Page 48 of Brandishing Betrayals (Devil’s Psychos MC #2)

Maya

I t felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders since I admitted the truth to Marcos, Jason, and Nico. The pressure was gone and in its place was a bit of hope. I was still scared, nothing had been resolved with Hillcrest, but now my guys knew everything and would protect me.

Marcos had already stationed guys outside of my mom’s house and told me I wasn’t to deviate from my regular schedule until things with Hillcrest were taken care of. Which was fine by me, because I had become a creature of habit and rarely deviated from my schedule during the week.

Things with my guys were still unresolved.

I hadn’t seen them since Friday when the truth came out in the garage.

Since then, I spent a quiet weekend at home relaxing, while Luke played video games with friends—we had even skipped his game on Saturday morning to sleep in.

I wasn’t letting Luke leave the house and roam the neighborhood like I sometimes did, but he could at least hang out at home with friends while things got figured out.

Monday, I called into work, or rather I texted my boss and went back to sleep. I needed another day before I had to be an adult again. Luke would sleep in unless I woke him, so I wasn’t worried about him as I drifted off to sleep.

I woke to the bed dipping as someone slid into bed beside me. “Luke?” I asked groggily.

“Nuh uh, Little Dreamer.” Nico’s voice was smooth in my ear as he slid one arm under my pillow and the other arm draped over my waist and pulled me into him.

I mumbled sleepily and rolled into his very naked chest. He was so warm and his skin was so smooth as I ran my hand over his ribs. “What are you doing here?”

“Saw you didn’t go to work; thought I’d check on you.” He pulled my leg over his and wedge his thigh between mine.

“Luke’s here,” I mumbled, my brain trying to catch up.

“Nah, I dropped him at camp. He was only a little bit late. Thought you would enjoy the day without responsibility. Don’t worry, we’ve got guys at the school.”

My heart fluttered in my chest. He was so thoughtful all the time. “Thank you.” I nuzzled into his neck.

He held me tighter, one hand splayed across my back, while the other was tucked under my pillow.

I was dressed in my usual PJs that consisted of a t-shirt and undies.

My pants were on the floor where I took them off before bed, and within easy reach to grab in the morning to put back on before I left the room.

“I missed this so much,” he murmured. Kissing my forehead, he let out a heavy sigh and seemed to melt into the mattress.

I murmured in agreement, my hand absently rubbing over his smooth back. He had stripped down to his boxers and his skin was so soft.

“I realized this morning that we didn’t have to hide anymore.”

I stiffened and my eyes opened, as if realizing the same thing. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, you are mine, Maya Henderson. You never stopped being mine, and I am claiming you again.” His voice was deep growl in my ear that sent shivers down my spine.

A whimpered moan escaped my lips.

Abruptly, he flipped me and pressed my body into the mattress. “You like that idea, don’t you, Little Dreamer?”

“I want that more than anything, Nico. I’m so sorr—”

He cut off my apology with a fierce kiss that stole my breath from my lungs. “No more apologies, not to me.” He shook his head, his blond hair framing his face as he stared down at me with those sparkling blue eyes.

I was panting and breathless. “But we can’t just go back to the way we were.”

“I’m not saying that, Maya. I’m saying, I understand why you did what you did, and you don’t have to apologize to me for that anymore.

As for anything else, I’m— Fuck, I guess I’m asking for permission to be able to hold you and kiss you again anytime I want, to be able to fuck you again. I don’t want walls between us anymore.”

He looked so vulnerable as he hovered over me, his dark blue eyes darting between mine, waiting patiently.

I smiled softly and reached up and cupped the side of his face, caressing his cheek with my thumb.

“I’d like that, but we need some boundaries.

I can’t go back to what we were, the twenty- four-seven dynamic.

There’s too much there that we need to discuss and unpack, and with Luke around—I just can’t. ”

“I get it, Maya. I do. We have a lot to discuss and work out. But I missed you for so damn long, all I want is to be able to hold you and love you again.”

I smiled easily and pulled him down to kiss his lips softly. “I want that too. Let’s take things slow, though, keep things relatively vanilla .” I smirked at him. “But I’m not opposed to touching and showing affection, and I’m ok with more behind closed doors.”

A wide grin split his face, and he leaned down and captured my lips in a passionate kiss.

He moved languidly, despite the passionate kiss. He slowly slid my panties down my legs and then pulled off his own boxers. Hovering over me, he guided the broad head of his thick cock through my slick folds, before he notched himself at my entrance. “So beautiful,” he murmured against my lips.

I gasped as he slowly slid inside me, lowering his body to fully press against every inch of mine while he slid home till the hilt. I wrapped my arms around his back and held him reverently as he as leisurely thrusted in and out of me, taking his time.

Moaning, I arched my back and clung to him. He kissed his way down my jaw to my neck, where he gently sucked and nipped at my skin. “Nico.” My voice was raspy as I panted.

He grabbed my hips and angled them so he could drive in deeper. “So fucking good for me, Little Dreamer. This pussy is mine. I’m never letting you go.”

“Please,” I begged. My pussy fluttered around his cock, teetering on the precipice, but refusing to fall over.

“Shh, baby,” Nico crooned. “Let me take care of you.”

I clung to him tighter, my fingers digging into his back.

“Please, please, please,” I babbled endlessly.

He captured my lips and nibbled on my bottom lip, cutting off my nonsense.

