The Biker's Fate Chapter 573

After calling the night a little short, I drove us all home and Louisa and I helped Huck into her condo. He was feeling no pain, and I couldn't stop a smile as he limped his way over to Louisa's sofa.

"How many of those edibles did he take?" Louisa asked.

"Two," he said.

"Okay, two," I confirmed.

He grinned. "There's two left in the bag."

"You took four?" I squeaked, then chuckled. "Well, no wonder you're flying high."

"You're so pretty."

"Thank you." I stroked his cheek. "Are you in pain?"

"I have no idea." He grinned, slinking deeper into the sofa. "You know, I'm gonna fuckin' marry you, Daisy."

"Oh, yeah?"

He tugged me onto his lap.

"Watch your knee," I warned.

"I'm good." He wrapped his arms around me. "Totally gonna put a ring on it."

"Okay, honey. Can't wait."

"Why is he acting so weird?" Louisa asked. "Did he O.D.?"

"I don't think it's possible to O.D. on weed." I grinned. "He just O.G.'d."

"What does that mean?"

"Over gummied."

Louisa sighed. "Well, I'm going to bed. You guys have fun."

She walked down the hall, and I focused on Huck. "I'm gonna go. Can you get yourself back to your room, or do you need help?"

"I absolutely need help." He gave me a squeeze. "Especially if we get naked while you do that."

"And risk you destroying your knee any further?" I challenged. "I don't think so."

He slid a finger down my cheek. "You always think about other people before yourself, don't you?"

"I try to."

"Prettiest girl I ever met. And I don't just mean looks, Daisy."

"I think that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me."

"I doubt that," he countered. "You probably just weren't listening."

I sighed. "Maybe not."

I moved to get off his lap, but Huck held me a little tighter. "Don't leave just yet."

"Huck, you need to be careful of your knee. Those gummies are gonna wear off."

"Let me worry about my knee," he said. "Right now, I'm saying something important, and you need to hear it."

"You're high." I rolled my eyes. "Literally."

"Not so high I can't impart some truth."

"Oh my god. You're not my dad."

"And thank god for that," he bit out.

"Can we just leave this alone?" I rasped, again trying to push out of his arms.

"Daisy Mae, settle."

I let out a huff, but I did settle.

"Look at me," he demanded, and I took a second to do so, partly because I knew he was about to compliment me and I wasn't good at receiving those, but more because I was feeling a little sassy.

"Yes, my liege."

He raised an eyebrow. "I like that, Daisy, and I get that you're trying to be cute, but all you're doing is makin' me hard."

I shivered, suddenly wanting to strip him naked and find out exactly what he'd do if I submitted fully to him. "Can you just get on with it?"

He smiled slowly. "At some point, you need to understand your worth, beautiful. I get that you're on the shy side, but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the voice in your head that tells you that you are less than."

I bit my lip. I didn't want to admit how quickly he'd gotten to the heart of me.

"Who hurt you, honey? Because I don't get the impression it was your family. You seem close with your parents and your brothers might be overbearing asses, but they obviously adore you."

I nodded. "They do. And my parents are awesome. It wasn't them."

"Who do I have to kill, Daisy?"

"Can we leave this for a time when you're sober?"

He slid his hand to my neck and stroked my pulse. "I'm almost there now."

"All the way there, Huck."

He studied me for a few tense seconds, then nodded. "Yeah. I can give you that."

"Thank you."

"But I want a kiss."

I smiled. "I can do that."

I leaned down and kissed him gently.

"I'm gonna let you go, beautiful, but only because I'm afraid that if I don't do that now, I won't ever be able to."

I bit back a snort. "Good lord, you're ridiculous."

"Just speaking the truth."

I climbed off his lap, careful to avoid his knee, and made my way to his door, surprised to find him following me. "What are you doing?"

"I'm walking you to your door."

"I can walk across the hall—"

"Daisy," he hissed. "I'm. Walking. You. To. Your. Door."

I took a deep breath and let it out. "Fine."

He followed me across the hall, limping in obvious pain, and I unlocked my door, entering the alarm code to disable it. "Will you please go to bed now and ice that knee before you do?"

"Yeah, baby, I will." He smiled, kissing me gently. "Text me before you go to sleep."

I shook my head. "I have a few things to do before that, so you'll be asleep."

"Text me anyway."

"Okey dokey."

"Lock up."

"You have to get out of my doorway for me to do that, Huck."

He chuckled. "Right."

"Night."

"Night."

He kissed me one more time, then I locked up and reset the alarm. Teagan had emailed me the link to Huck's video two hours ago and I needed to study it. Actually, what I needed to do was send it to my dad because this shit would not stand.

Whoever did this to him needed to pay.

And they needed to pay greatly.