Chapter 47

AVERY

The little family of three settled into a good routine quickly once school started. It always started off with a lazy, perfect round of lovemaking while Justin and Avery were still warm in bed.

They ate breakfast together, talking about their day and letting Lexi talk about what she would do that day. Avery took her to school and Justin went off to do club business.

Avery would spend her days either with Kiki learning how to run the clubhouse, going to yoga classes, running errands, or hanging out with Cole at the coffee shop, which he did acting as the club representative.

He didn’t mind since he got to be around Nina, who he was rapidly falling for. Avery liked them together and actually really liked Nina.

But no matter how busy she was the rest of the week, she always had one day to herself, which Justin loved.

Avery’s guilty pleasure was having her nails done. She had discovered it with Aunt Tina when she was 12, and as soon as she had her own money of any kind—babysitting, gift cards—she went to have her nails done.

It was the one thing that she did every week even after her surgery and recovery. It made her feel totally put together, feminine, and she loved the different ways to express herself.

She never shied away from a color, even the crazy or bright ones. This was the one area that she wasn’t shy or lacked self-confidence.

Avery looked down at her bright-red painted nails and smiled to herself, thinking about how they looked against Justin’s skin when she was riding him the night before, when she should be looking at the renovation plans.

She was knocked out of the daydream when Kiki bumped her hip, chuckling. “Hey, Avery! Did you hear me?”

Avery turned and blushed. “Sorry! I was daydreaming. Tell me again.”

Kiki giggled. “I don’t even want to know. But what are you thinking about the reno? Do you see anything you want to change? It’s kind of a ‘speak now or forever hold your peace’ kind of thing.”

“There are a couple of things…,” Avery admitted, reluctantly.

“And that would be…?” Kiki asked, trying to pull the information from her.

Avery swallowed, unsure of how to play this. She didn’t want to upset anyone else, especially since this went with the ‘no sex in the main room’ rule she was going to impose.

“Just tell me, Avery, sister to sister,” Kiki urged. “Remember, this is your clubhouse to run as of October 1st. Our training time is over.

“So if you want to change layouts, add things, take things away—now is the time to do it. Justin will be pissed if you tell him after the construction is done.”

Avery nodded. “I know. I just don’t want the members pissed at me…”

Kiki shrugged. “Who cares? They have to follow your rules if Justin approves them.”

Avery took a deep breath for courage, then started, “Well, I like the room addition in the back. We really need the extra rooms. But is thirty going to be enough?

“I want to accommodate as many of the guys as we possibly can, and there is a waitlist. And we have potential prospects all the time.”

“That’s a good point. How many are you thinking instead?” Kiki asked.

“I was thinking at least double that, 60 or 75. I mean, there are only forty-five rooms now. And we have how many acres behind us? Let’s use this and be smart.

“Construction costs are down, from what Cash said, so why not just do this now?” Avery reasoned.

“That’s a great point,” Kiki agreed as she wrote the notes down. “What else are you thinking?”

“I really am thinking about the next few months and in the future,” Avery started. “I am guessing that once your babies are born, you aren’t going to want to leave them home all the time when you have to be here.

“And I don’t like leaving Lex with a sitter all the time, and I don’t want to do that with any babies we are going to have either. Sooo…”

Kiki looked at her with big eyes, waiting for her to continue. “And?!”

“I want to put a playroom and a nursery over here,” Avery said, pointing to one side of the drawing.

“I want a separate door so if parents want to drop off and things are happening in the club that they don’t want the kids to see, there is another way in or out.

“I want a big playground attached and for it to be beautiful. Just because it is an MC doesn’t mean that it can’t be classy and family friendly.”

Kiki squealed and threw herself at Avery. “I love you! This has been really bothering me and I didn’t know how to bring it up. Thank you so much!”

Avery hugged her back. “We gotta stick together!”

Kiki pulled away. “What else do you have up your sleeve?”

“Well, this is the part that might piss some people off,” Avery warned, and Kiki rolled her eyes, “but I am so damn tired of the public sex! I can’t eat a meal without seeing someone’s ass or privates.”

Kiki snorted, trying to cover up her laugh. “Privates?! You can use big girl words, Avery, there are no kids around right now.”

Avery stuck her tongue out. “You know what I mean! Do you want to keep seeing the club whores’ boobs all the time?”

Kiki shook her head tentatively. “No, but what are you suggesting?”

“Well, my thought is that over on that wall,” Avery said, pointing to the stripper pole, “we build another room with stripper poles, pool tables, and set it up like this.

“BUT that is the only place they can have sex in the open. We can close the doors and no one under eighteen goes in there, and they can screw until no one can walk and the rest won’t have to be subject to it.

“What do you think?”

