Page 61 of Rhett Redeemed
I nod. “Yeah, now that I’m president it will be harder for me to keep coming here. It would save so much time for you to be closer to me.”
“I understand that,” she replies. “I love my job, though, and I don’t want to quit.”
“I know that, but when the baby comes you won’t be working,” I say gently. “It’s up to you, but I would love to have you at the clubhouse with me. If something happened—”
She nods. “What if we compromise and I stay here for now, and then when I’m closer to having the baby I’ll move there? I have been thinking about selling my house, so I guess that works.”
“Whatever works for you,” I say, just happy she’s agreed to come live with me in the clubhouse, even if it was temporary.
“Are you sure everyone is going to be okay with a pregnant woman living in the clubhouse? Isn’t it like a giant frat house?” she asks, brow furrowing.
I laugh when I remember all the stories I heard about Aunty Faye living in the clubhouse when she was pregnant with Clover. “It is mostly men, yes. But there are some women there. Dice’s woman, Leah, is there. I’ll have to tell you the stories about Clover’s mom when she was pregnant.”
It hits me that with everything going on, I haven’t even spoken to my own parents to let them know that they are going to be grandparents. “You need to meet my mom and dad.”
She winces. “Do you think they’ll like me? Knowing that I’m Cara’s sister? It’s a bit weird, don’t you think?”
“Maybe at the start, but once they get to know you I have no doubt that they will love you,” I assure her. “And especially when they see how happy I am.”
She rolls over onto her side, facing me. “You mean that?”
I nod. “I do.”
“So just like that? We went from only being friends to me considering moving into your motorcycle clubhouse and meeting your parents?”
I laugh. “And just like that we’re going to be parents.”
“Are you only all right with this because Cara gave it the okay? I know for me that felt like a green flag,” she admits. “Not that she controls our lives or anything, but I never wanted to hurt her, so when she said she wouldn’t hold it against us, I felt such relief.”
“I felt the same way. I don’t want to hurt anyone, and I didn’t want to cause a divide in the MC and among the people I love.”
To be honest, though, I don’t know how long I would have been able to hold out before it got too much. Let’s be real, I was already “dropping in” every chance I could. I definitely think I would have gotten to a point where I would have said, “Fuck what anyone else thinks.” And yeah, there would have been some repercussions for that.
“But I knew I wanted to be with you,” I continue. “I’m glad that we have a chance to explore that now.”
“Me too,” she replies, snuggling into me.
I wrap my arm around her and wonder what’s going to happen with Marko. All I know is that I’d do anything to protect those I love, just like the older generation of Wind Dragons had to. And along the way that might land me in prison, like it did Arrow and Irish, but that just comes with the territory.
“Even if it’s going to be complicated,” she whispers as if an afterthought.
I rest my hand on her stomach, cupping the tiny bump there. “It’s definitely going to be interesting.”
We both take a shower, and I stay for the night, the two of us getting reacquainted with each other, making love, laughing and whispering sweet nothings.
I just hope that I put her mind at ease and let her know that I’m in this with her, no matter what.
I’m not going anywhere.
Saying bye to Con the next morning is hard, but it’s going to have to be this way for a while. When I’m back at the clubhouse I find myself missing her, but then remind myself that I have shit I need to be doing. The only club members living at the clubhouse full-time right now are me, Bear, Sledge, Dice and Zeke. The older men all have their own houses with their families, but will stay here now and again, or go between the two. It’s a lot of fun, not going to lie, and after thinking of some of the shit we get up to, I wonder if Con is going to hate it here.
“We having a party tonight?” Bear asks, glancing down at his phone. “There’s a bunch of hotties I met at Toxic who want to come over.”
I shrug. “If you want to.”
The men are all single except Dice—and me, even though Con and I never officially spoke about it—and they all want to have a good time and fuck around. I’m not going to get in the way of that. But with Con potentially coming to stay here when she’s further along in her pregnancy, I’m looking at our daily habits in a new way.
When the party starts later that night, I take note of things that may be an issue for her.