ZACK: Southside Skulls Motorcycle Club (Southside Skulls MC Romance Book 4)

by Jessie Cooke

  “Kyle, how’s it going?” Dax slid his arm across Kyle’s shoulders and turned him away from Cody’s glare.

  “I need to talk to Miller.”

  “Sure, but let’s you and I talk first.” Dax steered him toward the door. Kyle dug in his heels before they got there and said:

  “You can’t coddle him forever.”

  Dax dropped his arm and moved his neck back and forth to get the knot that was beginning to form there out before saying, “Cody doesn’t need me to coddle him, he’s a big boy. But the two of you need to handle your shit like adults, and not in the middle of my club.”

  “Then tell your little yearling that. I’ve been calling him for weeks now and the little pissant hangs up on me every time.” Dax suppressed another smile. wasn’t a small man, but Cody towered over him and outweighed him by at least fifty pounds of solid muscle. It took balls for anyone to call him a “little pissant.” There was never any doubt in Dax’s mind that Kyle had balls. He was a smart guy too, but sometimes his arrogance got in the way of his thought processes.

  “How about this: Angel is up at the house. Why don’t you go up and see her, and Cody and I will pick up Harley and we’ll all talk?”

  “This isn’t about you and Angel.”

  Dax chuckled and said, “Maybe you didn’t notice that guard shack you passed through out there, but you’re on my turf now, Kyle, and it’s all about me here.” Kyle tensed, but he didn’t say what was on his mind. Dax knew Kyle hated that his sister had hooked up with a biker and that there was nothing he could do about it. If not for the close relationship he had with Angel, he would have turned his back on her completely by now. Kyle saw the world in black and white. His sister’s new-found fondness for gray areas drove him crazy.

  “Fuck, fine, let’s get this over with then. I’m sick of messing with your little minion.” Dax watched Kyle storm out and then he turned and motioned at Cody.

  “We’re picking up Harley and we’re going to the house and deal with this now, okay?” Cody nodded. His jaw was set tight and his hands were fisted at his sides. “You gonna be cool?” He nodded again; it was the best Dax could hope for the time being.

  15

  “So,” Zack said as he leaned on the bar, “how’s Tammy?”

  Gunner sighed. “She’s fine.”

  “She around? I’m sure she’d love to see me.”

  “She’s around, but it’s doubtful she’ll be happy to see you.”

  Zack laughed. “Still jealous, little man, after all we’ve been through together.”

  “Knock off your little man shit, and I’m not jealous of you. Tammy loves me. I trust her, so good luck with that charm shit you think you have going on. It’s going nowhere.”

  Zack chuckled again and said, “I think he protests too much.”

  Gunner rolled his eyes. “Whatever – come on, I’ll show you to your room.”

  Zack picked up his beer and said, “Sure, after you.” As Gunner led him through the great room a little pixie-looking thing with short black and purple hair, and tits that looked like they should make her fall forward, stopped them.

  “Hey, Gunner, who’s your friend?”

  “He’s not my friend.”

  Zack laughed and said, “Zack Leoni – it’s a pleasure.”

  “Kay, and the pleasure is all mine. But, if you’re interested, while you’re here it can be yours. Gunner can vouch for me.”

  Zack looked at Gunner. He didn’t usually care what other men did, but he was protective of Tammy. Gunner must have seen it in his eyes because he said, “Before I knew Tammy existed.”

  The little pixie nodded. “Oh yeah, since he brought his old lady back here, he’s been hands off. But I’m all for hands on – if you’re interested, I even have a friend that I know would love to join us,” she told him with a seductive smile. Zack was once again surprised at his body’s reaction, or lack thereof. The idea of fucking this hot little piece and her friend would have had his cock doing cartwheels a few weeks before. Now, even though it had been a long three days of celibacy and travel since his last hot night with Nicole, he wasn’t interested in the least. He smiled down at the girl who only came up to the bottom of his chest and said:

  “That’s a nice offer, Kay and it’s nice to meet you, but I’ll have to pass.”

  She looked disappointed as Zack and Gunner moved on toward the long hall that led to the stairwell. As he followed Gunner up the stairs the younger man said, “That was…surprising.”