Avery was nervous, Kiki hadn’t said anything yet and she couldn’t read her face. “If it’s a bad idea, I can scrap it…think of something else…”

Kiki shook her head and the tears started to flow. “It’s perfect! It’s just like when I was growing up. I would love to come to the clubhouse. I’m so excited and proud of you, Avery!”

Avery felt like a huge weight lifted from her shoulders and smiled.

“Oh, thank god! I was starting to panic a little. Oh, and I want to make a huge backyard area for barbecues and stuff. Grass, tables, trees, grills, an outdoor kitchen, that kind of thing.”

Kiki smiled even bigger. “It will be perfect. Let’s tell your husband!”

Avery rolled up the papers and went to the office, to see Justin and Mikey poring over some papers. Mikey pushed some of them away when they walked in and smiled in greeting.

“Hey, baby. Hey, Kiks. How’s it going?” Justin asked, immediately pulling his wife onto his lap as soon as she was close enough.

“We have our ideas for the reno we wanted to talk to you about,” Avery explained.

“Oh no. This brilliance is all Avery. I wanted new floors and paint, she is a genius,” Kiki protested.

Mikey chuckled when Justin said, “Okay, let’s see how much this brilliance is going to cost me.”

MIKEY

Avery presented her ideas and Mikey was really impressed.

Adding more rooms than they originally thought was a good investment now, and making the clubhouse more family-friendly but still having a place where those that wanted could let loose was a great idea.

And the added playroom area just showed that she wanted forever with Justin and was looking after Lexi, who Mikey was a little protective of after everything she had been through in her short little life.

Being raised by men for the first six years wasn’t exactly ideal for a very girly little girl.

JUSTIN

Justin saw Mikey nod his head in approval as Avery talked and tried hard not to look like an idiot from his excitement.

She was really taking her job as the president’s old lady seriously and proving to everyone that she was all in for the MC life.

When she finished her little spiel, Justin pulled her in and kissed her smartly on the mouth.

“It is perfect, and I love all of your ideas. The architect is coming this afternoon and I will have him add it all in and get the construction started.

“Those babies are going to be coming quicker than we realize.”

Kiki wanted to talk about flooring styles with Avery before the architect got there, so she pulled her out of the office again and back to the main room.

“She really is all in, isn’t she?” Mikey asked his president and friend.

Justin nodded proudly. “She is. Gonna get this place whipped into shape.”

Mikey agreed, then stood up to leave to take care of business. “I’ll get the calls made and secure the next shipment with Matteo. And again, I’m really sorry, Justin.”

“For what?”

“For doubting you when you got together with Avery. She really is something else—just what we need to class the place up a bit,” Mikey said.

Justin clapped his brother on the back. “Don’t worry about it. Let’s just look forward and not back. And not to brag, but she is going to make us look good!”

Mikey laughed, agreed, then headed out, passing Avery putting up different types of flooring and debating with Kiki about it.

Justin was getting ready to head out to the bar when Avery snuck back in about an hour later. “Hey, baby. You done for the day?”

“No,” Avery started, kissing him softly when she got close, “just wanted to see you before you left. Are you really happy with what I brought up?”

“Oh, baby, I love it all! You are exactly what this place needs.”

Avery blushed. “Well, I just wanted to make sure that our kids got to be here with us and not stuck at home.”

“I like that idea, our kids,” Justin replied, rubbing her leg and smiling.

“That’s good…because I am pregnant.”

Justin stopped and looked at her. “What? Seriously?”

Avery smiled and nodded. “Yeah. I went to the doctor yesterday and was trying to find a good way to tell you.”

Justin thought his head and heart were going to burst. “You are really having my baby?”

Avery teared up a little and grabbed his hand, placing it on her very flat belly. “Yes, you knocked me up just like you promised.”

Justin stood abruptly and set her on the conference table, looking deep into her eyes. “I love you so much, Avery.”

“I love you too.”

Justin leaned in and kissed her deeply before pulling back and resting his forehead on hers. “How far along?”

“About eight weeks. Maybe our honeymoon or right after,” she said, rubbing his cheek with her soft hand.

Justin smiled and kissed her again. They looked at each other lovingly for a few minutes, just enjoying their news.

“I gotta go, baby, but let’s celebrate after dinner tonight, privately,” Justin said, kissing her again.

AVERY

Avery nodded and placed his hand on her belly again. “Justin, can we keep this a secret for a little while? I love knowing that this is something that only we know.”

“I love that idea. Just you and me,” he agreed. “I’ll be home after the meeting with the architect.”

Avery kissed him again and walked with him until they reached his great metal bike out front. He climbed on and sped off with a wave and wink.

She watched until she couldn’t see him anymore, then went back inside to clean up some of her papers.

She needed to do some food ordering for the kitchen and went off to finish things up before she picked up Lexi and Ryan from school.

She really did love her life.