HAMMER (Forsaken Riders MC Romance Book 16) Page 9

  Hammer got to his feet and walked to the door of the room. The other bikers were all smirking and making jokes amongst themselves.

  “Protect her good,” one of them shouted and Hammer shot them a death stare tinged with a smile of his own.

  “Oh don’t worry, he will,” Shelby said bravely as they walked out into the hallway and began to climb the stairs.

  The roars of laughter that came from behind them only made her start to giggle too, and luckily, Hammer could also see the funny side.

  “Strange, isn’t it,” he said as he looked down at her. “Doesn’t seem to matter how old men get, as soon as you get them in a group together, they revert back to joking around like boys.”

  Shelby smiled at him warmly.

  “I’m sure it’s the same with women too,” she said. “Although, maybe not as filthy.”

  Hammer threw his head back and laughed as they reached the doorway to the bedroom and he pushed it opened and stood back while Shelby walked ahead of him and went inside.

  He loitered in the doorway and looked around.

  “I can leave you for a while,” he said. “Let you get undressed, ready for bed. I’ll wait out by the door, just let me know when you’re done.”

  Before she had a chance to protest, he was out the door and had closed it behind him and she bit her lip in turmoil.

  She knew what she wanted and she knew how to get it, but she knew it was wrong. Her giving herself to him was only going to cause a whole host of problems. What if it made it worse for everyone involved?

  “But how?” she whispered to herself. “How could it really be so bad?”

  She walked over to the door in the corner of the room and opened it, ducking inside. The tiny adjoining bathroom had a shower and a sink and she looked in the mirror and at how glowing she looked. Even though she had been traumatized and been through hell, Hammer had pulled her out the other side and she could never forget that. He had touched something in her, brought her back to life, he had shown her that life could be exciting and worth living.

  She ran her fingers through her hair and slowly started to pull her tank top off over her head. Her breasts were pert and her nipples hard with excitement. She couldn’t let this moment pass her by.

  She peeled off her shorts and stood there wearing nothing but her tiny lacey panties and when she walked slowly back into the bedroom, she took a deep breath to calm herself before she did the bravest thing she had ever done.

  “You can come in,” she called and then she closed her eyes and breathed deeply again.

  As the handle of the door started to turn, she opened her eyes again and her heart pounded so loudly in her chest she thought it was going to burst free.

  The door began to open slowly and for a split second, she debated grabbing the blanket that was lying next to her on the bed and pulling it around herself, but she knew she would only regret it. There was something about this moment that just felt right. And she was going to pursue it.

  Hammer stopped in his tracks with his mouth dropping open and he looked at her with wide eyes. He glanced back quickly over his shoulder and then stepped inside and closed the door before he turned the key in the lock.

  Shelby’s heart was racing but she could see it in him too.

  He wanted this.

  He wanted her.

  She swallowed hard and waited for him to come to her. He looked tortured and conflicted.

  “This is wrong,” he whispered as he took another step toward her.

  His words said one thing, but his body said another. And she knew what was between them was so powerful it would overcome everything.

  He reached her and she had never felt so exposed or vulnerable. He looked down at her with his incredible eyes and reached up, stroking her face.

  “You’re so incredibly beautiful,” he said as he took hold of her waist with his other hand and pulled her close to him.

  Their lips were only millimeters apart and she could feel his breath on her face and neck. He grunted as he lifted her and wrapped her legs around his waist so they could stare into each other’s eyes and then he pushed her back against the wall and she gasped and bit her lip.

  “I’ve been trying not to do this,” he panted as his eyes seemed to catch fire. “I’ve been trying to deny it.”

  “So have I,” Shelby whispered as she let her lips graze his. “But I can’t… Not anymore.”

  Hammer pushed himself against her and she could already feel he was rock hard and throbbing for her. He kissed her hard on the lips and it was so powerful it took her breath away. She moaned as she writhed against him, squeezing him as tight as she could with her legs and pulling him to her. She felt tiny in his arms, and he was so strong she felt as if any moment he could break her. The sensations of having a man so close to her and so wrapped up in her were incredible and she panted as she held on to him. They kissed each other feverishly and hungrily and when Hammer spun her around and threw her down on the bed, she was already soaking wet and begging for him.

  “This is such a bad idea,” he said again but with a wicked grin on his face.

  “I like bad ideas,” Shelby giggled as she lay back naked beneath him apart from her tiny panties.

  She looked up at him and of how perfect he was. His body was so big and strong compared to her and she couldn’t tear her eyes away when it came to watching him undress. Hammer pulled his t-shirt off over his head and exposed his incredible muscles. She had been waiting for so long to see them, that when the moment actually came, she was completely lost for words. He was like a Greek god looming above her. He was so perfectly defined and chiseled, so big and strong and intimidating it made her gush even more.

  When he began to kiss the full length of her body and nibble at her soft skin, she gasped and moaned with pleasure. His touch was exquisite and rough at the same time and it was sending her into a frenzy. When he got to her panties, he latched onto them and began to pull them down with his teeth and Shelby threw her head back and gasped.

  He was an expert lover, she could tell that already, and it was making her quiver before him.

