Hadley (The Club Girl Diaries Book 3)

by Addison Jane

  “When are you due?” Callie asked Chelsea.

  “I’m only fourteen weeks,” Chelsea replied, sipping her lemonade. Callie tilted her head, looking at the bulge with confusion. Chelsea laughed. “I’m having twins.”

  “Oh!” Callie said excitedly. “Wow, that’s great!”

  “I’m going to get another drink,” Harmony commented quietly as the two women began to gush about pregnancy. I frowned, pushing out of my chair and following her inside and into the kitchen. She braced her hands on the counter and hung her head between her arms.

  “Are you okay?”

  She shook her head. “No,” she whispered softly. I walked over and placed my hand on her back, rubbing softly. “We’ve been trying to get pregnant.”

  “Sometimes it can take a while,” I offered.

  She shook her head again. “It happened twice and both times it was ectopic.” Her voice caught. “It was lucky that we caught them early, and there’s this medicine they can give you to…”

  She didn’t have to say the words.

  “Oh, Harmony,” I whispered.

  “Kit refuses to do it anymore. I don’t think either of us could go through that for a third time.” Tears dripped onto her cheeks.

  “There are other options. Adoption maybe.”

  “I don’t know,” she whispered.

  I pulled her into my arms, understanding now why whenever Oz mentioned them having grandbabies that she brushed it off, and now, getting upset seeing Chelsea with hers and Op’s babies in her.

  She wants to be happy for her friend, but she’s still hurting too.

  “It’ll happen, some way, some how,” I told her, squeezing her tightly before I stepped back. “You stay here, I’ll send Kit in.”

  She smiled and sniffed. “Thanks, Hadley.”

  I pushed my way out the doors, weaving and ducking through the maze of people until I spotted Kit sitting at a picnic table outside by the fire with Leo, Optimus, Switch and another of the Royal Rebels.

  I tapped Kit on the shoulder, and he turned. “Harmony needs you. She’s in the kitchen,” I told him quietly.

  He stood up fast. “She okay?”

  “Too much baby talk,” I said with a sad smile.

  I watched his face sink. “Thanks.” He threw over his shoulder as he took off toward the clubhouse. I sighed before moving closer to Leo and leaning over his back as he chatted with Switch.

  “Hey baby,” he said softly.

  “Macy needs to go to bed soon,” I told him. It was dark and getting late, but the kids were running around like they had all the energy in the world. “Who’s been feeding them sugar?”

  “Blizzard got the ice-cream out,” Op laughed.

  “Awesome,” I grumbled.

  Just as I was about to go and find Blizzard and give him a piece of my mind, the sounds of a motorcycle filled the air over the music.

  “Jesus Christ, who is it now,” Optimus groaned, heading around the building toward the front of the clubhouse.

  Leo took my hand as we followed.

  The gates opened, telling me that this biker was known to the club. He didn’t wear any colors, though, and as he pulled in closer, I noticed he was dressed in all black, hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans and he had a bandana covering his face. He stopped his bike and kicked out the stand, leaning it to the side as he climbed off. I squinted my eyes, trying to see through the darkness.

  “Was wondering if you’ve got any extra space at the club,” the voice said, and my eyes lit up.

  “Skins!” I laughed, rushing forward.

  He chuckled as I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him. “Hey, Had.” He pulled down his bandana and took off his helmet, scruffing his short hair.

  Optimus and Leo both smirked as we walked back toward them.

  “We’re pretty packed at the moment, man,” Leo said, gesturing to the bikes crowding the lot. And a lot of them had already left for hotels.

  “Don’t mean for just tonight,” Skins said as he pulled off his gloves revealing his heavily tattooed hands. “I mean permanently.”

  “You leaving the Bureau?”

  He shrugged. “I was never really in it for very long before I decided to take that gig with Judge. They needed younger agents to act as prospects and to keep the cover going, so I jumped at it. But the reality is, now I’ve been in the lifestyle longer than I’ve been with the feds.”

  “You can just say it. You like riding the bike,” Optimus teased.

  Skins laughed. “Yeah man. And that.”

  “Optimus, the fire’s ready,” Camo called from the space in the fence.

  “Come on,” Op said, gesturing with his hand to Skins. “We can talk to the boys in the morning.”

  Skins smiled and nodded. I saw the tension ease out of him, and I realized he’d been prepared for rejection. We rounded the corner, and a few of the brothers came over to welcome him in as we walked over to the fire.

  “What’s going on?” I asked Leo.

  “We’re going to burn Slider’s Cut,” he said simply and I stared in awe as Oz handed Optimus the club cut.

