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disappointment to irritation, indicated to me that
perhaps this was a first for her as well.
    “Fuck you, Ace.”
    “Maybe later,”
he retorted, still staring at me, his beefy hand wrapped around my bicep.
    She huffed and
stomped down the hallway, leaving us to our reunion.
    “Holy shit.”
    I turned to see
Aidan Quinn walking towards us. “You’re here too?”
    He glanced at
Carter and then back at me. “Where the hell have you been, Cass?”
    “I…ah…around.” I
looked up at Carter again. “Can you let me go, please? I should leave.”
    “You’re not
goin’ anywhere. What the fuck are you doin’ here, Cass?” Carter repeated.
    “I was invited.”
    “Cassidy?” Dani
called as she rushed to join us. “Are you okay?”
    “Get your
fuckin’ hands off her, Ace,” Booker warned.
    “Stay the fuck
out of this, Book.” Carter still continued to stare at me. “Answer the
question, Cassidy.”
    “You know him?”
Dani asked.
    I nodded. “I
used to.”
    “Fuck!” Carter
bellowed.
    Aidan just
laughed.
    “I should go
home,” I said again.
    “No fuckin’
way,” he ground out. “You’re comin’ with me.”
    Booker stepped
closer. “Ace.”
    “I swear to
fuckin’ Christ , Booker, you interfere, and you and I are gonna have a
problem.”
    “Then you’ll
have a problem with me too, Ace,” Hawk said as he made his way towards us,
Payton following her face showing concern.
    “Are you fuckin’
shittin’ me?” Carter bellowed again.
    “Can you please
stop yelling, Carter?” I whispered, still trying to bring my emotions under
control. “You’re giving me a headache, not to mention scaring the hell out of
me.”
    “Nobody calls me
Carter anymore, Cassidy,” he said in warning.
    “Not even your
parents?” I challenged. “Or have you wiped them from your lives, too?”
    “Fuck!”
    I yanked my arm
from his grasp and shoved at his chest. “Stop posturing, Cart… Ace, whatever
you want to be called now. When did you become such a bully? If your mom heard
you right now, she’d smack you upside the head!” My tears quickly dried up,
although, the hiccupping continued until I took a few calming breaths.
    I heard male
chuckling behind me, but I didn’t look… mostly because I couldn’t stop staring
at Carter. Good lord, the man could still render me immobile and, even though
he was yelling and swearing more than I’d ever heard him, I knew he’d never hurt
me. And damn it if seeing him in person didn’t drive home how much I really
still loved him.
    He ran his hands
through his hair then dragged them down his face. “You should go.”
    “Okay,” I
whispered, and started to head down the hall to get Maverick. Again, I didn’t
get far.
    “Wait,” Payton
said. “I don’t know what’s going on, but you can’t just chase her out.”
    “Babe,” Hawk
warned.
    “What, Alex?
Cassidy has as much right to be here as Ace. If he’s so hell-bent on not seeing
her, then perhaps he should leave.”
    “Actually, Ace
has more of a right to be here, it being his club and all,” Hawk countered.
    “ Hawk ,”
Payton warned.
    “It’s fine,
Payton. I’ll just grab Maverick and go,” I said.
    “Maverick?”
Carter said. “You named your kid Maverick?”
    I nodded.
    “Fuck me, Cassidy.
Way to drive the knife in deeper.” He scowled at me. “I’m fuckin’ leavin’. Stay
or fuckin’ go. I don’t give a fuck.”
    He stormed down
the hall and out of my sight and I found myself sliding down the wall onto my
butt in a puddle of tears.
    Dani hunkered
down beside me and squeezed my knee. “How about we take this somewhere
private?”
    “Take her to our
room, babe,” Booker said. “I’ll text you when it’s time to eat.”
    “Wait,” Aidan
said as Dani and Payton helped me up.
    “You gonna give
her trouble, Knight?” Hawk asked.
    “Fuck you,
Hawk,” he snapped.
    “It’s okay,” I
said. “Can you guys give us a minute, please?”
    They backed up a
bit, giving me and Aidan a