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SadieI tried so hard not to think of that kiss. For two days, I did my best to pretend it hadn’t happened and did my best to avoid Mr. Grave. He made it easy for me, going back to his office and leaving the house each day. I know he only felt comfortable doing that because we had extra security stationed with us throughout the day. He wasn’t about to leave Megan unguarded.No matter how hard I tried, though, I couldn’t get the kiss out of my mind. It had been one of the most intense kisses of my life, and it had been with a man I didn’t even like. At least…I was pretty sure I didn’t like him. No, no, I was positive. That day at the zoo had been good, and we had gotten along well enough, but it was because Megan had been with us. We had to be on our best behavior for her sake.Yet, no matter what I told myself to try and dismiss the kiss, I couldn’t shake it. I needed to talk to someone about it, and there was only one person that I ever turned to in such circumstances. I arranged t
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Sadie“Abby!” She squealed my name in delight. Several of the other parents and nannies looked our way, and I wanted the earth to open up and swallow me right then and there.“Shhhh,” I snapped. “Don’t make a scene. I wasn’t that big of a deal. It just…happened.”“That kind of thing never just happens,” she insisted. “Who kissed who?”Licking my lips, I sighed. “He kissed me.” But I definitely kissed him back. Not that I wanted to admit that out loud.Nor did I want to admit just how intense that kiss had been. I don’t think anyone had ever kissed me that way before. It had been like he’d wanted to devour me, and I had been all too ready to let him.That part startled me the most…just how willing I had been to be consumed by the man. It was confusing and a little scary. I didn’t like the thought of losing myself to someone else. Especially not someone like him.“That’s so naughty.” She giggled, apparently oblivious to my inner torment. “Look at you. Strait-laced Abby getting naughty w
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Cyrus“Mr. Grave? You have a call on line two.”I looked up from the files in my hand to find my assistant standing in the doorway of my office. I frowned.“Who is it?” I asked. “Actually, never mind. Take a message and tell them I’ll call back. I’ve got to focus on this contract, and I don’t want any distractions.” I was working on a major deal for my company that was proving to be a major pain in my ass. The company we were negotiating with was flaky and kept dancing around issues that needed to be addressed, all in the hopes of getting more out of this deal than they deserved. I wasn’t interested in playing their petty games, but the deal itself was so massive, and had such huge profit potential, that I couldn’t simply dismiss them either. I had to find a way around their nonsense, and so I’d declared that I wasn’t to be disturbed for any reason short of an emergency while I worked through this mess.When my assistant didn’t immediately leave my doorway, I gave her a confused and i
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“Sadie?” I called out, completely dropping all pretense and the forced formality I’d implemented between us. “Sadie? Where are you?”“Mr. Grave?” She appeared at the top of the stairs. She was flushed and looked as though she’d been crying. She hurried down the stairs toward me.“Are you all right?” I demanded to know. “Where’s Megan?”“She’s up in her room,” she replied with a rush of breath. “Playing. She’s fine now.”“What about you?” I asked, grabbing her shoulders and looking her over. “Are you okay?”She swallowed. “Honestly? Not really. I held myself together in front of Megan, but…”At that moment, her knees buckled, and she nearly dropped to the floor. I caught her and held her upright.“Come on,” I told her, guiding her into the living room off the foyer. We sank down onto the sofa together, and I kept my arms around her. “Breathe, all right? Breathe.”She did, sucking in deep gulps of air. I held her tight as she caught her breath, and she clung to me. Her fingers dug into
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SadieI was startled by Mr. Grave’s fury. I understood it, but it was frightening to witness nonetheless. Once he threw his phone, I jumped to my feet. He looked like he was on the verge of actually committing violence, and though I was not worried that he would do anything to me or anyone in the house, I had the strange and sudden fear that he might go out and hunt Ralph down, or even the bodyguard who’d been with us. I felt like I needed to calm him down before he did something stupid.“Mr. Grave!” I hissed. “Calm down, please. Megan might hear you.”“Don’t tell me to calm down,” he said, whirling around to face me. “I have every right to be furious. Those worthless asses had one job and one job only, and they failed at it!”“It was an accident!” I insisted. “We found her, and she’s safe…”“But what if she wasn’t?” he barked. “What if she was harmed? What if you were?”“But we weren’t!” I shot back, growing more and more frustrated. Why wouldn’t he listen to me? What was going on w
