Page 5 of A New Era

Draining the rest of my beer, I push up out of my seat. “I’ll see you both in the morning.”

“Night, son,” Mom murmurs softly and I escape upstairs.

Creeping into our room for the night, Rayna is sprawled out on the air bed, fast asleep. However, Holly is still awake, lying on our shared bed. I quietly undress and slip into bed beside her, gently pulling her close to me.

“It’s gonna be weird seeing Luca as a dad.”

“I bet he thought the same about you when Rayna was born,” she retorts.

“Is having children something you think about?”

“Not really, but it’s something I thought would happen one day.”

“How about after the wedding, we just let it happen?”

“You don’t want to wait a while?”

“No. I want you carrying my kid. I wanna grow our family.”

Kissing the top of her head, I struggle to keep my eyes open.

“Think about it.”

Having her as my wife isn’t enough, like with the club, I want the lot with her.

Chapter Two

Leo

It’s still early when I wake. Lifting my head, I glance down at the end of the bed, and Rayna’s still fast asleep. To my side, Holly’s soft snores hit my ears. My phone vibrates on the nightstand causing Holly to stir.

“Morning,” she chokes out sleepily.

“Hey.”

Her soft skin brushes against mine as she stretches, and I have to remind myself we’re not alone in the room.

“What time is it?”

Grabbing my phone, I ignore the text from Zach and tell her, “Just gone seven.”

She groans and hides her face in her pillow. “Why are you awake this early?”

Laughing, I tell her, “I have no idea.”

Waking up slowly, she rolls onto her back and leans up to check on Rayna. I love how my kid is her first concern. Once she sees she’s still asleep, she looks around the sparsely filled room.

“It’s weird waking up in another clubhouse.”

I’ve never really thought about it. A clubhouse is a clubhouse. “They’re all the same.”

Sitting up, she asks, “What’s the plan for today?”

She leans over and grabs her lacey gloves from the windowsill and slides them on before Rayna wakes.

“We’ll go see the baby this morning and then make our way home.”

At the mention of River, she looks over her shoulder and down at me.

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