Chapter 14
Chapter Fourteen
Red
I t’s been three and a half months since Nadia’s pregnancy scare and the same amount of time with no sign of Lattimer or Josiah. I’m growing frustrated with every passing day. These fuckers are dumb. I should be able to track them down.
Nadia and I are getting closer and closer every day while these sick fucks are getting further and further away. She even teased me one day about not knowing my last name, which of course, I told her.
I had to come in my tech room to see if I can dig up anything on these sick fucks while everyone is setting up for Torch and Daisy’s twins, Jaxon and Mara Jean or MJ for short, birthday party. Jax, Torch’s twin brother and his woman, who used to hide out here in the Club while a power struggle was happening in her family, Rose, are outside with everyone else. They came up for a surprise visit and to celebrate the twins’ birthday. It’s still creepy as fuck how much Torch and Jax look alike. I’m sure it still throws Rose off every time they are together. I mean, she did fuck both of them at one point, just not at the same time.
I lean back in my computer chair and stare at the 3-D ultrasound Doc Emma did a couple of months ago. Now I see a baby instead of an alien and my heart skips a beat. My baby boy, growing rapidly inside of my woman’s belly. I got to feel him kick a few nights after the 3-D ultrasound when I was balls deep inside Nadia and it freaked me out at first. She laughed and then threatened my manhood if I stopped. Now, either she’s on top of me, or on her hands and knees. No way am I doing that again.
I would give anything to be able to take her in my domain, but every time we got a chance to be alone, someone always came barging in and ruined the mood. The first time was Torch. Nadia was perched on my desk, legs spread wide, my fingers strumming her needy core when he unlocked the door and came bursting into the room. The fucker knew exactly what was going on and laughed before taking a seat in the available chair and demanding I pull up a video of his twins doing something.
The second one to interrupt us was Kensi. Nadia was sitting on my lap, facing me, grinding on top of me, showing me her dance moves while my lips were sucking her chest. She was about to sink down onto my throbbing erection when Kensi came bursting into the room looking for Nadia. Her face turned as red as mine while she slowly backed out, apologizing over and over again.
The third and final time we tried to mess around in here, Nina caught us. That one was my fault. I forgot to lock the door. Good thing the princess didn’t wait a few minutes later or I’d be eating out of a straw while nursing my balls. After that, we swore no more sex in the communications room.
I turn my head to a soft knock on the door. Nadia sticks her head inside before entering, “Do you want some company?”
I smile at my woman. “Of course, come in.” Nadia is wearing a blue sundress, which shows off her baby belly, with black sandals and her long blonde hair is pulled up in a messy bun. She has a plate of food in her hand and I pull out a chair for her to sit down in. I kiss her on the head and then kiss our baby on her growing belly. “Why do I have the pleasure of my woman’s company today? I thought you were going to set up some baby stuff with Kensi and then help set up for the party?”
“Yeah,” Nadia scrunches her nose. “I kind of lost it a little bit when we were putting away baby clothes and it freaked Kensi out.”
Now she has my full attention. I know hormones can be a bitch to pregnant women, but Nadia has been really good about controlling them. “What happened?” I rest my palm on her exposed knee. The heat from her skin travels south and I want to ravish her body. But now is not the time.
“We were putting baby clothes away when we ran out of room in the dresser. I kind of freaked out about not having enough space for the three of us in your room and had a little temper about it.” Nadia scrunches her nose while holding her fingers half an inch apart. “Let’s just say Kensi will not sit near me if I have any sharp objects within reach for a while.” Nadia shrugs her shoulders like it’s no big deal.
“You didn’t stab her or anything, did you?” My eyes grow wide when Nadia gives me a sheepish look.
“Not exactly. But we will need to buy more baby clothes.”
“Do you have a solution for this problem we have?” I’ve helped Nadia come up with solutions to problems we come across instead of hiding in the shadows, hoping it goes away. If there is one thing I know from being a tech expert is finding a solution to issues when they arise. Except for finding these pieces of shit.
“I do, but I don’t know how you’ll handle it.”
“Hit me with it.”
“We use my apartment. It’s two bedrooms and in a safe neighborhood.”
“Is this what you want?” I ask. I’m taken aback that she still has her apartment, but I didn’t pressure her into giving it up either.
“I want to be wherever you are, but we do need more room. I don’t know how Torch and Daisy do it with their twins, but sooner or later, they will need a place of their own too.” She pops a grape into her kissable mouth and dirty things filter through my head. I’m insatiable when it comes to Nadia. It’s like she woke a beast up inside of me and all he wants to do is take her body every second of every day. “Same with all of the brothers who have an Ol’ Lady and kids. This Clubhouse won’t be big enough to hold everyone sooner or later.”
