“Come on, I’ll introduce you.” He takes my hand and leads me to the front door. I want to ask him where we are or who the hell he wants to introduce me to, but it’s so silent that I’m afraid to talk.

Devlin knocks just the once and then helps himself inside. We walk right into the bright yellow kitchen and I see a middle aged woman standing doing the dishes. She turns and immediately smiles at Devlin.

“Devlin.” She greets, looking very happy to see him.

“Aunt Carol.” He hugs her and I relax. Of course, she’s family and I really like that she is.

“Be quiet, I just got the kids to sleep.” She instructs him and then turns to me. “Devlin likes to be loud and wake the babies up.”

I smile, Aunt Carol seems really nice and I notice quickly that she’s obviously from Laura’s side of the family. There are too many similarities to ignore between the two of them.

“Aunt Carol, this is Natasha.” Devlin introduces and Carol leans in for a hug.

“Pleased to meet you.” She smiles. “You’re a pretty one.”

Her words embarrass me. Why do I feel like a teenage girl on her first date? “Lovely to meet you.” I reply, feeling Devlin’s eyes on me.

“Would you two like a drink?” She asks, probably wondering why we’re here. That makes two of us.

“No, thanks Aunt Carol.” Devlin declines. “I just wanted to drop in and say hello before I took Natasha on a walk.”

Aunt Carol’s eyebrows rise. “Oh you’re going on a walk?”

Devlin weirdly looks a little shy and I’m shocked. We all say our goodbyes and Devlin takes my hand as he leads me onto the garden surrounding Aunt Carols house. Considering the size of the house it’s surprising how large the grounds are.

“She was nice.” I say as I look around.

“Yeah, she’s cool.”

“She’s you mother’s sister?” I ask.

“That obvious?” Devlin laughs.

“Where are we going?” I finally ask.

“Hold on, we’re nearly there.” Devlin answers, tugging on my hand.

We continue to hold hands until we reach a large tree.

“Wow.” I say, looking up and noticing a decent tree house. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tree house, never mind go in one.

“Come on, let me show you around.” Devlin climb a few steps up the ladder and looks back down to me, grinning like an excited child.

“You brought me to a tree house.” I laugh, following him up and really enjoying the view of his ass.

“Not just any tree house.” He helps me up the final step. “This was mine.” He holds me tight against him as I look around.

“Cool.” And I mean it. As a kid, this private den would have been awesome! There’s even some beanbags in the corner. A bookshelf in another with books, colouring books and more stacking up.

“Well, not just mine. I had to share it.” He points to his name engraved in the wood and surround his are the names, Drew, Kai and Brandon. That’s so cute.

“I would have loved one of these as a kid.” I admire.

“My grandad built it for is us because we loved visiting him. When he died five years ago, Aunt Carol inherited the house.” He lets me go and looks around the place, reminding himself of his childhood memories. Being here, I feel like I know him a little more. It’s nothing huge, but it’s more than I’ve ever had with any other man.

Eventually, we huddle up on the rug together. Devlin is sat with his back up against the wooden wall and I am lying across him with my head in his lap. Devlin strokes my hair and it feels so good a moan escapes me. As soon as it does I tense and he laughs.

“Don’t worry babe, I’m not going to pounce on you. Even if you do sound sexy as hell.” He leans down and plants a kiss on my cheek.

I sit up and really look at him. Here’s a man who looks sexy as fuck with his tattoos and dangerous demeanour but he’s not dangerous, at least not to me. He’s so sweet and caring, what girl wouldn’t like that? After what I’ve been through, it’s what I crave even if it does scare me.

I scoot closer to him, wanting to be close and Delvin’s eyes become sexy intense. I fucking love when he does that.

“Natasha, you’re so beautiful baby.” Devlin closes the distance.

I smile, looking down at our connected hands. “You’re not too bad yourself biker boy.”

He laughs at that. “You know I will wait for you right?”

“What?” I ask incredulously.

“Tash, I know you went through some hard times but I want you to know that I’m waiting for you. I want you, not just for sex but,” He stops talking, looking down at the floor and struggling with his words. “Fuck it, Tasha I want you as my old lady.”

My eyes widen and my breathe jolts. “What?” I realise that I’m repeating myself, but I don’t know what else to say!

“Don’t answer yet, I know you’re not ready but I want you to know that I’m not in this with you for a one time fuck. I want us babe, together.” His eyes bore into mine and I believe him.

I can’t believe that he wants me as his Old Lady, but then I remember that he hasn’t seen my ugly scars. He won’t want me forever when he sees them. Devlin comes even closer to me and wraps his hand behind my head. He secures me in place as he kisses me. I close my eyes and lose myself in him, I don’t want to worry about my insecurities right now because I want to enjoy myself. I really do want Devlin. I’m not stupid enough to ignore the fact that I am developing some sort of feelings for him but I’m terrified.

The kiss gets heated pretty fucking quickly and my hands feel Devlin everywhere. I manage to get under his shirt and touch his naked skin on his stomach. I can feel where the ridges of his muscles are and my insides clench. Fuck me he feels and looks divine!

Devlin leaves me to it, letting me familiarise myself with him. My arm brushes against his hardness and I know for a fact he is enjoying this as much as I am. I look up and meet his eyes, he looks very fucking horny.

“Shit.” He curses. “Let’s get you home baby.”

As horny as I am right now, I respect him looking out for me and nod in agreement. Devlin gets up and reaches down to help me up, when he does his arms snake around me. He looks down to my lips and within seconds we’re kissing again. He backs me up against the wall and presses his dick on me, making me moan. God, if I wasn’t so scared about him seeing me right now I would tear of his clothes and fuck him senseless.

We break away, breathless and shaky.

“Come on baby.” Devlin helps me down the ladders and we walk quickly to his bike.

“Thank you.” I whisper.

“For what?” He asks, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

“Tonight.” I melt into him. “I really enjoyed it.”

“No problem baby. I had to come and see you.”

“I’m glad you did.”

He helps me onto his bike again and we slowly ride down the road. When we’re a safe distance from his Aunts, he lets his engine roar and we fire away. I hold him tight, cuddling his back and turning my head so I can see everything passing by.

When we get to Lauren and Grim’s place, Devlin turns off the bike and walks me to the door.

“You wanna come in?” I ask him.

“Are you sure?” He tucks a strand of my hair behind my ears.

“I’d like to sleep beside you.” I admit and his face breaks out in a huge grin.

“Then that’s what you’re getting.”

We go up to my room, not seeing Lauren or Grim on our way and I’m glad. I run into the bathroom shocked that Devlin is in my room! I look at myself in the mirror, preparing myself for my panic attack to begin and I’m shocked when it doesn’t. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a little nervousness there but nothing compared to when we first kissed. That was a mistake, as soon as our lips touched I ran away but now I feel that this is right. I take a deep breath and undress into a pair of really short shorts and a slinky vest top. My sleepwear covers enough skin to keep most of my scars hidden, but it still shows enough to make me feel scared of walking out the door.