  He ripped the panties off and threw them back behind him and then he reached down for his belt buckle as he held her gaze. She watched as he flicked it open and pulled it free before he began to unbutton his jeans and pull them down.

  When he exposed his cock, she couldn’t have been prepared for how perfect it was. It was big, fat and hard, and she wanted it inside her so badly she was aching for him. Hammer came down on top of her and kissed her again. His body was so big and brutish she felt completely wiped out by him, and she had no idea how she was going to take him inside her.

  She opened her legs wide and wrapped them around him and kissed him as she could feel his desire growing even more. His cock poked into the side of her thigh and he grunted and groaned as he had to stop himself from plunging into her straight away.

  He grabbed her and rolled with her to the side and pulled her on top of him and Shelby gasped as she looked down at the man beneath her. He held her there so effortlessly and she knew he could do anything he wanted with her, he was so strong.

  When he began to lift her and open her legs wide, she braced herself for him. He held her there for a moment, teasing her with the top of his sword before he pulled her down and plunged inside of her.

  As he opened her up, she gasped with ecstasy and felt herself already unravelling around him. He lifted her back and forth and fucked her smoothly and slowly. Shelby rode him and threw her head back and he sat up and took her nipple into his mouth before he bit her gently and began to trail kisses up her neck. When he flipped her onto her back and powered back into her, she was already cumming and she gripped him tightly with her thighs as he reached places inside her she hadn’t even known existed.

  She was a quivering mess beneath him and with each thrust, he only began to send her over the edge again. Seeing her in such a state was only making him even more hard and turned on, and wh
en Shelby began to unravel for the second time, this time, Hammer joined her as they both came together.

  He grunted and gasped as he exploded and pinned her down hard into the mattress beneath them. Shelby ran her hands through his hair and kissed him, never wanting to let him go.

  They looked into each other’s eyes and Hammer really had done things to her she had never thought possible. He was an absolute god. He was the one she had always been waiting for, the one she had longed for but never knew she needed.

  He cradled her in his arms as they lay together in the aftermath of their love and Shelby felt so safe and secure that she never wanted the moment to end.

  “That was the best bad idea I think you’ve ever had,” she whispered as she trailed her fingertips over his chest and Hammer laughed as he pulled her closer.

  “I don’t know how I managed to resist for so long,” he kissed her delicately on the top of her head.

  “You were being honorable,” she smiled. “Unfortunately for you, it looks as if I led you astray.”

  “Trust me, I didn’t need much leading.”

  Shelby smiled and felt warm inside. Nothing between them ever felt forced or difficult. Now that they knew each other fully, they were so at ease and content around each other she couldn’t imagine it any other way.

  “I tried so hard to hate you,” she admitted. “That day when I saw you in the hospital, I knew then that you were going to be important to me and I was going to struggle to keep you out of my thoughts. But I was just so angry at my father for taking my life away and it was like you were some jailer and enabler.”

  Hammer laughed and kissed her again.

  “A jailer, talk about dramatic,” he shook his head.

  “You know what I mean, though,” she jabbed him playfully in the ribs. “It was like you were going to be controlling my every movement from then on. I had to ask your permission if I wanted to leave my own house!”

  “It was all just to keep you safe,” he said. “Imagine if I hadn’t been there.”

  “I know,” she agreed. “I think about it often and you will never know how grateful I am for everything you’ve done. You’ve saved my life. You truly have.”

  She looked up into his stunning blue eyes and for once, his brow wasn’t furrowed, he was smiling and he looked sexier than ever.

  “I think you’ve saved mine too,” he admitted sincerely. “Before I was hired to come and work for your father, I had been struggling over here. I’m not used to being controlled, not that the club controls me, but honor has always made me give my all. Do you understand?”

  Shelby nodded.

  “I had become disillusioned and withdrawn, but now, I feel as if I have purpose again. You’ve changed everything for me, Shelby, you really have. You proved me wrong with my opinions, you’ve shown me how to have fun again and more than anything, you’ve shown me to care and how to love…”

  He stopped and Shelby found herself gasping.

  Love…

  He cupped her face in his hands and their lips grazed against one another’s. He kissed her deeply and she felt as if she were melting into his arms all over again.

  “You’ve changed so much for me too,” she smiled as she looked into his eyes. “And I never want to lose this feeling.”

  They lay together in bed and talked until the early morning, the whole world was waiting for them and they had so much to look forward to. Now, they only had to decide how to tell Shelby’s father and throw another dilemma into the mix when it came to the ongoing feud and saga between the Iron Riders, The Forsaken Riders and now, the Russian Mob.

  “Life would be boring if we didn’t have all these outside factors,” Shelby laughed. “I mean, imagine being a regular couple who had just met on Tinder…”

  Hammer threw his head back and laughed and kissed her again.

  For a sassy gangster’s daughter who had been nothing but a pain in his ass and a constant distraction, she sure had a good sense of humor.

  11.

  “Shelby!” Petrov shouted as he glared up the stairs toward the front door of the penthouse and tapped his watch. “Hurry up! I need to get out of here, my flight’s at noon!”