I kiss Nadia on the head when a plan forms in my mind. “I need to talk to Capone. Give me a few days to handle this before you destroy anything else with sharp objects or decide to move into your apartment.”
“Deal.” Her eyes move to the monitors and surprise appears on her face when she spots Lattimer on the screen. It’s not fear anymore, but hatred flashing in her whiskey-colored eyes. “You still haven’t found them?”
I shake my head. I know this is Club business but sometimes I need someone other than my brothers to bounce ideas off of. I study Nadia’s expression for a minute, something is churning inside her beautiful head. “What are you thinking?”
“It’s probably nothing.” She shakes her head.
“Pulchra, come on. What are you thinking?”
“Well, it’s weird how Lattimer disappeared without a trace. He needs women to move and the best way he did it was through his strip club. Why would he stop doing something that worked? What if he is still around but has another club under a different name and he’s hiding out until the heat dies down?”
“Interesting theory.” I acknowledge. She might be onto something here. “But how would we find out what name he’s using?”
“I’m not sure.” Nadia thinks for a moment while eating. “When we were held in that room, Lattimer got a phone call one day from a man with a Russian accent. I couldn’t hear what he was saying but I do know it was Russian. What if a Russian is behind all of this and they’re hiding Lattimer while he still abducts women and teenagers for them?”
My heart races in my chest. “And you’re sure it was Russian?”
Nadia nods her head while popping a piece of cheese in her mouth. “Positive. My piece of crap father was mixed up with Russians at one point in his miserable life. I will never forget those accents.” She shudders.
I spin in my chair and begin searching for Russian owned businesses in the greater Los Angeles area and expand into regions up and down the coast. “Ok, this could take a while. Thank you, Nadia. I was stumped trying to find these assholes.”
“I hope it works.” She rubs her belly. “He’s pretty active today. Want to feel him?”
A smile graces my lips when our son’s tiny kick hits my palm that rests on her belly. I’m mesmerized by how active he is today. He moves from one spot in her belly to the next, while kicking me. “Wow. How are you feeling?”
Nadia snorts, “Like a fat balloon, ready to pop. I don’t know if I can do this much longer. Thank God we only have six weeks left.” She groans with a sigh.
“You’re not fat, Nadia. You’re glowing beautifully and our baby is growing. You’re doing everything right and no matter what, you didn’t fail him in those first few months. You did what you had to do to protect him. That makes you a great mom.” I rise from my seat and kiss the palm of her hand, working my way up her arm until I’m at her lips. I kiss them gently, then more heated when Nadia whimpers.
I cup the back of her neck and pull her from the chair until she is pressed against me. God, I can’t get enough of this woman. Our kiss grows heated and Nadia whimpers from the back of her throat. I’ve been imagining taking her in my communications room for months, not with a lack of trying and it appears my dreams are coming true.
“Where is everyone?” Nadia asks against my lips.
I quickly check the monitors and GPS locations on my brothers and their Ol’ Lady’s phones. Most of them are outside, gathering around for the twins’ birthday. “Outside. I’d say we have about thirty minutes until someone comes looking for us.” I turn to lock the door. Remembering all the fuckers have a key and use it anytime they want, while I’m in here, I push a heavy filing cabinet in front of the door. There, now they have to be like Superman to get through it. I turn back to Nadia and lift her until she’s perched on my desk. She lifts her dress, revealing her silky thighs and tiny thong and my mouth goes dry. “Fuck. You are the most perfect woman in the world.”
I press myself against her core while kissing Nadia’s mouth. She opens for me and I plunge my tongue inside. Nadia unbuckles my belt, letting my jeans fall to the ground while I rip the flimsy material of her panties off. I yank Nadia’s dress over her head and toss it behind me. I remove my cut and place it on the chair. Then, I yank my shirt over my head and toss it behind me, adding it to our growing pile of clothes. Nadia grabs the waistband of my boxers and pulls me against her, spreading her legs wide for my body. Her fingers brush against the head of my erection and I release a low hiss.
“Fuck your hand feels good, but it’s not what I want right now,” I growl. Nadia releases me and leans back against the screens.
“Then take what you want, Red.” A devilish smile crosses Nadia’s face when she calls me by my road name. She knows it’s a fast way to make me take what I want and not hold back.
“Oh, I will, Pulchra. Until you cry my name because that’s all you can think of.” I trail my fingers down Nadia’s body until each palm of my hands are at her thighs, spreading her legs wider. I kiss and tease and suck on Nadia’s body until she is a withering mess, pulling my hair and trying to squeeze her legs closed.