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“Cyrus,” he growled against my lips. “I want you to call me Cyrus when I touch you.”“What?” I couldn’t comprehend what he meant until he scooped me up in his arms and stepped toward the couch. He sat down and set me on his lap. I straddled his thighs, our kiss continuing as he reached around and cupped my backside in both his hands. I groaned, arching my back and pressing my breasts into his chest. His touch was so firm and confident. I could feel myself melting for him and knew I was moments away from being putty in his hands.“Cyrus,” I murmured against his lips, sliding my arms around his neck.One of his hands found its way under my shirt, his fingers brushing along my bare skin and making me shiver.“Sadie,” he said in a low, rumbling voice. “Are you getting wet?”His question stunned me. I couldn’t find the words to answer right away. I stared at him with wide eyes, my lips slightly parted as I tried to come up with some sort of response.He smirked. “Should we find out?”Bef
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CyrusI decided to work from home as much as I could over the next few days. Mostly, I wanted to make sure that Sadie and Megan were safe and protected. A smaller reason, though, was because I knew Sadie was trying to avoid me and I didn’t want to let her.Things with her were awkward to say the least. Ever since our intense encounter in the living room, she had done her best to stay away from me. When we did interact, she was formal and distant. She didn’t even rise to the bait when I tried to irritate her into fighting with me. It was annoying and frustrating, which only made me want to bicker with her more.Truth be told, I missed fighting with her. As weird as that sounded, there weren’t many people in my life who were brave enough to challenge me. The fact that she seemed to have no such fear was refreshing in an odd way. It made me feel like she saw me as more than my job and my influence…she saw me as a man.So, I didn’t like getting the cold-shoulder. I didn’t like that she di
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She hadn’t quit when Ralph had reappeared and threatened Megan’s wellbeing. Even after the park incident, she hadn’t even mentioned the idea of leaving. If our intimate encounter was what pushed her out the door, I don’t know how I’d react. Would I be insulted? Hurt? Or just angry?No matter how I ended up feeling, the idea of never seeing Sadie again had my heart twisting painfully in my chest.“Again, I don’t know what happened, and I don’t know who is at fault for any of it,” Mrs. Plumb continued. “All I know is that Sadie has been a godsend to Megan, and I wouldn’t want anything to happen to drive her away. Please, sir, I don’t know how, but there has to be a way to fix things between you two. If for no one else’s sake, for Megan’s.”I ran a hand through my hair in agitation and let out a deep breath. She was right, of course. I couldn’t let this weirdness between me and Sadie ruin things for Megan. She was finally coming out of her shell. Was finally turning back into her old sel
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EpilogueSadie – One Year LaterI gazed down at my baby, my son, in absolute wonder. My heart swelled in my chest with so much love, I thought it would burst. I was exhausted, and my whole body hurt, but I didn’t care. All that mattered was my little boy, that he was healthy and whole.“Are you feeling up to visitors?” the nurse attending to me asked in a soft voice, careful as to not disturb my sleeping baby.I smiled at her and nodded. “I am.”“I’ll let them in, then,” she replied with a grin.Turning, she made her way out of the room, closing the door behind her. I turned my gaze back down to my little boy and couldn’t help the smile that curled my lips.He was so beautiful. Tiny and pink and perfect.I couldn’t wait for his daddy and sister to meet him.At that moment, the door to my room opened back up, and the nurse returned with Cyrus and Megan in tow. Cyrus had been with me during the labor, but had gone out to wait with Megan while the baby was cleaned up so he could bring h
