Page 15 of Eight Bikers' Heir

It all sounded nice, and the apartment was modern and minimalistic looking, so I had a good canvas to decorate however I wanted.

“What do you think?” Madison asked as we ventured into the small bathroom.

“I wish there was a little more bathroom storage, but I can’t exactly be picky,” I replied as I peered at the small tub. It definitely wasn’t a garden tub, but it would do. All of it was fine for now, and I would just work hard to afford something better in the future.

“There are plenty of apartments to tour,” Madison pointed out.

I sighed as I leaned my back against the bathroom counter, keeping my voice low so that Lily couldn’t hear us from where she was waiting in the foyer.

“I need to find a place soon, though. There’s a lot to get ready before the baby comes,” I told her. I didn’t want to be last minute with things like I usually was. That just wouldn’t cut it with a baby on the way, and I had to be more responsible.

“Just give it some thought at least,” Madison replied. “You’re not even two months yet.”

I released a slow exhale and nodded.

“I just know that time is going to fly by. Isn’t that how it was with your pregnancy?” I asked.

Madison shrugged a little with a sheepish smile.

“Yeah, but it might’ve also had something to do with everything going on during my pregnancy. My ex. All that drama,” she pointed out. “That definitely makes time fly. Hopefully, you don’t have such an eventful pregnancy.”

I hoped for that too. I couldn’t believe all that she went through, but I was glad that her seven partners stuck by her the entire time. I didn’t have my own set of seven handsome men to have my back.

“I guess we’ll see,” I replied with a wry smile before leaving the bathroom with her and shooting an eager look at Lily.

“It’s really nice. I’m definitely interested, but I want to give it a little more thought,” I said.

Lily clapped her hands.

“Great! Follow me back to the office, and I’ll give you some information to take home with you,” she told me before leading us out of the model apartment.

I got back into the car with a few papers to look over that had rates for upcoming apartment openings and a breakdown of other expenses.

Renting was so expensive nowadays, but it wasn’t like I had the money to buy a house. I didn’t have family to turn to either, so this was my only option because I refused to keep taking up space in Madison’s house.

“I think I can swing this apartment,” I said as Madison drove away from the apartment complex. “But I’ll think about it.”

Madison nodded.

“Good. You have some time. Take a breath and don’t rush anything,” she told me.

Before I could reply, my phone started ringing, Kai’s name popping up on the screen. I immediately froze as I stared down at it, wondering if I was imagining things. I hadn’t heard a peep from him since I last saw him, and I honestly didn’t expect to hear from him again.

“Aisling…” Madison started to protest, but I answered the call, needing to know what he wanted to say. It had to be important if he was calling, right?

“Hello?” I answered, my heartbeat quickening as I waited to hear his familiar voice.

“Aisling,” Kai greeted me with that serious tone of his. “I’d like you to come by the clubhouse today. I have… a proposal that might be of interest to you.”

I lifted an eyebrow out of curiosity, wondering what in the world he was talking about. I thought he didn’t even want anything to do with me, much less strike up a deal with me.

“What kind of proposal?” I questioned, feeling Madison’s heavy stare on me. She was probably begging me to hang up, and maybe that was the best decision, but there was a twisted part of me that was intrigued by him. That hoped he would step up as a father because the thought of raising the baby by myself was daunting. Even if he just helped financially, that would take a lot of weight off my shoulders.

“I’d rather discuss it with you in person,” Kai replied.

I gritted my teeth briefly. Of course, he was going to make me go to the clubhouse again. Would that one flirty guy with the dark curls and olive skin be there? I never got his name, but he was so effortlessly charming in a way that differed from Kai’s form of dark, hypnotic charm.

“Alright, I’ll be there within an hour,” I told him before the call went dead.

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