not without misgivings. Mac was one of his closest friends, sure, but he was also dismissive of anything even remotely approaching a romantic commitment. Mercilessly, he teased and tormented Jax about Sarah, and King about Naomi, and Aidan about Gabi, and as the last single man standing in the group, he seemed happy as hell to be that way. The thought of what Mac might have to say about an engagement and marriage made Jax tense up even before the other man had opened his mouth.Mac stared at Jax, amazed and envious at what he’d found with Sarah. Jax, Curves’ most notorious man-whore ever – except for Mac himself, maybe – was so in love with that woman, he was going to promise her forever. Mac was shocked to discover that all he wanted was the chance to offer that exact thing to Mirrie… but at the moment, he had no fucking clue how to even get her to talk to him.“Congratulations, man,” Mac said gruffly, pushing aside his anger and loss. He stepped

Chapter Twelve

Mac hesitated. “I can’t tell you everything, guys.”“How come?” King said.“Because it involves someone else. I don’t want you to know about them and their part in it all.”“Then no go,” Aidan said. He turned to the door, and reached for the handle.Mac started. “Wait! That’s it? You won’t tell me what you have?”“Nope.” Aidan shook his shaggy blond head. “No fucking way.”“Why?”Aidan turned back to face him. “I don’t hand out my secret weapons of mass destruction without knowing what they’re being used for.”Mac grinned a bit at that. “So it’s a nuclear option, huh?”“You’re goddamn right.” Aidan paused, decided to act on his hunch. “Is she worth going nuclear over?”Mac jumped about two feet in the air. “How’d you know…”Aidan shrugged. “A wild guess. So I was right? This is about a woman?”Mac sighed, and sat down heavily on the sofa. “Yeah.”His friends moved closer, intrigued. They’d known Mac for just over five years, off-and-on. He’d been a Curves regular for a while, then he’

Chapter Thirteen

Jax and Mac cursed simultaneously, and King grinned at Aidan. He knew this, of course, since he’d been in the room when Aidan had hit Ace with his knowledge of that information. “Jesus Christ,” Mac said in a strangled voice. “Yeah, that’s fucking nuclear, man. How’d you figure it out?”Aidan shrugged. “He had a serious and long-term relationship with a local business owner, and they met here at Curves sometimes. Used the back rooms for their… encounters.”“Really?” Mac racked his brains, trying to think who Ace might have been with at Curves. “Who was the boyfriend?”“The guy owns a café, and Ace paid him off to keep his mouth shut. Anyway, the point is, it’s all true, and it’s what I threatened Ace with when The Fallen Angels took Gabriela. After that, Ace couldn’t be helpful enough.”“I can imagine.” Jax was still shocked. “If those boys knew that their VP was gay, they’d skin him alive, and that’s just for starters.”“For damn sure,” Aidan said with great satisfaction. “Me, I have

Chapter Fourteen

Three days later, Mirrie dragged herself to work at The Web Café for the seven a.m. shift. She both felt and looked like hell and she knew it: she’d barely slept or eaten since running into Shane at the art centre event. She thought about him constantly; she saw him everywhere; she longed for him in a way that kicked the breath right out of her. God, she missed him.Memories washed over her now: Shane visiting her in the hospital after that brutal beating, on the pretext of ‘checking her over’, but really, just to see her. Shane sneaking her favorite white chocolate chip cookies past the nurses and doctors; Shane holding her up as she took her first shaky steps; Shane finally asking her to dinner, after a gentle six-month dance of flirtation and unwavering belief in her. Shane kissing her, undressing her, carefully running those large hands over every inch of her fragile body. Shane lying next to her after making love, stroking her face, whispering that she was the strongest, bravest

Chapter Fifteen

“Babe?” Spider echoed, delighted. “Oooh. I need to hear this.”“Don’t you ‘babe’ me,” Mirrie hissed. “And get the fuck out of here.”Spider stared at her, astonished. “Why are you swearing at the hot man?”“Yeah,” Shane said, still grinning. “Why are you?” “Get. Out. Now.”“Nuh-uh.” Mac gestured at the coffee that Spider was pouring. “I’m a paying customer.”“He’s getting that to go, Spider,” Mirrie said, ignoring Shane completely.“No, he’s not, Spider.” Mac eyed the pastries piled up in front of him. “Wow. Those smell good. Fresh-baked?”“Yep,” Spider said. “I made ‘em myself this morning. You want something?”“Sure do,” Mac said. “Maybe a few croissants? And a blueberry muffin and… ummm, let’s see… those white chocolate chip cookies look amazing.” He glanced at Mirrie, remembering how much she loved sweet stuff. “Three of those.”“To stay, I assume?” Spider asked.“Uh-huh.” Mac wandered over to a table next to the window. “I ain’t going nowhere.”“OK,” Spider said. “I’ll bring you

Chapter Sixteen

“Are you sure they’d still care?” Spider asked softly. “I mean, yeah. Four years ago, they were still pissed about you walking away from them, but so much time has passed since then. Don’t you think that maybe they’ve just forgotten about you? About both of you?”Mirrie stared at him, totally incredulous. “Do you know anything about MC members?”Spider shrugged and lowered his eyes. “Yeah. A bit.”“Well, one thing you clearly don’t know is that MC’s never ever forget a slight or let go of a grudge. There’s no such thing as a statute of limitations with these kinds of guys, OK? Four years is like four minutes to them, trust me.”Spider was silent. “Spider, please.” Mirrie fought to keep her voice steady. “Please get him out of here. It’s not safe for him or for me. Please… help me.”“Yeah, alright.” He narrowed his eyes at her. “I’ll help you.”“God, thank you.” The relief was immense as it washed over her. “So let’s go and ask him to leave…”“No.” Spider snapped out the word. “No, th

Chapter Seventeen

Four hours later, Mac was steadily working his way through yet another towering pile of pastries. He had the definite feeling that he’d need to double down on his workouts for the next month to make up for this calorie-bomb of a day.He sipped his fifth cup of coffee, and watched Mirrie and Spider behind the counter. They were talking quietly, but he didn’t think it was about him. In fact, he was sure that Mirrie hadn’t breathed a word about him since she’d come out of the back room. God knows, she hadn’t breathed a word to him.To Mac’s utter shock, she wasn’t shooting daggers at him with her gorgeous eyes. She wasn’t muttering under her breath or huffing every time he went up to the counter and asked her for something. She hadn’t dragged him into the staff room for a knock-down argument, hadn’t ordered his ass out of her place of work, hadn’t shown one flash of ire.No, she was very polite but distant, as if he were a total stranger instead of the man who’d seen her through a severe

Chapter Eighteen

Then she just left him, left him alone. Just walked away without a word, left a screaming, gaping black hole in the middle of his world. And for the first time in his life, Mac had understood what Royce had gone through when he'd lost Mac's mother. It made Mac feel sorry for his father, in a strange way. It made him understand the man, maybe just a little bit.He drank some coffee now, and stared at Mirrie bustling around the café, still marveling at all the outward changes. Not that he minded them, not at all. Yeah, he’d loved her all-natural beauty from before, her flowing blonde hair and her loose clothes, but she looked incredible now too. He lingered on her face piercings, zeroed in on the one in her lip. He longed to give it a gentle tug with his teeth, to run his tongue around it as he kissed her. He wanted to clench his hands in her brightly-dyed hair, lick the tattoo on her neck as he stared deep into those incredible eyes, and thrust inside her hot little body.And speaking

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