Chapter 46

AVERY

“Avery, can we go school shopping tomorrow? You promised!” Lexi begged, jumping up and down around Avery’s chair at the island.

“Oh, you think it’s time for that?” Avery asked, trying not to laugh.

“YES! School starts in nine days. I counted it on the calendar! It’s the same countdown like I did for the wedding,” Lexi replied.

“Oh, nine days? Don’t we have more time then?” Avery asked.

“AVERY, PLEASE!” Lexi begged.

Avery couldn’t hold it in anymore and started laughing. “If it’s okay with your dad, then we’ll go. Wait until he gets off the phone before you ask them though.”

“OH, THANK YOU!” Lexi squealed and hugged Avery tightly, then ran off to the backyard.

Avery watched the little girl go and sipped her water.

They’d been back from their tropical paradise for three days, and Avery really hadn’t wanted to come back. She had to share him with half the damn city and all of the MC.

And she was right—the second they were stateside, Justin’s phone started blowing up and hadn’t really stopped.

He was pulled in so many directions with the legit businesses and with adding the runs for Gio, he was even busier.

It was Sunday, and she had hoped for a nice quiet day that they could spend together.

The morning started out so promising after they had made love, but it was like the minute they finished, his phone started ringing.

He had been in the office for the last four hours, dealing with spreadsheets, phone calls, and texts.

Avery got up when the doorbell rang and found Mikey and Cash waiting to come in. She let them in, and they both kissed her cheek as they went by and into the closed office.

She had really patched things up with Mikey after their shaky start, and Cash was a nice guy. She really liked the whole table and loved that they had Justin’s back no matter what.

It really was the same for all the men in the club.

Avery sighed when she heard the door close, grabbed her book, and went to the backyard to try to occupy her mind. She watched as Lexi played in the little clubhouse happily all afternoon.

Avery was amazed at how much she was like the little girl at that age. She was an only child with a busy single parent and had others watching her all the time.

Maybe that was why she was so drawn to the little girl from the beginning.

Or if she was being honest, she was jealous of Lexi’s self-confidence. She had so much more at six years old than Avery had almost 24.

Avery was lost in her own head until she heard noises inside.

She went in to see the men finally emerge from the office and heard, “—so when we leave tomorrow, we need to stop by their clubhouse to check availability on new rounds for the merchandise.”

Mikey’s voice stopped when he saw Avery in the doorway. Justin turned and smiled when he saw her, but then turned to Cash. “Can we get a better deal for the 9mms?”

Cash hesitated in answering, knowing that Avery was right there. “Well, um, I can try, I guess…”

“Good. Okay, let me know what your calls bring, and we will vote at the clubhouse before we leave tomorrow,” Justin replied, and the other two men left.

Justin came up and tried to pull his wife closer, but she stopped him.

“What’s wrong?” Justin asked.

Avery looked at him. “Are you leaving tomorrow on a run?”

Puzzled, Justin nodded. “Yeah, why?”

“And when were you going to tell me?”

“Oh, I don’t know. Probably tomorrow morning,” Justin replied. As soon as the words left his mouth, he seemed to realize his mistake, but she spoke before he could get another word out.

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Avery fumed. “Don’t you think that as your wife AND old lady that I should be given the consideration of at least knowing like maybe the night before?”

“I’m sorry, baby. I just realized how shitty that was of me. I haven’t really had to think about that before,” Justin admitted.

“So is this how it’s going to be? How our life will play out? You tell me the night before, IF I am lucky enough, that you will be gone for, wait, how long this time?” Avery spat.

“Only four days, baby. Hey, I said I’m sor—”

“ONLY four days?! Oh, hooray! For the first week of my married life, I will be alone,” Avery said sarcastically.

“You won’t be alone. You will have Lexi and I’ll have a string of guys watching you while I’m gone,” Justin said.

“Why did you marry me?” Avery asked. “Was it because you really loved me, or am I someone to watch your daughter while you are out of town and your sister is pregnant?”

“What?! Where is this coming from, Avery?” Justin almost yelled. “Of course I love you! I love you so much it hurts. It has nothing to do with Kiki being pregnant or my daughter. I love you.”

“Then how about if you show it. How about if you show me the same consideration and respect that you show your brothers!” Avery yelled, then got quiet when she felt the tears. “You can’t forget about me…”

“Oh, baby.” Justin sighed and pulled her to his chest. “I’m so sorry. You are right, I totally fucked up, Avery.”

She let him hold her to his chest and rub her back soothingly until she calmed down. A few minutes later, she sniffed and pulled back, lowering her head. “I’m sorry, Justin…”

“No, I’m sorry. I screwed up this whole husband thing already and haven’t been home for a week!” he admitted, trying to get her to smile with a little joke.

“But seriously, Avery, I am sorry. I promise from here on out I will do better. I will give you as much notice as I can so we can plan this out better.

“Are you okay watching Lexi? Do you want me to see if Mama June can take her?”

