Where We Started (Stone Riders MC, #1)

by Ashley Munoz

door. I didn’t know what their relationship was, but for some reason I felt the need to blurt, “I’m not his girl.” Sasha paused and threw me a look over her shoulder. “Yes, you are, honey. The sooner you accept that, the easier all of this will

My dad watched me carefully, chewing his spearmint gum, making his jawline look intense. He reminded me of Pete Carol when he did that.

“A key?” Her blue eyes lifted. “What’s it go to?”

“Right now, it doesn’t go to anything, but I was thinking maybe one day we can get it made for our house⁠—” Her pink lips parted on a gasp. I shut my eyes and powered on. “You think I want to get rid of you, or throw you back.” I shook my head. “Callie, if you want to use a fishing metaphor, then you’d be the river, not the fish inside it. You cut a path through me, filled it, and now it’s always shifting and moving. I can’t wait to see what our life will look like someday, but for now, I’m happy taking it one day at a time.” She stepped forward and threw her arms around my neck. “I love you, Wes.”

“Like fuck is another man going to date you while you’re here. If you leave, then that’s one thing. I can’t control who you’re with. But in this town, you’re mine. It’s me you’ll date. Me you’ll call. Me you’ll fuck. You need romance, then read one of those books you love so much. When you go back to DC, you’ll have your fuck buddies again, but here, there’s not a chance I’ll stand by and let you be with anyone else.”

“No.” His gaze slowly moved over my face, landing on my lips as he explained. “I never could touch anyone after you. You were my first, and fuck, if you ended up being my only…there would never be another after what we had.”