  “Why’s that?”

  “I got the feeling from our time in Tennessee that you pretty much fucked any available pussy.”

  “Not here for fucking,” Zack told him; however, the thoughts of Nicole that were suddenly running through his head had woken up the desire coiled in the pit of his stomach.

  “What are you here for?” Gunner asked him, stopping in front of one of the doors.

  “Work,” Zack said. Gunner needed to know what was going on in Texas, but he wanted to talk to Dax first. “You’ll understand someday when you grow up and get a real patch.”

  “Why are you always such a dick?”

  “Sorry, kid, did I hurt your feelings?”

  Gunner unlocked the door and handed Zack the key. “Not even close,” he said. “Dinner is at six if you’re interested…” He sighed and with a look in his blue eyes that told Zack how hard it was for him he said, “By the way, I never told you…but, I’m sorry.”

  That caught Zack off guard. “You’re sorry? For what?”

  “For your loss. Your dad,” Gunner said. “That day, I could have shot the guy with the gun in his hand…but I had already told them if they made a move, I was taking out their president. I was doing what I thought was best for Tammy at that point.”

  Zack put his hand on Gunner’s shoulder. As much as he liked to give the kid shit, he didn’t dislike him, and right or wrong, he wasn’t in the least angry with him for killing Swinger. He knew Gunner did what he had to do. If Swinger weren’t dead, Gunner would be. “I know,” Zack said. “The sad fact is, kid, that you did me and the world a favor. You probably saved my life that day and the lives of anyone else that might have pissed the old man off or gone against his wishes in the future. He was an ugly man, inside. He won’t be missed.”

  Gunner looked like he had more to say but settled for nodding at Zack and turning to go. Zack let him get as far as the door before he said, “I might want that dinner delivered, prospect.”

  “Fuck you,” Gunner said as he closed the door.

  Zack laughed and sat down on the bed. He’d been checking in with Hashtag every few hours since he left Tennessee, but he’d only spoken to Nicole once. His fingers itched to call her every time he touched his phone, but he was struggling with the idea of going from wanting to fuck her to wanting to be with her all the time. It scared him, and nothing did that. He took out his phone and stared at it. He started to press in Hashtag’s number but quickly changed his mind and pressed in Nicole’s instead.

  “Hi, Zack,” she answered. Just the sound of her voice gave him butterflies in the pit of his stomach like he hadn’t had since he was an adolescent.

  “Hey, gorgeous. How are things going?”

  “Things have been great. I dropped Liam off with Stacey and went back to work for the first time today. Armand was happy to have me back and Stacey was thrilled to see Liam. She missed him while we were gone. She’s used to seeing him every day.”

  “No sign of Spider?”

  “No, none at all. Your friends are keeping it low-key too. I haven’t seen them around all day.”

  “They’re there. I talked to Hash earlier.”

  “Thank you, Zack.”

  “No problem. So, what are you doing?” He thought he heard a splash and his over-active imagination was suddenly picturing her naked in the bathtub. His cock went from semi-erect to full-on hard when she said:

  “I just stepped into the bath before you called.”

  “Oh, re
ally? Where’s Liam?”

  “He’s in the living room with Stacey. She’s off tonight and we’re going to order some food and watch our favorite show after Liam goes to sleep. She’s not really happy with her friend she’s been staying with out in the country, so she might stay here for a while.”

  “Good.” It made Zack feel better knowing someone else would be in the apartment with Nicole. It obviously wouldn’t stop Spider from attacking her again, but at least she would have a better chance fending him off with help. “So, do you have Facetime on that phone of yours?”

  Nicole laughed. “Yes…”

  “Hang up, I’m calling you back.”

  “These walls are paper thin…”

  “I’ll whisper, it’ll just be up to you not to moan too loud on your end.”

  She laughed again, nervously. “You want to watch me take a bath…and I’ll be moaning?”

