Total pages in book: 98
Estimated words: 94921 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 475(@200wpm)___ 380(@250wpm)___ 316(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 94921 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 475(@200wpm)___ 380(@250wpm)___ 316(@300wpm)
All she did know, was it didn’t hurt anymore. And for that, she was grateful.
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“You know you’re a pussy, right?” Big Dick said.
“Fuck off. If you’re not going to help me, then fuck off.”
“You do know I feel like this is pressure.”
Hunter was close to losing it with Big Dick. He had everything in place for a reason.
“Get lost, Big Dick.”
“Kind of can’t, seeing as I’m the best man and all that.”
He was already regretting asking Big Dick to be his best man. In fact, he was regretting a lot of things. Like asking Big Dick if he could marry Harlow. Then he’d approached Hailey and asked her to help him make today special.
It was Christmas Eve, and he hadn’t asked Harlow if she would marry him yet. He was hoping she trusted in him, believed in him.
The only way to hope for that was to ask her to marry him, and then actually marry her. Big Dick had arranged for her parents and her five other brothers to be there. Larissa and Jonah were there, and it was Jonah who had offered to do the service for him.
Everything was running so smoothly, at least he thought it had been running smoothly, now he wasn’t so sure.
The flowers, all of them roses, had been decorated through the clubhouse. Smokey had given permission to use the clubhouse like this.
Ava, Raven, Abriana, and Larissa, along with Hailey, had all promised to be bridesmaids, Hailey the maid of honor.
Kinky was also in residence, and Hunter had gotten him to promise not to fuck this up for them.
Everything was falling into place. He had even gotten Hailey the dress he knew Harlow would love.
He didn’t need his bride to be in white. Harlow had been pure to him, but even if she hadn’t, he would have loved her. After nearly losing her this last time, he knew he couldn’t do that. He didn’t want to go through life without her. He’d even gone face to face with Big Dick and told him he wasn’t going to back off.
Harlow was his. And Hunter belonged to her. It was why no one else ever got a chance with him. No one would ever get a chance to be with him.
He loved Harlow more than anything in the world, and now he understood Ugly Beast, Smokey, and even Carlos, and why they would all die for the women they loved.
“What are you going to do if she says no?” Big Dick asked.
He hadn’t thought that far ahead so he gave Big Dick a glare, who held his hands up in the air.
His cell phone went off, and he glanced down to see it was a text from Hailey. They were close. Harlow didn’t know what was happening.
Hunter had asked that Hailey cover Harlow’s eyes so she didn’t know where they were going. Harlow wouldn’t argue with Hailey as he knew she was trying to help the other woman find that passion that had been ruined with the attack.
“Everyone, in your places, please,” Hunter said. “Harlow is nearly here.”
Now he felt that horrible sense of panic.
“Are you regretting this?” Big Dick asked.
“What if she says no?”
“She won’t,” Big Dick said. “Because even though she has tried to hate your guts and for good reason, she never stopped loving you. Love doesn’t have a way of turning itself off. There is no on-off switch. Harlow will always love you. Stubborn ass and at times a bitch, but she wants you. I hope you can handle it.”
This was not the confidence boost he wanted, but at the moment, he would take it. He would take anything that meant he got Harlow.
There was another ring of his cell phone and another text message to let him know they had arrived. Running a hand down his face, he took a deep breath, and then stepped out of the clubhouse and into the freezing-cold winter’s night.
Hailey gave him a thumbs-up, and then rushed inside.
Harlow was standing beside the door, and he took several steps, approaching her.
“I have no idea what’s going on, but this is a little freaky to me.”
Hunter grabbed her hands and held them.
“Hunter?”
“Yeah, it’s me, babe.”
“What is going on? Don’t get me wrong, I totally trust Hailey and I trust you, but the mask, and well, looking so pretty, and it’s kind of messing with my head right now. I have no idea what is happening.”
“Trust me,” he said.
He still held her hands but went down on one knee. He let go of one hand and reached into his jacket pocket. He wore a tuxedo, a proper suit that didn’t have a single leather element attached to it.
“I want you to open your eyes,” he said.
Harlow pushed the mask off her face and blinked, but then she gasped. “Hunter?”
“Harlow Erikson, you are the love of my life and I know I don’t deserve you. I know I’m twice your age and you should find someone your own age, who you can grow old with, but none of them will ever love you like I do. I love you with all my heart. You are in here.” He pressed a hand to his heart, then to his chest, and he couldn’t resist grabbing his dick. “And here.”