Stripping Callum (Last Hangman MC Book 6)(58)

“What were you two laughing about?” I ask them when I join them back outside.

“It’s men stuff. You wouldn’t understand.” Callum shrugs and Elijah nods.

“Yeah, men stuff.” He grins widely at me and runs inside to get a teddy that Callum got him.

“Oh god.” I snort and follow them inside, totally checking out Callum’s ass.

“Enjoying the view?” He turns around and looks at me, totally busting me checking him out.

“Very much so.” I smirk and slap his ass.

“Good. I miss yours.” He kisses me and grabs my ass, giving it a good squeeze.

“If we were alone I’d totally do you right here, right now.”

“Is that so?” He smirks.

“Don’t be so cocky,” I scoff.

“You know how cocky I am.” He chuckles.

“Smartass.”

“Always.”

We all get in his car and he drives us to the compound where the party is already in full bloom and it’s only ten in the morning.

As soon as we are out of the car, Elijah goes to the playground and starts chatting away with a little girl who seems to be around his age.

“Looks like he’s made friends already.” Callum chuckles, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

“He’s much better at this social thing than I am.”

“You’ll do great, Bella.” He kisses my head, and we walk toward Nancy and who I’m assuming is Bennett.

“Looks like he finally pulled his head out of his ass,” she says, hugging me.

“Shut it,” he mumbles.

“Don’t tell a pregnant woman to shut it.” She glares at him. “Don’t mind us, we have a long history together, I’ve known him for far too long.” She grins innocently.

“And me!” he scoffs and hugs her.

“I’m Bennett. I’ve learned to ignore these two, it’s better for my sanity. Just know that they never f*cked.”

“Good to know.” I chuckle. “I’m Annabella.”

“I know all about you.” Bennett waggles his eyebrows. “Do I ever get a lap dance with a family discount?” He grins innocently.

“Oh shit,” I groan and glare at Callum.

“I’m going to deck you if you keep that up.” Callum glares at Bennett.

“What? I had to ask!” Nancy slaps him on the back of the head.

“Did you really have to tell him I was stripping?”

“He’s a good listener at times, I had to get some stuff off my chest.” Callum shrugs.

“At times? You wound me, brother.” Bennett sighs, looking disappointed.

“Fuck off.” Callum laughs and wraps his arm around my shoulders again, and we walk into the compound.

He introduces me to everyone, and it goes about the same as it did with Nancy and Bennett.

It’s good to see Callum in his element and joking around with everybody. It’s a side of him I have never seen, but I’m glad I saw it. He is not the hard-hearted guy he wants people to believe he is. He’s loving and caring even if to him it’s just normal because these people are his family.

He’d do everything for them and they would do everything for him. He might not have a blood family around anymore, but he has all these people who make it up for it. I’m glad he’s surrounded by so many good people. Some might not think these bikers are good people, but they are. They probably are better than half of the population. They take it upon themselves to fix whatever is wrong in their lives and not always in the most legal way, but it seems to be working well that way for them.





Callum

December 1, 2016

Things have been good with Bella and Elijah these past couple of weeks. We’ve been spending more time together, we’ve had a lot more sex and barely any fights. It always comes down to one subject, the stripping. I’m not one to tell a woman what to do with her life, but I don’t want her to go back there for those perverted men to look at her the way they do. Only I can do that, and I know it makes me f*cking hypocritical as she likes to say it, but that’s just the way things are.

She hasn’t moved in with me yet. I want her to, but something is stopping me. Until we put the mystery of who is threatening her at rest, I don’t think I’ll be able to fully let her be here. Not because I don’t want to keep her close, but because they clearly are out to hurt me and her, not her friends or they would have attacked the house already.

Gabe, Aleck, Bennett, and Jase are on the lookout for anything suspicious happening around town. They adopted Bella in the group before she even met them and it was confirmed at the barbecue. She’s been hanging out with the girls a lot more either at the compound or at Josie’s coffee shop. I’m glad she has more friends now, and she seems a lot happier about it, too. She used to have only Gail and her family, but now she has a brand-new family, and she feels the love.

We don’t know if keeping an eye out will keep the danger out, but it’s worth a try as long as no one gets hurt. Whenever she’s at the coffee shop, one of my brothers spends some time either inside or keeping an eye on the shop. We don’t want to make it too obvious that we are keeping watch on Bella. Sure, it could discourage whoever is after us, but it could also entice them to pay more attention to her and get her in that split second she would be alone. I can’t risk that.