Page 34 of Slicer

Did she get a message?

Is she seeing someone?

She fucking better not be!

She nods her head my way, making me stop in confusion before Lilah turns her head towards me. Her eyes instantly tear up as she scrambles to get off her chair, running towards me all while shouting,

"DADDY, MY DADDY."

I hear Annalise let out a sob while Meghan records our moment as I catch our little girl in my arms, holding her up tightly to me as she wraps herself around me like a spider monkey. She sobs in my neck, and I look towards my girl; her tears are trailing down her face, love shining in her eyes, as well as relief, relief that our daughter finally has her daddy.

She fucking told her she was seeing her daddy.

Fuck, my girl just steals my breath away with her kind soul.

Lilah squeezes me tightly, and some tears fall from my eyes before I make eye contact with Axel, who also has his phone out the dick. He grins a watery grin at me, and I shake my head, subtly flipping him off, making him and Annalise chuckle before I walk over to Meghan, whose tears trail her face. She puts her phone down as I kneel in front of her with our girl still clinging to me. I cup her cheek, wiping away her tears, before I lean forward and take her mouth with mine, gently kissing her lips. She doesn't pull back like I knew she wouldn't; her emotions are running wild. She's torn between wanting me, needing me, and letting our daughter have me all to herself because that's Meghan for you, putting our daughter first.

I just need to show her that I can have both, and I need to prove that the other women over the years didn't mean jack-shit to me.

I hear a cheer, and I pull back from a dazed Meghan before looking towards Axel, who quickly looks towards the walls like they are the most important thing going, and I shake my head. The fucker has live-streamed our reunion at the clubhouse.

Ah well, it looks like everyone now knows about Lilah and the fact that I've finally found my girl.

I grab the seat near Meghan and sit down, placing one of my knees in between hers and one of my hands gripping her hip while the other rubs soothing motions up and down our daughter's back.

Her sobs have stopped, but she's still hiccupping.

"You told her?"

She nods before she rasps, "As soon as we got back from the wedding."

I slowly close my eyes, holding Lilah closer to me. I hear women sobbing, and I look towards Axel again. He quickly shuts his phone off before walking over here with Annalise.

He kneels in front of Meghan, making her smile. "I know you."

He grins back. "Yeah, doll, it's good to see you again, although I'm kicking myself for not seeing you sooner."

She smiles back at him. "It was normally Mel who dealt with the brother's women when they came in, and when I was in the room when it was Mel, we just missed each other, I think." He nods before leaning forward, giving her a hug, and I growl, making them both shake their heads at me while Annalise giggles. Lilah still hasn't let go of my neck, and everyone's eyes soften at her while Meghan rubs our daughter's back.

"All she's wanted, every birthday and Christmas, is her daddy." She looks me in the eyes and says, "I finally got to give her that wish."

I nod while Annalise lets out a sniffle, causing us to smile.

We spend an hour at Sweet Treats while Lilah stays in my arms, not letting me go until she falls asleep with her head in the crook of my neck. Axel and Annalise gave us the space we needed, and I'm grateful for that, but now I'm standing near Meg's crappyBuick, not wanting them to leave my sight. We didn't talk; I spent the whole time talking to Lilah, asking her questions, all while she kept her head in the crook of my neck while Meg took pictures.

When she stands, I quickly put my head in the back of the car to kiss Lilah's forehead before looking at Meg, who was wiping a tear.

I wrap my arm around her waist and cup her cheek with my other hand as she sniffles.

"She's going to fall apart when she wakes and you're not there."

I nod. "You've got my number now; ring me as soon as she wakes, and if I have to, I'll come by."

She nods, and I lean forward, placing my forehead against hers.

"What's it going to take for you to give me another chance, Wildcat?"

She shrugs. "It doesn't matter; we can't; we've got to think about Lilah."