What is he talking about now?
“We don’t,” Shadow agrees, his gaze shifting to me with a grin. “You know I won’t fuck it up.”
Now, I’m confused.
“What are you two talking about?” I ask.
“Let’s finish this before you two start in on relationship shit,” Lucifer remarks, his eyes on me. “You’re good with numbers,” he points out. “We have our brother who does the books, and I handle them as well. But something to think about, the brothers could always use someone to help them with their investments and the best ways to handle their money.”
“I could do that.” I nod, excitement filling me to the brim. I love working with numbers as much as I do with my hands.
“Good, now let’s get this done.”
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Shadow
Knowing the deal between Maddox, Della, and the club is complete, I can relax. Meadow’s Ranch would now be known as Fallen Meadows Ranch, which will help in protecting the land from the oil mongrels wanting to get their hands on it.
“Tormentor will have the new sign for the ranch ready to be put up within the week,” I tell everyone, though Lucifer already knew it would be done.
“It’ll be carved and iron-branded, like the one we have up at the rodeo grounds,” Lucifer adds, getting to his feet, papers in hand. “I’ll get these to the lawyer, and we’ll get started on everything tomorrow. Mammon will set up the accounting information for the capital and give you both access to it.”
“Appreciate it.” Maddox grunts, pulls his ringing cell phone out, looks at the screen, then to his sister and asks, “You riding back with me?”
“No,” she says without hesitation.
“Right, I gotta go,” he says, taking his own set of papers with him as he heads for the door. “I’ll see you at home, Dels,” he calls over his shoulder and answers the call.
I turn my attention to Della as she gets to her feet, papers in hand.
“I probably should have asked him to take these with him,” she murmurs before grabbing the coffee.
I noticed during the meeting she’d taken the stopper out and took a sip here and there but didn’t drink much. Now she sucks back a good amount before lowering it.
“We’ll put the papers in my safe for the time being,” I say, moving to her. “That good with you?”
“Yeah.” She nods and smiles as she asks, “What are we doing today?”
“Club’s having a BBQ this afternoon.”
“On a Tuesday?”
The way Della’s brow furrows is damn cute.
“Yeah,” I tell her.
“Gotta celebrate the deal being made,” Lucifer adds with a chuckle.
“Oh,” Della draws out softly before drawing her bottom lip in between her teeth.
“Come on.” I wrap my arm around her and head for the door. “Let’s put these papers away, and I’ll introduce you to the rest of my brothers. At least the ones that are here still.”
Some of them left after we met this morning to handle a protection run and wouldn’t be back until tomorrow. It wasn’t a big order we had to protect. Only needed a few brothers instead of the usual numbers.
“Okay,” Della murmurs and lets me guide her out of the trailer.
Neither of us speaks on our walk to the clubhouse or into it. I open the front door for her and let her step ahead of me. She stops just inside, taking in the look of the building. I try to see it out of her eyes, but I can’t, this place is home, and I take pride in it. We don’t need a lot around here to be comfortable.