  “Okay, okay, dad, just a minute!” Shelby called back to him as she ran down the stairs toward him and grabbed the box out of his arms.

  “I can’t believe you actually managed to rope me into carrying things up here for you,” he said in a huff. “I don’t see why some of the men couldn’t have helped you.”

  “Because this is what fathers and daughters do,” she said with a roll of her eyes. “Daughters move out and their dads help them move into their new places by carrying their boxes up the stairs and helping them get unpacked. Surely, you must have seen it on TV at some point!”

  Mr. Petrov shook his head and looked at her affectionately.

  “Well, at least I’m trying now,” he said with a wry smile. “Before, there would have been no chance I would have put myself out.”

  “Ha, and don’t I know it!” Shelby laughed.

  Her dad held his hands up in surrender as if he knew he had been a jerk in the past and had relied too much on the help of others to do menial tasks in their day to day lives.

  “Plus, don’t you think it makes you feel more involved?” she grinned. “Now, you know exactly what the apartment is like and you know where I’ll be. Surely, that must make you feel better?”

  “It does,” he said as he patted her affectionately on the top of the head. “It makes me feel a lot better…”

  He trailed off and looked down the stairs behind him.

  “But it still makes me feel better knowing you have him with you…”

  Shelby followed his eyeline to the foot of the stairs. Waiting there at the bottom, wearing all black and looking so fucking sexy that she just wanted to run and rip his clothes off, was Hammer. Shelby couldn’t help but smile.

  “He’s the best bodyguard there is,” Shelby smiled knowingly. “And I must say, I’m very grateful you decided to keep him on.”

  When Petrov wasn’t looking, Hammer winked up at Shelby and grinned.

  “Well, if you’re not going to come back to the house and are so determined to stay here, then I’ve got to make sure you’re safe now, don’t I?” Petrov bellowed. “And he’s proven himself before, so I am more than happy to let him prove himself again.”

  “It would be an honor, Mr. Petrov,” Hammer smiled as he began to climb the stairs.

  Still, whenever she saw him, he took her breath away, and this was no different. He really was the one for her.

  “I better get going,” Shelby’s dad said. “My flight is scheduled and we don’t want to miss our slot on the runway.”

  Shelby leaned forward and let her dad kiss her on the cheek.

  “I’ll call you when I land,” he said as he began to walk down the stairs. “And I’ll be back at the end of the week.”

  “Bye, dad,” Shelby smiled and Hammer gave him a mock salute.

  “Take care of my daughter,” Petrov snarled at Hammer, even though they all knew it was for show. Since the incident with the Russians and the weeks that followed where Hammer had done more than just prove himself by sticking by Shelby’s side, they all knew he was welcomed into the Petrov family.

  “You have my word,” Hammer said as he stood beside Shelby.

  She wanted to reach out and take hold of him, but they waited until her father had reached the final step and disappeared out of view.

  She turned to look at him and she reached up to wrap her arms around his neck. She still could barely reach, so Hammer lifted her and wrapped her legs around his waist.

  “Alone at last,” he whispered as he climbed the remaining stairs and kicked the door open behind them and began to walk with her inside.

  “In our own place,” she grinned.

  “Well, technically, it’s yours,” he laughed.

  “Yes, but you’re hired to live with me… So…”

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��So, what’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine?” he said cockily.

  “Exactly,” Shelby bit her lip.

  He kissed her deeply on the lips and began to walk backward with her toward the bedroom. They had been brought together in the most unbelievable of circumstances and they had triumphed against all odds. They had found love in a crazy world where all either of them had been used to was hurt, pain and heartache. And now, they had the freedom to be with each other, even if it was still in secret until they figured out how they would tell Shelby’s father about what had happened between them both.

  “He’ll be fine with it,” Shelby assured him as she gazed longingly into his eyes, keeping her arms wrapped tightly around his neck. “You’ve done nothing but look after me since the moment we met. He knows you’re a stand up guy.”

  Hammer raised his eyebrows and smiled.

  “I know,” he grinned.

  Shelby kissed him again and felt as if she had never been happier. She had been through hell and back, and now, she was finally back in her apartment with the man she loved. Their love may have been forbidden and frightening, it may have been in secret and hidden away, but she knew that wouldn’t last forever.

  When the time was right, they would tell her father and the rest of The Forsaken Riders, and if anything, Shelby knew it would just strengthen their bonds even more. A common enemy and a bond via families would make them practically blood. And Shelby knew her father had been very impressed by what he had seen of The Forsaken Riders, so far. It wasn’t just Shelby and Hammer’s relationship that was evolving, many relationships out in the desert were set to change, and all for the better.

  “So, what are we doing tonight?” Shelby asked her bodyguard as she looked up at him cheekily and slowly began to slip the strap of her top down over her shoulder.

  Hammer watched her with lust in his eyes and the look of a man that was about to take exactly what he wanted.

  “Well, I think maybe for your own protection, we should probably stay in the apartment,” he teased. “Confined to the bedroom…” He moved closer and began to climb on top of her. “And I think we should probably remove all your clothes.”