I kiss my way back up Nadia’s beautiful body before she finds her release and Nadia growls. “Shit, Matt. Why’d you stop?”
I smirk before lifting Nadia up and sitting down in my favorite chair. She straddles my waist, her heated core pressing against my erection. “Because I want to finish where we left off when Kensi came barging in.”
I kiss Nadia as she grinds on top of me. Inch by inch she sinks down until I’m fully seated in her core. We both release a groan of approval as Nadia starts shifting her hips.
“Fuck, Pulchra. You are perfect for me.” Nadia bounces up and down, her nails digging into my back and my hair but I don’t care. She can claw me, bite me, do whatever she wants as long as it’s with me.
“You are mine,” I growl as Nadia tightens around me and shouts my name. We come together hard and strong, panting against each other’s mouths. Nadia rests her forehead against mine until she comes back down from that powerful orgasm. A shudder rips through her body, causing her to tighten around me and I release a low groan. “Keep that up and we will miss the birthday party.” I swat Nadia’s ass, leaving a small red palm print.
“Promises, promises.” Nadia leans back and then plants a kiss on my lips. “We really should get out there before people ask where we are and come looking for us.”
“Too late.” I point to the monitors. Aftermath and Kensi are coming into the back door of the Clubhouse and heading right for this room. Shit. I grab my phone, not letting Nadia off my lap and send a text to Aftermath, asking him to occupy Kensi for at least ten minutes. I watch on the screen as Aftermath pulls his phone out, reads it and a smirk appears on his rugged face. He scoops Kensi up, throws her over his shoulder and slaps her ass before walking down the hallway.
“Oh my God, Matt!” Nadia is laughing so hard she snorts which gets me laughing.
“A guy’s got to do what a guy’s got to do to keep his woman happy.” I shrug my shoulders with a grin.
Nadia presses her naked body against mine. “You do know that you do right?” She kisses one cheek, then another. “You make me very happy.”
Nadia shifts her hips and I rise to the occasion again. “Pulchra, if I didn’t make you happy, then I’d be a shitty man.” I lift my hips, pressing myself into Nadia’s core again. We go at it quickly before someone else wants to try and find us.
Once we’re both sated for the time being, we get dressed to head out to the birthday party. Aftermath and Kensi come outside a few minutes after us. He has a satisfied look on his face and Kensi snuggles into his side. Aftermath gives me a wink and Kensi rolls her eyes.
“Jesus, I can’t do anything with you fuckers.” Torch grumbles. His eyes are pinging between me and Nadia and Aftermath and Kensi.
“Torch, watch your damn mouth.” Daisy scolds. One of the twins shouts “fuckers” while the other shouts “damn!” It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. “Look at what we’ve done. We’ve failed them, Torch.”
Daisy’s twin brother Knight is here and he comforts a crying Daisy. “No sis, you didn’t fail them. So, what if they swear? Who doesn’t.” He does a decent job keeping his sister calm and from the background check Capone had me run on him, it’s a possibility he might be prospecting for us in the future.
Knight’s eyes track Doc Emma who is here with another doctor friend Krimson and Nolan know. I think she has a thing going on with Krimson’s right-hand man, Rush, but I’m not digging into their background unless it affects our club. Doc Emma ignores Knight’s stalker tendencies while she talks to Jezebelle and Rose.
Calypso, Iris and Allure, from our sister chapter Royal Harlots, are present today too. There is something niggling in the back of my mind about Iris when she narrows her eyes at Derange. I push it away for now to explore later.
Tiny is even out here and has the patch bunnies swooning all over him as he soaks up their attention. I roll my eyes. He was shot, yes, but he will use it for as long as he can. The only ones missing from the group are Exleigh and Syvannah. It might be too much too fast for them, but I’m sure they’ll come around.
A little while later, the twins, Jaxon and MJ, have all their presents opened and scattered all over the backyard. The prospects, Seth and Bones, have the hot dogs and hamburgers all cooked, the sides are set out and everyone is enjoying each other’s company. I’m nursing a beer and Nadia is curled into my side on one of the Adirondack chairs placed haphazardly around the backyard.
Looking around the open land surrounding us, I spot Capone, Danyella and Nina sitting on one of the picnic tables. It’s the first time in a long time I’ve seen him relaxed. Nina is getting a lot older now and I know, even though she loves all of us like Uncles, she is going to need her own space soon too.
“Pulchra,” I kiss Nadia on the head and she releases a deep sigh. “I need to speak with Capone for a hot minute. Will you be OK here?”
Nadia almost rolls her eyes. “Why wouldn’t I be?” I raise an eyebrow. She knows I’m asking because the last thing I want is for her to feel rejected after the way her father treated her. “Yes, Red, I’ll be fine. Do you biker thing and I’ll take a nap from the good sex and great food coma I find myself in.”
