Page 78 of Allegiance

He didn’t hesitate.

“Package deals are a good thing. Look at you dickwads. I can’t shake one of you let alone the rest of you.”

And there it was.

The old Dakota was there under the asshole one.

“I’ll be her dad too. I don’t mind. Like Zayn says, once you have one kid, the next ten are not a problem.”

“Spoken like a father,” the man said.

Well, now that the hug-fest was over, he had work to do to get the woman to stop hating him.

And he had a plan.

“Okay.”

He looked at his watch.

“I know we’re supposed to go out and do something,” he said. “Elizabeth wouldn’t be here had it not been about Chevy.”

Jagger nodded.

“It was.”

That brought up something else.

“Can you do it without me until I talk to Eve?” he asked. “Then, I’ll jump back in.”

“Man, we could use Adder back,” Zayn said, busting his ass because it felt good to do it again.

Dakota blinked.

“Don’t even put that out there. She’s pregnant!” he said.

They all laughed.

“I know. Sucks, huh?” Zayn asked. “Maybe you assholes won’t suggest my wife carrying a gun then. It’s not funny when your wife is armed.”

Jagger shrugged.

“I disarmed mine just fine in the bathroom,” he admitted.

That made them laugh.

Oh, they suspected.

“We got this,” Rogue said. “Make up with the Snake, and then come home.”

“I can do that.”

Then, Rogue reminded him about what Elizabeth had told him earlier. Sue him.

They’d been eavesdropping.

They were a bunch of nosey bitches.

“She has her doctor's appointment tomorrow to get an ultrasound. Jinx said she was nervous. Maybe you should be there with her.”

---