Revolution (The Lone Riders MC Series Book 1) (27 page)

‘Something I should be worried about here?’

Lexi pulled away from Jesse, turning around to see Coby standing there in his familiar and slightly battered biker jacket, his hair pushed back off his face.

‘Just sorting a few things out,’ she said, taking Coby’s hand, letting him pull her against him.

‘Kip’s looking for you.’ Coby threw Jesse a small smile before the younger man walked back inside. ‘He all right?’

Lexi shrugged. ‘What about everyone in there?’

‘It’ll sort itself out, Lex. I promise you.’

She looked at him. ‘You’re promising me a lot of things right now, Coby.’

He swung her into his arms, his hands resting on her bottom as he kissed her long and slow, her arms falling around his neck, her fingers twisting into his hair. ‘Because I love you, kid.’

‘So, loving me means you get to promise me all sorts of stuff?’

He smiled, pushing her harder against him. ‘Yeah. Kind of.’

She felt his hard-on digging into her stomach, and she reached out to stroke his face, kissing him quickly. ‘You’re gonna have to put that away, soldier. No time for standing to attention now.’

‘Having our boy here is not gonna stop me from fucking his mum,’ he murmured, his lips touching that spot just below her ear, sending a ton of tiny tingles shooting right through her.

‘You reckon?’ she breathed, sliding her hand down, touching him, causing him to groan out loud.

‘Jesus, Lexi…’

‘Come on.’ She took his hand, dragging him around the corner. ‘If we’re quick…’

Shutting the gate to the small yard behind the clubhouse she quickly unzipped him, sinking to her haunches, grasping him in her hand, enjoying the sound of his low, almost guttural moans, the way his knees gave way as she ran her fingers the full length of him.

‘Fuck! Lexi… Jesus
Christ
!’

She leant forward, replacing her fingers with her tongue, trailing it over him, teasing him mercilessly, until even she could hold out no longer, finally taking him in her mouth.

‘
Fuck
!’ His shouts were even louder this time as she kept her hands firmly on his thighs, holding him steady as her head rocked slowly backwards and forwards, until she’d taken him fully. He tasted warm and musky, and she prepared herself to receive a different kind of shot this time, his hardness almost too much to take as she pulled him in as far as he could go. And it took just seconds before she felt him still, before he exploded in her mouth, shooting that beautiful toxin of his down her throat and she took it, accepting it all, swallowing it down, the poison and the pain and the forever she wanted with this man. Whatever it might entail.

She pulled away, freeing him, wiping her mouth with her forearm as she stood up.

He looked at her, zipping himself back up, a smile on his battered and battle worn face. ‘You are gonna fucking kill me, kid.’

She pushed herself against him, their fingers intertwining, her mouth resting on his as she spoke. ‘And like I said before, soldier – as long as that’s
my
job, and nobody else’s.’

He laughed a low, deep, sexy laugh, and she felt her stomach contract. ‘Why did we waste so much time, Lexi?’

She gently stroked his hair from his eyes, kissing him quickly, and despite the fact every inch of her was crying out to see her son again, she wished she had just a little bit more time alone with his daddy. ‘Because of this place, baby. This place made us back off, lose each other.’

‘And this place brought us back together.’

She kissed him again, closing her eyes as he kissed her back, his fingers tightening around hers, their bodies pressed so close together there was no air, no space between them. ‘At what cost?’ she whispered.

And that was a question Coby knew was about to be answered. Soon.

‘Hey! There you both are…’
Tay
looked at them, leaning back against the gate post, his arms folded, an eyebrow raised. ‘Are you kidding me? Charlie’s just seconds away and you two are sneaking off for a quick fuck by the trash cans? Seriously?’

Lexi pulled away from Coby, but kept a hold of his hand. As strong and tough and kick-ass as she could sometimes be, right now she just wanted to keep holding his hand.

‘We weren’t, as you so crudely put it, Stepdaddy, indulging in a quick fuck.’

Luca suddenly turned up behind
Tay
. ‘You found them, then.’ He looked at Lexi and Coby, then back at
Tay
. ‘You’re kidding me, right?’

