Royal Mess (Devil's Knights 2nd Generation 3)

He shrugged. “I don’t care, mio amore. As long as you and the baby are healthy, I’ll be the happiest man in the world.”

I sighed and burrowed into Marco. “Are you sure you want this?” I asked softly. It had barely been two weeks since Marco and I had been swept up into a whirlwind of rescues, death, and psychos. Maybe he was riding a high and didn’t really know what he was getting into.

“This?” he asked.

“Me. A baby.” I held my breath, afraid my words would snap him out of the cloud of bliss we were in.

“Did you not hear a word I said?” He voice was hurt and soft.

“I just want to make sure you know what you’re getting, Marco,” I whispered. He had a choice in all of this. He didn’t have to be with me and be a daddy. He was taking on a responsibility that most would not.

“You’re mine. Your baby is mine, Royal. Don’t question my words.”

I tipped my head back. “Okay. But it was just more of me double checking to make sure you know what you’re getting into. It might be madness.”

He pressed a kiss to my lips. “I know, and I can’t wait for the madness to start.”

I closed my eyes and took in the moment.

The moment I knew my life was never going to be the same, and I couldn’t be happier.

*

Chapter Thirteen

Marco

“Things seem different this morning.”

I dropped my pen on my desk. “How so?”

“I’m talking about you and Royal,” Apollo chuckled.

I shook my head. “Sorry. I thought you were talking about the whole Meeks bullshit.” I had just spent ten minutes trying to focus on a deal Leo had sent me, but I couldn’t concentrate.

“I wish I was, but the coward really did disappear.” Apollo shrugged. “Maybe we’ll never hear from him again.”

I leveled my gaze on Apollo.

“I know, that’s wishful thinking,” he chuckled.

“People like Meeks don’t just disappear. He’s not smart enough to do that.” I glanced out the window. “What time do the doctors start arriving?”

“First one will be here in twenty minutes. Next one would be an hour after that.”

I sighed and leaned back in my chair. “What kind of questions am I supposed to ask?”

“You?” Apollo laughed. “Is that a roundabout way of telling me that you and Royal finally figured your shit out?”

I rolled my eyes. “It really hasn’t been that long. Two weeks since everything started.”

“Feels like it’s been a hell of a lot longer than that.”

I had to agree. By the time Royal and I kissed, it felt like I had been trying for years to make her mine. “I couldn’t even imagine having to wait any longer like you did with Greer.”

Apollo chuckled. “Yeah. I don’t even know how I managed to wait that long.”

Apollo and Greer had known each other for years before they got together. Apollo had told me before that he had waited years to take Greer because he needed her to be sure that he was what she