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  Without thinking, my hand rests on my tummy as I watch my baby’s father fall to his knees. I hold back my tears as Axel keeps hitting his fists onto Ryder. Surely this is it now? It has to be over.

  I want to scream at him to get up and fight back but I know it’s useless.

  “Come on!” Axel yells. “Get up and fucking fight me! No messing around.”

  I had a feeling that my brother would catch onto Ryder’s antics. He might not be the smartest person around but when it comes to fighting, Axel can tell a fake. Fighting is what he does.

  Axel gets down to Ryder’s level and I can only just hear what he says to Ryder. “I know what game you’re pulling, now fucking get up and fight me for real this time!”

  I see the change in Ryder’s face as he gets up. He means it this time. No more faking it. My heart beats faster as they continue, this time the fight is brutal. The punches are quick and hard on both of their parts. Ryder isn’t holding back anymore and he surprises me how good he is but it’s too late. His body is battered and bruised from earlier in the fight. Axel hits two shots, to Ryder’s body and then his head. Ryder sways and my breathing stops as I watch Axel land his final punch of the fight. His fist connects with the left side of Ryder’s head and he drops. I want to run to him as Ryder lands on the floor of the boxing ring but I can’t. A strong hand on my shoulder from my dad as a reminder I have to stay put.

  Axel holds his hands up and the fight is declared over. Another win for Axel.

  I have respect for my brother as he reaches down and helps Ryder to his feet and they embrace each other the way that men do. One arm wrapping around the other is a bro type manner. The two of them speak privately to one another and I’d love to know what they’re saying. I would hope my brother is apologising and they’re agreeing that this is the end of it.

  They eventually break apart and Axel shouts for everyone to hear. “The fight is over and so are our differences!”

  The crowd claps, cheering both fights and I ignore the glances headed my way. My hear stutters as Ryder looks over at me with his blooded eyes. He ushers me over and I don’t wait a second longer. I run over to the ring, and he helps me climb inside. Blood is painted all over the floor and I try my best to not stand on any.

  Before Ryder can say anything to me, Axel arrives at my side. “I’m sorry Pops.” He smiles genuinely. “I had to this and now it’s done.”

  “Yes it is.” I shake my head in annoyance. “So is all this done now?”

  Axel looks at us both, Ryder and me as he thinks about what he wants to say. “It’s going to be weird and shit for me, I’m not gonna lie.” Pointing at Ryder’s chest he adds, “I don’t wanna hear about anything between you two.”

  Ryder smirks. “I got it.”

  Axel nods, but then I notice Prez entering the ring holding a bag. He walks over to us and passes it to Ryder. Smirking, he reaches in and pulls out a jacket. My eyes open and I take a step back as Ryder holds it up for me to see. The only sounds coming from the onlookers now are gasps.

  “Oh my god.” I whisper as the reality of what is about to happen hits me.

  Ryder turns the jacket so I can see the back and there I see the clubs symbol with Ryder’s name above it. This is a jacket made for old ladies.

  “What do ya say then?” Ryder asks, holding out the jacket for me to slip my arms inside. I don’t even have to think it through, of course I want this.

  I remove my own jacket, not even registering Axel taking it from my hands as Ryder’s holds up my new one for me to try on. It’s a perfect fit. I turn to face Ryder and he brings me in close, placing a kiss on my lips. It’s a sweet and gentle kiss, one that won’t frighten my parents.

  “So this is what you’ve been up to today?” I giggle.

  Ryder nods. “I was almost late.”

  He leans in to give me another kiss and I wrap my arms around him. I notice Axel then leaving the ring while others decide to leave the basement and give me and Ryder this moment alone.

  “I can’t believe you did this.” I whisper.

  Ryder looks down at me, his face a mess but I still see his handsome features. “I told you, this is it for me Pops. I want you and now nobody can stop us.”

  Goose bumps cover my skin and butterflies fill my insides. “Come on, we need to get you cleaned up.”

  “Do I look that bad?”

  I place a hand on the side of his face and Ryder winces. “Would you believe me if I said no?”

  “No.” He smirks.

