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)
They started talking about their lives. Larissa asked her about her family, and she learned Hailey had to deal with a lot of rejection. Even when she had gotten shot, her family hadn’t come to visit her in the hospital. They considered it a huge disappointment that she would even open a beauty shop and offer to use her skills on others.
“What about you? You were not always working for Ava, were you? Weren’t you a cleaner?”
“Yeah, Smokey gave me a job working at the clubhouse, cleaning. I had to work every day, because they made a lot of messes. Before that, I worked at the local library.”
“You did?”
“Yep, but that changed.”
“Okay, there is a story there, right?” Hailey asked.
Larissa smiled but it didn’t quite reach her eyes. “I did love my job there. Not as much as I love baking and working for Ava, but I do love books. What I didn’t want to do was sleep with the man running the place, to keep my job.”
“What?”
“Yep. Funds to the library had been reduced and Mr. Wilcox told me the job would be mine, all I had to do was have sex with him, until he got bored.” Larissa shook her head. “I said my work ethic should be enough. Guess what, I got fired the following day, and I’m guessing the one that did sleep with him got the job.”
“Wow,” Hailey said. “You really do have an eventful life, don’t you?”
“I didn’t think it was, but yeah, propositioned, used to win a bet, and pregnant with the guy’s baby that I also happen to love. Very eventful.”
“My family hated me, and actually wished for me to fail. I fell for a guy who thought I was in some way connected with an evil MC that was their enemy. I got shot.”
Larissa gasped. “Me too. I got shot.”
They raised their glasses of nonalcoholic wine, clinked them, and took a drink.
Chapter Fourteen
Big Dick was standing near his bike, checking up and down the street, searching for any sign of one of the Twisted Bastards MC.
It had been quiet. He had slowly been cutting off their ability to get around, hiding in plain sight.
Larissa had already opened the bakery, and he had every intention of going inside and being with her, just when most of the customers had left. He didn’t need them to see his rejection. His feelings for Larissa were so strong. All of his nights and days were spent thinking about her and the way he could make it up to her.
Running a hand down his face, he was already looking into property. There was no way he was going to allow his kid to grow up without him around the whole time.
He looked around the streets, and nothing was out of place. He recognized the people, and there were some that gave him a nod of acknowledgement and few that tried to give him a wide berth.
When were the Twisted Bastards MC going to make their next move? They were all being cautious. The whole club was on high alert, but it wouldn’t be long before Cadeon made a mess.
“Big Dick?”
He turned to see Hailey walking toward him.
“Yes?” he asked.
He hadn’t really spoken to Hailey, not even when it came to dealing with his sister Harlow.
“Uh, I was with Larissa last night and, well, she said something to me and I think I need to tell you.”
He frowned. “What is it?”
There had been doubts about Hailey, up until the shooting and her finding out Kinky had been using her. They all realized they had made a massive error in judgement when it came to Hailey, and it had been nothing but coincidences.
“Do you know why she was fired from the library?” Hailey asked.
“Lack of funding.” He didn’t have time for this shit.
“Actually, she refused to sleep with a Mr. Wellox—”
“Wilcox?” Big Dick knew him. He was a pretentious piece of shit who thought he was better than everyone else because he came from money. The guy was a fucking coward who thought he could throw money at everything. It didn’t stop the fact the library didn’t get funded and rather than take it out of his own pocket, he fired staff. “Wait? What?”
“Wilcox gave Larissa an ultimatum. She either loses her job, or she sleeps with him. She lost her job,” Hailey said.
“Why are you telling me this?” Big Dick asked.
“Because I don’t think she has told anyone what happened, and I felt you should know.”
Hailey frowned at him.
“What?” he asked.
“She’s still in love with you, you know. You shouldn’t give up.”
He folded his arms and looked at her. “You did with Kinky.”
“He used me. You didn’t use Larissa.”
This made him frown. “What?”
“You’re here, aren’t you, trying to figure out how to make it right? You love her, but you don’t know how to tell her. I’ve watched you. I’ve seen how many times you’ve tried to make it right. I’ve seen the vans of gifts being rejected. I know how hurt Larissa is, but I had a feeling there was more to this than met the eye. Also, I might have also talked to Carlos.”