Page 32 of Giving It to the Man-Whore

They were bagging up the torn-up carpet and throwing it out into the hallway.

Pea grabbed the cleaning equipment and wiped up the dust while Zeus vacuumed the room.

When everything was clean, they all got brushes and began to paint the walls. With most of them working on the paint, it wouldn’t take them long to get finished.

“He’s got to be using the club for cover,” Rage said. “No one knows he’s here, do they? Everything associated with Sinners’ Corner is about the club.”

“Then you need him to be distracted.”

“Big Ricky doesn’t get distracted.”

“No, he doesn’t unless you consider a certain blonde.”

All the club turned to him.

“Blonde?” Saint asked.

“Am I the only one that listens to my woman when she talks?” Pea asked.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Rage said, glaring.

“Big Ricky is spending a lot of time at the library where a certain blonde is working. She went to school with Elena. Seriously, I wonder at times how far our club has come if you guys don’t even pay attention to the small stuff, for fuck’s sake.”

“You think we could get her on board?” Saint asked.

“Ask her as a favor. I don’t know, maybe the whole club could become members of the library. I know Mel keeps trying to get me to sign up.”

“So we organize a date between the two, and then do a recon on the house?” Vanilla asked.

“I like it.”

“I know that Autumn goes to the pool on Saturday nights. She has four guards with her. They try to blend in, though,” Willy said.

“The house will be pretty much free rein. We’ll get it done and organized.” Saint nodded at all of them.

The next course of action was already decided, and Pea got to work on the nursery. Penny texted to let him know when they were heading home.

By the time Mel got back, the nursery was complete, and the few pieces of furniture already put up.

The moment she stepped through the door, he saw the tears in her eyes. She covered her mouth and shook her head. “You did that on purpose to get me out of the house.”

“I did, and I know what a pain in the ass you are when it comes to spending money. I figured if I did all the spending, you wouldn’t be a giant pain about it. What do you think?”

“I think it looks beautiful.” She reached out, running a hand over the crib. “You’re amazing.” She threw her hands around his neck and he held her, loving her closeness. He’d give anything for her to be like this.

She pressed a kiss to his lips, and he smiled down at her. The rest of the world fell away as he stared into her eyes, feeling like he was falling under her spell all over again.

Someone clearing their throat interrupted the moment.

He turned his head to see the club staring at them as if they were strange.

“Beers and steak,” Pea said. “Let’s go and eat.”

Pea didn’t release her. He held her hand as they made their way downstairs toward the kitchen.

The last thing he wanted to do was to let her go. She was his woman. The love of his life.

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