Chapter 20
Chapter Twenty
Haley’s crying on FaceTime. “You big jerk!”
I hold up my hand, “Sis, we’ll have another ceremony. I promise. But there are some cards at play here and time is ticking.”
She sniffles as her gigantic husband appears over her shoulder, scowling at me. “You making my wife cry?”
“He’s getting married!” she says between sniffs. “In less than ten minutes. He can’t even wait for me to get there.”
Grenade’s dark eyes narrow in on me. “So this is really going down?”
Haley gasps, punching her husband in the stomach with her elbow. “Wait. You knew about a woman and no one told me?”
”It’s complicated, Hales,” I tell my little sister. “There’s going to be a war. This is part of preparing.”
Grenade tips his chin. “I was looped in by the Prez for the chapter. We’re rolling out in about fifteen minutes.”
“Thanks, Brother.” I say that with meaning, grateful the strain of months of conflict between us is starting to lift.
”At least you FaceTimed me,” Haley grumbles, crossing her arms over her cut.
“We’ll celebrate when this is all-” my words choke off.
Holy wow. I almost drop the phone. My hot as fuck dancer’s wearing a little—and I mean little—cotton-candy pink dress. Her black hair is half up with loose strands grazing that beautiful neck.
Hands down, it’s the hottest sight I’ve ever seen.
She stops near the door she just walked through, smiles shyly. “Katie worked a miracle.”
“Holy fuck. You are the miracle.”
“Skyler!” My sister’s voice comes through the phone I’ve forgotten. “We can’t see!”
I toss the phone to Ace. “Deal with that. I’ve got something far more important to do.”
Gigi’s eyes are misty when I close the distance. “Hi, gorgeous.” I kiss her because how the fuck can I resist her like this when she’s about to become legally Mrs. Skyler Snow?
“You look good enough to eat,” I rumble as I pull back from smudging her lip-gloss..
”Well, this is the first time I’ve worn a dress. Also the first time I’m getting married. So it’s a day of firsts.”
“And I get them all.” I scoop her up and stride over to the ragtag bunch that’s going to attend our wedding. Prez blocked nearly everyone from the clubhouse.
Ace, Skull and Katie, Ranger, Prez, and of course the bearded, psycho-looking biker named Cannibal who also happens to be an officiant for the county.
Go figure.
And then there’s the FaceTime call which appears to have a few more witnesses now too.
“Aren’t you going to put me down?” Gigi asks, as she wiggles in my arms.
“Wasn’t planning on it. Maybe never.”
She laughs and the sound nearly splits me from head to toe. Goddamn, this woman is like lightning in a tight little package.
Reluctantly, I set her on her feet which are now in a pair of girly-combat boots. Also hot as fuck.
“Let’s get this done,” Cannibal nods, stepping forward.
There’s no fluff. He gets right to the point.
“We are gathered here for—you all fucking know what we’re here for. Do you, Skyler Snow, also known as Slider of the Kings of Darkness MC, take Gigi Harlow, formerly of the Dagger Boys to be your lawfully wedded wife?”
I half-roar, “I do!”
Prez shakes his head, letting out a low chuckle.
“Gigi Harlow do you take this ruffian, Skyler Snow, to be your lawfully wedded husband and agree to wear rockers with Property of Slider on your cut?”
“We didn’t talk about a cut,” Gigi says, stopping my heart mid-stroke. Then she winks at me.
“I do. To all of it.” She says, then adds, “God help me, and I hope this doesn’t get everyone in this compound killed.”
Cannibal grunts. “Not the first MC union to cause bloodshed. Won’t be the last. Now since this is spontaneous, I imagine there are no rings.”
I interrupt, “Actually there are.”
Gigi looks at me suspiciously. “Are we talking engine gaskets here?”
Fuck, she’s adorable. “No, Chaos, we’re talking the real deal.”
When I produce two silver bands in my palm she goes utterly still. “Those definitely look real,” she says with a strangled laugh.
I slip the smaller band onto her ring finger, thanking god for that online tutorial that told me how to guess what size.
She puts mine on, still looking a little stunned.
“Now, the best part,” I rasp as I loop my hand around the back of her back and pull her up to my mouth.