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"AYE!"
My father booms, making me jump as Emma cries out, "Daddy, I'm sorry, please…” Axel cuts her off: "Emma, you are hereby banned from any club property and events. You have signed an NDA; you break that you end up inside, we won't go down our usual route because your Bones' family." The phone cuts off when she tries to plead as kisses are laid on my head, my family showing me their support, and my emotions go sky high. I feel the last one linger, and I mumble, my eyes starting to get tired from painting all day and the stress.
"I love you, daddy."
"I love you too, my darling girl."
I feel Zayne bend down before he picks me up as Cammy murmurs, her voice seeming distant, "Get her to bed, Flame." I feel him nod as the cold air hits my face. Winter is well and truly starting to come in before we get home, where Zayne proceeds to undress me, places the shirt he was wearing over my head, and then lifts me into his bed—no, our bed. He joins within a few minutes, and I instantly curl up next to him, my head going into the crook of his neck and my leg going over his as his arms wrap around me.
"Make love to me, Zayne," I whisper into the darkness.
He gently lifts my face to his, using two fingers under my chin, before his lips gently meet mine. He uses his body to push mine onto my back before he spends the rest of the night showing me how much I mean to him over and over again.
Chapter 30
Flame – One Month Later
I grin as Firefly's Art fills with more and more people. She's managed to fill the walls, and already thirteen paintings have sold, and I cannot fucking express how proud I am of my girl.
My mother grins, Theo in her arms, loving the attention of the old ladies as they surround him near a painting of Parkerville's town hall in the night sky that has a sold sticker on it. Today is Stars art exhibition. It took a lot to convince her to do this after she missed the one I'd arranged before she left and was worried no one would show, but the place is packed, and now I'm just waiting for my girl to arrive with Leah, and I can't wait to see her face when she sees her place full.
Axel pats my back, and I grin at him. "Annie, let you get back in bed yet?"
He scowls and says, "No, and it was before her time, so I don't fucking get it." I chuckle, shaking my head, because he does get it; she's hormonal. He looks around and says, "She's done amazing, brother." I nod and look around too, because she has; she's done fucking brilliantly. There's even a painting that Theo did with his hands, which my dad instantly bought, making Bones scowl at him until he said he was hanging it up in church.
"Are you ready for this, brother?"
I smile at his question as I pat my cut: "Have you been ready, brother?" He grins back before patting my back as Hawk walks over to us with a scowl, and I raise a brow before he tilts his head to where Daisy stands in a long black dress that hugs her figure. She's smiling at Todd, and I snort, "He's gay; remember, brother and married last time I checked."
He sneers, "I don't give a flying fuck. She won't give me the time of day, and I don't fucking understand why." I raise a brow at him as Axel snorts, and he throws his hands up. "Okay, fine, I do understand why. I fucked up. I showed her the footage so she knows I didn't cheat on her, and all she did was get fucking angry that I lied to her."
My girl's voice comes from beside me in her rasp: "Well, what did you expect Hawk? A big hug and say everything's fine?" making me grin before looking at her. Her hair is in a high ponytail, a gold bangle with gold leaves holding it up; she's got more makeup on than normal, heavy eye shadow looking smoky with brown and grey, and the mascara she has on makes her beautiful caramel eyes pop. My eyes travel down her body. She's wearing a white, fitted gown that shines. It's strapless, and she looks gorgeous; fuck me, my dick hardens.
She looks up at me and smiles, making my heart melt, before I bend forward, kissing her lips gently. "Hi, beautiful," I rasp against her lips, making her smile wide. She looks around the room, and her eyes tear up seeing all the sales signs as she wraps her arm around my waist while I hold her tighter to me, whispering in her ear, "You did it, Firefly."
She sniffles and nods before looking back at Hawk, whose eyes have softened towards my girl, seeing her reaction to the room. "She loves you, Hawk, but something else has happened. I don't know what, but something big. She's detached, and there's a coldness in her eyes I've never seen before."
He swallows hard and looks back towards Daisy. "Her laughter's not reaching her eyes," he summarizes, and my girl nods. "She's closed her heart off. I tried talking to her last week, but she wouldn't speak to me; she just said she'd see me today."
He murmurs "fuck" before kissing my girl's head. "I'm proud of you, Starfish," she grins, leaning into my side as he turns around. We watch him grip Daisy's arm and pull her towards Star's office. We all wince, seeing the cold look she gives him, ripping her arm from his, then moving towards the door.
"What the fuck happened to our sweet, shy Daisy Maisy?"
I shake my head at Axel's question because it's a good one. I look around the room again and smile, seeing all the happy faces before my momma gets my attention. She nods to my girl, and I nod my head, making her grin before she nudges my dad, saying something to him. He grins and then whistles, getting everyone's attention. My girl furrows her brows but stays in my arms.
"Everyone, I'd like to thank you all for being here on behalf of my daughter-in-law. She has worked her ass off, and her paintings show it."
Everyone claps and cheers as my girl burrows herself into me some more while Axel grins at her. "Now, I'd like to give the floor to my son." My dad points at me, and I grin before pulling away from my girl, who smiles at me as I kiss her head.
"Well, as you all know, my girl is my world," Star smiles at me, her cheeks heating with a blush, while the townspeople nod. "She's been my friend for as long as I can remember. Where she was, I was." She smiles at me. "And then, as we grew older, our friendship grew into love, and I'd admit I messed up thinking she deserved better than me and tried to push her away."
"Like an idiot," Cammy butts in, and I grin and nod while everyone laughs. Star's mother smiles slightly, upset that she can't be a part of this moment. Her dad's been going to counseling with her mother a few times a week but still hasn't moved home. Star still can't find the strength to try a relationship with her again at the moment, and I honestly don't think she ever will.
"Yep, like an idiot," I repeat as Star smiles at me, "but this amazing woman took me back and told me I was her muse who created all these amazing paintings." I spread my arm out before pointing at my happy little man. "She also gave me this beautiful little boy who's basically my double. She's given me the world—well, nearly the world."
She furrows her brows while my brothers all grin, and my mother is practically giddy as I walk up to her, placing my hand in my pocket. "There's only one more thing that I want from my shooting Star, and I've been given a lot from her already." She tilts her head, looking up at me before her eyes tear up as I get down on one knee, getting her rose gold diamond twisted ring out. "You took my cut and became my old lady; you gave me a son and your heart; you've given me the world, Firefly, and now I want to give you my last name; I want to tie you to me in every way possible." She lets out a sob, her hand covering her mouth. "Marry me, baby; spend the rest of your life being one hundred percent mine; be my wife."
She nods her head frantically making me grin while the whole room cheers. I place the ring on the finger before picking her up, kissing her passionately as her fingers run through my hair. I rub my nose against hers and say, "I love you, my Firefly.”