  “What?” I gasped. “Why?”

  Leo chuckled. “It’s just what we do. We hope that by burning it that its ashes will find him and protect him in the afterlife.”

  I squeezed his hand tightly, and the crowd became silent as they gathered around. Optimus tossed the cut in the fire, and no one spoke for a few minutes as they watched it burn. I hoped Leo was right, I hoped it did find him and protect him.

  Wherever he was.

  Optimus raised his drink, and everyone around us mimicked. “To Slider.” It was when he turned to me with such a devious smirk that my eyes widened, and I shuffled nervously. “Hadley, it would usually be Slider making this kind of bullshit comment, so in his name I felt it needed to be done.”

  I watched the brothers all grin around me and looked to each of them in confusion.

  “Would you like Leo’s balls gift wrapped?”

  The crowd boomed with laughter, and I smiled, even though I really didn’t understand the joke. “I’ve got big pockets,” I called back, earning another roar of laughter from the people around us.

  When everything calmed down, I went in search of Macy, ready to take her to bed. She was exhausted, cuddling into me as I picked her up and went in search of her daddy. He was still standing next to the fire.

  “I’m going to take Macy and go to bed,” I told him, passing her over so she could give him a cuddle and say goodnight.

  “All right boys, that’s me. I’ll catch you all tomorrow,” he announced, getting a mumble of goodbyes.

  I frowned. “Leo, it’s okay. Stay. I can do it.”

  He shook his head and rolled his eyes, walking in through the patio doors and up the stairs. I followed behind him, waving to the other girls as they attempted to round up their little ones too. We walked into the bedroom, and he helped Macy into her pajamas and tucked her in. She was asleep the second her head hit the pillow.

  Leo pulled off his shirt and started on his jeans.

  “You can go back to your brothers. I don’t mind staying with her,” I told him again as I watched, attempting to keep focused on my words and not his body as the shadows of the room hit him at just the right angle, highlighting his magnificent physique.

  He walked toward me without saying a word, reaching for my shirt and pulling it over my head. “And I told you a while ago…” he unbuttoned my jeans, “…we are a family now. There’s no one to watch her, we don’t go.”

  “Leo…”

  He covered my mouth with his and my hands instantly went to his chest as I leaned into him. He backed me up against the wall, threading his fingers through my hair and angling my face to where he wanted it so he could deepen the kiss. By the time he pulled back, I was breathing heavily, and my body was wound tight.

  “I fucking love you,” he whispered, looking down at me with hooded eyes.

  My heart warmed, and all I
wanted to do was climb into his arms and stay there forever. “I love you, too.”

  “Then hurry up and get those jeans off, ‘cause I need my woman tonight.”

  I laughed softly. “What happened to… I don’t fuck with my girl in the same room?” I teased, remembering the first conversation we’d had.

  He smirked. “I’ll meet you in the shower.” He kissed the corner of my mouth before stalking into the bathroom.

  I smiled and shook my head as I heard the spray of the shower start. Walking over to Macy, I tucked the blankets around her and kissed her on the forehead. “Goodnight, baby girl. I love you,” I whispered, before turning to walk away.

  “I wuv you,” a sleepy voice whispered behind me, stopping me in my tracks.

  My heart skipped a beat, and I couldn’t help but grin like an idiot as I stood in the dark room. A wave of emotion rode over me that I couldn’t explain, hitting me like a ton of bricks.

  Like an avalanche.

  The bathroom door eased open, and Leo stood naked in the doorway. “You coming?”

  “Yeah,” I answered, walking forward and wrapping my arms around his waist and laying my head on his chest.

  His lips brushed my hair. “Everything okay?”

  “Perfect.”

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  Check these links for more books from author Addison Jane.

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  Harmony (The Club Girl Diaries Book 1)

  Chelsea (The Club Girl Diaries Book 2)

  Blizzard (The Brotherhood Journals Book 1)

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  Addison Jane is a born and bred kiwi girl with a passion for romance and writing.

  When she gets the chance she enjoys the little things in life such as reading, dancing, music, and Facebook, but her world really revolves around the little girl who calls her Mum. It’s an awkward balance between alpha males and Disney princesses, but it works.

  Growing up on a small farm next to the beach will always make her a country girl at heart. But since moving away to a small town close to the city, she’s discovered a dangerous love for shopping.

  Writing stories has been something that’s come naturally since she was young, and with the massive support of her friends and family, she finally decided to step out of her comfort zone and share them with the world.

  She enjoys bringing her books to life with strong female leads, sexy, passionate men and a rollercoaster of twists and turns that lead to the happily ever after that her readers desire.