Thunder (Hell's Handlers MC #10) - Lilly Atlas Page 0,143
on her head, fastened beneath her chin. Since the neurologist adjusted the medication back up, she’d been seizure-free, but he wanted her to keep the helmet on for six weeks, just in case. The news had devastated Kara and stressed Mak out, but with only a week left, they’d all survived.
“Excuse me?” he asked, charging her. He scooped her up and slung her over his shoulder. The pillow hit the floor, and her squeals of joy nearly deafened him, but he’d take it to see her having so much fun. “What do you know about sucking face?”
“Seriously!” Mak said with a frown. “Where did you even hear that?”
“From Lee!” Kara said, hanging upside down. “And I know it’s super gross.”
Rissa strode in carrying a small box labeled with her name. “What’s gross? Oh, were those two kissing again?”
Thunder bit his lip to keep from laughing while Mak threw her arms up in the air. He set Kara down and snagged his ol’ lady around the waist. Those he’d worked with for years wouldn’t recognize him, nor would they believe it if he told them how much he fucking loved the new turn his life had taken. The laughing, the loving, the playing, even the fighting that went on in this family made him thankful each and every morning he woke up. Life was chaotic, messy, and full of more love than he’d thought possible. No matter what drama happened during the day with the kids, he and Mak not only managed to sneak in time for themselves, but they fell asleep sated and wrapped in each other’s arms each night.
And now they’d officially be living together.
Life didn’t get much more perfect than this.
“Better get used to it, guys. I plan to do this all the time. Close your eyes if you can’t handle it.” He tugged Mak’s hair, tilting her head back, then planted a wet one on her.
The girls all shrieked their horror then scattered to their new rooms.
“Mmm,” he said against her mouth. “Alone at last.” Then he went back for more of her sweetness. She’d long ago lost any shyness and now took what she wanted, meeting his tongue with bold strokes and teasing flicks.
“Ewwww, gross!” Emmie giggled then barreled into their legs, almost taking them both out. “You’re bisgusting!”
Lee chuckled as he walked in, then scooped up the youngest of the bunch. “She has a point, guys. You have a room. With a door. That locks.”
Thunder snorted. “I’ll tell you what I told the rest of em.” He hugged Mak close, plastering her back to his front. “Get used to it.”
“So that means I get to act the same way when I bring my girlfriend over, right?”
Thunder shrugged. “Sure. Why not?”
Mak’s palm hit his chest in a less than gentle slap. “Uh, no! You cannot.”
“Ow!” What was that for? He rubbed his sore nipple.
She scowled up at him, then turned it to her brother. “That was for suggesting Lee can make out with his girlfriend around the house where all the kids can see. It’s not appropriate.”
Lee snorted. “But it’s appropriate for you.”
Thunder kissed the top of her head then nodded at Lee over her.
“Uh, yes. We are in a committed relationship, and we love each other,” she said, voice full of the sass he loved.
Lee snorted. “I’m committed to my girl.”
“Yeah, for this week,” Mak shot back.
Thunder would have given her a high five for the quick comeback if they were in the right position for it.
“Plus, we pay for the house, so we make the rules.”
Thunder rested his chin on Mak’s head as the two of them went back and forth with their sibling bickering. He stuck his tongue out at Emmie, who mimicked the move with another round of those sweet giggles. He’d do just about anything for that sound, not that it was hard to elicit from her. The girl laughed at anything and everything.
Crossing his eyes, he did it again. Emmie clapped and tried to copy it, but her cute little baby blues just went in all different and wacky directions.
As he chuckled, the rest of the clan made their way into the room.
“I’m hungry!” Rissa announced.
Mak snorted. “What else is new?”
Rissa shrugged. “I’m growing. Plus, we did a lot of work today.”
“Seriously,” Lee agreed. “I’m freakin’ starved.”
As a heated argument over what to eat for dinner erupted, Thunder remained quiet and took it all in. He didn’t give a fuck what they ate.