Page 37 of Bully

Bully

Another While Later

This kind of shit didn’t happen to men like me. When you came from the hood I did, you didn’t get to live your dreams. You didn’t get to marry the good girl. Shit, you didn’t get to live past twenty. I’d not only gotten out the hood and made something of myself, but I met and fell in love with the perfect woman for me and had a beautiful baby girl in the process.

Surrounded by the men I loved and trusted, I prepared to make Innvy my wife. I didn’t believe in love at first sight until I laid eyes on her. Maybe it wasn’t love—maybe it was an innate need that connected me to her and told me she was the one. Regardless of what it was, I’d been locked in because of it and didn’t plan on that changing any time soon.

When someone knocked on the door, I expected it to be the wedding planner coming to make sure we were good to go. My heart damn near dropped to my feet when Innvy walked in.

I would have said it was bad luck for us to see each other before the wedding but there would never be anything bad about laying eyes on her.

“Hi,” she spoke bashfully, making her way over to me in a beautiful, long, wide dress. It was so wide she could barely fit it through the door. Her makeup was immaculate, and her hair was in loose flowing curls that made her look regal.

“Hi, sweet girl. You look absolutely beautiful,” I told her as everyone looked at us.

“Thank you. You make the most handsome groom.”

“You’re not about to flip the tables and leave me, are you?”

Her light laughter was like music to my ears as I took her hands into mine and kissed them.

“No, um…” She looked around the room hesitantly before returning her eyes to mine. “The girls wanted to do a toast and I told them no. But I didn’t want to tell them why. I wanted to tell you first.”

My heart dropped into the pit of my stomach when I realized what she was saying. I didn’t want to get excited prematurely, but it took everything inside of me not to hop from one foot to the other.

“Whew,” I released, rocking on the heels of my feet to my toes. “Speak to me. Say what I want to hear you say.”

Her head hung shyly, briefly, before her eyes returned to mine. “I’m pregnant, bae. We’re… we’re going to have another baby.”

“Hell yeah!” I roared, picking her up and spinning her around.

As my friends and family congratulated us, I could barely hear them over the sound of my heart beating in my ears. My eyes closed as they watered while I put Innvy on her feet. My baby was having my baby—again. With a moan, I cupped her cheeks and covered her lips with mine.

“You just made an already perfect day even better. Thank you, Angel.”

“Thank you,” she muttered against my lips before kissing me again. “Thank you for coming back to us. Thank you for loving us. Thank you for my babies. I love you so much, Bully.”

She caught a tear I didn’t realize was about to fall as I told her, “I love you more. I love you so much more.”

We embraced again, and I released her only because the urge to officially make her my wife consumed me. I couldn’t wait another moment. We were a little early, but I took her by the hand and led her out of the room. As we made our way through the lobby, Pops and Hamilton told their wives the wedding was about to happen now.

No Innah as our flower girl.

No elaborate walk from the wedding party.

No Marz as the ring bearer.

Just me and my angel making our way down the aisle hand in hand.

As soon as we made it in front of Pastor Bailey, he joked about me not wanting to give Innvy time to change her mind. I chuckled along with everyone else, but I really wasn’t in the mood for none of this shit. I just wanted to sayI Doand get to my honeymoon. Innvy may have already been pregnant with my baby, but I was about to fill her up with so much cum she might get pregnant a second time if it was possible.

Once everyone was in the sanctuary and settled in their seats, her girls made their way behind her while my brothers made their way behind me. Innvy and I turned to face each other, connecting both hands. She released a shaky breath and gave me a warm smile, and all I could do was thank God that she was finally about to become my wife.

The ceremony went by in a quick blur. I honestly just listened in for the part where we said our vows andI Do. As soon as he pronounced us husband and wife, I took Innvy into my arms and kissed her deeply. Scooping her up over my shoulder, I carried her down the aisle as Eyela played “Endless Love.”

“Bully, wait!” Innvy yelled as she laughed and held on to me. “At least let me say bye to my baby.”

“We’ll see her in three days when they meet us on the island. I need to be inside of you—like right now.”

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