Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Throughout these past months, I had gotten closer to Aisling. Truly, all of us had.
We gravitated to her, adamant on protecting our heir. Then, it quickly became about caring for her too outside of the obligation of our agreed plan.
I could tell that the others had started developing feelings for her outside of pure desire.
I felt so damn attached to her, finding myself always thinking about her and wondering what was on her mind.
The one-year mark was approaching very quickly, and the closer it got, the more dread I felt because I didn’t want it to end. I didn’t want her to leave the clubhouse and go on with her life besides doing things for the kid.
I didn’t want her to leave us.
But I couldn’t force her to do anything. She seemed to be having a good time with us, but did she want to continue that? Did she feel something deeper for us past desire? I wished that I could look inside of her head, but all I saw was her big eyes and radiant smile.
A beautiful sight but one that didn’t tell me the answers to the questions that kept me up at night.
I was so deeply ingrained in my own thoughts that I was almost late getting back to the clubhouse. My heart raced as I hurried down the road, already knowing that I was probably the last to arrive. The last thing I wanted was for Aisling to think that I didn’t care enough to show up on time.
As I approached the clubhouse, my eyebrows furrowed in confusion at the sight of the guys waving me down in an empty lot that was a few spots down from the clubhouse. I headed that way, parking my bike next to Auden’s at the end of the line of bikes and shutting off my engine.
There were tables full of catered barbeque, along with coolers full of drinks. Pink and blue balloons were tied to the table legs and to the handles of the coolers. All of the decorations really put it in perspective that I was about to find out the gender of my baby.
My heart rate seemed to stutter from the thought, racing out of control before finally falling back into pace. Holy shit. This was happening.
Aisling and Hayden stood next to a stationary motorcycle facing the opposite way of us that seemed to have a special exhaust system.
“This is the surprise! It’ll blow blue or pink smoke when the engine is started,” Aisling explained as she clasped her hands together excitedly. She turned to Hayden. “Ready?”
“I’ve been ready,” Hayden chuckled before looking at all of us as we got off our bikes and faced Hayden and Aisling. “We’ll count down from five, okay?”
“Hell yeah,” Auden chuckled. “Let’s get this show on the road. I’ve been dying to fight you all over baby names.”
Chuckles sounded from all of us as Aisling peered at all of us with awe in her eyes, and I swore she was on the verge of tears. However, she dabbed at the corners of her eyes and smiled, nodding to tell us that she was ready.
“Five!”
My chest immediately tightened the moment the first number rang out, reality hitting me like a sucker punch.
Holy shit, this was actually happening. Realization kept hitting me in waves, reminding me that I was a dad to a baby on the way.
“Four!”
Lincoln put his hands behind his head, his eyes widening in anticipation.
“Three!”
The triplets shared excited looks with one another, shuffling on their feet like they couldn’t stay still the closer we got.
“Two!”
Auden and Bradley playfully nudged each other, getting tense and amped up.
“One!”
Right on cue, Hayden started the engine of the stationary bike, a cloud of blue smoke rushing out of the exhaust pipe and blowing over us.
“Holy fuck! It’s a boy!” Auden’s shout somehow rose over the engines.
I was breathless for a few seconds, struck by the fact that we were having a baby boy. Blue smoke lingered in the air as we all rushed over to Aisling to pull her into tight embraces, happy laughter and shocked voices filling the parking lot.
“You amazing, amazing woman. You’re the best thing that has ever happened to us. You hear me?” Cameron told her as he cupped her face.
Aisling smiled as happy tears rolled down her face. She nodded as she held his wrists.
Cameron kissed away her tears before Lincoln and Auden sandwiched her between them.
“Thank you… just… thank you,” Lincoln breathed into her hair. He kissed her temple, rubbing her back while Auden playfully nipped at her ear to make her laugh.
“Sweet girl. Damn it, you’ve got me all teary eyed,” Auden chuckled as he blinked his eyes a few times.
Aisling kissed him on the cheek before turning to me, her breath seeming to be stolen away. Hope glinted in her eyes as she waited for me to say something, but there weren’t really any words that could properly describe how I was feeling in that moment.