Chapter 45Rowan PriestPOVI frown… I look up from the document Andre just gave me. I look at him. “What is this?”“While you were in a coma, I got to thinking, you remember how we were trying to find Grace’s parents…” he reminds me.I nod. “What does this have to do with you doing a DNA on Grace without her permission?” I ask him.“She doesn’t even know those people aren’t her real parents, so I couldn’t out right ask her to give me her hairbrush now I, could I?” he asks sarcastically.I sit up in my bed, ignoring the pain in my side. “Who did you test it against?” I ask.He looks away from me. “Me…”I frown. “You?” I ask.He nods, he finally looks at me. He looks embarrassed, his face is slightly blushed. “I couldn’t shake the feeling that she might be my father’s illegitimate child. She looks so much similar to Angelica, I just had to be sure…” he says softly."This is accurate?” I ask.He nods. “She’s not my little sister…” he sounds disappointed.I look over at him. “Did you wan
Chapter 46 Damien PriestPOVI see my father sitting in the garden of Rowan’s compound. I make my way over to him sitting beside him at the table.“What’s going on? What are you doing here?” I ask."Your mom’s inside talking to Grace, I needed some fresh air..." he says softly.“What’s going on with you. You look like someone stole your favorite toy.” I tease him.“I’m just thinking about what would have happened if we had lost your brother. What would have happened if you didn’t arrive on time. We’d be mourning your brother right now.” He sighs messing his hair up by running his fingers through his hair.“But we didn’t lose him. We got a scare for sure, but he is fine…” I remind him.“The day I married your mother, I made a promised that this life wouldn’t come in the way of our family time. That none of our children would suffer the fate that a lot of other family members have faced. I feel like I didn’t keep my promise…” he says softly.I look over at him. “You didn’t break your p
Chapter 47 Rowan PriestPOV“Rowan the police have been looking into Miss Smiths disappearance…” Andre says walking into my bedroom.I sigh… I got home about an hour ago and I’ve been lazing around on my bed waiting for Grace to return from class.I’ve yet to see her, I can’t stop myself from feeling excited. The excitement is bubbling inside of me ready to explode. I’ve never felt this excited for anything in my entire life. I haven’t seen her in what feels like a lifetime.No one can blame me for being excited.“Uhm Rowan?” Andre calls out to me.I look over at him, I let out a cough, slightly embarrassed that my mind wandered. “Right Hannah. If Damien cleaned up nicely nothing should lead to Romano, though I think it would be best just to check. Also get Gunner to clean up Hannah’s plotting against Grace. I don’t want anything leading back to Grace…” I order. I didn’t want Grace being connected to Hannah. I didn’t want to dirty Grace’s reputation or her innocence by having that wo
Chapter 47 – Part 2My eyes snap open and I sit up straight… I blink a couple of times to see my brother in front of me.I frown. That was a dream? It felt so real…It felt so real. Now I want to see Grace pregnant with my child to experience that joy and happiness I did in that dream.“We have a problem.” He glares at me.“What happened?” I ask.He looks troubled. “Someone is looking into Angie’s death. They’re now investigating a murder and not a gas leak like before…” I don’t miss how my brother says my deceased wife’s name with distain.I slide my feet off the bed. My feet slide into my slippers, and I stand. “Have you informed Andre of this as well?” I ask.He shakes his head. “He’s busy with something you gave him…”I nod, I walk up to my brother and place my hand on his shoulder. “I think it would be best if we don’t get involved this time. It hurts to say this, but there are people targeting us right now. Trying to cover this up will lead to them right to us. If the police are
Chapter 48 – Let’s have a baby…One month laterRowan PriestPOVOkay so it's official Grace is avoiding me. She won't eat with me. When I invite her do things with me. She comes up with excuses not to. When she sees me coming down the hallway she'll run away. I have no idea what's going on with her.I don't know why she'd want to avoid me. Is it because I didn't tell her about me getting hurt? Since the day I came home I haven't seen her.I don't know what's going on with Grace. Do I just call her out on her behavior? Would that be wrong of me?I don't know how to approach her. With Angie of I did that she'd bite my head off. Angie hated me just dropping in and dragging her around.I haven't been with Grace long enough to know how she'd react.Would she be upset and leave me?Fuck it I'm just going to see her. I miss her.I miss the way she smiles when she's being silly. The constant rambles. The way she looks at me I'm awe.I miss my Grace.I get up from the sofa and make my way up
Chapter 49 – The Wilson’s are back.Grace WilsonPOVI run my fingers through my hair. I’m still in shock by Rowan’s announcement. I’m sitting in class and all I can think about is Rowan wanting a child out of nowhere. I have no idea what he’s been through in the last month and a half but that doesn’t mean he has the right to demand certain things from me.Though I do get it I am nothing but a toy he bought at an auction it doesn’t stop me from feeling sad and down though.The sadness I've been feeling the last couple of weeks has been intensified by Rowan asking for a baby. Would I love to have a child with Rowan? Heck yeah. Do I want my baby raised in a household where his or her mother could be replaced at any moment? Hell no.What if the woman in the pictures return and I’m kicked out. What if she’s a terrible human being and my child ends up exactly the way I did though out my childhood. The life I’ve lived I wouldn’t even wish it upon my worst enemy. Not that I have any enemies.
Chapter 50 – JealousyRowan Priest POVAfter the sleep I got last night, I got up early and got all the work I had left done. Now it's past two in the afternoon and Grace's last class is about to end. So, I'm going to fetch her personally from class. We can go out for lunch afterward. It could be like a date.Taking one of my sports cars and drove over to Grace’s college. I didn’t know what she would want to eat, or where she’d like to eat. I know Grace loves burgers, pizza and fries. I should take her someone where she could enjoy it.I wonder what she’d want to eat. When I stop in front of the school, I see many walking out. I don’t know if I should wait here or make my way to the entrance so she could see me, since she has no idea I’m even here.Sighing, I got out of the car and made my way to where I thought she’d be. Grace mentioned once she and her friend would get coffee after class, I make my way to the café on the college campus.I make my way through the crowds, once I’m ne
Chapter 51Rowan PriestPOVI couldn’t believe I was jealous of some puny kid. Some snot nose punk who is still wet behind the ears. Yet the second I saw the two of them together I saw red. The feeling was both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. I’ve never experienced Jealousy in my life.I’ve never let my emotions get the better of me. Yet whenever Grace is involved, I lose all sense of rationality. Seeing Grace laugh with this guy and him touching her hair, Grace hates being touched by men yet she’s allowing this fool to touch her. Just the thought alone had me nearly pulling out my gun and shooting him between the eyes.Or torturing him to death.Where am I driving to? Damien’s apartment. I needed to speak to my brother. I needed to calm down. I was still seeing red.When I pull up at his apartment in New York, I’m hoping he’s home. I didn’t even know if he’s still in New York. He’s supposed to be in LA for a deal in two days.I get out of my car locking it, I slowly walk up