BAILEE This day just kept getting worse. Alexander. Fucking. Kingston. That wasn’t his middle name, but that was how I had said his name in my head for the past seven years. No one on this Earth, including Caleb, had caused me as much pain as Alexander Fucking Kingston. This man had taken my virginity, told me he loved me, and then tossed me aside like I had been nothing more than a piece of trash on his way out of my life. I had been young and in love. I had cried over him for months. Getting over him was one of the hardest things I have ever done until today. Now, at the lowest point in my life, he just had to show up again. It was a cruel joke. Seeing him made me feel like I was cursed. It was as if higher forces had looked down at me and said, “Did you think this was over? Buckle up, sweetheart. Things are about to get a whole lot worse.” I had to have done something horrendous in my previous life for this to be happening to me. Alex stood from his barstool, his ey
BAILEEI turned back to Nicole at the bar as she watched with a smirk. I needed to get out of here. “Ben. Where is Ben? I need to talk to my brother. He’s not home and not answering his phone.” My brother, Benjamin Evans, the starting center for the Rangers, owned this bar, along with several others around the city. With this one being his first, it was his baby. If I ever needed to find him, this was the place to go. “He’s at an away game,” Nicole said, and my chest sank in as all the air left my lungs. Of course, he was. “When will he be back?” I asked, placing my hands on the bar as I leaned in, feeling panicked and desperate. Brinley was at a sleepover, and I had wanted to use the time alone to figure out where we would go from here. I had hoped we could stay with my brother for a few weeks until I could figure something out, but I also hadn’t talked to my brother in a long time. Every time we spoke, he would always mention Alex at some point, and our conversation would di
BAILEE Brinley moaned as I pulled her from the car seat. Her cheeks were pink, and her clothes were damp with sweat. “Come on, sweet girl. Let’s get you some medicine and into a cool bath, then bed.” I whispered, pressing my lips to her forehead as the Uber driver pulled away. “Wait! My car seat
He didn’t get to accuse me of cheating, fake DNA test results, and then sit there and act concerned for her. “You have got to be kidding me right now,” I hissed as I moved to stand in front of Lorna, glaring at her. “Get out of my way.” When Lorna leaned back against the counter instead of movi
BAILEE My body was moving on autopilot as I slowly poured the cup of water over Brinley’s hair. Her cheeks had lightened to a soft pink, and I was optimistic that the medicine would kick in soon. Pregnant. Lorna was pregnant. Internally, I was fuming, but my body felt numb. How could he
Carrying Brinley to her room, I pulled my phone from my pocket before dialing the bar. Her hair was wet, but even if her fever was down, I couldn’t walk outside in the cold without risking her worsening. “Haven’s Oasis Bar and Grill, this is Nicole. How can I help you?” I sighed at the famil
ALEXANDER I stepped forward, moving around Bailee as Caleb dropped the bag with a huff of anger. For several years, he had done everything he could to take down my company but had never grown the balls to address me directly, so I hadn't bothered wasting my time and resources on him. Knowing he h
There was a little blood on my knuckles, and I bent down, wiping it on Caleb’s shirt before turning to leave. “You’re not going to get away with this!” The woman shouted, but I just laughed. "We will have you locked up for the rest of your life!" “Good luck with that,” Bash said before opening