Page 45 of Claimed By the Cowboys
Piper leveled me with a glare. “I’m not offering because you have semi-decent dicks,” she growled. “I'll be honest, what are the chances of me finding a pack as an infertile omega? I'm not exactly drowning in opportunities here. I know you think I'm some idiot city girl, but I actually like it here, Clayton. I could be quite happy living here, looking after Maisie and being with you guys. I know we hardly know each other, and it may not be a romantic relationship. Sure, the sex is great, but we don't know if that's going to last?—”
“Oh, it’ll last, Pipes.” Zeke smirked. “Rolling in the hay with you was the most fun I’ve ever had.”
A smile graced her face before she glanced back at me. “I want children. Maisie may be my only opportunity to be a mother, and fuck, I want to be the best possible mother to her.”
“You would bond us just to protect our daughter, not knowing if we had a real future?” Montana asked.
Piper nodded. “She would be my daughter as well.”
“Well, my answer is yes, please. With a side of oh holy, fuck yes,” Zeke chuckled, making moon eyes at Piper. “I want to be bitten by the pretty, sexy omega!”
She glared playfully at him. “I think you are talking with your cock and not your brain there…”
Zeke shrugged. “He and I are in perfect agreement.”
Could such an arrangement work? I would be lying if I said the thought of a mail-order bride hadn't been floated around once or twice over the years. Would Piper be a good fit?
She infuriated me, but at the same time, I couldn’t stay away. There was something explosive between us, but not in the way Caroline and I had been. Piper was warm and caring compared to Caroline's cold and impersonal demeanor. She was far more willing to get down and dirty on the ranch, even when it was uncomfortable.
If we bonded, that would be it. There would be no walking away. There would be no fleeing in the middle of the night like Caroline had.
Bonding was forever.
Despite my doubts, there was a small part of me that loved the idea of having Piper connected to me in every way a woman could be.
Maisie also adored her, and it was obvious from the way they interacted that Piper loved spending time with her.
When I glanced between my pack mates, they all had curious and excited looks on their faces. There was no question when it came to Zeke and Dakota. They’d both been all in from the moment they met her.
Montana had been rapidly warming up to her as well.
Turning to my more levelheaded pack mate, I asked, “Thoughts?”
“I mean, it seems like a neat and tidy answer to all our problems. If we are a fully bonded pack, and Maisie already has a relationship with Piper, then they won't take her from us. They may still try to drag us to court, but it will be a futile attempt…” He turned to Piper. “Are you sure? If you do this, there's no going back. You know that, right?”
Piper laughed lightly. “Montana Blackwood, I am well aware that bonding is forever. I'm the one who made the offer, and I stand by it. I love her…” She smiled at Maisie. “And you guys aren’t terrible,” she added with a soft laugh.
“You going to learn to put up with a bunch of grumpy cowboys?” Dakota asked, his tone tinged with hope.
That boy was already in deep.
“I look forward to it.” She beamed, turning to me. “What do you say, grouchy-pants?”
This had the potential to be the best thing that ever happened to us, or be our undoing, but something had to give. I needed to go with my gut and my instincts and try to do what was best for us.
I wanted Piper.
“I’m in, city girl.”
Chapter 22
Piper
“I’m in, city girl.”
“Looks like I'd better get this one up to bed right away.” Zeke looked down at his lap, where Maisie lay sleeping, and carefully lifted her into his arms.
“Don’t you dare get too naked before I get back,” he whispered to me seriously, his face as grim as I’d ever seen it.
