Tara
2 years later…
Standing in Nate’s tattoo studio he tilts his head to the side, smiling at me like a madman.
“What do you think?” Nate asks, pointing his wedding ring finger at me and showing me his new ink.
“Nice,” I say, noting that it’s the date we got married.
“And this one?” He turns around lifting his arm and showing me. It’s Emilia’s name and her date of birth.
“I love it.” I smile, throwing my arms around his neck and kissing him on the cheek. “But don’t think that having that ink on your finger is a replacement for your wedding ring, because it isn’t. Don’t want the club chicks getting the wrong idea about my man.” I lift my brows, looking into his eyes, giving him an unspoken warning.
“Baby, come on. You know I only have eyes for you.”
The sudden sound of the door flying open has us glancing to the door, a smile spreading across both of our faces.
“Hey, bubba.” Nate sidesteps, lowering himself to the floor, arms open wide as Emilia waddles toward him.
She is a total daddy’s girl and the two of them are completely inseparable.
“Da da,” Emilia repeats over and over.
“Come here, baby girl.” Nate’s face lights up, as it does every time he sees her. Lifting her from the floor he holds her up and starts to spin on the spot. The sound of the two of them laughing together is completely infectious and I feel tears prickle at my eyes. The two look so alike. Dark hair, yet contrasting light gray-blue eyes. There is no denying that Emilia is Nate’s child. And I also can’t deny that having Emilia in our lives is the best thing that has ever happened to us.
“Hey, baby girl.” I reach and take her hand, stroking the back of it with my thumb. She smiles, her cheeks bunching as the smile reaches her eyes. Nate leans in and places a soft kiss against my lips.
“Oh, thank God she’s here with you two,” Hunter says breathlessly. “I only turned away for a second. She’s a livewire, that’s for sure.”
We both chuckle and I can’t deny that Emilia is a little like me. Stubborn, headstrong, and knows exactly what she wants.
But it’s been great having Hunter in my life. He’s become the younger brother I never knew I wanted. He also became the president of the Deathseekers, under the guidance of Nate. And things with the MC couldn’t be better.
Nate has worked hard to take the club in the right direction. He started up his own whorehouse empire, now running and managing six clubs across the county, as well as three additional Savage Ink tattoo studios.
And even though the drugs and deals with Brax are no longer a part of club life, they are still very much a part of our lives. Brax and Izzy are our best friends, and always will be.
In the end, despite all of my uncertainty and fears and everything we went through to get to this point, it was worth it. So worth it. And I knew from the very first kiss that I had fallen for Nate. Hard, fast, and all in.
Our forbidden love became the only love that mattered. And in the end, love triumphed over everything that stood in our way.
I look up at my world, right here, standing in front of me. “I love you,” I say with conviction, kissing him on the lips, molding together as one.
“Hey, maybe Mommy and Daddy need some alone time,” Hunter interrupts, reaching for Emilia and taking her back out of the room, grinning as he looks at us over his shoulder. We hear him talking sweetly to her as he makes his way out, closing the door behind him.
“Just you and me, baby. I like the sound of that,” Nate muses with a wiggle of his brows.
“For now.” I giggle as he hooks his hands under my ass and steps back until I’m against the wall. My heart smiles and my hand drifts over his bare chest.
“Mrs. Jeffries,” he purrs with lust lacing his tone.
“Yes, Mr. Jeffries…”
“I have around thirty minutes to worship your body.” He starts tugging at my blouse and lifting my skirt. My full heart pounds and his lips meet mine once more. I close my eyes savoring this moment and his touch. I never would’ve believed this is how it would be for us. But one thing it taught me, is to never stop fighting. I fought for this man, the dark times far outweighed by the light and love Nate brought to my life.
He is my life.
My rock.
And I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with this man. Because being together with him, even in ruins, is better than not being together at all.