“No! I don’t want you to ask Mama June anything. Lexi is my child and my responsibility. I was just pissed when it seemed like you were treating me like a live-in babysitter that you got to screw regularly.

“I love Lexi, I already told you that.”

Avery saw a gleam in Justin’s eye and was confused about how it got there after they had just been fighting.

“What? Why are you looking at me that way, Justin?”

“Where is Lex?” he growled.

“Out—out back. Why?” Avery stumbled.

“Go to my office and close the door,” he demanded quietly.

Avery swallowed a few times, trying to figure out what was going on, but nodded. She watched him walk toward the back patio, then she turned and scampered off to the office as he’d asked—well, demanded.

Avery heard his low voice through the closed door say, “We just need to talk about something in the office, then we will go get pizza for dinner. Here is the movie you want, sit here and watch, and we will be out soon.”

Avery was standing by the desk when he came in, the gleam still there, burning bright. She jumped when she heard him speak as he came closer to her.

“Now, do you know why I told you to come in here?” he asked, and Avery nodded.

“You are here because you said something that needed to be dealt with,” Justin growled as he directed her to the other side of his desk. “Do you know what that was?”

Avery shook her head again and was suddenly very nervous.

Justin turned her around so she was resting her back against his chest and held her tightly to him. He let her feel his heavy breathing, then ran a hand up her bare leg, pushing the sundress material up.

He was leaving goosebumps all over her skin, and she had no idea if this was good or bad.

As soon as she felt him rub his large jean-covered bulge against her back, she realized that it was good. But she still didn’t know what caused it.

JUSTIN

Justin loved that she was letting him do this and that turned him on even more. He pushed her over at the waist, spread her legs, and had her lay her hands on the desktop, telling her not to move.

He pushed the material up, exposing her beautiful, biteable ass to him, covered in just the lace of her underwear. He kept murmuring how beautiful she was and explored her body with his hands.

Justin ran a thick finger on the edge of the lace, then snaked his hand along the band and found that she was soaking wet.

“Oh, baby! So wet already?” He rubbed around a little, making Avery moan. His hand stopped.

“Now, this isn’t going to work if you keep making noise. Lexi is in the living room, and if you get too loud, she’s gonna want to know what we’re doing.

“Do you want her to come in and see her father fucking her mother like an animal?”

Avery bit her lip to keep from moaning again and shook her head.

“That’s good, ’cause I’m not in the mood to have the ‘birds and bees’ talk yet. Right now I am in the mood to fuck the mother of my child and soon-to-be children hard and fast,” Justin said.

He licked her exposed neck and pulled her wet underwear down her legs. “Does that sound okay?”

Avery nodded again and whispered, “Yes.”

“Good girl. And do you know why I got so fucking horny that I had to bring you in here so I can fuck you right now?” Justin asked, playing with her very wet petals.

Avery shook her head again. Justin took one hand and started unbuckling his belt and jeans.

“My cock got so fucking hard when you said that Lexi was your daughter and your responsibility. So now I need to show you how much I love you for taking her on and loving her as your own.”

He lined up and plunged into her from behind, making her whimper. He never stopped thrusting into her from the second he was inside until he was coming.

It was a hot, dirty round of sex as he pushed the limit of how much she could take and found they both loved it.

He knew he was gonna leave bruises on her hips from where he was holding on to her so tight, but he didn’t care. He heard her trying to stay quiet and grinned in spite of himself.

“You are so good, baby, takin’ my cock like this,” he growled into her ear as he pulled her up to his chest, “and I am gonna come in you in just a minute.

“Then we are going to take our daughter to dinner at her favorite pizza place.

“I’m gonna sit in that restaurant with a big fucking smile on my face knowing that you have my come swirling inside you trying to knock you up and make me even fucking happier than I already am.”

Avery whispered, “Oh god, Justin!”

“You want that, don’t you?” he asked, ramming harder into her and reaching around to rub her clit.

“You like the thought of my come knocking you up. Like the thought of my jizz dripping out of you while we eat in a family restaurant. And no one else knows.”

Avery whimpered, so close to finishing.

“That’s what I thought, my dirty girl! Now I want you to come, baby,” he demanded, then pinched her clit, making her cry out, then cover her mouth to muffle the noise.

Justin lost control and let himself follow her, holding her still and pushing in as far as he could, grunting.

They stood like that, panting, for several minutes before Justin pulled out and quickly slid her underwear back up.

She turned around to see Justin tucking himself back into his pants, even though he still wasn’t flaccid.

“I know what you are thinking, baby, and you need to stop. Lexi will be ready to eat, and as much as I want another round with you, we have to wait until she is in bed.”

He kissed her nose. “So stop being my dirty girl and get your shoes and purse.”

Avery just shrugged and sashayed out of the room, calling for Lexi to get her shoes on. She promised they’d go shopping tomorrow to spend lots of Daddy’s money, making Justin laugh out loud.