  “I want to watch you enjoy taking your bath. Hang up, baby and give me a sec.” He didn’t wait for her to hang up. He ended the call himself and stripped off his clothes. Getting comfortable on the bed, he called her back, this time on Facetime. When she answered the call, his heart sped up and his breaths shortened. She looked fucking gorgeous, sitting in the bathtub with wet tendrils falling out of the messy bun she had her soft brown hair up in. The bubbles hid most of her body, but Zack liked imagining what was underneath them. Her big hazel eyes were bright underneath the fluorescent lights of the bathroom as she smiled at him. “Well, hello, gorgeous.”

  She smiled. “Hi.”

  “So show me around this bathroom of yours.”

  She shook her head at him and smiled. “Okay, this is the tub.” She switched the view on her camera and said, “And this is the rest of it. There’s not a lot to it.”

  “Do me a favor, set your phone in that wire caddy up there.”

  “Why?”

  “So you don’t drop it in the water when I get you off.”

  She giggled. “I’m learning to not ask you a question that I don’t want an honest, direct answer to.”

  “Good, because I don’t see the point in lying, or beating around the bush. You’re hot. I like to watch and my cock is hard just thinking about it.”

  He heard the splash of the water again as she stood up and put the phone in the little caddy that was suctioned to the tile wall. When she changed the direction of the camera again, he was treated to the sight of her sexy body as she lowered it back down into the water. He had a perfect, bird’s eye view of her and now his cock was throbbing. Her face was red like she was embarrassed, but her hesitance only added to the thrill of it all for him.

  “Nice, baby, now lie back against the tub.” Nicole lay back and Zack reached down and put his hand around his hot cock as he told her, “Touch yourself, baby. Touch yourself while I watch.” Nicole closed her eyes and put her hands on her breasts. Zack groaned and said, “Yeah, baby, cup those sweet tits and imagine it’s my hands touching you. I’d massage them and tweak your hard nipples…” Nicole was following along with her hands. She had her thumb and forefinger on each of her breasts, pinching at the nipples. The throbbing in Zack’s cock turned into an ache as he watched. “Run those hands down lower, baby, across that flat belly…run your fingertips across the top of your mound.” Nicole, with her eyes still closed and her chest heaving, did as she was told. Zack saw her shudder hard when she touched her pussy. “Run your fingers along the outside of your wet lips.” Nicole gasped slightly as she touched her lips and Zack stroked his hard cock a little harder. “Mm, yeah, baby. Does that feel good?”

  “Mm-hmm.”

  “What would make it feel better?”

  “If it was your hand touching me,” she said, breathlessly. Her tongue ran along the outside of her lips and he watched as she arched her back up out of the water.

  “Imagine it is, baby. Soap up those hands for me, I want to wash you.”

  Nicole opened her pretty eyes and reached for the body wash on the side of the tub. Zack watched her pour some into one hand and then rub them together to create a thick, creamy lather. She looked directly at the phone, into his eyes, and he felt like he could almost feel her sweet, warm breath on his lips as she asked, “What should I wash first?”

  “Wash your breasts, baby. Massage and caress them like I would if I was there.” Nicole put her hands over her breasts and began to caress them with her soapy palms. She spent some time them, rubbing and squeezing and occasionally stopping to pull at one of her nipples. She’d closed her eyes again, and the pleasure on her pretty face was driving Zack crazy. His hand was getting tired as he continued to stroke himself and watch. She would caress a breast for a while and then slide her hand down over her abdomen and back up, and caress the other. When she finished washing them, she cupped her hands together to scoop up more water and let it pour slowly down across each breast, one at a time. “So sexy, baby. You’re killing me over here.”