Nadia smirks and I narrow my eyes. “Good sex and great food? Woman, you have that backward.”
Nadia turns in the seat and whispers in my ear, making my jeans tighten and a shiver runs down my spine. “Then prove me wrong, later.”
“Oh, I plan on proving you wrong for the rest of your life, Pulchra.” I kiss Nadia hard and deeply, leaving her breathless and me uncomfortable. That plan backfired on me a little bit. Nadia stands up with my help and I follow. I help her sit back down and place a chair cushion under her head.
Nadia looks up at me with tired eyes and a bright smile. “Love you.”
I lean down and kiss her softly on her plump lips. “Love you, too. I’ll be back in a little while.”
I make my way over to Capone and kick my head to the side, telling him I need to speak with him privately. Capone kisses Nina on the head and Danyella on the lips before strolling my way.
“What’s on your mind, Red?”
“I was thinking about something and wanted to run it by you first.” I exhale through my mouth and look at the land surrounding the Clubhouse. “Have you ever thought about expanding this land and putting houses on it?”
Capone follows my gaze. “Yeah, I have.” Then we look around the backyard. All of our brothers and their Ol’ Lady’s, siblings, kids, prospects and friends of the club are laughing, having a good time and enjoying life. “We’re expanding faster than I thought possible. Let’s take it to the table for a vote on buying the land around us and building on it.”
A genuine smile graces my face. “I’ll throw some numbers together for Trigger and have them ready at our next meeting.”
“Sounds good.” Capone nods his head. “Any luck on Lattimer?”
I shake my head, “No, but I’m running a search right now on any Russian ties to strip clubs up and down the West Coast. It’s too quiet Prez and I’m not liking it.”
“Agreed. Does Nadia know about your past yet?”
I frown, “No. I haven’t mentioned it to her in a while. Why?”
Capone sighs before resting his hand on my shoulder. “You need to tell her about Tanya and your time in prison before she finds out on her own.”
“I will. I just need to find the right time.”
“Better do it sooner than later.”
We part ways and I make my way over to my woman with worry on my mind. Capone must know something he’s not telling me. Nadia is chatting with Kensi, Rose and the patch bunny, Pearl. Pearl’s face turns a dark shade of red when I approach. She opens her mouth but I hold my hand up.
“Don’t apologize, Pearl. My woman set you straight so as long as you work on that, I have no beef with you.” I respond to her unspoken apology.
“Thank you, Red.” Pearl looks away with a hint of sorrow in her eyes. When her gaze lands on Tiny soaking up all the other patch bunnies attentions, she quickly looks away. That’s interesting.
Nadia lifts herself out of the chair, smiling brightly. I wrap my arms around her shoulders and pull her into me. I kiss her on the lips and she sighs. “I’m exhausted. Did everything go OK with Capone?”
“It’s all good. Let’s get out of here and get a nap.” I wiggle my eyebrows and Nadia smirks.
“And that’s my cue to leave.” Rose stands up, looking for Jax.
“How long will you two be here for this time Rose?” I ask.
“I’m not sure. My father is stable and Jax and I were talking about finding a place up here to be closer to Torch and the twins.” Rose spots Jax and Torch messing around and a smile graces her lips.
“I’m sure Torch would love having you two here.”
Rose blushes. “I would love to stay here and get to know our niece and nephew.” She shrugs. “But it all depends on what the club thinks too.”
“Have Jax and Torch talk it over, work out the details and then Torch can bring it to the table at our next meeting.” I offer.
“Thanks, Red. And thank you for always having my back when no one else did. I appreciate it.” Rose walks off heading in Jax and Torch’s direction. I watch as she approaches them with her head held high. Rose deserves the best after everything she’s been through and I hope she gets it.
Nadia releases a deep yawn and I scoop her up into my arms, carrying her bridal style into the Clubhouse and toward our room. Nadia rests her arms around my neck and her lips are teasing my neck, driving me wild. I fumble a few times to open the bedroom door and then finally get it unlocked.
“Woman,” I growl, kicking our door closed behind me.
Nadia giggles and I set her down on the bed. I still haven’t told her about Tanya and my past and I know I need to do it, I just don’t know how. Capone’s words from earlier ring in my head and a scowl appears on my face. ”You need to tell her about Tanya and your time in prison before she finds out on her own.”
I would give anything not to do this, but I know I need to. We only have six weeks left until our son comes into this world and I want no more secrets between us.
“What’s wrong, Matt?” Nadia’s finger smooths the wrinkle on my forehead.
“We need to talk.”