Lexi rolled her eyes, dragging Coby away from the wall. ‘We weren’t fucking, okay?’

‘I believe you,’ Luca shouted after them. ‘Real ladylike language, by the way, Lex. Nice mouth you’ve got there.’

She turned around quickly, winking at both Luca and
Tay
. ‘Yeah. That’s exactly what your VP thought when I had it wrapped around his dick not five minutes ago.’

‘Jesus, Lexi, honey. You’re my stepdaughter, darlin’, I didn’t need to hear that,’
Tay
groaned, shaking his head.

Coby turned around, too, and shrugged, smirking slightly. ‘What can I say?’

‘Charlie’s at the gate,’
Tay
said, the mood suddenly turning serious again.

Lexi felt Coby’s hand slide back into hers, squeezing it tight, her stomach clenching with nerves. And excitement. And an overwhelming love for her son, the baby she’d been apart from for far too long now; something she was never going to let happen again. Not if she could help it.

‘Do you two want to go down there on your own?’
Tay
asked. ‘See Ozzie first before he has the rest of us thrown at him?’

Lexi couldn’t help smiling at her stepfather. ‘I don’t know…’ She looked up at Coby. ‘What do you want to do, baby?’

He squeezed her hand again, closing his eyes briefly, taking a long, deep breath. ‘Maybe that’s a good idea.’

She stood on tiptoes, kissing him quickly, smiling as she gently stroked his cheek with her thumb. ‘Okay. Come on. Let’s go.’ She looked at
Tay
. ‘Tell Angie we’ll be there in a little while.’

Tay
walked over to them, kissing Lexi’s cheek and giving Coby’s shoulder a reassuring but gentle slap. ‘Come on, Luca. Let’s go back inside.’

Lexi turned to Coby. ‘You sure you’re ready for this?’

‘I should’ve been ready a long time ago. Shit, Lexi… he’s five months old. Five months I fucking missed… I should have been there. For both of you.’

‘You’re here now, baby. You’re here now. And he is going to love you. He is going to love you so much. Almost as much as I do.’

Coby smiled, pulling her in for one more hug, a few more seconds of just him and this woman who’d fucked with his head and confused the shit out of him for so long. And there was no other way he wanted it now.

***

Charlie stood at the gate, Ozzie snuggled into his shoulder as he played with the scarf tied around his granddad’s neck.

‘They’re coming, kiddo,’ Charlie whispered, watching as his beautiful daughter walked towards them, clinging tightly on to the hand of Coby Walker. A man Charlie had learned to trust with his life. A man whose love of and loyalty towards the Lone Riders and everything it stood for had been integral to Charlie’s plan over the years. But he was also a man whose relationship with Lexi had caused that plan to stall, sent it veering in directions Charlie hadn’t always wanted it to go. But the same aim had always remained. And now they were just a few steps away from that plan finally coming to fruition. ‘Look! Here’s your mum and dad. God help you,’ Charlie laughed, causing Ozzie to laugh, too, a sound so beautiful it caused Lexi to let go of Coby and run the last few yards to the gate, which was slowly sliding open now, someone back inside the clubhouse having obviously flicked the switch.

Her heart was beating out of her chest as she saw her baby boy, and she watched as her father stepped over the threshold into the Lone Riders,
Paradise
chapter’s compound. A place Charlie Hart hadn’t set foot in for a long, long time. But it still felt like coming home. Because all of these chapters, every single one of them – they were all his and his father’s creation. All their work.

‘Oh, Jesus…’ Lexi couldn’t stop the tears from streaming down her face now, blurring her vision as Charlie handed Ozzie over to her. ‘Hey, baby! You’ve had a long couple of days, haven’t you? You and your granddad…’ She looked at Charlie, her free arm outstretched, ready to hug him.

‘I’ve missed you, kiddo,’ Charlie said, kissing his daughter’s cheek. ‘
Newcastle
just isn’t the same without your pretty face hanging around the compound.’ He pulled away, stepping back, sticking his hands in his pockets as he looked over at Coby. ‘But I guess you guys get the benefit of that now, huh?’

