The Forgotten Heiress novel Chapter 44

When she saw what was waiting for her, she was speechless. Dumbstruck, all she could do was stand there and stare.

"Surprise!" Christian shouted with a smile the size of the Grand Canyon on his face.

"Are those the latest z1000's standing in front of me?" She asked in disbelief.

Axel nodded, his hands tucked in his front pockets and also smiling at her, "yes they are."

"Catch me I think I'm going to faint!" She told them, fanning herself and going limp. Axel caught her and she looked up at him. "How? When? What?" She asked faintly.

"It is a gift from your mate." He answered her, the smile still in place.

"But-"

"Jessica what's going on?" Her mom asked from behind them.

She stood up and turned to face her mom- and her brother, and her sister, and her dad. They were all standing there with looks of apprehension on their faces.

"Nothing bad," she assured them, "sorry about that. I was just surprised, that's all."

"Surprised by what?"

Jessica moved aside and with sweep of her hand indicated the three brand new bikes standing behind her. "I was surprised by that!" She exclaimed, still in shock.

"Nice!" Riley shouted excitedly and high fived Christian.

"Wow" Danielle murmured.

Her parents weren't as celebratory.

"Where did they come from?"

"Who do they belong to?" They asked.

Still dazed, Jessica could only manage a shrug and a shake of her head.

"It is a gift from her mate." Axel explained proudly once again.

After a couple of second of thinking, Christian grabbed her elbow and pulled her away from her family.

"He worked really hard to get you something he hoped you'd like. He'd be very insulted -and hurt- if you declined his gift."

"He honestly only had your pleasure in mind," Axel, standing behind her, added quietly.

Jessica turned to look at the bikes; all three were the same, Black, Z1000 Ninjas. She bit her index finger as she walked around them to take a closer look and recited in awe all the key features that she'd memorized from the website.

Jessica groaned and tried to wrap her arms around the bike. "I've always wanted one of these." She confided to no one in particular before she looked at her mom and pleaded, "Please don't make me give it back!"

"Why didn't you tell us you wanted one?" Lauren asked her. "We could have bought it for you."

Jessica shook her head. "I know you hate me riding and I didn't want to ask, but it's here now and I don't think I can let it go."

Lauren wrapped her hands around herself, she couldn't deny it, and she did hate her riding that thing. But she'd never felt like she had the kind of right to tell her what she was allowed to do. "It was gifted to you." She told her daughter surprised that she wasn't choking on the words. "And you are a couple of weeks from eighteen, it's your choice whether you keep it or not."

"Thank you, Thank you!" Jessica ran to her mom and gave her an exuberant hug and kiss on the cheek, "Thank you!"