  I then notice that we’re alone. “I’ve got a little present for you too once I take a look at you.”

  Ryder’s eyes light up. “A naked surprise?”

  I laugh loudly. “Possibly.”

  Chapter Thirteen

  Poppy

  With Ryder’s arm wrapped around me, we leave the basement and return to the main area of clubhouse. Everyone is on party mode, the loud music and drinks are flowing freely. As far as everyone else is concerned, tonight has been a good night. I’m just relieved that it’s all over now. Watching the fight was difficult and something I don’t want to go through again, I don’t know how Elise goes through it when Bomber has a fight. She always watches and cheers him on. Maybe it’s because between my brother and the man I’m falling in love with.

  Baby comes running over to us. “Nice fight.”

  Ryder grunts. “Not really, I got my ass beat.”

  Baby laughs. “Look, I know this isn’t a great time but I need to talk to you for a minute.”

  Both of the turn to look at me and I take the hint. I spot Maci and Lauren sitting at a nearby table. “I’ll be over there.”

  Ryder gifts me with a wink before I step away. “Hey girls.” I greet Maci and Lauren as I take one of the empty seats around the table.

  “Hey.” Lauren smiles sweetly. “How’s Ryder?”

  “He’s doing ok.”

  “Once you get him seen to.” Maci grins wickedly and we all laugh. “Oh he’ll want you to look after him tonight.”

  “Yeah, they’re all like that after a fight.” Lauren agrees.

  Maci looks behind me. “Ah, is Baby asking Ryder to join him on the new job?”

  I look behind me to see Cyrus and Zane have joined the conversation with Ryder and Baby. They look serious whatever it is.

  “I don’t know.”

  Maci looks a little down. “Yeah, this job seems to be a tough one. Baby is hardly home lately. I’ve had him this weekend but he’s back out tomorrow.”

  “Yeah Grim is joining them too.” Lauren nods. “Something is happening but we won’t know until it’s done or shit hits the fan.”

  “Surely it’s nothing bad?” I ask, getting a little worried. We would have heard if it was serious.

  “I don’t know.” Lauren shrugs her shoulders. “But Grim will sometimes talk with me to get things off his chest but this time he’s not telling me anything. So it’s either nothing to worry about or,” her words cut off.

  “Really bad.” Maci finishes for her and the three of us share a dreaded look.

  “Mind if I take my girl ladies?” Ryder appears, holding his hand out to me. At least he breaks the moment because I don’t want to think of anything else bad.

  “As long as you treat her well?” Maci looks up at him and Ryder helps me up from my seat, even though he’s the injured one.

  “Like a queen.” He pulls me against him and I feel my cheeks burn.

  “Good enough for me.” Maci laughs.

  “Oh I forgot to say,” Lauren adds. “Love the jacket Pops.”

  “Yeah, me too.” I lean up to kiss Ryder. “I’ll keep it forever.”

  The girls laugh as Ryder and I decide to take our leave, making our way to Ryder’s club room. I don’t ask him anything about the conversation with the guys because I just know I won’t get my answer. If I needed to know Ryder will tell me.

  As we make our way, Ryder is handed a drink by one of the Prospects, on orders from Grim. He gl
adly takes it but doesn’t hang around to talk.

  We make our way through the glances and well wishes from everyone we pass. It’s just a little weird as mostly everyone knew that we were together but because Axel hadn’t dealt with it yet and they didn’t know my dad knew, everything was unspoken about. Now the fight is over and it’s clear my family know and are now happy, it’s like they can all finally talk to us.

  We enter Ryder’s room and I’m relieved to be alone and away from the staring.

  Ryder sits on the edge of his bed with a satisfied grunt and I sit beside him. “We did it.” I grin.

  He laughs. “We did it.” He then runs a finger along the zip of my new leather jacket. “You’re officially mine.”

  He leans in close and regretfully I back away. Ryder looks at me questionable.

  “Blood on your face.” I point out. “I’m pretty sure you need stitches in that eye.”

  Now that I’m closer to him, I can see that the cut which caused all the blood on Ryder’s face is a nasty looking slit on his eyebrow.

