Teaching Aleck (The Last Hangman MC #2)(37)

“Daddy!” Ally squeals and hugs my leg.

“Hey, Princess.” I smile and pick her up. “How did it go?”

“She was good. You’ve got a very smart little lady.” Charline winks at me.

“Thank you. Did you have fun sweetie?” She shrugs and I look at Charline confused.

“She’s quite shy so she didn’t make a lot of friends. She stayed with two other girls who are quite shy too and they were having fun together. She’ll be okay, Aleck. She just needs a couple of days. It’s new to her.”

I nod. “I know. I just don’t like knowing she didn’t have that much fun.”

“Do you actually remember having fun on the first day of school?” She raises her eyebrow at me.

“Eh, not so much.” I chuckle.

“That’s what I thought.” She grins.

“When you have some time can we talk? I’d like a chance to explain,” I say softly.

“You don’t need to explain yourself, Aleck.”

“I want to.” I look into her eyes. “I need to.”

She nods. “Alright, whenever you have some time outside of school hours, let me know.”

“Thank you. It means a lot to me.” I kiss her cheek. I can’t help it.

“You’re welcome.” She blushes, actually blushes! I’m affecting her, thank f*ck!

“Daddy, can we go have pancakes now?” Ally chimes in shyly.

I can’t help but chuckle. “Of course, Pumpkin.” I smile at her and then at Charline. “Sorry, pancake dates can’t be delayed.”

“Understandable. Have one for me.” She giggles and winks at me.

“Next time you should come with us.” Ally surprises the both of us.

“I wouldn’t want to interfere in yours and your Daddy’s pancake date sweetie.” She beams at Ally.

“You wouldn’t.” Ally grins, I’m so happy she’s opening up to Charline.

“Thank you, if I have time, I’d love to,” Charline says smiling.

“We’d love to have you.” I smile at her and she frowns. I look at her confused and she sighs.

“Thank you for making me want pancakes.” She glares at me playfully.

“Not even sorry, Line. Where did you go just now?” I look at her intently.

“Not now.” She mouths and points behind her and frowns. More parents talking shit about me.

“I heard.” I sigh. “Please, let me know if anything happens in class or during recess.”

“You know I will.” She winks at me.

“Thank you for everything.”

“Don’t mention it. Go now or they won’t have any pancakes left.” She giggles.

“I’ll be the one eating everything!” I chuckle and kiss her cheek again. “Alright, let’s get going, pancakes here we come!” I fist bump with Ally as we always do.

Even though I don’t want to leave Charline, I walk to my truck and secure Ally in her car seat. This is so weird. I thought Charline wouldn’t accept Ally at all and she doesn’t even seem to care that I have a daughter. Well, obviously I have no idea what she thinks, but so far things are looking pretty good. I can’t believe I didn’t really notice her outfit this morning.

From the tight pencil skirt that hugs her ass perfectly, to her mint blouse that makes her pale skin and bright blue eyes pop even more, and is slightly see through. She’s going to drive me insane!

Charline waves at us as we drive by her. We both wave back and drive out of the parking lot.

I might have underestimated Charline. She seems to be a lot more understanding than I imagined, and able to take a lot more too.

I drive to IHOP thinking about Charline while Ally sings along to some kid’s song that I put on for her. It’s doing my head in, but I’d do anything for Ally. Anything.





CHAPTER 15



Charline

Aleck has a daughter! I can’t believe it!

I thought I knew everything about him, well, not every single thing, but I thought he had told me everything major. I guess I was really wrong.

I’m not mad at him. I get why he has been so secretive and private. He probably doesn’t want anyone to know he has a kid just in case some messed up wacko decides to hurt his daughter for payback.

She’s the sweetest girl ever. She’s very shy, but so cute and smart. She reminds me of myself. I was pretty much the same when I was a little kid.

What worries me the most are the parents who were talking shit in school. I get that they probably aren’t familiar with bikers and think they are trash, but Aleck is the total opposite. He’s the sweetest guy ever. Well, while still being a badass biker of course.

We are starting an anti-bullying campaign this year, so if I hear them talk more shit about him, I’ll have to remind those parents to respect the guidelines we’ll try to put into place.

Having been bullied when I was younger, it’s a subject near and dear to my heart. I don’t care if Aleck is a grown man who can perfectly defend himself on his own, I will not let some narrow minded * bully him and his daughter. The real victim in all of this will end up being Ally because it will fall back on her and I don’t want that to happen at all.