Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
“Aisling…” Madison started to protest, but I answered the call, needing to know what he wanted to say. It had to be important if he was calling, right?
“Hello?” I answered, my heartbeat quickening as I waited to hear his familiar voice.
“Aisling,” Kai greeted me with that serious tone of his. “I’d like you to come by the clubhouse today. I have… a proposal that might be of interest to you.”
I lifted an eyebrow out of curiosity, wondering what in the world he was talking about. I thought he didn’t even want anything to do with me, much less strike up a deal with me.
“What kind of proposal?” I questioned, feeling Madison’s heavy stare on me. She was probably begging me to hang up, and maybe that was the best decision, but there was a twisted part of me that was intrigued by him. That hoped he would step up as a father because the thought of raising the baby by myself was daunting. Even if he just helped financially, that would take a lot of weight off my shoulders.
“I’d rather discuss it with you in person,” Kai replied.
I gritted my teeth briefly. Of course, he was going to make me go to the clubhouse again. Would that one flirty guy with the dark curls and olive skin be there? I never got his name, but he was so effortlessly charming in a way that differed from Kai’s form of dark, hypnotic charm.
“Alright, I’ll be there within an hour,” I told him before the call went dead.
“What’s going on?” Madison asked the moment I lowered the phone from my ear.
Oh, boy. I knew that she wasn’t going to like my answer.
“I have to go talk to Kai. He said he has some sort of proposal for me. I’m sure it’s about the baby,” I replied, glancing over at her to see a wary expression filling her face.
“Sounds suspicious,” Madison told me. “What do you even know about this guy?”
I sighed as I sank back in my seat.
“Not much, but we’re bound together by this baby. I want to hear him out and see what’s on his mind,” I replied.
Madison frowned, but she nodded.
“I know. I just hate that you have to go through this,” she said. “I know what it’s like to be bound to someone by a baby. My ex was a psycho who was so hard to get away from. I just hope Kai doesn’t end up being like Michael.”
I nodded in understanding, giving her a look of sympathy. That was a nightmare for her to endure, and I hoped that Kai was a decent man. But this situation wasn’t easy in the slightest. I had a pregnancy come out of the blue, and I was tied to a potentially dangerous member of a biker gang, who was as mysterious as he was handsome.
Plus, I was having to shack up with my best friend for the time being because I didn’t have a place to live. My life had been a whirlwind, and something told me that things were about to get even crazier.
Chapter 6
Aisling
When I arrived at the clubhouse, I was surprised to see yet another man that I didn’t recognize standing outside of the brick building.
Another hot man.
What was up with this biker gang and its hot members?
The man was tall and well-built under his white tank top and jeans. His hair was long and dark, being pulled back from his bearded face by a ponytail.
He had a bit of a wild look to him, which was very alluring to me. If I was honest, I had always wanted to go out with someone like that.
However, I had to remind myself that this man could be dangerous. He could be a criminal for all I knew, so I approached him with caution and a racing heart.
“Hi,” I greeted him as he tilted his head at me with a small smile on his face.
“There you are. We’ve been expecting you,” he told me.
“We?” I questioned him, lifting an eyebrow at him.
“All of us in the Iron Serpents. Kai is the president of our biker club,” he explained before stepping closer and holding his hand out to me. “And I’m Hayden.”
Feeling drawn to him by a strong pull in my chest, I shook his hand.
“Aisling,” I said. Something told me that the proposal somehow involved the others for some reason. They were constantly referenced.
Hayden chuckled a little with an excited glint in his eyes.
“I know. You’ve been the center of attention since we heard the news,” he told me as his eyes slipped down to my stomach.
Because of some sort of new reflex, I placed my hand over my stomach in an almost protective manner. It was so sudden that it caught me off guard.
“Didn’t realize I was the talk of the town,” I replied, feeling a bit nervous about that. What were they saying about me?