The Arrangement

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Waking up the next morning, I get out of bed and start breakfast. Once it's done, I go to the bedroom and wake Happy. I'm still feeling insecure so I have my robe on over my shorts and his shirt and shake him softly. "Hap. Breakfast is done." I say before turning to walk away. He grabs my hand, stopping me and pulls me to him for a kiss. He kisses me softly and says "Morning beautiful." I smile softly. He looks at me and before he can ask I say "I'm okay. Come eat." I pull away and walk to the kitchen and I am plating his food when he walks in. I plate my own and sit down beside him. "Talk to me." He says as we start to eat. "Just tired. Didn't sleep much last night." I say. "Baby?" He asks. "Insomnia." I tell him. "Need me to stay home?" he asks and I shake my head no. "No. We need the money." I tell him. He takes my hand and says "Money's fine." I shake my head and say "I'm fine. I'll try to sleep a little while you're gone." I tell him and he nods. "I'm calling in." he says and I just nod.

After breakfast, I tell him, "I'm gonna shower." I walk to the bathroom and can't even look at myself in the mirror. I step into the shower and quietly sob. How the hell can he want me, looking like this? I think to myself. After the shower, I lay on the bed with my back to the door when Happy walks in and lays on the bed with me. He pulls me back against him and puts his hand on my stomach and the tears start to fall. No matter how hard I try to hide it, he knows. He always knows. "I wish you could see how beautiful you are. How much I love you and our little girl." he says. I turn and bury my face in his chest as he rubs his hand up and down my back. "I love you little girl. I always have and always will." he says. I finally doze off after crying and he just holds me.

I wake up a little later and he's still there holding me. "You okay?" he asks. "Yeah. Sorry." I say as I try to get up. "Stay." he says as he pulls me back to him. "Talk to me." he says. "I just can't get my head right Hap. You don't need to have to put up with my shit." I tell him, pulling away. "It's not your shit. It's ours. We're in this together." he tells me. Before I can respond, he pulls me close and says "You and our little girl are everything to me. You come before the club. Hell, I'd step away from the club if it was what you wanted." he told me. "I'd never ask that." I tell him. "I know. You've never asked me to but that doesn't mean I wouldn't." He tells me. "What can I do to help you see how much you mean to me?" he asks. "I don't know." I say. "I do." he says as he moves to the closet and gets his tattoo kit out. "What are you doing?" I ask. "I'm not doing anything. You are." he says and I look at him confused. "Come on." He tells me as we move to the kitchen. He sits down and starts drawing on the transfer paper. I look at it and it's a banner. "Sign your first name." he says. "What?" I ask. "I want you to mark me...in your handwriting." he tells me. I look at him shocked but do as he asks. I put the transfer in his throat where he said he wanted it, and started to tattoo my signature onto his skin. Once it's done, he looks at it in the mirror and says "Looks perfect baby." I look at him and say "I can't believe you wanted my signature on you." He smiles softly and says "I belong to you and only you." I kiss him softly and say "I love you Giant."

The next morning, we head to the clubhouse and as soon as we walk in the door, Gemma and my dad are walking up. "Are you okay?" Gemma asks. "I am. I think I'm gonna be okay." I tell them as I turn to look at Happy and smile. They look at him and Gemma asks "That new ink?" I nod and say "He drew the banner and had me sign my name then had me do the ink." I tell her. "Wait, that's your signature?" she asks. "Yep. He wanted to show me that he belongs to only me." I tell her. "You feeling better then?" she asks. "Yeah Gemma. I'm a lot better." I say as Happy walks over and pulls me into his side with his hand going to my stomach where our daughter kicks him.