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“So this Dr. Knowles, is he just an OB-GYN or does he take on regular GYNO clients?” Anita asks.

“Here.” Wrath places a plastic bowl of pasta in front of Eden and presents a fork. “I don’t want my boy getting hungry in there.” He strokes his hand over her tummy affectionately.

“Wrath, we don’t know if it’s a boy, you need to stop that,” Eden scolds him.

“Tell me about it. Vike calls this one a boy all the time, it drives me insane.” Alicia talks around another bite of apple and rolls her eyes. The whole table seems to stop what they’re doing to stare at her, and she suddenly looks confused. “What?” She laughs nervously.

“You and Vike, you're getting kinda close,” Peyton points out as Freya returns to the table with my drink.

“Of course, we’re close; he’s living with me.” I may have only known her for five minutes, but I can see that, whatever this situation is, Alicia doesn’t want to talk about it.

“Oh, come on, we’re not fools. Anyone can see the guy's sweet on you. He’s handsome and strong, what’s wrong with you?” Anita voices her opinion once again, and it makes me smile despite the day I’ve had. “Is it the hair because it’s nothing a trip to the barbers could fix?”

“It’s not the hair. I like his hair.” Alicia answers back far too quickly. “You are all way off the mark.” She laughs. “I’m sure he’s finding all this super attractive. He must be struggling to keep his hands off me.” Her hand rubs her baby bump sarcastically. “Vike’s just being Vike.”

“You know some men have a kink for that kind of thing,” Freya points out. “There was a guy who used to travel with the show with us, who kept his poor wife constantly pregnant. Barely gave her any rest in between. He had a thing for pregnant women.”

“What kind of woman would put up with that?” Eden looks horrified.

“Maybe Dr. Knowles was her OB-GYN.” Alicia tries not to laugh as Wrath shows how unimpressed he is.

“Well, I can totally relate. I can’t wait until Eden starts to show.” Wrath cheers up, kneading her shoulders with his hands. “And the girls are right, you and Vikearegetting closer,” he swipes back at Alicia.

“Who invited you to join our conversation?” she asks him.

“C’mon, are you tryin’ to tell me you haven’t noticed it? My boy is acting as if it's his baby you're carrying,” Wrath tells her.

“If I eat this pasta, will you go away?” Eden looks over her shoulder at him, her eyes giving him a firm warning.

“I’m just sharing my observations, Darlin’.” He shrugs before heading over to join some of the other members at the bar.

“Ignore him.” Eden smiles at Alicia awkwardly. “He’s not happy about the fact that I have a male doctor, but he can suck it up. Knowles is the best, and the closest.”

“I’ll bet he’s the best.” Alicia wiggles her eyebrows. Making it clear that she holds no grudge against Wrath's opinion anyway.

“Does anyone here know where Dev is?” I ask. “I wanted to check if he's okay.”

“Raze took him to his office when they got back from the ceremony, but Raze is out now. Maybe he’s just having a few moments to himself.” Peyton looks at me sympathetically.

“At least it looks like Raze has calmed down.” Eden looks over to him. “I thought he was going to kill Dev when he spoke up to Burlusconi earlier.”

“It was kind of hot, though.” Alicia raises her eyebrows.

“Girl, that baby is doing something to your brain.” Freya laughs at her. “You think everything's hot these days. Yesterday, you even said Vex looked like he’d be a good time.”

“Eugh! That's my dad…” Eden squirms.

“Another second trimester curse.” Alicia shrugs toward her unapologetically.

“Why don’t you just hang with us until Dev shows his face again?” Eden suggests doing her best to change the conversation. “This place can be a bit crazy if you're new to it all.” She looks across to the ass grabber, shaking her head when she sees that his cock’s out of his jeans and him getting jerked off by a different woman than who he was with earlier.

“You’d think Sinner would have a bit more respect.” Freya folds her arms. “Thisisa funeral, for Christ’s sake.”

“Wrath's been trying to get Raze to change the rules.” Eden continues to dig at her pasta with her fork, though none of it makes it to her mouth.

“So he should, it’s gross,” Alicia adds.

“You're only saying that because you ain’t getting any.” Freya giggles. “Well, it’s hard not to get horny around here when everyone around you is frickin’ doing it. Right now, even Sinner’s cock is starting to look appealing…” She shakes herhead out of her trance before continuing. “I’m gonna head over to the motel and offer to watch little Rory, I’m sure he’s the reason Lettie isn’t here. She can’t exactly bring her child to this freak show.” Alicia goes to get up, but Anita places her hand on her leg.

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