Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 96287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 96287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
She hummed her agreement. “Yeah, when she found out, she looked happy and so sad at the same time.”
“I promised Jonah I would keep an eye on her.”
“What is her ... history? I mean, she has always been such a lovely girl and an amazing woman. I’ve never seen her mother.”
“No one knows for sure. I think she skipped down. Jonah and the wife duties and a kid, she didn’t want it. Left him alone with Larissa. I don’t know the full details. He never talked about it. I know Larissa grew up without a mom.” He ran a hand over his face. “She is too damn trusting.”
“She fell for Big Dick,” Ava said.
“Yeah, and look what happened. This is fucked up.” He sighed. “I’m going to have to talk to Jonah.”
“Isn’t that Big Dick’s job?” Ava asked.
“You think?”
“He’s the baby daddy. You do your part, but I get it. You’re like her second dad, right?”
Smokey frowned. He hadn’t thought of it like that, but if he did take a moment to think about how he felt about Larissa, daughterly love came to mind.
“Fuck me, that doesn’t help. It just makes me want to kill Big Dick now. I know what he’s like.”
“You know, Raven was telling me that Carlos made the bet on purpose,” Ava said.
This made Smokey frown and turn to look at his wife. “What?”
“According to Raven, Carlos never intended to collect on the deal. He was attempting to push Big Dick and Larissa together. They danced around each other, at least to him they did.”
“Danced around? Is that some kind of joke?” Smokey asked. He had never heard anything so ridiculous in his life.
“You think it’s a joke? You had no clue about Hunter and Harlow, and yet that happened right under your nose.”
“That’s different.”
“Why is it?”
“I wasn’t paying attention to Harlow and Hunter. I made sure I had an eye on Larissa.”
“But did you have an eye on Big Dick? Larissa must have felt something for him, otherwise, you and I wouldn’t be talking about this,” Ava said.
Smokey didn’t know if he liked this or not. “You think Big Dick is in love with Larissa?”
“I don’t know if you can call it love, but he has feelings for her. After all, he was the one at the bakery when she got shot, and he also got her to the hospital. Even when he knew his sister was also being attacked. That’s got to mean something.”
“Big Dick doesn’t have a clue if he has feelings for Larissa.”
“I know. Don’t you think it’s kind of cute? I mean, take out the whole bet thing, but the way he is with her is different.”
Smokey sighed. “I’m not going to say it’s cute. He’s an asshole for making the bet in the first place, but if he gets his head out of his ass, then yeah, it’s cute.”
Ava giggled and cupped his face, about to kiss him.
“Do you think Larissa is ever going to be able to forgive him?” Smokey asked.
The smile fell from Ava’s face.
“I forgave you,” Ava said.
“I know you did. Larissa is not you, and Big Dick is not me. I have a feeling he’s got a long road ahead, because he also can be impatient, and he has a temper.”
“He’s Harlow’s big brother, I don’t think it will be too bad.”
Chapter Thirteen
“Fuck!”
Big Dick launched the flowers across the damn parking lot. If there was no one at the clubhouse, he would have jumped all over them and destroyed them. A bunch of fall wildflowers had been sent to Larissa, complete with a note, asking if they could talk.
According to the courier, the note hadn’t been read, and the flowers had been sent back. This had happened with the chocolates, the ice cream, the piece of jewelry, which he knew was going to be a hard sell. Everything he could think of was rejected. He was not used to this.
It had been two weeks since finding out about Larissa’s pregnancy. The only time he got to see her was when he camped out at the diner, and he’d been camping out there a lot.
“Did those flowers offend you?” Hunter asked.
“Fuck off.”
He was not in the mood to play games. Pulling out his cell phone, he pressed on Larissa’s number and dialed. Only, it was cut off, telling him the number he’d dialed was no longer available.
“If that’s Larissa you’re trying to get ahold of, she changed her number.”
“What?” Big Dick put his fingers against his temples. The urge to hit something was so fucking strong. He couldn’t hit Hunter at the moment. If he did, Harlow would be pissed, and seeing as she was close to her due date, he couldn’t exactly allow her to stress. She had to remain calm.
When did it become this hard to speak to a woman?