Total pages in book: 47
Estimated words: 44394 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 222(@200wpm)___ 178(@250wpm)___ 148(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44394 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 222(@200wpm)___ 178(@250wpm)___ 148(@300wpm)
That sounded like a good time to her.
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Doc wanted coffee, but he’d been told he was not allowed to make one while Eden was going through her morning sickness phase. It was the day of the Easter Fair, and Maeve was upstairs, sleeping for a little bit longer. He’d kept her awake during most of the night, making her take every inch of his dick.
Right now, he wanted coffee. However, the coffee shop wouldn’t even be open yet. The Easter Fair always started at ten, and that was when all the stores opened. Sheriff Hayes had arranged it that way.
Last night, he met up with the good sheriff and laid down some ground rules when it came to the use of the club and how they were going to move forward. They negotiated their terms and parted ways.
Hayes didn’t like the bullshit that came with crime, along with the excess paperwork, and dealing with the criminals. His boys tended to patrol the streets, and any sign of activity they dealt with the old-fashioned way, or sent them straight out of town. There were a lot of ways to handle crooks.
“I thought I heard someone up,” Eden said, surprising him as she entered the kitchen. She was dressed in jeans, but he saw the waistband was stretchy to go over her ever-expanding stomach. She wore a wrap top that fit her perfectly. She was a beautiful woman, and the pregnancy glow really shone through. “Good morning.”
“Good morning. What are you having?” he asked.
“I’ll have a glass of water,” she said, offering him a smile. “Are you wishing for some coffee?”
“A little bit, but that’s all right. When I take Maeve into town, I’ll get my coffee fix along with her.”
Eden smiled. “I have told everyone I don’t mind, they can enjoy as much coffee as they would like.” She wrinkled her nose. “Morning sickness is all par for the course.”
“But people are considerate, and they won’t do that to you.” He slid a glass of water toward her. “Trust me, you’d prefer it this way.”
“Ah, yes, you went through this with Nancy.”
“I did.” Actually, Nancy spent a great deal of her pregnancy moaning about all the things she couldn’t have. It had been a little exhausting. She wanted coffee, he’d get her coffee, and she’d throw it at him, and then run away vomiting. It was the hormones and her inability to handle them. “How are you handling it?”
“It’s okay at the moment. I’m trying to pretend I am a tea lover and I don’t love coffee.” She pouted.
“How is that working for you?”
“It sucks because I hate tea.”
Doc nodded. “I’m sure I heard that was a bone of contention between you and Mac, right? He always got you tea, and you never liked it.”
“Ah, yes,” Eden said. “You know, Mac’s a good guy when you’re not dating him.”
“You and Razor are by far a better match.”
Her smile widened. “Thank you. Right, do you want to get this over with?”
Doc raised his brows. “Get what over with?”
“I’m the little sister, but I need to know what your intentions are with my sister. Maeve is a good woman, and I may be pregnant, but my punch is fierce.”
Doc looked at Eden, and he had no doubt Eden would kick his ass, or she would put the threat on layaway, and then kick his ass at a later date.
“You’re looking out for your sister?”
“Yes, Maeve’s a good woman. She has been an amazing person for a long time. She is fierce and loyal, and I love her more than anything. She thinks I don’t know what she did for me, for the both of us, but I do. I know all she sacrificed so I’d have a good life. I need to know you’re not playing around and this is not a joke to you,” she said.
Doc knew he could fob her off with words, but that was not how he rolled. Eden deserved more than that from him. She was looking out for her sister.
He reached into his leather cut and pulled out the velvet box he’d purchased on the first week they got together.
Eden frowned. “What is this?”
“Open it, find out,” he said.
She opened the box and let out a little gasp. “This is an engagement ring.”
He nodded. “I’m in love with Maeve. She means everything to me, and I hope one day I mean everything to her, and I don’t want to take your place or any of that shit.”
She smiled at him, and he saw tears in her eyes. “You love my sister?”
“So much, it’s kind of scary. I don’t think I’ve ever loved anyone the way I love her.”
“Wow. Does Charlotte know yet? The last Maeve told me, she didn’t know.”
“No, I’ve got to tell her. Maeve wants to wait until after the ... Easter Fair,” he said.