LOGIN“Anyway,” Lilly drawls, stretching, “where were you headed just now?”“Breakfast.”“Oh good,” she claps her hands. “I’m starving, but we’re not going downstairs. We’ll just have our meal here.”I don’t argue. Just seeing Noah earlier feels like it drained every ounce of energy from my soul.After br
Sierra.“Uhm… hello?” I say, leaning back against the wall.The scene unfolding in front of me is eerily similar to yesterday except this time, Lilly is here. She’d told me before she left that she was heading to the meeting and would be back before I woke up so we could plan something to do.Appare
The words are right there on my tongue. Every reason why I would never, not in this lifetime, give her a chance... But then everything inside me freezes.I try to fight the thoughts. Try to bury them, to forget them, but they keep resurfacing like an unwanted fucking rash.My hand clenches. My heart
I clench my teeth, my hands fisting at my sides. My stare bores into her, but it does nothing to wipe the fucking smile off Juliett’s face. If anything, it only seems to encourage her because it widens.“If it isn’t the Ashthorne heiress,” Lilly drawls, folding her arms across her chest.Juliett’s s
The corridor outside my suite is quiet. It's designed to soothe but it does nothing to quiet the noise in my head.I head toward the elevator, my thoughts drifting where they shouldn’t. To Sierra.I don’t know why the twins asking about her unsettled me so much. Maybe because they’ve grown used to h
Noah.“Daddy,” Nova calls, “is Sierra with you?”I have a few minutes before the meeting, so I decide to call the twins since I couldn’t last night.Thanks to the time difference, it’s evening back home, which is perfect timing. The last thing I want is to mess with their sleep schedule.“Why do you
Emma. “I don’t know what to do, Molly,” I tell her, almost in tears. “They’re so mad at me right now.” Mom and Travis have refused to pick up my calls or even talk to me. After the disaster at the get-together, I haven’t seen them or talked to them. Travis ignored me, and mom kicked me out of the
“Don’t worry, Ava. We’ll catch this bastard. There is no way I’ll allow him or her to hurt you or my niece,” he assures me, his voice taking a soft note. “Thanks” We talk a little bit longer before we hang up. I don’t get up from my spot on the couch. There were a million things to do in the hous
Emma The day I’ve been dreading was here. I was afraid of the truth getting out, but never in my wildest dream did I think that Ava would be the one to reveal it. I’ve tried so hard to keep it a secret. It was my shame to bear, and now everyone knew. Rowan knew. Among everyone, he’s the one I didn
Fuck. What did this have to happen to her? Why would someone do this to her? Were there signs that I ignored? Was she in danger, and I didn’t notice? The questions keep bombarding my head as Gabe drives out of the underground parking. I would never forgive myself if she was in danger and I didn’t n