  “Really?” He tilts his head back and whines, like a child would when having a tantrum.

  “Want me to call Prep?” I ask, he’s one of the men we have in the club who knows enough on how to stitch up the guys. It’s always handy. We have one member who is a doctor and he’s shared his knowledge with a few guys.

  I take my phone from my back pocket and make the call, telling Prep where we are waiting. He’s at the bar and has his things in his room, so he shouldn’t be long.

  “You also can’t shower yet.” I let him know Prep’s orders.

  Ryder shakes his head, bringing me in closer as he clutches me by the hook on my jeans. “Or is that because you like me dirty.”

  “Dirty, yes.” I laugh. “But not bloody.”

  There’s a little knock on the door and then in walks Prep with a bag full of medical goodies. I watch as him and Ryder talk about the fight. As Prep fixes him up, Ryder’s eyes stay on me. It’s as if his hands are running all over me, touching me in places not suitable when someone else is in the room.

  “That should do it.” Prep places a gauze over the stitches to protect it. “You’re ok to shower, just try not to get it too wet.”

  He says his goodbyes and leaves me and Ryder alone once again. Before Ryder can pounce on me, I point towards his little bathroom. “Shower.”

  I follow because I want to watch him shower. As Ryder begins to undress, he grins over at me. “Come and join me.”

  I look around his tiny bathroom and laugh. “Yeah because your shower is big enough.”

  It just about fits Ryder’s muscular frame!

  “Well then we’ll squash together.” He winks and it sends a signal right to my pussy. Watching the water run down his body is literal torture. I wish there was room because I just wanna jump him right now.

  “Don’t look at me like that.” He groans. “We should have gone back to my place, the shower is more than big enough for us.”

  It actually is, most of the floor space is the shower.

  “Don’t be too long.” I tease, taking off my shirt and throwing it to the floor. Ryder’s eyes widen and I giggle, stripping the rest of my clothes as I walk to the bed.

  I leave my matching black underwear set on, making sure my thongs are sitting high on my hips because I know Ryder finds that sexy. I pose on the bed, waiting for him and thankfully he doesn’t take long at all. When he walks back into the room, completely naked I’m happy to see him fully clean and very hard.

  “Losing a fight doesn’t seem so bad right now.” Ryder smirks.

  My body warms at his praise. “Come here.”

  Ryder slowly walks over to me and I can’t remove my eyes from his throbbing cock. I want to taste him. I want to have him in my mouth. So when Ryder stands beside me, I quickly sit at the edge of the bed and grab his dick. I bring him closer and don’t wait a second more to have what I want. I marvel at the way he sucks in his breath as I take his cock in my mouth. I groan around him and he seems to like that. Ryder’s hand goes to the back of my head, his fingers tangling in my hair as he tries to take over but I won’t let him. Ryder thrusts into my mouth and I grab his cock. I open my mouth and let the tip rest of my tongue, my hand stroking the length of him. Ryder groans louder and my hand strokes faster. My other hand reaches under and squeezes his balls. I feel his cock harden even more. Ryder reaches for my breasts, letting his fingers into the cup of my bra and teases my nipples. It sends a signal straight to my pussy and I groan. My eyes close for just a second and in that moment Ryder steps back, and I have no choice but to drop his cock.

  “What are you doing?” I ask.

  He doesn’t answer me with words, instead he shows me. Ryder pushes me down and I let him, laying my head on the pillow. Ryder pulls down my thong, my pussy now bare for him and Ryder doesn’t waste any time. Spreading my thighs, Ryder kisses his way up and eventually licks the middle. His tongue licking and kissing my pussy makes my back arch with pure pleasure. Ryder reaches up and plays with my nipples again. The two sensations causing the fire in my belly to stir and come forward.

  “I want your cock.” I cry but when he doesn’t remove his tongue from my pussy right away, I demand louder. “Ryder!”

  Laughing, Ryder crawls over me and reaches behind my back. He removes my bra easily and once it’s on the floor his mouth takes over the teasing of my nipples. His mouth is a talented thing. His cock nudges my pussy and I try to thrust against him. The little bit of friction not enough for me.

  “Please.” I beg, sounding very needy to my own ears.

