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He lied? What did that mean? I gawked at him in disbelief.
“But you love Hallow, not me. Like I just told you, Hallow doesn’t realize that he didn’t rape you that night. Come back to Royal Road and let him think the baby is his. If you want.”
I had whiplash. First Kingpin said we weren’t a mistake. And then he was willing to let me be with Hallow. Crossing my arms, I declared, “I will not lie.”
“But you’ll run away? From me,” Kingpin said, trembling in anger. His dark eyes bore a hole in me.
I couldn’t look at him. The tears came in hot, flooding my eyes. “What was I supposed to do? You didn’t want me. I made a huge mistake.”
If this was a mistake, why was he even here? Why not let me be? Lordalmighty, it dawned on me. Maybe I was dim. Kingpin had been lying about his feelings this whole time. Lying about this being a mistake. But why? I thought about my own reasons to dismiss anything between us. First there was what could’ve been with Hallow. Kingpin always asked about my love for him. I always replied with the truth. Because I loved Hallow. And then of course, there was Kingpin’s relationship. “You are married. You two are having twins. And after what happened to Sky, I could never compromise what you have with her,” I whimpered.
Those were reasons enough. It made sense. The biker always said it was better to lie.
“What’s taking so long?” a voice came from behind Kingpin.
Villain rushed to us. “Eve, you're pregnant. Wow. Congratulations. Who's the daddy?”
Fuck. “It's none of your damn business.” I tried to dry my tears.
Kingpin spoke to his underling, “There's only one man who could be the father.” He was letting him think our baby was Hallows.
Villain said, “Oh, Eve, I'm sorry.”
He obviously thought I was pregnant with Hallow’s child without anyone having to tell a lie. That only made me cry harder.
Kingpin tried to console me, “Eve, please come back to Royal Road. I swore to protect you. The club swore. And I shouldn’t have let you think that you were allowed to leave. You weren’t. So. You need to think about whether you're going to come back willingly or if Villain is going to have to wrestle a pregnant woman into the truck.”
Shaking my head, I knew I couldn’t go back there. A confrontation with Hallow was out of the question.
“It’s coming a blizzard. How are you getting home? I didn’t see your car outside,” Kingpin went on, doting on me.
“I sold it for rent money,” I wailed.
“What about your Gran’s place?”
“It’s occupied. After Halloween.” Fucking Kingpin hadn’t kept his promise. He’d thrown my brother out.
“How are you getting home?” Kingpin asked again.
“I’ll call an Uber.” Without Gran’s car that’s how I got along. The bus didn’t come all the way out here.
“Have you seen it outside? There’s a foot of snow at least, and it’s still falling, heavy and wet. There’s no Uber today. Let us take you to Royal Road.”
“And if I refuse?” I already knew I couldn’t.
Kingpin revealed a big evil grin. “You belong to the club, Eve. Like I said, I shouldn’t have let you think you could leave.”
“Just wait until Hallow gets back,” Villain added. “He’d have a fit if we let you leave with some strange Uber driver in your condition with these roads as bad as they are.”
“Hallow’s gone?” I asked. That made a big difference. I didn’t want him to see me like this. I hadn’t wanted anyone to.
“For now,” Kingpin said. “So, there will be no drama. I promise.”
“Just let me send the cooks home and lock up.” I’d already sent everyone else home because of the snow.
I poured Kingpin and Villain some coffee before I disappeared to close the diner. They took it to a table by the window.
In the back, Jesus, one of our cooks asked me about the men out front. “You want me to get rid of them?”
