Chapter 7
Stone
I gently run my finger along Rose’s cheekbone as she sleeps soundly, and my heart beats fucking wild in my chest.
I fucking missed her while I was away. I itched to get back to her, fuck, I haven’t even been back to the clubhouse yet. My sole focus was to get to Judge Jones, then come here.
Rose sighs in her sleep as she moves her head into my hand and I smile.
I didn’t expect to see her sister when I knocked on the door last night, or the third degree about not hurting Rose before she decided I was good enough for her sister.
Okay, I did expect the third degree at some point, just not this soon.
I must admit, her being here was perfect. Instead of the judge having his receptionist sign as a witness, I got one better, her sister.
I’m hoping when Rose finds out, it’ll soften the blow.
I check the time and see it’s six in the morning, and I only have twenty minutes before I need to meet Judge Jones in his chambers, so he can file the certificate, and I look back at Rose, my black ring on my ring finger catching my attention.
When I’m not around her, I’ll wear it on my other hand until I break the news we’re married, but fuck, it feels good, not like my finger is going to turn purple and fall off like it had with Elsie.
The judge, while I was away, managed to grant the divorce and push it through, so where it would normally take a few months if uncontested, he got it done in two days, the confirmation coming through by email late last night while my girl snoozed on my chest.
He made sure it was secured so no other fucker can find it, but it happened. I finally got my fucking divorce, finally free from the bitch, only to marry Rose straight away, or well, will be married once I file the paperwork.
A week, I’ve known her just over a fucking week, and I married her, something people would call me crazy for but I know she’s my one.
Rose furrows her brows in her sleep before she slowly blinks, and I smile as our eyes connect.
“Hey, red,” I whisper, and she smiles sleepily and replies, “Hey you...”
“I’ve been called in at the club to do the roster,” I lie, “I know you’re spending the day with your sister, but I will be back tonight. I want you in my arms.”
Her cheeks heat before she asks, “Does that mean I have to return your shirt?”
I look over her delicious body that I licked all over last night before we lock eyes, and I admit, “I brought a spare,” and nod to my black t-shirt, and she relaxes a little.
I laugh, “Guess you didn’t want to give it back, huh?”
She shakes her head with a grin, and I chuckle before I lean forward and press my lips against hers, giving her a sweet kiss.
I gently lick her bottom lip and she opens for me, our tongues instantly tangling and all thought to meet the judge disappears.
I slowly climb on top of my girl who wraps her arms around my neck and our kiss heats up, my cock twitching with excitement like he hadn’t had her twice last night.
On instinct, I pull the sheets off Rose’s body knowing she has no panties on before I quickly undo my jeans.
Oh yeah, I’m definitely going to be late.
“You’re late,” Judge Jones says as I walk into his chambers an hour later, and I grin as I lift up the papers and admit, “I was a little busy with my wife.”
The older man's eyes light up as a big ass grin takes over his face, and he says, “Fuck yeah,” making me laugh.
Judge Jones, or Uncle Matty as we brothers call him, grew up with Dad and the rest of the older generation of the MC. He was offered a place, but he turned it down, wanting to become a lawyer and judge, but promised to always have the clubs back, and he has.
When he married Elsie and me, he wasn’t fucking happy, nah, he was furious, and for years he’s been begging me to let him file the divorce papers I had written up. So, when I called while on a club run, he was excited to say the least.
Laughing, I hand him the paperwork, and he quickly stamps it to authorize it and says, “I’ll get my –” he cuts his own words off and looks at me with a raised brow and asks, “It was witnessed?”
I nod with a grin and admit, “Her little sister was there, Kimberly, and I asked her to sign as well, which made her squeal even though she had no idea what she was signing.”
“Fucking smart move, Stone,” he replies, nodding his head in approval, then says, “I’ll let Doc know when your certificate is in, but it should be a week from today.”
I nod, shake his hand, and say, “Thank you for doing this.”
He grins, his gray eyes sparkling as he states, “It was my fucking pleasure,” and I chuckle.
Did I mention he hates Elsie?
“Where in the hell have you been?!” is sneered as I walk into the clubhouse half an hour later, and I roll my eyes, my good mood completely gone.
Fucking Selena.
I raise a brow at my little sister, who is beginning to look more and more like a clubwhore than a club brat. Fuck, she even quit college, stating that Dad can fund her until she’s ready for life, pissing him off.
All evening and fucking night she’s been blowing up my phone, and I’m not stupid, I know it’s Elsie pushing it, and I’m ready to block both of them.
“I didn’t realize you were my keeper, Selena,” I growl lowly, and she flinches as everyone who’s still around before work shakes their heads at her blatant disrespect. Not just to her blood brother but the VP of this club.
“Elsie was worried, you haven’t called her,” she says quietly, some brothers snorting, making her scowl, and I tilt my head and ask, “Why would I call her, Selena?”
My little sister frowns, “Because it’s the anniversary of the day she lost your child.”
Fuck me.
The brothers all wince, amusement no longer in the air. Tension rises and I shake my head as I walk towards the hallway where the officer brothers' offices are knowing Doc won’t be asleep yet.
My sister shouts, “Cage!” instantly pissing me off and I turn to her sharply, but before I can snap at her for her total disrespect, Doc declares, “Selena, you are banned from the clubhouse for two weeks for the disrespect of a brother, the VP.”
Think of the pres and he shall show.
Selena gasps, “But he-he wasn’t listening to me. Elsie is hurting.”
I snort while Doc tells her straight, “Elsie is lying to you. She was never pregnant,” he looks at the brothers still hanging around who had no idea, “She lied, falsified a pregnancy test knowing Stone would marry her out of obligation and because of their father’s friendship, he’s still married to her,” he looks back at my shocked sister and demands, “Get out of the clubhouse, you step foot back inside within the next two weeks, I’ll force your dad’s hand and ensure you don’t step foot on club property again.
You have made your brother's life hell all on the word of a patch chaser, which is what Elsie is!”
Selena’s tears fall, and I lock eyes with my mama, who quickly looks down but I don’t miss the guilt which confuses me.
What the fuck is her problem and is she feeling guilty?
Shaking my head, I walk over to Doc and slap the tired man’s back as I say quietly, “Did I ever thank you for setting me up with my wife?”
He looks at me sharply, and I smirk before a big ass grin appears on his face, but he soon laughs when I admit, “I even got her sister to be a witness, which was just pure fucking luck.”
“Fucking good,” he says as we walk inside his office.
I take a seat on the black couch on the side, leaning my head back with a sigh as he shuts the door.
“Did you notice Mama go weird when you mentioned my marriage to Elsie?” I ask as I look at Doc, who hums as he sits behind his desk.
“You think she had the affair?” he asks, and I shrug with a sigh and mutter, “Who fucking knows?”
“So what happens now?” he asks with a brow raise.
I think for a moment before I admit, “Make my wife fall madly in love with me before I tell her everything and then blow Elsie’s world apart and most likely get disowned by my dad.”
Doc shakes his head with a sigh as he leans forward and states, “Your dad is being an idiot. You’ve put his feelings and whatever the fuck it is between him and James first for eleven years. Live for you, brother, before you lose your wife. Life is short.”
I nod, knowing he’s right, and murmur, “For now, only officer brothers are in the know.”
He nods in agreement, and I lean my head back again and close my eyes, hoping and praying all this shit doesn’t bite me in the fucking ass.