“Can I at least get a shower after everything we did last night?” she asks.
Christ, I’ve got a lot of explaining to do when I get to the buffet downstairs.
Forty-five minutes later, I’m walking up to buffet at Bishop’s casino and see the swarm of leather cuts waiting outside the restaurant. Some are still wearing the same clothes as yesterday with hookers hanging off their sides, looking as though they’re heading to a nightclub instead of going to breakfast.
Havoc, Reaper, and Brass see me approach and it seems as though he’s filled them in on what he heard upstairs.
“Okay, Stone, talk,” Havoc insists. Never in my life have I ever had to explain myself to anyone, and I’m not about to start now.
“I don’t have to say shit about what I do in my personal life, to you or anyone else for that matter.”
Something catches his eye over my shoulder, and I turn to see my gorgeous woman with Ivy and Sutton chewing her ear off and not looking very thrilled at the moment. She’s in a short floral dress that shows off her legs and strappy wedges making her look tall. As they reach us, I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her to my chest.
“Hey, Wildcat, you have a good night?” I ask and kiss her lips softly.
“Mmm, you smell so good,” she murmurs returning my kiss. “I did, how was your night? Do anything fun or crazy?” she starts, wiggling her eyebrows up and down.
I hear huffing from beside us and see Havoc, Sutton, Ivy and a few of my brothers giving me and Raegan confused and annoyed looks. As I’m about to tell them to shut their trap, our name is called and we’re ushered to the back of the restaurant where only we occupy the space. Five people are already seated at our tables, waiting patiently for us to arrive.
I know I need to say something, but I don’t want to upset everyone.
Standing up from my seat, I grab my empty glass and fork and chime it, getting everyone’s attention.
“There is something I need to confess that will affect everyone here.” I pause wanting to gather my words to make sure I get them out correctly. “A few months ago,, I met the most incredible woman and was lucky enough to snag her up. She quickly became my whole world, and in a short amount of time, I finally found the love of my life.” I look down and take her hand making her stand with me. “From the moment I saw her I knew I had to make her mine and find a way to seal her to me. We had an incident happen about a month ago that really put things into perspective for me, and I knew what needed to happen and made it happen last night.” I know that everyone is expecting this, but there is a little surprise that they don’t know about. “So, without further ado…please say hello to Mrs. Raegan Stonewall!” She holds her left hand up showing off her sparkling three point seven-one black princess cut diamond engagement and wedding band set. I lift my matching black Tungsten ring and kiss her soundly.
There’s mixed emotions from around the tables. I knew this is what we’d get. Some are clapping, but the majority are sitting there with their mouths open staring at us.
“Wait! So, it was Raegan in the room this morning when I knocked on the hotel door?” Havoc still has a confused expression plastered on his face.
“Hold on. This is why you didn’t come back to the room last night?” Ivy accuses gripping the table.
Oh, that must be why she was chewing Raegan’s ear off when they were approaching us at the restaurant.
After closing the door on Havoc earlier, we had a quick morning wakeup call before going our separate ways. Raegan didn’t have any clothes in the suite Ox gifted us and needed to head back down to her, Ivy, and Sutton’s room to change.
We still haven’t heard from the five people who were waiting for us at the table, and I’m a little nervous about their reaction. I turn fully in their direction and see Dad, Melissa, Rocky, Roger, and Claire still sitting there watching us.
Finally, Dad is the one who speaks first. “Why in the hell did you even invite us here if you were planning to elope the night before the actual event?”
I clear my throat to not sound like a child being scorned his dad. “It wasn’t planned, but I saw Raegan down in the casino last night and couldn’t wait a minute longer.”
“Then one of you better start explaining quickly,” Roger growls, and I can almost see the steam spewing out from his ears.
~Last Night 9PM~
I leave the poker table that the guys are playing at. After talking with Ox and Wyatt and going over the plans for the ceremony tomorrow night, we decided to have a little fun while waiting for a text from Sutton or Ivy. I’ve been planning this surprise for Raegan for weeks now, and I just want everything to be perfect for her. I spoke with Roger about having Raegan’s hand when she was home from the hospital before he and Claire returned to Seattle. Of course, he made me sweat it for like an hour.
Strolling out of the casino, I make my way towards the bar area when I catch sight of Raegan, Ivy, and Sutton checking in at the lobby. Sutton sees me first and I motion for her to meet me by the bathrooms. She says something to the other two and walks over to me without my wildcat ever knowing.
“Hey, is everything going according to plan?” I ask as I keep looking over her shoulder at Raegan as the bellhop blatantly starts checking her out.
“Well…” She peeks over her shoulder and then back at me. “She had a meltdown before we left the house and then on the airplane.”
“What do you mean, she had a meltdown?”
“Apparently, you’ve been so consumed with these plans that you’ve made her feel as though you don’t want her anymore. She thinks when we get back, you’re going to break it off with her or something.”
What the fuck?
