Page 19 of Happenstance
Parker
The last thing I expected when I turned the corner was to find myself standing in the hall with Lana tightly clinging to me. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t complaining. In fact, it took less than a second for me to wrap my arms around her and pull her tightly into me. I was just a little shocked. She’d spent the last few weeks avoiding me, and now she was using me for… protection, maybe? Fuck it. I’d take it. If Lana wanted me to strip naked and dive into a pit of snakes, I’d do it. As long as I could feel her soft body afterwards, I’d do whatever the fuck she wanted.
The way her body was shaking had me seeing red. My little angel was scared, and not just scared, but fucking terrified. I was about to ask her why, when Callaghan came out of a room. The same room Lana was in a few seconds ago.
This motherfucker.
“What the fuck did you do to her?”
Sean’s lip curled at my question. “I didn’t do anything to her.”
“Bullshit!”
I don’t know what the fuck went down in that room, but whatever it was had me tempted to slap the shit out of this asshole. Self appointed brother or not. No one made my Lana cry.
“I don’t need to explain myself to you, Whitley. Come on, Lana.” When he reached out for her, she buried her face in my chest.
I smiled internally and tightened my grip on her.She picked me, prick.“Looks like she doesn’t want to go with you.”
“Too fucking bad.”
This prick didn’t give up. He kept trying to pull her away from me, and that shit wasn’t happening.
“Eat shit, Callaghan,” I growled, and twisted so he’d have to reach around me to get her. “You can have her when you pry her out of my cold, dead hands.”
I wasn’t kidding. Didn’t give a shit if people were watching. Lana Crawford was mine, and it was time everyone knew that.
“This doesn’t involve you, Whitley.”
“The fuck it doesn’t. She’s pregnant with my kid.”
Silence. Complete and utter shocked quiet fell down the hall. Sean wasn’t the only one staring at me with his mouth open in shock. Fuck, even Lana twitched in my arms. And what did I do? I smiled. A big, wide, toothy grin.That’s right, motherfuckers, this one’s mine.
“You’ve got to be kidding me!” Sean cried out, “Him? I thought you were smarter than that, Lana.”
The only thing that stopped me from charging forward and smashing in his damn skull was Lana pulling away from me. Guess what she was scared of didn’t matter anymore, because the tears streaming down her cheeks were with filled with anger. It was kind of hot, actually. I loved the way her nose scrunched up, while fire waged war in her eyes.
“You guys are unbelievable.”
Sean grumbled, “She’s the one whose pregnant, and I’m getting shit.”
I chose to take it another way and puffed my chest up, saying, “Thank you.”
Her bright hazel eyes rolled at my words. “That was not a compliment.”
She was so cute right now. Black hair swaying behind her while her hip popped out, and she shot me attitude. Her hair was straight today. I think I preferred it curly and wild. Then again, I could always have fun giving her the wild look myself.
“You can’t just talk about me like I’m not here.” Her hand swung between me and Sean, “You two don’t get to make decisions for me.”
Sean frowned and crossed his arms. “No one’s trying to make decisions for you, Lana.”
“Don’t worry,” I told him, “It’s probably just hormones. She’ll calm down once I get her moved into my place.”
“She is not moving in with you,” Sean declared.
At the same time Lana objected, “I’m not moving in with you.”
“Uh, yes you are.”
