And I like it.
“I just spoke to Crusher again,” I tell her, and she walks over to me. I’ve told her how Crusher and Dani took me under their wing, and we drove to Tennessee for a week a few months ago. I was worried, I can’t lie. Jodie is not by the rules like I first thought, she loves coloring outside the lines, but I worried club life would be a little hard for her to adapt too.
I worried for nothing.
Jodie slides into my lap, kisses my forehead as I squeeze her, and curls into me.
“Is he still trying to talk you into going to North Carolina to help Hayden’s man?”
“Beast, yeah.”
“I don’t get that name. He seems like such a happy guy,” she mutters, making me smile. “Some of those road names are just strange, like Fury? I mean, seriously Linc, he was rolling around the floor letting kids climb all over him.”
“You saw them with their families, Jodie. Trust me, if someone hurts someone they care about you will see a whole different side.”
“I guess,” she yawns. “Are you thinking of going to North Carolina?”
“Do you want kids, Jodie?”
Her body goes stiff in my arms and she looks at me with shock.
“Do you want kids?”
“Yeah, I mean, it doesn’t have to be right away, but I’d like them.”
“Well, I’m on the pill because of my periods, but yeah, I’d like them, too… eventually,” she whispers, smiling at me with so much happiness that I swear her face actually glows.
“I’m not sure I want to raise them here in Cherry Falls, though. I think kids should have family around them. I never had that kind of life and I wanted different for my children.”
“I…”
“I know what you’re thinking, and your parents are good people, I’m not saying that, but they’re not exactly filled with love and happiness.”
“I guess I never noticed it that much until I moved out, but you’re right. They probably wouldn’t want to have anything to do with a grandchild until he or she was old enough to occupy themselves.”
“Exactly,” I respond, giving her body a squeeze.
“You think it would be different in North Carolina?”
“I think so. I can only go by the couple of men we met, but I think it would be a family atmosphere similar to what Diesel’s club is. I don’t know a lot of the members of the Devil’s Blaze, but the ones I’ve met have been good men.”
“It sounds like you’ve thought this out,” she whispers.
“I have. I need to know how you feel about it, though. If you don’t want to leave Cherry Falls, that’s fine with me, more than fine. All I really need to be happy is you, Jodie girl.”
“I’m not sure, and I don’t want you to get mad at me, but, I mean, I’m just now getting used to being with a surfer dude that squirrels flirt with constantly—”
“Bunnies,” I laugh, but I know she knows. It’s a running joke between us—one I think she enjoys a little too much.
“Whatever,” she says with a smirk. “I honestly couldn’t tell you how I’d feel about being part of the biker world. I loved Hayden and some of the other women, but it’s a way different lifestyle than any I envisioned for myself.”
“I’ll tell him no,” I reassure her, giving her a squeeze and kissing her.
“I don’t want you to do that either.”
I frown, the crease in my forehead deepening as I try to figure out what she’s talking about.
“Then, what do you want, Jodie?”
“What if we tried it out?”
“Tried it out?” I laugh.
“Yep. We go there for six months. If we hate it, we can move to the beach and become surfer dude with his hot as hell girlfriend. North Carolina has beaches right?”
“Yeah, baby,” I laugh. “They have beaches.”
“So, we do that. I know you bought a bike a while back, but we don’t ride that often, what if you hate it more than I do?”
“Fine, we’ll try it out,” I laugh.
“Good. Now that that’s settled, you know what I’m thinking?” she asks, and I instantly shake my head.
“No, baby, I have no idea. Tell me what you’re thinking.”
“I’m thinking it’s about time my man showed me how knotted up he is in me,” she giggles.
“Have you stopped talking to Bella yet?” I play growl, keeping her in my arms as I get up and carry her toward the bed.
“I’ll probably do that soon. Maybe she’d like to become a biker pet?”
“God woman, you’re going to be the death of me,” I mutter, throwing her down on the bed.
“I love you and you love me,” she says, the tone of her voice showing me she doesn’t have one doubt.