Coby said nothing, he just acknowledged Charlie’s comment with a smile. ‘Good to see you, Charlie.’

He held out his hand for Charlie to shake, but Charlie pulled him in for a hug instead, slapping him on the back. ‘Come here. You get my daughter pregnant, you get more than a handshake.’ He let go of Coby, putting his hands back in his pockets. The two men looked at each other, silent messages passing between them that Lexi was, thankfully, too distracted to notice. ‘Good to see you, too, Cobe.’

Coby threw Charlie another look, to which Charlie responded with the tiniest of nods. ‘I guess it’s time I said hello to the little guy, huh?’ Coby said, turning to see Lexi plant the biggest kiss on their son’s cheek. ‘Do I get to hold him now?’

Lexi looked up, her tearstained face breaking Coby’s heart as he once more felt the weight of guilt crush him; all those years they’d lost. The time with his son he’d missed. The way he’d left her to deal with Ozzie all on her own because, even as a man in his forties, he’d refused to grow up.

‘Do you want to meet your daddy?’ she whispered, gently kissing Ozzie’s cheek again. ‘He can be a bit grumpy at times, but he gives the best cuddles, I promise you that.’

Coby moved closer, until he was right there in front of her. And before he took Ozzie from her he reached out and gently brushed her tears away with his thumb, leaning over to kiss her. ‘I have never loved you more than I love you now, kid.’

She smiled, kissing him back. ‘Say hello to daddy, Ozzie.’

Coby took him from her, his big hands carefully holding his tiny son, cradling him in the crook of his arm. ‘Oh, Jesus, Lexi…’

‘Shit! Don’t start crying, Coby. You’re gonna ruin every fantasy I’ve ever had about you if you do that.’ She slipped her arm around his waist as he leant over to kiss his baby boy.

‘Hey there, little guy. You don’t know who I am right now, but, I promise you one thing, you are gonna have one hell of an exciting life here with me and your mum.’

‘Not too exciting, I hope,’ Charlie muttered, starting to walk towards the clubhouse. ‘Come on. We should get him inside.’

Coby slid his free arm around Lexi’s shoulders, pulling her in against him and Ozzie. ‘Thank you,’ he whispered, kissing her, loving her, needing her more than he’d ever needed anything before in his life. He needed this; his family. His reason for doing what he was about to do next. It was for them, for their future. It was for this club that he loved with all of his heart. It was for everything he’d ever wanted.

‘We really are gonna be okay, aren’t we, Coby?’

He kissed her again, a little longer this time, his hand clinging tighter on to their son as he nestled in his daddy’s arms. ‘Yeah. You bet your fucking life we are.’

***

Angie looked up as Charlie walked into the clubhouse, her heart almost stopping in her chest as she looked at the man she hadn’t seen in almost two decades. The man she hadn’t seen since she’d betrayed him twenty years ago. A man who was still as handsome and strong as he had been back then with his dark, slightly greying hair, which he wore just that little bit shorter than he had done back when they’d been together; his deep, dark eyes. He was still one hell of a good looking, rough-edged bastard and for the briefest of seconds Angie remembered everything about him that had made her fall in love with him. From his deep northern English accent to his take-no-crap attitude. She’d loved him so much. Once. Until Tay had come over to
England
that summer on club business. And all that shit had gone bad.

‘Still looking good, my beautiful biker queen.’ Charlie grinned, standing by the entrance, that cocky arrogance he’d always carried coming out in full force now. But, he ran the Mother Chapter. His father had created this club. This was
his
dream. So if anyone was afforded some arrogance, it was Charlie Hart.

Angie couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across her face as she walked slowly over to him. ‘Who the hell invited you into this clubhouse, huh?’

‘Well, if that man over there says I’m not welcome then I’ll turn on my English heels and get the hell out of here.’

Tay turned around, his hands in his pockets, a slight smile on his face as he joined Angie, reaching out and pulling Charlie in for a hug. ‘Come here, you Geordie bastard!’

The two men embraced, something which, on the outside, looked genuine. But Angie couldn’t stop a wave of something she could only describe as apprehension from sweeping over her.