Royally Chosen Christmas (Royal Sons MC #7) - Elle Boon Page 0,3
saving grace had been the fact he’d been in the water so the two of them couldn’t see the hard-on he was sported as he’d looked up, getting a view of her panty-less state. He’d listened to his stepdad inform him his daughter was there for two weeks. All he’d heard Gary say was it was going to be his job to make sure she felt welcomed. Gary had no clue just how welcoming Scott had made her. Angela though, she’d taught him things he hadn’t known. He’d laughed when she’d told him her nickname had been Angel, especially since at the time he’d been balls deep in her. There had been nothing five years ago, nor now, that was angelic about Angela. Not at nineteen, nor twenty-five. Up until then, he’d gotten a few decent blowjobs from girls his age, but she’d shown him that porn stars weren’t the only ones who could do the things he’d seen on DVDs. He’d done his best to take care of her throughout the years, and not just sexually. Shit they hadn’t really fucked much in the last few years since he’d been in the military, yet she always called him when she was in a bind. Like now, but never this extreme.
“Angela, what do you want me to do? I’m only here for a couple more days and then I’m gone again.” he asked, needing her to understand he wouldn’t be here.
“It doesn’t matter. Please, I need you to take care of us.” She put one hand on his arm, the other on her small bump, running the tips of her fingers up to his face.
Scott grabbed her hand, stopping her. “Listen, I’m sorry, Angela, but I don’t know what you expect me to do. Whoever the father is, you need to contact him. If he’s not an upstanding guy or whatever, then you know you can do it on your own.” He released her hand after giving what he hoped was a reassuring squeeze. He was the last man who would be a good father figure. He’d moved up the ranks in the Army to Delta Force. Shit, most of his assignments were so highly classified, he didn’t know where they were going until they got there and wasn’t sure if they’d make it out. The only thing he made sure of before each mission was that he called his mom and Talena.
“You don’t understand. He’ll kill me,” she cried.
He shook his head, seeing the girl he’d known for years doing what she did best. “Look, I know you think this is the end of the world, but you’re twenty-five, not sixteen, Angela. My mom will help you, but I’m not claiming a child that isn’t mine. Hell, Talena loves you, and she’s your half-sister, same as mine. They’ll both help you, but I won’t claim paternity for someone else’s baby.”
Anger flared in her dark eyes. “You’re so stupid. Talena’s no more my sister than she’s yours. God, how could you be so smart, yet so fucking dumb? Your mom couldn’t have kids after you. They adopted Talena.”
Shock held him rooted to the spot for long seconds after she spat the words at him. His father had been killed in a car accident when he’d been eight, leaving him and his mother shattered. Gary had been his father’s business partner, a man his mother had trusted and relied on. When she fell in love with him, and then married the man just two years later, the entire community had been overjoyed for her. As for him, being a ten-year-old boy, he’d only wanted a father figure and he’d know Gary for a long time, he’d been like an uncle. However, Gary was the farthest thing from what he’d deem a father, or maybe he hadn’t wanted to be a stepfather. Gary had hidden his dislike of Scott from everyone, until after the wedding, and then he made sure Scott knew how things were going to work. He’d been a child and hopeful he and Gary could...he didn’t really have a clue what he’d thought, but he’d been young and missed his dad something fierce. What he hadn’t known was he’d been the one who ultimately held all the power within Haven Corp, which in turn made his stepdad hate him even more. However, it did make the other man have to be nice to him, or at least, he had to pretend when they were in public. He'd always wondered