Cole
By the time I shut my door, it was already done.
That was the truth I didn’t want to look at.
The clubhouse noise faded behind me, but the damage didn’t stay there. It followed. Sat heavy in my chest. Quiet. Certain. I hadn’t needed Jax to say anything. I hadn’t needed Rhea’s look when I told her I’d take Mara home.
The line had already been crossed.
Not when I slept with her.
Not even when I showed up at her place.
It was when the club learned her name.
That was the moment I lost control of it.
I stripped off my cut and dropped it over the chair, then leaned my palms on the edge of the table, head bowed. The room felt smaller than usual. Too tight. Like the walls were listening.
I don’t let women into this world.
That rule wasn’t about s*x. It was about protection. Once th
