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Moving into the small crowd, I leaned against the back wall to wait.
“You know what this is about?”
My head snapped to the left, and I saw Ritz, one of the officers of the club, had moved to stand next to me. “No. Just got the text to be here.”
“Have a bad feeling, brother.” Ritz gestured with his beer bottle toward the bar.
I followed his line of sight and saw Bear at the bar standing beside his sister, and my gut clenched. Becs. The woman I’d been avoiding because she made me want things I shouldn’t.
Including her.
Fuck, she was beautiful. Long black hair and dark-brown eyes, but it was her smile that got to me the first time we met, and it still had a hold on me. The day I’d met her, I knew without a doubt that I left trouble only to find it again. She’d smiled and chatted, friendly with me like she was with everyone, but I hadn’t said more than a handful of words. I had no fucking idea what to say to the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen, and when I found out who her brother was, I retreated. There was no way in hell that would end well for any of us.
“Bear, man, what’s going on?”
Someone called out from the crowd, but I didn’t even turn my head. My eyes were locked on her and would stay there until she noticed or someone else did. She became my addiction over the years, and as much as I tried to avoid her, it was almost impossible.
Until I started working at Dimarco Construction.
And picked up every fucking overtime shift they’d give me.
It was easier to forget her when I worked myself into exhaustion.
“Everyone got a drink?” Bear called out and was answered by cheers. “We’re celebrating something tonight.”
Gunner wrapped his arm around Maggie and shook his head. I was assuming what everyone else was. That we were here to celebrate the two of them finally being together.
I stood straight when Bear’s deep voice called out over the crowd. “We’re celebrating Becs’s news.”
“What news, honey?” someone called out.
I held my breath and watched closely when Becs looked at Bear who grinned and held up his beer bottle. “My baby sister is having a baby!”
Cheers broke out instantly with catcalls and whistles echoing in the room. Becs smiled, but her eyes scanned the crowd, and I sank back against the wall. I needed to stay calm even though the news was a gut punch. I’d been good at pretending she was nothing but an annoyance to me as a way to keep my distance, and now I’d have to do that even more.
She was pregnant.
With another man’s baby.
I knew she’d been partying a lot, and I was careful to stay clear of that scene, so I had no idea who the father was or if it was someone she was involved with. Although, I had a feeling if there was someone important in her life, I would’ve heard. Not much stays a secret in this clubhouse, especially if it was about Becs.
The club’s princess.
There wasn’t a man in this place who wouldn’t lay down his life for her.
And that had very little to do with who her brother was.
“We need to keep an eye out,” Pop announced when the cheers died down, and I shifted my attention toward him. Pop could read between the lines. He was currently the oldest member of the club, and he’d lived through it all, first with Bear’s dad and now with Bear. He knew we weren’t called here only to celebrate the news. Not with the Widows breathing down our necks. We were called here because Bear was rattled.
“That’s why I called you all here, and why I wanted Becs and Maggie here too since it involves both of them.” Bear set his bottle back on the bar top and put his hands on his hips. “We had a visit today from the Widows.”
“What the fuck?” Ritz said angrily from beside me, and my head snapped his way. I’d actually forgotten he was there.
“Showed up while we were in the garage.” Bear continued to talk while I pushed off the wall and grabbed a bottle from behind the bar. Popping the top, I tilted my head back and drank while the members and prospects asked questions. Questions I should want the answers to because it was a safety concern for the club, but I didn’t fucking care. I was having a hard time moving past the news that Becs was pregnant.
“What the fuck did they want?” Bull called out.
“Asked if we knew where Snake and Maggie were.”
