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“But I want my boobs to look rocking.”
“Vanity,” Papa Bear tells his granddaughters who remain with him in the kitchen, “is not helpful in a long-lasting relationship.”
“Sure, sure,” I say and wrap my arm around Lady Bug. “As if you would have really fallen in love with this one if she looked like Jabba the Hut.”
Papa Bear chuckles and sizes up his woman. “There’d just be more of her to love.”
“But she’d be sticky and have yellow eyes.”
“Everyone gets sticky,” Nadia says, and Kat nods.
“Whatever. You’re all wrong.”
“She’s gonna blow an ovary,” Zoey tells Evie who nods.
“I’m ditching you people and going to my place to get a new shirt. See how I have good listening skills?”
Papa Bear applauds. Scout joins him. Kat and Nadia decide to pity me with a little fake clapping. Clark doesn’t know what’s happening but claps while Anthony narrows his eyes at me as if I’m interrupting his macho-man time.
I bow for them and then walk past Zoey and Evie. “Enjoy your pigtails, nerds.”
After leaving my father’s house, I ride to my cottage on Black Pine Road within the Sanctuary. The cute homes are used by single women and older folks. Jester’s sister once lived out here.
I hurry inside my place and look through my T-shirt collection before settling on a simple black top.
Back on my Harley, I return to the heart of the Sanctuary and walk inside HQ. Papa Bear and Jester should be walking over soon from the townhomes. I just need to chill until then.
“Don’t let him swallow you up,” Aqua whispers as she appears behind me.
My club sister’s dark hair is tied back in double braids as usual. She’s rocking black-lined eyes and dark-red painted lips. Next to her is a very pregnant Jelly Bean whose sweet face sparkles with glitter.
“I got prettied up,” she explains while rubbing her belly. “I’ve never met Jester.”
“He’s an ass,” I warn her. “He’s also in a weird mood right now. Don’t take anything he says or does personally.”
“You should take your own advice,” Aqua mutters while having Jelly Bean sit down at a table near the kitchen. “You look nervous.”
“Papa Bear said I got horny on the ride home.”
My club sister smirks. “Well, keep it in your pants while we eat. Jelly Bean gets nauseous easily.”
“Don’t listen to her,” Jelly Bean insists and offers me a warm smile. “Just let your love fly.”
“You sure lucked out with this one right here,” I tell Aqua who wraps an arm around her woman.
HQ’s fun, easy mood ends as soon as Jester enters the place. He’s showered. The top half of his damp hair is tugged back away from his face, revealing the hunky beast from my horniest dreams. He seems larger now, less uncertain. Just until he becomes the center of attention.
The founding members don’t come to his table, one by one. They swarm Jester like ants on a discarded candy. No matter what tactic Papa Bear uses, he can’t seem to shoo them away.
I sit with Aqua and Jelly Bean, feeling like maybe what’s happening at Jester’s table should be left to the founding members. I notice the younger club members don’t approach. Jester was an intimidating guy before he spent seven years in prison. Though he radiates an untamed hostility, his old friends can’t get enough of him.
Jester doesn’t tell them to fuck off. He’s really well behaved. I wonder if that’s a trick he learned in prison.Has the wild man been broken?
As if sensing my question, Jester’s pale-blue gaze finds me from across the room. He stares in a wholly unsubtle way until I’m forced to look away. Except he’s still looking when I peek at him.
“Uh-oh,” Aqua mutters when Jester stands up and leaves his friends so he can walk straight to my table.
I lift my gaze and try to smile casually. “Not having fun?”