“Ahh,” I groaned.

“I will take my fucking time with you,” Nico growled, slowly his pace. “And you will let me.”

“Nico,” I gasped. I enjoyed every damn bit of his dominance.

Despite my speech about keeping things vanilla , I knew that was next to impossible for the both of us.

Nico was a pleasure dom through and through, and I was a bratty submissive to my core, there was no way we’d ever have completely vanilla sex even if we were making love.

“You’ll come when I say you can, Little Dreamer.” Nico snapped his hips harder, jolting me forward.

“Oh,” I gasped.

He swiveled his hips and reached between us to circle his thumb over my clit.

“Please, Nico. Please.”

“Come for me, Little Dreamer,” Nico finally said.

I buried my face into the crook of his neck and bit down, sucking a mark into his neck as I muffled my moaning. My body shuddered against his and he picked up his pace, fucking me harder.

Nico groaned as he picked up his pace. Grabbing both of my hips, he slammed into me until he was groaning deep in his throat.

His hips stuttered as he stopped thrusting, his whole-body stiffening as he came with a low groan, before he collapsed onto his elbows, keeping most of his weight off me.

“So good for me, Little Dreamer.” He kissed my cheek gently.

I smiled faintly, patting his back.

“Maya,” Nico murmured. “I love you so much.” His voice was thick with emotions. “I don’t want to ever lose you again.”

My heart pounded in my chest at his emotional confession. Tears gathered in my eyes as I met his passionate gaze. The love I saw in his beautiful blue eyes only made me fall for him harder.

“I love you too, Nico. I never stopped.”

“Good.” He kissed me slow and sensually, making my toes curl with delight.

I giggled softly and held him, reveling in the moment. “What’s your plan for today?” I asked, when it was clear he wasn’t moving off me any time soon.

“Maybe some breakfast, but then we’re getting back in this bed for round two.”

“My mom—”

“Has been made aware that you need some adult time.”

“Nico! You didn’t!”

Nico laughed diabolically. “I sure the hell did! Relax woman, she didn’t seem upset.”

I shoved at him, but he barely budged. “Of course she wasn’t upset to you! I’ll have to hear all about it later when she tells me how I’m being a bad daughter or a bad mother.”

Nico frowned slightly. “She still does shit like that?”

I sighed. “Not as bad as before, but it’s like she can’t help herself. She’ll make a back handed comment about something and it just hits to the bone, you know?”

Nico nodded slowly. “I’m sorry you have to deal with that still.”

I shrugged. “Now that my dad is gone—” I paused to swallow my tears.

“She should have more time for her own health. She needs to get back to physical therapy. I need to look into senior ride services to get her out of the house during the day. She can still do things for herself, but she can no longer drive.”

“Let me know what you find out, otherwise we can make the Prospects drive her.”

I barked out a laugh. “Fuck, I’d pay to see that happen!”

“Little Dreamer, you don’t have to pay for shit! I’ll make it happen today, if you want!” Nico grinned.

I just grinned up at him, feeling happier than I had in a long time.

Nico

Later that night, I drove Maya to pick up Luke from day camp. “Hey mom, did you know school starts Wednesday?” Luke asked as he climbed into the back seat of the Civic.

Maya turned fully in her seat to look at him as I pulled away from the pick-up lane. “Fuck,” Maya swore.

I glanced over at her surprised; she usually tried to censor herself in front of Luke.

“I completely forgot! With everything going on, I forgot school was this week! I’m so sorry, honey! We need to get you supplies still!”

“Can we afford that?” Luke asked, his voice lowering as if ashamed about it.

Maya’s face fell and I looked over to see tears welling in her eyes.

“Don’t worry about that,” I said. I smiled broadly and looked up into the rear-view mirror at Luke. “I’ll get the supplies, my treat.”

Luke’s immediate grin had my heart clenching. God, that kid made me happy.

Nico

Later that night, after Luke was tucked in, I held Maya tightly.

“How long have you been having money issues?” I asked. After her near panic attack in the car after we picked up Luke from camp, I had quickly calmed her down, but when she started to cry because Luke had asked if they could afford school supplies, I had to step in.

Luke had quickly perked up when I offered to buy, and Maya, though resigned, seemed grateful.

I had even taken them out to dinner—well, breakfast for dinner at Luke’s insistence.

Gramma’s Table was a quaint family restaurant near the house and Maya had admitted to wanting to try it since they’d moved in.

Luke had wolfed down a stack of pancakes and sausage links and I had ordered him an omelet afterwards to make sure he wasn’t still hungry. Dude was a growing boy; he needed the calories.

Maya had a smile on her face while she drowned her entire plate, not just her pancakes, in syrup. She even laughed when I called her out.

It had been good a night out and had felt like something a family would do.

I had desperately wanted that. Craved that.

“Since we’ve moved back.” Maya sighed. “I took a huge pay cut to come here. And the small doctor’s office has been great as far as having normal hours and being flexible when I need to leave for Luke or my parents, but they don’t pay anywhere near what I was making at the hospital.

And I’ve been helping my parents with their medical bills. My dad’s care was expensive.”

I sighed heavily and hugged her closer. “I wish so much was different, Little Dreamer.”

Maya sighed as well. “Me too, Nic. Me too.” She turned her head into the crook of my neck and drifted off, leaving me wide awake, thinking of all the things that should have been.