Page 12 of Sold to the Single Daddies

My face burned hot and I looked away quickly. Having people justknowthat I’d been screwed sideways by three different men at the same time was a lot to handle.

Maxie gently slapped the big man’s arm.

“You’re embarrassing her.”

I cleared my throat and hiked Lucky higher on my side. For just three months, he was a giant baby. At twenty-five pounds, he was in the ninety-ninth percentile for baby boys his age. We’d already had multiple trips to a pediatrician to make sure he was healthy. He was. He was just massive like his dad. Dads? I sighed.

“It’s okay. I’m just…surprised.”

“What’s this little fella’s name? He’s a big boy.” Shepherd reached out and lightly brushed his finger over Lucky’s hand, just for Lucky to snatch his hand back in a fist and basically brandish it at the man. “Oh shit. He really is their kid.”

I bounced Lucky and patted his back. “

He’s not always so cranky…That’s a lie. He is. His name’s Lucky. He just turned three months.”

The women around me all winced. Vera pressed her hand over her groin.

“Are you okay? Seems like you’re the lucky one if you’re still in one piece after delivering that little giant.”

“Jesus.” Nellie pushed her sisters towards the door to the kitchen. “She’s never going to want to be friends with us if y’allkeep embarrassing her. Go. Get in the back so we can feed her and trick her into liking us.”

I’d already decided I liked them but by the time I shoved the second pastry into my mouth, I knew it was meant to be. I swallowed and licked my fingers clean before realizing I looked like I had no manners at all. I groaned and picked a piece of flaky pastry off of Lucky’s head.

“That’s embarrassing. I probably look awful. I just showed up out of nowhere with a baby and now I’m scarfing down your food and dropping pieces of food on your nephew’s head.”

“Forget all that. We’ve all had a new baby and understand you’re probably always exhausted, always starving, and always ready to cry.” Vera smiled kindly. “And always horny, if you’re anything like me. That part was the worst. Keeping it in my pants for enough time to heal was awful.”

It felt too early to agree entirely with all of those things but I wanted to. I swallowed down a lump in my throat, proving at least part of what she’d said was completely accurate.

“Do they know?” Maxie pushed a cupcake towards me and they waited patiently without judging as I ate it all before answering.

“No.” I wiped a smudge of icing from Lucky’s forehead. “I didn’t know how to find them…”

“They knocked you up and just ran off? I’ll kill them!” Nellie stood up and looked like she was ready to make good on her threat.

Which meant I had to admit my most embarrassing secret.

“No…We met at a club and spent the night together. There were no names exchanged…”

Vera reacted first. “If we were talking about anyone other than my brothers, I’d say that’s hot. How’d you manage to track them down now?”

Arlo stepped into the kitchen behind me, startling me. He looked at me and then winced when he turned that gaze on his wife.

“Was it Club Devil?”

I turned hot enough to cook an egg on my face. I couldn’t look at him as I nodded.

“What the fuck is Club Devil?” Vera grunted. “And why don’t I know about it?”

“It’s a…private club. We went to it a time or two back in the day. Long before you, sweetheart.” He moved closer to Maxie and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “When everything happened last year, your brothers seemed like they needed an outlet. We gave them our invitation to a private event.”

“Oh, my god. Are you telling me that my big brothers went to asexclub?!” Vera screeched the words and gripped her curls tight. “I’m losing it here. Part of me is so disgusted to know that about them but the other part of me is already halfway to this Club Devil. The books I could write!”

Maxie shushed them and reached out to gently touch my arm.

“Hey. It’s okay. We’re not judging you. I promise.”

I angrily swiped at my tears with the arm not holding Lucky.

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