“She is going to love this, Laci. Thank you.” I told her as I bent to hug her.
Two hours later and after a large amount of coffee, a nurse came back and said that Skinner was done with surgery, and he would be moved to recovery, and then she asked for Harlow. “He demanded that you be brought back after surgery. Even though it is against the rules, he was very adamant about that.”
Harlow did nothing but snort. “My man. I swear.” She smiled as she stood and followed the nurse back.
From being at the clubhouse, I found out bits and pieces about Skinner and Harlow’s story.
And if Gage hadn’t made me start believing in fairy tales? Their story would have.
Thirty minutes later, we were told that Collins did beautifully, and we would be allowed to see her soon.
The moment she was brought back to her room, everyone floated between Collins’s bed and Skinner’s.
Normally, they would have put them in separate rooms, but given the situation, they made an exception.
So while both of them rested and recovered, we all talked in hushed whispers, until my beautiful girl’s eyes opened and she fucking smiled.
I knew right then that if this didn’t work, just having seven years’ worth of her smiles only for me?
Well, that made the pain a little less bearable.
That night since Collins needed her rest, Gage and I were laying in my bed when something hit me, and I knew that I was exhausted.
Because when I am exhausted, I say stuff that is apparently clear.
After being around the club members and their ole’ ladies all day, I laughed softly to myself.
“What are you laughing at?” He asked as he tightened his arms around me.
Snuggling into his chest with my eyes closed, I said, “It’s weird.”
He chuckled and asked. “What’s weird?”
“Being a virgin and having a child,” I whispered against his chest.
At my words, his entire body tensed. “You’re shitting me?”
“No. I thought you figured that out when I told you I’ve never kissed anyone before. Why?” I asked him. I mean, he knew Collins wasn’t mine biologically, but still.
If it were even possible, his arms tightened even tighter around me. “You do realize I plan on never letting you go. Right?”
“Long as you realize, I’m never letting you go.”
He scoffed, “I’m no prize, baby.”
“I beg to differ,” I said as I sighed and melted even further into his body.
My eyes started to get extremely heavy when I heard, “You’re really a virgin?”
“Yeah,” I murmured.
“Fucking hell. Thanking my lucky stars now that some bastard hasn’t scooped you up.”
“I was waiting for you,” I said and then I drifted off to sleep.
Not knowing that I had just given everything of me to him, he grabbed hold of that with both hands, vowing that no matter what, he would ensure that if I were to ever leave this earth, he would live only for Collins and no other woman would ever take my place in his heart.