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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
EPILOGUE “Go, go, go!” Sebastian screamed from next to me, standing and leaning over the person in front of him as if Ben could hear him over the crowd and the glass. Then again, with how loud the man was, he just might. I had only known Bash in passing from when I worked for Ben as his assista
HAVEN ONE MONTH LATER My eyes kept moving from the woman before me to the clock on the wall behind her. I wanted to be here, but I had more important places to be. She had run over with her last client, which made us run over and caused me to be late for an important game. Ben had been stressin
BEN Haven was empty for the next few weeks as she flew back and forth, cleaning out the house her ex-husband had left her. It had been Cynthia’s home, too, and Haven had been taking extra care and devotion to ensuring things were handled and gone through properly. I had gone with her a few times,
HAVEN Her hand was cold, and I adjusted her blanket to cover her arm. The lawyers had come in and refused to admit any fault of the hospital, even though Cynthia had her ID on her and even knew one of the paramedics who brought her in for them to have given the hospital her name. They should ha
HAVEN Sitting in the airport in the middle of the night with a toddler who got angry each time the loudspeaker called for another flight and disturbed her sleep was not what I had been prepared for. My mind was a foggy mess. All I could picture was Cynthia falling down the stairs. How long had sh
BEN Being excited about an ex getting involved in my life might not have been the best thing when things were already tense, but fuck did it feel good to know I did indeed have friends in high places and they were watching my back. Was I still expecting them to hold it over me and try to get me t
BEN It was odd pulling up to the house and finding there wasn’t a single paparazzi in sight. After today’s news, I expected them to be ready to break down my gate for a story, but no one was there. Instead, a blacked-out SUV sat across the street, and my stomach twisted when I realized it was pro
HAVEN I needed to get out of the house. Staying inside was driving me crazy, and I couldn’t take it anymore. My last job interview was a week ago, and while I keep applying, no one wants to hire the woman all over the tabloids with a sex tape. Our PR team managed to get it taken down, but it stil
BEN “Rangers player Benjamin Evans is today’s hot topic. Now fans were petitioning for him to be traded for his performance last season. Even I wanted him gone, and I’ve followed his career since he was being scouted.” The reporters around him laughed, and I gritted my jaw. “I know. I remember hi