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CyrusThe silence stretched between us for several long moments, and with each second that passed, I grew more and more nervous that she was going to say no.Her expression flickered between so many emotions so quickly, I couldn’t fully decipher what she was thinking.At length, she slowly said, “Are…are you asking me to marry you because you genuinely love me and want to…or are you just afraid of losing me after everything that happened with Ralph?”“Oh, baby, no,” I assured her with a firm shake of my head. “I love you with my entire being, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want us to raise Megan together and be a family. I swear to you, this has nothing to do with Ralph.”I held her gaze, praying she believed me. I was ready to do whatever I had to in order to convince her I was being entirely serious.To my complete relief, though, her lips curled into a smile, and she blurted, “Yes! Yes, Cyrus, I’ll marry you!”I surged to my feet, pulling her from her chair. Wr
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Sadie It was hard to break that bond between a child and parent, and no matter what Ralph did, I think there would always be a part of Megan that wanted that connection with him.“I hope so,” Cyrus told her. “He’s going to try. That’s what’s important.”Megan regarded him a long moment before saying, “I’m glad he’s going to try.”Cyrus smiled softly. “Me, too. I promise you, Megan, I’m going to take care of you and protect you no matter what. Okay?”The corners of her lips curled up at that. “Okay. I love you, Uncle Cyrus.”“I love you, too, Megan,” he replied. Then, he looked up at me. I couldn’t help but smile back at him. My heart swelled, and I fell even more in love with him at that moment. I wanted to explain my feelings to him in more depth, but we needed to talk away from Megan. I didn’t want to confuse her even more as Cyrus and I tried to figure out the stuff between us.“All right, is there anything else you want to talk about?” Cyrus asked, turning back to Megan.She blin
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SadieA week after Ralph’s arrest, things finally felt as though they were getting back to normal. Ralph was charged with breaking the restraining order. True to his word, Cyrus didn’t press any other charges. Ralph would spend a little time in jail before his trial, and then, it was up to the courts to decide his fate.I didn’t worry about him, though. I focused on Megan and helping her overcome the latest trauma she’d been through. I hated that she’d gone through so much at such a young age. It wasn’t fair. She deserved so much better. I wanted to make it my mission in life to make up for all that she’d suffered. I wanted all this mess with Ralph to fade into distant memories for her. I wanted her to be happy. More than anything else in the world, I wanted her to just be a normal, six-year-old girl.We were out on the terrace one day, coloring, when she looked up at me and asked, “Sadie? Is my daddy gone forever?”I frowned at her and replied, “What do you mean, sweetie?”She hesita
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Ralph stared at me. I could tell he wanted to argue.I waited for him to say something, anything, that I could use to shut down any chance he had left of getting close to Megan.To my surprise, though, he reluctantly nodded. “All right…all right. I’ll…I’ll do what you say. So long as you promise you won’t stand in Megan’s way if she wants to see me someday.”I regarded him a long moment before releasing a long sigh. “I promise. I won’t stand in her way. And I promise that I will take excellent care of her.”Ralph dropped his head, looking defeated.“I know you will,” he whispered.At that moment, I heard Sadie rushing back to us.“The cops are on their way,” she gasped when she reached me. She looked between me and Ralph and then gave me a relieved smile. “I’m glad to see everyone is still in one piece.”“Barely,” I grumbled.She wrapped her arm around mine and hugged it.“Thank you,” she whispered.I smiled down at her, but I then caught movement out of the corner of my eye. Turning
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CyrusI was at the very end of my control. My temper was about to snap. I kept reminding myself of Sadie’s words. Of my promise to her, but it was getting damn difficult to hold myself back. Ralph would just not give up. He kept pushing and pushing, bringing up Kate’s name and claiming Megan as his.It was infuriating. He kept saying he was a changed man, but he wasn’t taking responsibility for what he’d done. He wasn’t owning the fact that Kate wouldn’t have driven off the road that day if he hadn’t chased after her. I didn’t care that it was an accident. I didn’t care that he thought he loved her.In the end, it didn’t matter. It didn’t matter because Kate was still gone. And she was gone because of him.“You know what, Cyrus?” Ralph growled. “You think you’re so high and mighty. You think you’re so much better than I am, but the truth is, you failed Kate just as much as I did.”My whole body went cold. “What the hell are you saying?”Ralph had the gall to glare at me. “If you thou
