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ALEXANDER “Mr. Kingston,” Nathan said from my doorway, and I smirked, knowing the moment I had been waiting for all day was finally here. “Time to go,” I said without rolling up the sleeves of my white button-down shirt as I stood from my desk and strode toward the door. “You’re not going to hu
BAILEE Reporters were camped in front of the gate at the end of the long driveway, and while Ben was used to it and comfortable came and went, I was not. He still went to practice, but I stayed home with Brinley. My lips pressed together as the gate buzzer went off again. I had been tempted to d
BAILEE A shadow crossed his face, and I leaned in closer to him, soaking up the warmth from his body. “Alex,” I repeated his name, and his hand fell from my hip. “Go check on Brinley.” He ordered, and I nodded, turning and jogging up the stairs. Even though he was injured, I knew he could handl
ALEXANDERI was in trouble. I knew I was in trouble. Yet, as I sat on Bailee's bed, I was happy as she paced back and forth in front of me. She had defended me. She had seen Keller turn toward me and rushed to save me from him even though she had nothing to worry about. “I’m not going to apologize
BAILEE “Look who is back from the dead,” Lacey smirked, and I rolled my eyes as I set my bag and sketch pad down on my desk. “I wasn’t dead. I was hiding. There is a difference.” I said, tipping my pointer finger in her direction. “Tomato, tom-ah-to.” She waved her hand in the air dismissively
ALEXANDER “I want to have this up and running by the first of the month,” I said, looking up as I spotted the head of my public relations lift her hand from behind the glass conference room wall to get my attention. “Jared, can you get the numbers on my desk by Thursday?” The man nodded, and the
BAILEE “No, no, no,” I whispered as I saw the crowd of paparazzi blocking the front of Alex’s office building. A few cops were guiding them back away from the door, but getting inside without being seen or stopped would be impossible. My hand moved down to the cup holder, and I looked down quic
I had to get out. I needed to get away. A small part of me wanted to ram Ben’s Range Rover right through the front gates leading to Alex’s house, but I knew the protesters would just follow me onto his property. Since I couldn’t call the cops and have them removed, I was stuck. My palm connecte
BEN “No! Of course not!” I exclaimed, glancing around my room again. Nothing looked out of place, and Haven had only been standing there when I walked in, but it still had me on edge to have someone in my private room when I wasn’t around. “I’m so confused right now,” Haven muttered. “That’s you
HAVEN The second I walked into the break room the next day, Bonnie and Calum jumped from their seats, asking if I was okay. Suzie had sent me home yesterday for the rest of the day unpaid, and while I wasn’t expecting my badge to work this morning, it did. “How are you?” Bonnie asked, and I shr
BEN Bailee gently hit his arm with the back of her hand as she walked by him to a cabinet to grab a glass, and I laughed. “It was a week ago. Where is Brinley?” I asked, looking around for my adorable niece. She would probably love to hear my news with them. “She said she had to go find her train.
BEN I wasn’t sure when I decided to return to the city. Still, I found myself pulling up to Alex’s house five hours later, my back irritated from being in the car for so long, and only one text from the manager of the rehab center checking in and asking if they could get me anything since I missed
HAVEN “Hey, have you guys seen my…” Calum said as he trailed behind the security guard who stormed past us, but he stopped in our way when he saw my face. “You’re crying?” “Not now, Calum.” He ignored her, but I didn’t want to discuss this with him. We were just co-workers, not friends. He fli
BEN My hands were sweaty, and a chill went through me. I couldn’t trust anyone. Not my parents, staff, or even Haven after her repeated lies over the past week. If she had told the truth this time, I would be in serious trouble. My staff had access to everything that controlled my life. I wou
BEN My heart twisted in my chest. After seeing her picture, I knew in my gut that Siri was mine, but Haven had lied so many times that even hearing what I had wanted to hear, I wasn’t sure I could believe it. “There wasn’t anyone else?” I repeated. If there wasn’t anyone else, then Haven hadn’t
HAVEN “That’s not possible,” I said, shaking my head back and forth. This room was too small for us to hash this out now. I felt like I couldn’t breathe with Ben so close, and his body heat made me uncomfortably warm. “Look at me, Haven,” Ben demanded, and I ripped my eyes away from the stack o
HAVEN I had resented Benjamin Evans for many things over the years, but the feeling of dread that now bubbled in my gut when I drove to work was the cherry on top. This job was finally something I had outside of my home that I had worked hard for, and that made me happy, and he made me not want t