  Nicole didn’t say anything. Instead, she slid down deeper into the tub and with one hand still on one of her breasts, she let the other one disappear under the water and shivered again. Then she lifted one leg and rested it along the back side of the tub. She did the same with the other one, only she let that one dangle over the side. Zack wished he was there to bury his face in that pussy, but watching her was almost as nice. She slowly let her hand slide down lower until it hovered over the top of her pussy. She looked into Zack’s eyes again as she slid one finger between her lips and moved it up and down, stopping every so often to press on her clit and let out a soft little moan. “Open it for me, baby…” Zack was breathlessly stroking his cock. He wanted to explode, but he wanted her to come first. Nicole used her free hand to open her lips and while Zack watched, mesmerized, she slid her finger up inside of her hot tunnel and began to move it in and out. She was rocking in the water as she slid a second finger in and moved her thumb up so that it pressed into her clit. Her head was back and her eyes were rolling back in her head. Zack whispered sexy words of encouragement right up until he saw her freeze and tense. She bit down on her bottom lip to stifle the cry that came out like a squeak as she came and as soon as she did, Zack let go. He was amazed at how incredible the orgasm was without even touching her. He was left shaking and sweating and muttering unintelligible curses. When the orgasm began to subside, he opened his eyes and Nicole was smiling at him through the phone screen. He made a mental note to buy a laptop; that sexy body and face were made for a larger screen.

  “Wow, you’re fucking amazing,” he told her.

  She blushed slightly but said, “Back at you. I’ve never done that before.”

  “Got yourself off, or…?”

  Her blush deepened. “No. I’ve done that…I mean for a guy.”

  Zack winked. “Stick with me, kid. I’ll lead you into a world of depravity that you never imagined.”

  Nicole laughed and blew him a kiss. “I can’t wait. But, for now, I better get out of here and take care of my son.”

  “Alright, tell the kid I said hey.”

  “Will do. I’m sure he’ll say hey back.”

  Zack grinned. “I’ll expect to hear about it if he does. Bye, gorgeous.” She had to stand up to get to the phone and Zack got one last look at her perfect body. After that incredible orgasm, his cock still twitched at the sight of her. He didn’t understand the completely overwhelming attraction he felt toward this gorgeous woman, but he’d already decided that he wasn’t interested in fighting it. It felt too fucking good, and it was far from just in the bedroom already…and then there was Liam. As unlikely as it seemed to Zack himself, the short, fat, bald, practically toothless little guy had wormed his way underneath the rough skin of this outlaw biker and confirmed bachelor…and right into his heart.

  16

  Nicole had woken up early with Liam and once he was fed and changed, he’d gone back to sleep. She tucked him back into his crib with a kiss and then checked on Stacey. She was still sleeping soundly in the small bedroom across fr
om Nicole’s and Liam’s. They had stayed up late the night before watching movies, so Nicole wanted to let her sleep in. Liam would probably be down for a couple of hours too and since Nicole was wide awake, she decided to go for a run. After changing into her yoga pants and tank top, she left a note for Stacey, checked to make sure the baby was sleeping once more and, locking the door on her way out, she breathed in a lungful of the fresh Tennessee morning air. She heard the sound of a Harley and she thought she saw a flash of chrome out of the corner of her eye, but when she looked in that direction, she didn’t see anything. For a second, she rethought her run, but she reminded herself of two things: first, that Zack told her his brothers were watching, even though she hadn’t seen them. And second, that she wasn’t going to let Spider keep her a prisoner in her own home. She’d taken the policeman’s advice when she filed the restraining order and programmed the emergency number into her phone so that she’d only have to push one button if she needed them. He told her not to hesitate to call for help. The officer she spoke with had been part of the Memphis Gang Task Force and he knew Spider well. He made Nicole feel comfortable and he’d allowed her to rid herself of the last bit of hesitancy she’d had about getting the police involved.

  She slipped on her headphones and tucked her cell phone into the small pocket in the front of her yoga pants and headed across the parking lot. When she got to the main street, she waited for the light and then jogged across to the entrance of the path that led through the large park that ran along the edge of the Mississippi. It was a well-populated place with many joggers, people out with their children, fishermen and houses and boats along the river. The normalcy of it alone gave her spirits a lift as she pounded along the path. A slight breeze was blowing and she smiled as it brushed across her skin and through her hair, and she thought about Zack. She was stunned by the kind of passion he brought out in her. The idea of masturbating in front of a man had never occurred to her, much less on video, but it had been incredibly hot. Everything with and about Zack was incredibly hot. She wished sometimes that was all she felt for him…passion. But it went deeper than that. She’d seen his heart and his spirit, and each time he let her in, she fell a little deeper, drowning in the feelings and loving every second of it.