  Ryder let’s go of my nipples and looks me dead in the eye as he thrusts inside of me. My eyes roll back as I take him inch by beautiful inch. He stretches me wonderfully and the whimper that escapes my mouth urges him on to push harder and he hits a sweet spot. My legs wrap around his waist, causing Ryder’s cock to hit deeper. I hold on tightly as he fucks me. Ryder grips onto my waist and lifts me, gaining a more intense pleasure for us both and it’s not long until we fall in an extreme ball of orgasms.

  Completely satisfied and tired, I cuddle up to Ryder’s side with his arm tucked under my head. I breathe blissfully as sleep begins to take over me.

  “I’ve got to go on a job in the morning.” Ryder speaks into the silence.

  So this is what him, Baby and the Redgrave brothers were talking about earlier.

  “But is that smart so soon after your fight?” I ask him.

  Ryder pulls me in closer and kisses me on the top of my head. “I’m fine babe.”

  I pointedly look at the gauze hiding his stitches. “If you say so.”

  “My brothers need my help Pops, I need to go.”

  “I get it.” I wrap my arm around him. “Is everything ok though?”

  It seems like there’s a lot of stress concerning this job lately. More and more men are having to go and help and I’m not stupid. The women of this club know something is going on but we know not to ask because we never get anything back.

  “Of course. They just need a few extra hands.” Ryder gives me another kiss to the forehead. “Night baby.”

  Taking the hint to ask no more questions, I snuggle into him and close my eyes. Trying not to think too much into this job.

  ***

  I wake in the morning to a kiss from Ryder. I’m very sleepy and a little sore from last night’s fun.

  “I’ve gotta go now baby.” He whispers and I fight to open my eyes. Ryder leans over me, his handsome face grinning. “Sorry for waking you up.”

  I stretch. “I would have killed you if you went without waking me.” He leans in to kiss me again and this time I pull him back into the bed. We laugh and I pin him under me. “I don’t want you to go.”

  “I’m sorry.” Kissing my sulking fake once more, Ryder stands from the bed and I walk him to the door. We say our goodbyes and then I’m left alone. It just fucking sucks because we don’t even know when he’ll be back.

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p; Deciding that I don’t want to be in Ryder’s room alone, or in the clubhouse at all, I get ready and leave. I lock Ryder’s room behind me and take his keys. Luckily for me, I run into one of the old ladies and she offers to take me home rather than me having to call a taxi. As soon as I arrive home the only thing I can think about is going to bed. I don’t manage to get to sleep though because my mind is too busy wondering about Ryder and hoping that he will be safe.

  I put on my TV and find a show to watch to help occupy my thoughts but I soon get hungry. Before I can even think about to explore the kitchen, I need a hot bath. My activities last night have left me craving for one. The hot bubbly water soaks into my skin and I’m able to relax. Sighing happily as the scorching water takes my stresses away.

  I stand from the bath as red as a lobster, put on my comfiest pyjamas and slippers and explore downstairs. Thankfully, Axel is away on the same job as Ryder so I don’t have to see him this morning.

  I find my mum and sister in the living room, as soon as my mother sees me she jumps from her seat. “I’ll go and make us a cup of tea.”

  I take a seat and I feel Luna’s eyes on me. When I look over at her she widens her eyes. “You need to tell her.”

  “What?” I ask.

  “The baby.” She whispers, pointing to my belly from across the room.

  “Not now.” I glare at her. “Fucking hell, let me get over the stress of the fight first.” Just let me handle one thing at a time please! I’m finally able to relax today after weeks of stressing. “I know I need to but just give me a minute.”

  My mum then returns to the living room and I’m afraid she overheard. “Any biscuits girls?” She grins from the door.

  “Yes.” We both eagerly agree and my mum walks back to the kitchen.

  Watching her walk away, I do feel bad that doesn’t know. She will do soon and I just know she’s going to be an amazing grandmother.

  Chapter Fourteen

  Poppy

  Today Luna and I are working. I’ve decided to start called her Luna a little more now as I think I prefer it and you know, I’m older now and can actually pronounce her name properly.