Page 15 of Spider
I nodded, a heavy weight settling in my stomach.If his government came for me, wanted to return me to Colombia and my father, there wasn’t a single thing Spider could do to stop it from happening.Maybe leaving the compound wasn’t such a good idea, but it was too late.Spider pulled into a parking space in front of a long line of stores and shut off the engine.
“This is where we’re shopping?”I asked.The shop in front of us had a window display of women’s clothing, but I could tell they were well-made and likely not on the cheaper side.I didn’t know how much money Spider had, but he’d admitted he wasn’t as rich as my father.I didn’t want him spending a fortune on clothes.
“Did you notice the sign?”he asked, pointing to the top of the store.
Little Momma.A maternity shop?I looked at the window display again and realized the mannequins did have baby bumps.I was barely showing right now, but with less stress in my life and regular meals?It was a good possibility that I would get bigger a lot faster now.I didn’t know for certain how far along I was, but my guess was about four months.
Spider led the way inside, the other men following.Fangs came into the store with us, and the other two remained outside, keeping watch.The woman working the counter and the other helping a customer both stopped and stared, their jaws dropping a little.I looked at Spider, letting my gaze trail from his head to his boots.I didn’t know what those women saw when they looked at him, but I was starting to feel that familiar tingle that meant I wanted him.Only Spider had ever made me feel like that.
“May I be of assistance?”the older blonde lady asked, smiling at Spider.She looked old enough to be my mother, and I didn’t like the look in her eyes.She wanted him.“Something for your… daughter?”
Spider opened his mouth to answer when Fangs’ phone and his both dinged with a message.They looked at their phones, and my stomach clenched, hoping it wasn’t bad news.Spider’s eyebrow arched and he shared a look with the other man.
“His wife,” Fangs said, looking about two seconds from laughing his ass off.
Wife?I stared at Spider until he showed me his phone.
Congrats.You’re married and she’s now Luciana Storme.You asked for a name change, so you got one.And since I had to work my ass off to make it all legit, that means she’s a legal US citizen too.
The message was from Surge.
“He can do that?”I asked.
“My money is on Wire planting the idea,” Fangs said.“But yes, he can and he did.So congrats,mamacita.You’re married to this asshole.”
“Wife?”the blonde lady asked, her head swinging from Spider to me and back again.
“Yep.My wife,” he said, pulling me against his side and curving his arm around my waist.If he was pissed that were married in the eyes of his government, he wasn’t showing it.“She needs some maternity clothes.If you have a problem with that, we’ll take our business elsewhere.”
The woman opened and shut her mouth several times.The younger one from behind the counter hurried over, stepping in front of the blonde lady.
“I apologize for Diane.My name’s Tawny and I’ll be happy to help your wife find some new outfits.”The woman smiled at me.“Do you know what you’re looking for?”
“Something comfortable,” I said.I’d worn enough dresses in my life that I didn’t care if I never saw another one.
She nodded.“Well, you look to be a size medium.”She stopped and eyed my breasts, which had gotten bigger with my pregnancy.“Or maybe a large.Let’s see what we have available.You can try on anything you like.”
I followed after her and looked over my shoulder, seeing a scowl on Spider’s face as he glared at the older woman.If she had any sense, she’d make herself scarce.I certainly wouldn’t want to offend the gruff biker, and I’d seen the softer side of him.After a moment she moved on, but I noticed her watching me, a look of hostility on her face with her pinched lips and flashing eyes.
“Ignore her,” Tawny whispered.“She’s seen the club around town and has been drooling over your husband since she got here about six months ago.She’s just pissed he’s taken and by someone way prettier and younger than her.Way to go, by the way.”
“Way to go?”I asked.
She nodded.“Older men are so hot.Think you could hook me up with the hottie who came in with you?He’s not a silver fox like your husband, but he has potential.”
“You want me to hook you up with Fangs?Like a date, or…” I was trying not to be rude, but I had to wonder if Tawny was even eighteen.She didn’t look it, but then I’d always sucked at judging someone’s age.
“A date would be awesome,” Tawny said.
“I’ll see what I can do.”
Tawny smiled widely and helped me gather so many clothes the dressing room looked like it might explode.Spider and Fangs never uttered a word of complaint, even though it took me over an hour to figure out what I wanted to buy.I was even able to change into one of my new outfits before we left the store, and I noticed that Diane was miraculously absent.
We shopped at several more stores, picking up everything I would need, from underthings to shoes and bathroom items.Spider vanished at one point, leaving me with Fangs and the others, but he wasn’t gone long.When I couldn’t shop another moment, my feet and back aching from all the walking, Spider ordered food to go at the diner before driving us back to the compound.He had one of the Prospects carry my bags into the house while he led me into the kitchen, gently pushing me down into a chair.After we each had a container of food in front of us, and each had a drink, he sat down, gave me a wink, then dug into his food.
“You’re not upset?”I asked.
“About what?”he asked between bites.
