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"You knew it, baby," Lacey whispers in his ear. "You knew it!"

"I knew it!"

Holy shit... I'm having a girl. Oh God! I have to worry about all the boys out there. Jesus fuck, what the fuck am I going to do?

"It'll be fine," she assures him. "She'll only be able to date the men you approve of. Which means she'll never date."

"Holy fuck, we're having a girl."

Chapter Twenty-Three

Griffin's Beach

Lex

Aloudwhistlecutsthroughthe air, followed by Jennings’s shouting, "Everyone! Before anyone takes off, we need everyone inside for a bit."

As the massive crowd moves indoors, Lex makes a note of how Snake seems to give her a wide berth. Considering the overstimulation from so many people hugging her or talking to her or asking her what the gender is, it's a welcome change of pace. She can almost forget the fact the last time they were here together that he smacked her. It's not the hardest she's ever been hit.

When she spoke to Dani a few days ago, she told Lex that Snake's still being treated like a leper and even more outcasted than Venom was. Very few of them want anything to do with him, and Everlee banished him to the sex room of the clubhouse. That in itself is a bit of a punishment, but Dani heard he was back in the house. On the couch, but at least he wasn't in the room designated for men to take the club bunnies.

"What's going on?" Dax asks.

Seeing Dani wrapped against Dax's side after the hell they've been through for over two years makes Lex smile despite the situation about to happen. Dax's happiness to find his wife wasn't dead like he thought didn't mix well with her experience being held captive for that timeframe. Dani started working with a therapist shortly after Lex and Colt moved back, and Dani told Lex they're finally sleeping in the same room. Her anxiety at being touched, at least with Dax, is getting better. Not perfect, but at least he can finally hold his girl again.

"We need everyone to come back here on Saturday for a wedding. Attendance is mandatory," Jennings says, his voice increasing in volume as groans fill the air. "Lane and Zane are getting hitched, and it's a quick turnaround. There are a few things we still need, and there will be a few rules."

"She's knocked up, isn't she?" Melanie calls out. "I knew it!"

Stomach bobbling, Lex tries to keep her expression as unreadable as possible. It's going to be bad enough to tell everyone if she's being asked by a thousand people if she's okay. She hates this has to happen at the end of what should be one of the happiest days in Psycho and Lacey's life so far.

Times like this make me wish I wasn't part of a club. My loyalty wouldn't be like it is, and the situation would be so fucking different.

"Um, baby, can you, Emma, and Karmen take care of the food?" Jennings asks, pulling Lex back to the conversation at hand.

Her mother gives her a confused look but nods as Tess smiles and says, "Of course."

"We need a cake. Just a normal cake. Nothing fancy or tiered," he says, his eyes quickly looking at the ground. Lex bites her lower lip to stop it from trembling.

Goldie raises her hand, and Lex still can't get used to her flat hair. She was always the epitome of not wanting to let go of the eighties. "I can make it, if you want."

His eyes lock with Lex's, and she nods her head in approval. He turns and smiles at Goldie. "Thanks, darlin'. Now, we need music, chairs and tables, and a photographer."

"This is, like, a whole to-do, huh?" Heidi asks with a smile. "The DJ from the club can do the music. We can close the Puffy Taco for the night if we need to."

Who knew having a strip club on the books would come in clutch for more than a lap dance?

"I know a guy who can get us rentals for chairs and shit," Undertaker volunteers.

Venom lifts his hand in the air. "I know a guy who can do the pictures."

"Does he have a quick turnaround for whatever the fuck photographers do?" Jennings asks.

He narrows his eyes and shrugs. "I can make sure he does. How quick are we talking?"

Sighing, Lex nods to Jennings and climbs onto the bar with the assistance of Colt. She turns and gapes. "Holy shit, there are way more of you when I'm standing up here."

Chuckles fill the air, and Diesel tilts his head. "What's going on, Lex?"

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