Woods (Aces MC Series Book 5) by Aimee-Louise Foster

quiet and everyone was
watching the altercation between us but I didn't give a shit.
"She is worth ten of you, you little cunt. If I see you sniffing around
her again I'll cut your fucking throat, I hope I'm making myself clear." I
quickly pulled the blade up nipping his ear lobe making it piss out with blood.
I backed off giving him some space, and wiped my blade on a tea towel I found
on the bar.
Ramsey grabbed his ear, "Fuck!" he cursed at the amount of blood. "She
was stranded I just gave her a lift home that's all, like I would Ash, Ink,
Angel and Maggie."
I rummaged in the box for my phone and looked up when I saw Duke and Diesel standing
directly in front of me.
"It looks like you owe the boy an apology," Duke folded his arms
assessing me.
"Gotcha," I said under my breath as I found my phone. "I don't owe
him shit," I walked around the bar and through the hatch. I pointed at
Ramsey as he sat on the bar nursing his ear, "That cunt just better stay
away from Lauren." I made it clear so everyone understood where I was
coming from before I stomped from the clubhouse.
How fucking dare he pick her up and drive her home, he should've called me if
she made direct contact. I would've made sure that she was safe and dropped
everything in order to be there for her. As I walked over to my motorcycle, I
realised that it was in fact Lauren that I was annoyed with rather than Ramsey.
He had done exactly what was expected of him as a prospect, Lauren was family
so therefore she should've been looked after. I sighed as I fastened my helmet,
she'd been no trouble whatsoever since she'd been living with me and I couldn't
go home annoyed that she'd accepted a lift in a van driven by a club member
rather than walk the streets at night. I needed to get my act together and calm
down as things could've been a hell of a lot worse.
     
    Lauren
    I was startled by my phone ringing and placed my bookmark on
the page I was reading before closing the book. I picked up my phone to see
that it was Ramsey calling.
I swiped the screen, "Hello."
"Hi babe, just a heads up Woods knows I gave you a lift home last night."
I rubbed my forehead feeling the pressure mount, "How does he know?"
"I'm not sure but I've just had a knife to my throat because I helped
you," he sniggered.
"Oh my god, are you okay?" I didn't think any of the guy's would
react like that to a prospect helping out.
"Yeah just a bloody ear but I'll live. Anyway, I just said that I saw you
walking down the street and picked you up rather than you called me."
I appreciated that he was still covering considering he'd been injured. "Oh
okay, thank you for letting me know."
"That's okay, how you doing anyway?"
I was surprised that he was still initiating conversation. "I've had a
productive day studying."
"That's not what I'm asking and you know it."
"I told you I'm fine Ramsey."
"I won't ask what happened as it's none of my business but if it's
something that should be reported to the police you need to do it or even
better let the club know so they can deal with it."
I sighed, I knew he was trying to be nice but this was my mess to deal with.
I'd cried my tears yesterday but today was a new day and I'd filed those feelings
firmly away and was now moving on. I was on a mission to achieve so much in my
life, I was not going to allow three fucked up pricks to spoil everything for
me. If I went to the police or informed the club everything would be dragged up
and Woods would only blame himself. He'd been so good to me over the years
sacrificing a lot in order to make sure I wanted for nothing including love and
I wasn't going to repay him by being like Brooke. She brought drama home every
week but we weren't a Jeremy Kyle family, I'd been brought up with morals and
manners and knew how to respect people. There was no way I was putting Mark
through that even if it meant bottling everything up inside forever, I owed him
that much.
    "I appreciate all that you've done Ramsey but I have no
reason to go