“I can’t guarantee I’ll be any good at it, and there is the fact that I’m likely going to get pregnant by youverysoon, but yeah, I’d like to learn. At least basic stuff. I doubt I’ll ever be able to go all Po on their asses.”
“Really?” Ghost’s lips tipped up into the start of a smile. “All the martial arts movies out there, andKung Fu Pandais the best reference you’ve got?”
She smiled down at him. “The fact that you even knew who I was talking about says that you and I are going to get along swimmingly.”
“We better,” he declared. “We’re stuck with each other. Forever. There’s no such thing as divorce in my world, Rebel. You’re stuck with me for eternity.” That certainly wasn’t the threat he tried to make it sound like in her mind. It actually sounded amazing. “And I’ve been helping out with the club kids recently, babysitting and whatnot. So my children’s movie references have gone way up. I even know the lyrics now toLet It Goand have my own tiara for tea parties.”
Becks laughed before using their joined hands to cover her mouth. “I love that so much.” She lowered their hands back down to his chest. More seriously, she asked, “Liam said you’ve been really stressed recently. Is that because you’re president now?”
Ghost shrugged. “Part of it. There’s just never enough time in the day. He thought coming here would destress me.” Lifting a finger, he gestured between the two of them. “Pretty sure this weekend didn’t go how any of us anticipated.”
The snort that came out of her mouth was far from ladylike. “Understatement of the century,” she quipped. Becks squeezed his hands. “I don’t want you to ever think I settled for you, Ghost. Or that I married you to spite Ritchie. I didn’t. I care about you—more than I should, given how little we’ve known each other.”
“I wouldn’t have asked you to marry me if I thought either of those things were true, Rebel. And I certainly wouldn’t have had—how did you put it?—unprotected sexmultiple timeswith you.” He sat up, sliding her down onto his lap. Becks felthis dick against her ass twitch and start to grow. “You don’t have to justify marrying me toanyone, including me. Was it spontaneous and a little nuts? Yeah, probably.” He lifted a hand to cup the side of her face. “But I’ll never regret it.”
She leaned closer to press her lips to his. “Me either.” Then scrunched her nose as she added, “But I am going to have to put a cap on sex for tonight. I’m starting to get a little sore.”
This, however, did not deter Ghost in the slightest. “The list of things I want to do to your body are endless, wife. And if you think penetrative sex is the only type of sex we can have, then you’re in for a rude awakening.”
Becks barely had a chance to process that before he flipped her onto the bed on her back and settled himself low between her legs. Her eyes widened when his mouth aimed for her pussy. “Wait! We’ve had sex since we last showered.”
Ghost lifted his head, looking honestly confused. “And?” he prompted.
She blinked. “Um, shouldn’t I… I mean, I need to wash again.”
Ghost snorted. “I want to taste you, Rebel, not hotel soap,” he declared before dropping his head down.
Ghost consideredit a point of pride that he made his wife scream so loudly on their wedding night that hotel security was called. Twice. The next morning, he had a delivery of clothing sent to their room so Becks could get dressed, then they took the motorcycle a few miles away to an outlet mall.
While Becks picked out their rings, because Ghost didn’t care and wanted her to have whatever she desired for them, Ghost stood outside the store and called the club.
Lucky answered. “Have you lost your fudging mind?” the VP growled in place of a ‘hello’. Based on the fact that he censored his words, Ghost guessed he had one or more of his children with him.
“If I recall correctly, you knew you were going to marry Harper within minutes of meeting her,” Ghost said, his hackles rising.
“She wasn’t engaged to someone else!Andshe wasn’t my best friend’s sister, Ghost!”
Ghost refused to feel guilty over that. He did owe Ranger after Ghost and Becks had basically abandoned him to clean up the botched wedding, but he would never apologize for claiming Becks. Not even to her brother.
“I don’t, and didn’t, give a shit,” Ghost snapped. “I knew from the second I saw her that she was mine,and I walked away. Do you have any idea how hard that was for me?”
Lucky paused. Ghost heard what sounded like a cabinet closing in the background. “No,” Lucky finally stated. “I wouldn’t have given Harper up for anything.”
“I did,” Ghost reiterated, softer. He turned to look at Becks through the window of the jewelry store. She was bent over the glass display standing while speaking with the saleswoman. “She asked me to, and I walked away.”
“You also went back for her,” Lucky reminded him. At least the man wasn’t yelling anymore.
“It was pointed out to me that she didn’t know all the facts. Apparently men are ‘stupid’ and women aren’t mind readers.”
Lucky chuckled. “Honestly, I think it’s more like selective mind reading. I don’t know how Harper knows the things she does, or maybe she’s just an incredible guesser, but she scares me sometimes.” Lucky said something quieter about going to play while Daddy’s on the phone, and Ghost guessed he was home with Conner and Stephanie. “Look, you and Ranger are asclose as brothers. He’s going to be your VP one day. I’d hate for you to burn that over a woman.”
“She’s not just ‘a woman’,” Ghost informed his current VP through his teeth. “She’smywoman, and she’ll get the respect she deserves because of that. And if Ranger doesn’t like it, then he answers to me.”
“Just don’t say anything you’ll regret,” Lucky advised, his voice hinting caution. “But sheishis sister.”
Ghost tried to keep the gravel out of his words as he said, “And she’s my wife.”
“Fair enough,” Lucky said, seeming done playing Devil’s advocate. “When are you coming back?”
