Page 12 of Lore (Serpents of Chaos MC #3)
LORE
I know what she means about not forgetting.
It’s kind of hard to.
I missed out on six years of Rider’s life, but I’ve decided to move forward.
Especially if I get another taste of her sweet pussy.
Fuck.
She was so perfect, coming for me like that, bent over my bike.
A dream.
I hope she doesn’t try to push me away now because I want more of where that came from.
I want us to get to a good place.
We need to heal for the kids.
When she says she won’t forget, I know she means me breaking her heart. She doesn’t want to put herself in a position where she’ll give me the power to hurt her again. I get it.
I know I destroyed her, but I’m not the same person I was back then.
Okay, I’ve fucked around all this time, yes. But I’ve changed since the moment I walked into her house and saw her with that black eye and split lip.
Once we got back from the ride, we took the kids for a swim, had some dinner, and then Atiana took them to bed.
I’ve been sitting here in my room, lost in my thoughts.
Opening the second drawer of my bedside table, I pull out the photograph of Atiana and me.
I’ve kept it for years. We’re at a costume party, and she’s wearing a ballerina outfit, while I’m dressed like the Grim Reaper.
I don’t remember what it was for, but I’m lifting her in my arms, and she has her head thrown back, a wide smile on her face.
Underneath that photograph is one just of her, one I took of her smiling at the camera at the beach. She looks beautiful, her big doe eyes smiling at me.
How did I ever walk away from her?
My phone beeps with a text in the group chat.
Ora
Guys, it’s my due date next week. This baby is coming soon!
Lu
Did you choose a name?
Ora
I’ve chosen a name. War thinks he doesn’t like it. But I think he will change his mind after watching me push out a watermelon through a tap.
Lore
Did not need that visual. Is your pussy the size of a tap?
Xanthe
We should move to our other group chat without Lore in it for all pregnancy chat.
Ora
No, he wanted to be in here, so now he gets to listen to all the details. He missed Rider’s birth, so he needs the experience.
Lu
For when he knocks up Atiana again?
Ora
She has to let him fuck her for that.
Xanthe
I still haven’t met her!
Lore
Come and see us more often then!
Lu
Can we swap Ghost for Xanthe?
Ora
Ghost isn’t that bad, he grows on you.
Lu
Like a fungus.
Xanthe
I do not want to talk about Ghost. Let’s change the subject. Lore?
Lore
Do you think Atiana will ever forgive me?
Xanthe
I still don’t know what you did.
Lu
He broke up with her to be a whore.
Xanthe
Oh. Well, you made your massive, orgy-sized bed. Now you can lie in it.
Ora
He could change!
Lore
At least Ora has faith in me.
Lu
Yeah, but she’s the only one. The twins were taking bets.
Ora
Yeah, so you’ll win me a lot of money if you don’t fuck anyone until you get Atiana to forgive you.
The bastards. They all don’t think I’m going to stop fucking around, except Ora.
Lore
Ora, you’re my favorite person, darlin’.
Ora
You should make your favorite person some money.
Lore
Lu, you bet against me? The betrayal.
Lu
Love you as a friend, Lore. To death. But as a boyfriend?
Ora
Atiana is his one. It’s different. Look how Haze changed for you.
Lu
True. I feel like Lore is worse than Haze though. He’s a heartbreaker. He loves women.
Lore
He is right here.
Xanthe
I think Lore can be faithful to the right woman.
Lore
Xanthe, love you too.
Lu
See. Maybe stop telling women you love them.
Lore
As a friend.
Lu
What if Atiana tells Suit or Bones she loves them as friends?
Lore
Why did you choose those two? Has Suit hit on her again?
Lu
Oh boy.
Ora
See, he’s jealous. He normally never gets jealous. He fucks women and passes them along. He clearly doesn’t want any other man to have Atiana.
Lore
NO! I definitely don’t.
Lu
Prove it. And be quick about it. Suit is going to ask her out.
Lore
I’ll kill him first.