A squirming baby caught my attention and I turned my gaze on Jesse who was struggling to hold onto his beast of a son. I figured he was holding Luca simply because he was the one who could control that twin better than his mother. I had joked while Layla was pregnant that if she had boys I was going to make Lyric my favorite, and while I loved my Ric to pieces, Luca was so much like his father I couldn’t help but feel a little more drawn to him.
Beside him stood Drake who was holding his own slice of heaven. To me, Mia would always be the most beautiful little girl on the planet, but Nevaeh was definitely second runner up. Long, thick black hair, blue-gray eyes and the most angelic little face I had ever seen. The happiness I saw in Drake’s eyes made me love the little girl twice as much. There were no more shadows in his eyes, not even the ones that had lingered after he had married Lana. With one precious little bundle he had been made whole.
Shane sat with Harper on a lounger and the squirming bundle of fur on her lap made me sigh. He had told me he was getting her a dog, but I had thought it would be a Shorkie or something equally as small and adorable. Not something that would grow to be as big as Harper was. But she seemed completely in love with the wiggling puppy, her smile a better sight than the sadness I had seen there for the last few months.
OtherWorld was spread around the patio along with Rachel, Natalie, and the newest addition to my staff, Felicity. I’d found Felicity in May, just a few weeks before Jagger had made his calm, well-planned entrance into the world.
I knew of her past, knew where she had come from and grown up around. That really hadn’t bothered me. If anything, when I had done the background check on her through Seller’s security company her experience with hardcore, badass men had been something to tip the scales in her favor. Her degree in early childhood education along with growing up around a motorcycle club might not make her the perfect candidate for nanny to some people, but to me she was fucking perfect. It meant she wasn’t going to take shit off of anyone—which she had already proved by putting three rockers in their places after they had hit on her.
Felicity worked hard. Mia and the other kids adored her, making my life so much easier when it came to work. I didn’t feel guilty anymore for having to ask for help, because I knew that my kids were lucky to have someone like Felicity in their lives.
It was because of Felicity that I was going to be able to move forward with the career I had accidently stepped into by becoming not only Demon’s Wings manager but also taking on OtherWorld and now two other bands. The bands, Trance and Alchemy, were just starting out. They had been doing the whole bar scene for the last two years when Nik had discovered Trance. It had been Devlin who had turned my attention to Alchemy. And while I was working on getting them both a record deal, they would be touring with OtherWorld as their opening acts.
That was what today was about. This party was to celebrate all of those accomplishments and welcome the two bands into our lives officially.
Nik stood, still holding Jagger against his chest and came to stand beside me. He kissed my lips softly before whispering against my ear. “So fucking proud of you, baby girl.”
I couldn’t hide my shiver of pure, raw desire and didn’t even try. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” He kissed me again then took a step back. This particular show was mine.
“I’d like to thank everyone for coming today. It’s been a crazy six months, but we can finally welcome Trance and Alchemy on board to E Management.”
Axton let out a loud whoop and everyone started clapping. Yeah, I thought, as I stood there with everyone that mattered in my life. Everything was perfect right now.