No matter what.
She hadn’t made any other attempts to call her parents since I showed her a glimpse of the man she wanted. She even gave up on asking any more questions. Content with what she knew for now. She was following the rules and listening to me for the most part, but she was still Mia. Stubborn to a fucking fault. I knew she was getting restless in the house. Mia had always been an active person, and being cooped up like that was beginning to take a toll on her, especially since Noah and I couldn’t stay with her every night. She was never alone, though. I didn’t trust any of the Prospects. It was always Diesel or one of the other brothers who took shifts, staying with her. Pops kept his distance after the drop-off at the safe house, wanting nothing more to do with the situation.
Ma begged me a few times to let her come stay with Mia. Saying she wanted to help during her pregnancy. Some shit about needing a woman around and not all us men hovering over her. I told her that right now wasn’t a good time. Mia was overwhelmed enough as it was, she didn’t need another person on her ass. She was disappointed but settled for making her some homemade meals for me to take back to the house to help out.
I tried to be there as much as I could, but I was still VP of Devil’s Rejects and needed to know what the fuck was going on back in the real world. Keeping a close eye on the Sinner’s and any other enemy lurking the streets. The constant surveillance we had to dodge in order to drive to the safe house wasn’t making things any easier. Fucking McGraw had us on watch, day in and day out. Noah stayed behind at the clubhouse for the most part, which I preferred. I didn’t want that little shit near my girl, especially by himself.
It had become a fucking waiting game, finding out who was behind the shootout at our house. We were running in circles with no end in sight. Chasing our fucking tails. We had words with allies and suppliers. Paying unexpected visits to every son of a bitch we could think of. Getting our hands dirty with more blood and lives. Some corrupt. Some innocent, caught in the crossfire. Every ride out we did, we came up empty. Not one fucking answer to all the relentless questions.
To make matters worse, I had Mia’s old man, his boys, and McGraw on my ass constantly. There was no staying away from daily life for too long, they were already suspicious of our behavior. I had to fly under the radar and play nice for the time being. Even offering to help, but that didn’t go over very well. Words like low-life and piece of fucking trash were thrown in my face. None of it fazed me. I knew what I looked like in their eyes. I’d never be their prodigal son, who’d be welcomed into the family with open fucking arms.
So, I pretended like nothing had changed when everything had. Noah would come and go as he pleased, but he was in the same boat I was. Plain and simple, they were waiting for one of us to slip up. We had to stay one step ahead of them at all times.
I cut the engine to the side-by-side, parking it at the back of the house along with the others. Completely out of sight. I couldn’t fucking wait to see Pippin. Take her in my fucking arms and straight to bed. It had been at least twenty-four hours since I had slept, exhaustion beginning to set in. I’d been sleeping like shit at the clubhouse, wishing I were somewhere else. It was crazy how fast I’d gotten used to sharing a bed with Mia in my arms or on my chest. Always needing to have some part of her touching me. It was new, considering I’d never shared a bed with anyone before her.
I smiled just thinking about how someone so tiny could take up so much space. Hogging the entire bed. I woke up every morning on the edge of the king-sized mattress. No matter what, half of her body was always lying on top of me, using my torso like a body pillow. Baby girl seemed to like it, too. She’d kick inside Mia’s stomach in the middle of the night all the time, waking me up.
I unlocked the front door, stopping dead in my tracks when I heard Mia giggling like a fucking schoolgirl on the other side.
“The fuck?” I muttered to myself, barging inside. Jerking back from the scene unfolding in front of me.
Mia was on the couch with Noah kneeling in front of her on the floor. His body in between her legs with his head resting on her stomach while his hands stroked her bare skin as he whispered shit to the baby. They both glanced over in my direction when they heard me walk in. Mia warily smiled, slowly moving away from Noah, who didn’t bother getting up. She nonchalantly stood, pulling her shirt down over her belly. Making her way over to me on unsteady legs.
Standing on the tips of her toes, she kissed me. “I missed you,” she coaxed against my lips.
“Shouldn’t you be in my bed?” I questioned, grabbing underneath her chin so she’d look at me.
“Waiting on you.” She shyly smiled, her cheeks turning a soft shade of red.
I don’t know what came over me, maybe it was the fact I hadn’t seen her in a few days, or maybe it was from seeing Noah’s hands all over her stomach. Or it could have just been the fact that I hadn’t been inside of her in God knows how fucking long. I gripped onto the back of her neck, tugging her pouty fucking lips toward me.
Kissing her.
Fucking devouring her.
Clutching onto the side of her face with one hand, while taking her bottom lip between my teeth. Sucking it hard. Causing a soft moan to escape her lips.
My cock twitched, aching to be inside of her.
Suddenly, my hands fell to her luscious ass, unable to control myself. Gripping on tight, I carried her up in one swift motion, so she could straddle my waist. Wrapping her long legs around my hips as I kicked the front door shut, never breaking our intense kiss. Noah cleared his throat, but we were too far gone to give a fuck, wrapped up in each other’s love. I walked us back to my room, making sure to flip Noah off as we strode past him.
Crossing the threshold into my room, I used my boot to close the bedroom door behind us, needing some privacy with my girl. I never stopped kissing her as we made our way over to the bed. Gently laying her down on the mattress, hovering above her heady frame. Causing her breathing to escalate when she realized she was now beneath me.
I kissed along her jaw, murmuring, “The fuck was that out there?” Continuing to lick and kiss down to her ample tits. I yanked down her flimsy cotton tank top, exposing a nipple, sucking the round pebble into my mouth.
“Ahhh...” Her back arched off the bed, only encouraging me to keep going.
I couldn’t help myself.
I never fucking could when it came to her.