Hellbound MC - When Broken Hearts Collide

88. Alexis

"Merry Christmas babe" I heard Dom whisper in my ear, rousing me from a rather pleasant dream involving the man himself.

"Merry Christmas babe" I said groggily.
"Jesus, what time is it?"

"Just after 5.30am" he replied with a grin. "AJ messaged me 15 or so minutes ago. Tilly's downstairs in the dining room, impatient as ever."

I smiled, picturing how excited she must be. Me and the women of the club had spent the past week decorating the place top to bottom, and the look on Tilly's face when they arrived a couple days ago had made it all worth it.

The giant Christmas tree I'd made Dom get was now centre stage in the bar, and as of late last night was now loaded with presents, most with the little girls name on them. It seems she'd made quite the impression on the guys last time she was here, and I don't think there was a single member who didn't buy her a gift of some sort.

"We better hurry up then, don't want to keep the little lady waiting" I said with a chuckle, heaving myself out of bed and chucking on a shirt and a pair of shorts.

"Finally!" Tilly shouted, throwing her hands up in the air dramatically as we walked in the door. It seemed we were the last ones to get the memo about an early start.

"Let's go mommy" Tilly said enthusiastically, grabbing Dianna's hand and tugging it.

I watched as AJ laughed and wrapped his arm around his wifes waist. They allowed themselves to be pulled from the room and the rest of the club slowly filed out behind them.

"You coming Lex?" Dom asked, snapping me from my daydream, and I realized there was almost no one else left in the room.

I could hear Tilly's squeals of excitement before we even got into the room.

"Slow down Tills" I heard Dianna say with a laugh, and as we made it into the room Tilly was running around the tree  squealing and clapping her hands.

"Alright, alright. Calm down and you can start opening some" AJ said, and that had her stopping in her tracks.

"Are these all for me?" she asked in awe.

"Not all of them, but just about by the looks of it" AJ said, shaking his head.

The three of them sat around the tree handing Tilly presents which she ripped into frantically, as Dom and I leaned against the bar taking in the happy little family. My heart was bursting.

"This one's from me" Tank said, pushing a huge box in Tillys direction. Her eyes almost popped out of her head as she unwrapped the bright pink electric ride-on motorbike.

"Holy shit" AJ said, earning a slap on the chest from Dianna for his language.

"I love it, I love it, I love it" Tilly screamed, throwing herself at Tank and wrapping her tiny body around his legs.

"My pleasure kiddo" Tank laughed, tussling her hair.

After Tilly's attention was back on the small mound of presents before her, Dom leaned in and whispered in my ear.

"I want to give you your gift now but I can't do it in here."

"Dom! I whispered, slapping his chest playfully. "Now's not the time".

He grinned and laughed.

"Get your mind out of the gutter woman. Follow me."

I did as I was told and he led me into the lift, but instead of going up to our room he pressed the button for he underground parking.

My mind was going a mile a minute as I wondered what the hell was going on. As the doors to the lift opened, all my questions were answered.

There, in the middle of the lot, was a brand new motorbike with a giant fucking red bow on it. It was the most beautiful machine I'd ever seen, black and lime green, my two favorites. Tears welled in my eyes.

"Holy fuck baby are you serious? It's beautiful" I murmered, walking around the bike allowing my hand to trace over the cool metal. "But I can't ride..."

He grinned. "That's why its the gift that keeps on giving baby. I get the pleasure of teaching you, and then once your comfortable we can ride together."

I wrapped my arms around him. "It's perfect Dom, I love it. I love you. Thank you."

He kissed me tenderly before his phone ringing in his pocket, killing the moment entirely.

Pulling it from his pocket, he rolled his eyes before grinning and answering the call.

"What's up bro...yeh we're still here, just snuck off to give Lex her gift... she loved it think...alright we'll head back up now."

He ended the call. "Tilly's powered through all her gifts except ours. We better head back up." Wrapping my arm around his waist as he slung his over my shoulders, we heading back to the bar together.

The closer we got, the more nervous I became. It was my turn to give Dom my gift, and I was freaking out over his reaction. Would he like it? Would he want it?

We watched, eyes full of adoration as Tilly opened and unboxed our gift to her, the most magnificent dolls house I'd ever seen in my life. The kind I could only dream about as a little girl. As soon as I saw it in the store I knew I had to get it for her, and once I'd confirmed with Dianna she didn't already have anything like it, it was as good as sold.

Dom handed AJ a small envelope containing the fuel vouchers we'd bought for them. AJ had insisted we not get them anything, but I knew for a fact Dom hated that his blood brother was struggling financially.

As we exchanged hugs and thanks for the gifts the bar was slowly emptying as everyone made their way to the dining room for the feast of a breakfast being put on.

The tree was now void of presents, bar my two for Dom, and I could see Tilly eyeing them curiously.

Nervously I grabbed Dom's hand and pulled him from his family towards the tree.

Nervously, I picked up the first gift, a long narrow tube wrapped like a Christmas cracker.

"I know its nothing compared to what you got me, but here. Merry Christmas Dom." I handed him the gift and watched his face nervously as he opened it, pulling the paper from the tube and unraveling it.

He looked at it confused and I could see his brain working overtime.