He pressed his index finger under my chin to tilt my head back. When our gazes met, a muscle in his jaw jumped. “Do you have a problem with moving that far away? I didn’t think it was going to be an issue since you haven’t renewed your lease or found a new place here.”
The reminder of how close he’d been keeping track of me soothed my nerves. “I guess moving is a possibility for me. I haven’t lined up a job yet, either. I could focus my search closer to you. Maybe we’ll get lucky, and I’ll find something soon so I can move before my lease here is up. If I come for a visit, I could try to line up some interviews and look at apartments while I’m there.”
“I’m glad you’re okay with moving, but your plan doesn’t work for me.” He shook his head as a big grin spread across his face.
I bit my bottom lip, unsure what he meant since my plan seemed solid to me. “Which part?”
“You’re not coming to visit, baby.” I tried to jerk away from him, but he dropped his hand to hold me in place. “I’m not sure where these doubts are coming from, but I’ll bust my ass for the rest of my life so I never give you a reason to question what you mean to me.”
“Since I’m new to all of this relationship stuff, I think I need you to spell it out for me,” I requested as I twined my arms around his neck.
“I wasn’t blowing smoke up your ass when I said that you’re mine and you’re gonna wear my cut when we get home.” His fingers dug into my hips, holding me in place. “And that’s going to be a fuck of a lot sooner than however long it takes you to find a job, which could be as quick as you want if you’re cool with using your design skills to help out the businesses the Silver Saints own.”
It sounded as though I didn’t need to worry about how a long-distance relationship would work for us. “What kind of timeline were you thinking?”
“Now.” He jerked his chin in the direction of a moving truck that had pulled in several spaces down from us while we were talking. “I called the guys who helped Dom when he moved Lucy in with him after that shit went down with David.”
My eyes widened in shock since I’d figured they were here for one of my neighbors. “That truck is for my stuff?”
“Yup.” He nodded and grinned.
I tilted my head to the side and smiled back at him, pressing against his body as the final bit of my tension drained away. “Do you have a place lined up for me already?”
“I bought a house a few months ago that I think you’ll love.” It was a good thing he was holding me so tightly or else I might’ve hit the ground. His admission rocked me to my core. “It’s on an oversized lakefront lot with lots of privacy. But I had them lay fiber optic cable, so you don’t need to worry about being in the middle of nowhere. You’ll be able to get online and do your graphic design thing whenever you need it.”
I giggled and shook my head. “I’m sure it’ll help you with living up to your nickname, too.”
“True,” he conceded with a wink. “But I’m willing to bet you’ll get more use out of the Jacuzzi tub in the master bath even though it’s big enough for the two of us.”
A shiver raced up my spine at the thought of all the things Hack and I could do to each other with hot water swirling around our naked bodies. “You really bought a house for us?”
“Fuck yeah, I did.” He brushed his lips over mine. “Staying away from you for six long months was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but setting shit up for us helped keep me focused on the end goal—spending the rest of my life with the woman I love.”
“You love me?” I gasped, tears of joy filling my eyes.
“Really, babe?” He shook his head before claiming my mouth in a deep kiss, earning us a wolf-whistle from one of the moving crew. I whimpered in protest when he finally lifted his head and murmured, “I love you, Paisley.”
My mind was in a sensual fog, but my heart knew exactly what I needed to do. “I love you, too.”
”Thank fuck.” He brushed his lips over mine again. “Now that we’ve got that settled, let’s go pack up your shit so we can get the fuck out of this messed-up town.”
He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and used his free hand to wave the moving guys over. As we neared the house, Jessica flung open the front door and practically ate Hack up with her eyes. I cuddled closer into his side while glaring at her. “You’re more than welcome to anything I left in the kitchen but stay away from my man. He’s all mine.”
“As if,” Jessica huffed, crossing her arms under her breasts and lifting them higher. “There’s no way a little mouse like you has what it takes to keep a guy like him.”
“I didn’t hear any complaints when he was groaning my name all night long,” I boasted, bumping her out of my way as I walked into the house.
Hack gave me a squeeze and chuckled. “I didn’t have any complaints before you let me into your tight pussy, either.”
“Only because you were stalking me from afar,” I whispered as we made our way upstairs to my room with the moving crew following us.
“Not anymore, baby.” He pointed at the closet, and the movers started putting my hanging clothes into a
