Page 14 of The Broken Beginning: Part One

“It really is, unless you’re planning on leaving the MC.”

I shook my head and grinned widely for the first time since this all started. “Nah, I learned some things tonight that change everything.”

She cocked her head to the side. “Like what?”

“Like, the fact that Robbie gave his daughter an out. If she still doesn’t want to be married after five years, she can divorce me, and they’ll consider my obligations to the situation fulfilled.”

“Wait! You think that stupid bitch is going to actually divorce you?”

“I know she will. First, because she called the house that they gave us today, her prison. She begged her dad to just let it all go and according to Boone she was as dead set against this wedding as I was.”

“And you believe that? She’s been stalking you for years.”

“She’s not a fucking stalker. She lived across the street and had a crush. That’s it.”

“Yeah? And just how did she end up pregnant if she wasn’t stalking you and looking for an opportunity then?”

“I already told you about that. It was a fucking mistake because I was mad at you for trying to break things off again.”

“I know,” she relented, quieter that time. “I know. I’m just so mad at myself. If we hadn’t fought that night none of this would be happening.” We stood there with her in my arms for a while before she remembered something I said.

“They gave you a house?” Her eyes twinkled with glee at the thought.

“Yeah, my house. Well, my dad’s house. It’s mine now.”

“Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s go!”

“What?” I pushed away from Brinley then. “Are you insane? I can’t take you there!”

“Why the hell not? You just said it’s your house now.”

“No, I said they gave it to us, as in me and my wife.”

“Your wife?! I can’t believe you just called that little slut your wife!”

“She’s not a slut, and I meant it the same way they did. They gave the house to me and Lily for our wedding present.”

“Yeah, I see what they’re doing. They gave you a house to share so that you’ll stay there with her and become a happy little family?” She muttered the question while pouting her lips out dramatically.

“Yeah, I’m sure that was their end game, but it’s not happening. They said I had to marry her, not live with her. Hell, they gave me a free pass to fuck who I want at the clubhouse, and she knows about it.”

“You better not be fucking anyone else there.”

“You know I’m not. It’s me and you babe. We just have to wait a little longer to leave Charleston behind.”

“If you don’t have to live in that house with her then why can’t you just leave?”

“It’s not that simple. They’ll take my patch if I do that. Staying at the clubhouse is one thing. Besides, when her kid is born, I’m expected to be here.”

“Your kid, you mean.” The nasty tone in which she said that made me cringe. When she had threatened Lily and the baby outside my house after learning she was pregnant, I chalked it up to heat of the moment anger. Now, I wasn’t so sure.

“Like I said, I have to be here for her kid in the end. It’s part of the deal.”

“I don’t know if I can sit back and watch you playing happy families with her, Damon. I don’t like it.”

“You know it isn’t like that.”

“It will be. One day, she’ll sucker you in because she’s convenient. You think she’s going to divorce your ass because you’re mean to her, but you forgot that she was in love with you even when you never even acknowledged she was a damn person.”

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