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That big hand of his runs back over the top of his head. “Is that what you’re thinking?”
I shrug, my nose burning, the threat of tears becoming more real.
I swear if I start crying in the middle of a place that should be heaven for me, I may never forgive myself. I’m regretting keeping my mouth shut on the drive here. We had hours of time to fill it with all of this shit and we squandered it.
“You mention the kids, which is great, but you don’t even mention where I fit into any of it.” I take a deep, fortifying breath before making the next confession, hoping that it isn’t playing my hand too early. “A part of me worries that you’re gearing up to try and take them away from me.”
He steps in closer, his finger curling under my chin when I attempt to look away from him.
“You’re a package deal,” he says, his voice soft and sure. “You’re a great mother. The thought never even crossed my mind. I think I want that package deal.”
I swallow, unwilling to read anything more into what he’s telling me. Assumptions tend to get me into trouble.
“But I’m not the only one involved here,” he continues when I don’t speak.
“Everything has happened so fast,” I whisper.
I don’t just mean him showing up and starting to make decisions in my life. Losing my sister, becoming responsible for two little boys, the threat of Keres MC—all of it is just too much. I’m surprised I’ve made it this long without breaking down.
“Struggling just for the sake of struggling is foolish. I say we give it a try.”
I lock eyes with him, wondering exactly what he’s offering me.
“Give what a try?”
“Us.” His answer is simple, but it encompasses so much.
“And if we don’t work out?” Sexual attraction isn’t all that goes into a relationship. Staying together because the sex is great is a recipe for something so toxic it has the ability to burn down everything else.
“We have Cerberus. They’ll stand with us no matter what we decide. I know it may be hard to comprehend or even accept, but we’re a part of that family now. No matter what you decide, I have to be in Sutton’s life, and I won’t give up the boys either. The club is full of men who will show those boys what true role models look like. Sutton will have more mothers than anyone has the right to ask for. Everyone there will love and protect them as if they’re their own, and they will have that no matter what you decide.”
“I like the sound of that,” I say, wanting the best for Sutton and the boys. It’s something every child deserves but so few actually get.
I’ve heard theit takes a villagesaying too often. It’s rare to actually have a village willing to help. Cerberus has created this almost utopian place where the bad things in the outside world aren’t able to infiltrate. And if something tries, they’ll be annihilated by all the warriors standing at the gate, willing to die to protect the ones they care for that are inside.
“I want to be a part of all of it.”
He gives me a smile, cupping my cheek in a way that makes me feel more loved than I ever have before in my life.
“You ready to get started?” Kincaid asks as he walks up to us.
It’s clear our time to discuss things is over.
“Yes, sir,” I tell him, pulling away from Vincent.
Chapter 27
Stormy
Kincaid and Mila begin discussing the requirements for the main pieces she’ll need. She doesn’t seem as reluctant to go through with this as she did when discussing it with Em yesterday.
Maybe the conversation we had just now helped her some. Maybe she’s as unwilling to go against what Kincaid says as the rest of us are.
After a short conversation about which chair and sink she’ll need, Kincaid hands her over to Shadow before he walks back in my direction.
I could easily trail along behind her like the lost puppy I feel like when I’m in her orbit, but I need her to gain some confidence as well.
Newton and Oracle are wandering around separate of each other, making sure there are no threats. For the first time, I realize that they’re doing this for me as much as they are for Mila. Her safety means my sanity, and it doesn’t hit me until right in this very moment that I’d do anything for her. I could easily say that before, feeling like I’d be willing to lay my life down to protect any woman, but only now do I realize that she is so incredibly important to me, and not just as the mother to my child.
