in a bear hug, kissing my cheek. “So proud of you, baby girl.”
I hugged him back. “Thanks, Daddy.”
He set me on my feet again and I was quickly folded into the group with hugs and congratulations abounding as I made my way through the crowd.
Wyatt had Reagan on her hip as she grinned at me, handing me a glass of wine, and hugging me. Reagan demanded my attention, so I took her from Wyatt and snuggled.
Well, until she caught sight of Aero, then all bets were off. My little sister wanted him, and she was too cute to refuse.
I handed her off to him, then leaned on my tiptoes and kissed him quickly. “You’re a sneak.”
He grinned. “Love you, baby.”
“Love you, too.”
As my family gathered close to celebrate with me, I held onto my man and sent up a silent prayer of thanks to the universe. I was so very glad I’d drop-kicked the accountant desire and hitched myself to a real man.
Violet
Two years later…
I RINSED THE dishes from the dinner Aero had cooked earlier and loaded them into the dishwasher, unable to stop a smile as I stared out at the water from my giant window over the sink.
Dad and Wyatt had gifted us a two-acre parcel of land on the club property down by the creek, which meant I could build my house with the kitchen, family room, and master bedroom facing the water.
There had been a small cabin already on the property, but it was so run-down, there was no way to renovate it, so it was demolished, and we started anew. It was also the only ‘charity’ Aero was willing to take from my father. And even that was a struggle, because he didn’t want to take any of it, but Dad had parcels for each of his kids on the land. Parcels my grandfather had expressed multiple times he wanted his grandkids to receive, so it was a gift to me, even more than to him, so he agreed.
After I signed a prenuptial.
This was the dumbest thing I’d ever heard, because neither of us had a pot to piss in, but Aero wanted to protect me. That led to a fight about why he’d need to protect me. I mean, really, if the man cheated, no one would ever find a hair or a fiber, and if he died, I’d resurrect him from the grave in order to kill him, so there was no need for a prenup.
What I hadn’t realized was that he actually had a nice little nest egg saved which he did not protect. It was all mine, should I want it, for any reason. He, however, had no access to my land.
This led to another fight about him not protecting his money along with mine, which ultimately ended with us in bed, having pissed off sex which made me realize, I needed to make him angry more often.
He’d bought the nipple clamps, but he’d also found a few electronic devices, whether to attach to me, or stick in me, which kept me in a state of arousal for hours. It was awesome.
I’d just closed the dishwasher when Aero strolled into the kitchen to wash his hands.
“Everything good?”
“Yeah. Just had to fix part of the wire to the coop.”
I grinned. We had chickens. We also had a four-bedroom, five-bathroom house, plus bonus room and office, with a huge great room and kitchen that was usually filled with family, bikers and blood. Our master was on the main floor. It was large and bright and had French doors that went out to a private garden oasis connected to our acreage.
“Have I thanked you lately for my chickens?”
He chuckled. “Every day I grab fresh eggs, baby.”
“I wonder if we should get a rooster so we can have the chance of fertilized eggs, you know, have some baby chicks around.”
“You really want a rooster wakin’ you at all hours of the day and night?” he challenged.
I wrinkled my nose. “Hmm, maybe not.”
He kissed my nose. “We can think about it, though.”
“I suppose I have enough of a rooster in you.”
“You need me to fertilize your eggs, baby?”
“You kinda already did,” I said, biting my lip to keep from squealing.
“Come again?”
I grabbed the pregnancy test and held it up to him. “Pregnant.”
“No shit?”
“No shit.”
He lifted me onto the counter and kissed me, then leaned down and kissed my belly. “How far along are you?”
“Oh, it was the night you introduced that TENS unit to my clit.”
He