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and what she was hiding. For all I knew, she and Rocky were involved
with something or someone and it came back to bite them in the ass.
    “ I ’ m going to ask something, ” I finally said. “ I ’ m
the one protecting you and you cannot fuck with me. ”
    “ Okay, ” Winter said weakly.
    “ Did
you have anything to do with Rocky ’ s
death? ”
    There was silence.
    Winter looked at me. “ Directly or indirectly? ”
    “ You
know what I mean. ”
    “ You
think I killed him? ”
    “ Answer
my question. ”
    “ What
did Stoney say to you? ”
    “ He
made it pretty clear about something, ” I said. “ He seemed to
describe you perfectly. ”
    Yeah, maybe I was testing Winter a
little. Pushing her away from me, pushing her out of her comfort zone. She
moved away from me, pushing against the car door. I thought she was going to
try and bolt.
    “ He
described me, ” she said. “ They all could. They all looked
at me. Because of who I was. ”
    “ Was? ”
    Winter stared forward. Her cheeks
flushed. “ Fine. I was a
stripper, Tripp, okay? That ’ s
how I met Rocky. That ’ s how
I met the MC. I was a stripper. ”
    Now I was the one in shock.
    Winter seemed too taken back and
shy to take off her clothes. My eyes instantly moved up and down her body. My
hands gripped tighter on the wheel. Thankfully we were on a straight road with
no traffic, but I was playing a dangerous game by not paying attention to the
road.
    But … fuck the road.
    I couldn ’ t stop picturing it now.
    I had seen Winter in a towel
already. The way her cleavage poured from the towel. Her hips pressing to the
sides. The curve of her ass. Fuck, the way her hair was curly when wet.
    And the whole MC was able to see
that? They all paid for that?
    Fuck me, I was completely jealous
of everyone who ever saw Winter.
    “ I
see you looking at me now, ” she whispered. “ Just like
they all do. Is that what you want then? You think it ’ s unfair? You want to see me naked, Tripp? ”
    Yes. Yes, I fucking do.
    I swallowed hard.
    Winter grabbed the bottom of her
shirt and lifted. I saw her bare stomach, a little roll of skin, hiding her
belly button, driving me goddamn mad, because it meant she wasn ’ t obsessed with being supermodel
thin or some fake bullshit.
    I caught sight of her bra, her
fingers going under her bra, and I grabbed for her wrist.
    “ Fucking
stop! ” I growled. “ Christ. ”
    Winter put her shirt back down. She
looked at me, her eyes glistening. “ And
to answer your question, I don ’ t
know. I don ’ t know what me
and Rocky were involved with  or could have been involved with, okay? ”
    “ You
don ’ t know? ”
    “ I
don ’ t know, ” Winter said. “ There was always something
happening. Someone trying to come after the MC. They ’ d meet with other bikers, they ’ d meet with gangsters, they ’ d meet with men in suits. ”
    “ What
about you? ” I asked. “ What about your past? ”
    Winter fell silent.
    So I hit the nail on the damn head.
    Something from her past was
creeping forward. Christ, maybe it had nothing to do with the Red Aces MC and
that ’ s why Aldo sent me
here.
    I gripped the wheel even tighter,
my mind making it impossible not to think about Winter naked. I shouldn ’ t have asked, poked, pried, or
cared. That ’ s why I pushed
her away last night, right? I just needed to keep her alive until Aldo called
me to come back.
    I didn ’ t speak to her for the rest of the ride back to her
place.
    When we got there, she hurried out
of the car and ran to the door.
    I watched her open the door and go
inside.
    That ’ s
when I hurried after.
    She opened the door without her
key. And the door was supposed to be lock ed .
     

10.
     
    (Winter)
     
    I didn ’ t use my key.
    That thought processed in my mind a
second before I saw the place. The couch flipped over. The dining room table
the same. Everything was touched, moved, some items broken.
    Tripp flew up behind me. I turned
just as